Creating disc menus, About menu templates – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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Creating disc menus
Last updated 8/12/2010
Some menu buttons include thumbnail images of the video to which they are linked. By default, the thumbnail displays
the frame visible at the marker. You can change the marker to better suit the content. For example, for a button
representing a scene of a day at the beach, you might want to change the button image to a close-up of the kids
splashing in the water rather than the frame marked by the marker. Changing a thumbnail for a button does not
change the start point of the video to which the button is linked.
1 In the Timeline, double-click the marker you want to edit, or locate the marker using the Previous and Next
buttons.
2 In the Menu Marker dialog box, do any of the following, and then click OK:
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To rename the marker, type a name for the marker in the text box. Text in this box doesn’t wrap, so to place the
name on multiple lines, press Ctrl+Enter for each new line. Keep the name short so that it fits in the menu and
doesn’t overlap another button. (You can adjust the name later, after you select a template.)
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To change the marker type, select the type of marker you want to set in the Marker Type menu.
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To change the thumbnail for the button, drag the Thumbnail Offset timecode to select the image you want
displayed in the button thumbnail in the menu. If you choose a menu with thumbnail images, the image you select
displays in the menu when you create the disc. (This thumbnail is for the menu display only; the video linked to the
button starts at the marker location.)
Creating disc menus
About menu templates
You create a menu-based DVD or Blu-ray Disc by using one of the predesigned menu templates included with
Adobe Premiere Elements. All templates include a Main Menu 1 button and a Scenes Menu 1 button. The menu
buttons are automatically linked with menu and scene markers in the Timeline. The main menu contains a minimum
of two buttons: one to play the movie, the other to display a scenes menu. Some templates contain additional buttons
in the main menu that jump to other movies you’ve marked in the Timeline. The scenes menus generally contain
buttons with a label and a thumbnail from the scene.
A menu can include sound and motion. Some templates contain drop zones, where you can drag and drop a still image
or video to personalize the menu background. If you drop a video or image on a template that does not contain a drop
zone, the dropped video or still image replaces the entire menu background. A video can serve as a moving backdrop
to a menu or provide all the visual elements of the menu, except for the button highlighting. The video can include,
for example, a moving background, scrolling credits, and even the button images. How long the video background or
audio plays depends on the duration of the menu. The duration of a single loop of background audio and video must
be 30 seconds or less.
You can personalize a template for your project by changing fonts, colors, backgrounds, and layout. Template changes
apply only to the current project; you cannot save template changes in Adobe Premiere Elements.
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