Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 269)

264 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
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Last updated 8/12/2010
Disc burning
Depending on the complexity and length of the project and your computer speed, encoding (compressing) video and
audio for a disc can take hours. If you plan to burn multiple discs with the same content and quality, you can save time
by burning them in the same session, which compresses the project only once.
Adobe Premiere Elements converts all audio to the 16-bit depth and 48 kHz sample rate required by DVDs and Blu-
ray Discs. For the best results, record your audio using these settings.
Note: For disc burning guidelines and compatibility options, see Adobe Premiere Elements Help.
Burn to a DVD or Blu-ray Disc
1 Before starting Adobe Premiere Elements, connect and turn on all external DVD or Blu-ray burners.
2 In the Share view of the Tasks panel, click Disc to open Disc view.
3 In Disc view, choose either DVD or Blu-ray from the menu.
4 Select Disc as the Burn To option.
5 Type a name for the disc. This name appears in Windows if you insert the disc into a computer after the DVD burn
has been completed. (The default name is a date stamp in 24-hour format: YYYYMMDD_hhmmss.)
6 Select a burner from the Burner Location menu.
7 Make sure that a compatible disc is inserted in the drive. If you insert a disc, click Rescan to check all connected
burners for valid media.
8 In the Copies box, enter the number of discs you want to burn during this session. You are prompted to insert new
discs until all have been burned. Encoding the video and audio takes place only once.
9 For Preset Selection, select the option for the television standard used in the geographic location of your audience.
10 (Optional) Select Fit Contents To Available Space. If burning to a DVD, you can deselect this option and drag the
slider to choose the video quality you want. (By default, this option is selected for DVD, and deselected for Blu-ray.)
11 Click Burn to begin converting your project to the DVD or Blu-ray format and burning the disc. If you are burning
a DVD, and a burner is not available, you can burn to a DVD folder, and then burn the resulting files to DVD when
the burner is available.
Important: Encoding the video and audio for disc output can take several hours.
Burn to a DVD folder
If your DVD burner isn’t compatible with Adobe Premiere Elements, you can burn the project to a folder instead. This
creates a DVD-compatible file that can be burned to disc using an authoring program such as Adobe Encore.
Note: You can only burn a DVD project to a folder—you cannot burn a Blu-ray Disc project to a folder.
1 If the Disc view is not displayed, click the Share tab in the Tasks panel, and then click Disc .
2 From the Burn To menu, select one of the Folder options as your destination for the project. For movie projects
bigger than a single-layer 4.7 GB disc, select Folder (8.5 GB), which can accommodate dual-layer discs.
3 Type a name for the folder.
4 Click Browse to specify a location for the folder.
5 Click Burn to begin creating the folder.
Important: Encoding the video and audio for disc output can take several hours.