For Adobe Encore DVD to recognize the components of a menu from Photoshop, you must add predefined prefixes to the layer names. Adobe Encore DVD uses the prefixes to identify the layers as button sets, video thumbnails, and subpictures. In this way, you can import a finished menu, ready for use in the project. You can also manipulate and change elements from within Adobe Encore DVD.
Layers palette in Photoshop compared to same set of layers as they appear in Adobe Encore DVD
The following layer name prefixes identify the components of your menu
Menu Item | Photoshop Element | Layer Name Prefix | Example |
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Button Name | Layer set containing button components | (+) | (+) Daisy button 1 |
Button Text | Text layers within the layer set | None Required | Daisy button |
Button Image | Image layers within the layer set | None Required | Daisy image |
Subpicture (optional) | Single-color image layers. Each layer represents one color of the three-color subpicture. Important: See About subpictures. | (=1) (=2) (=3) | (=1)Text highlight (=2) Daisy Outline (=3) Check mark |
Video thumbnail (optional) | An image layer within the layer set that serves as a placeholder for video. | (%) | (%) Daisy Thumbnail |
Other design elements or text (such as logo or menu title) | Individual Layer | None required | Summer Flowers |