The integration between Premiere, After Effects, and Encore has gotten a lot tighter with CS3. Adobe Dynamic Link is a major reason for that. Dynamic Link allows you to move smoothly between Adobe After Effects, Premiere, and Encore. This means the user can export their edited timeline directly into Encore. You also can use After Effects compositions in Encore for motion menus without rendering. You can export your HDV timeline in the Blu-ray format as a straight-play Blu-ray Disc or a fully authored Blu-ray Disc with menus included.
Before burning to Blu-Ray, be sure to make sure your timeline is finished and ready to be burned. To aid in navigation, insert chapter markers using the chapter marker button. These markers will automatically be brought into Encore when you encode the video.
Once you are ready to export your project to Blu-ray, go ahead and select Export to Encore from within Premiere. This will bring up a dialog box with several options. Name your disc something appropriate. Under type, select Blu-ray disc, single layer MPEG-2 or H.264/AVC.
Next, choose whether you want to Author with Menus or do a Direct Burn without Menus. Most of the time you will want to author discs with menus. Verify that you have the correct encoding setting selected. Once you have that done, click OK to start the encoding.
After the encoding is finished, Adobe Encore will automatically open and import your video into a timeline. From here, authoring is nearly the same as creating a standard DVD. If you are doing a direct burn, all you will need to do is verify your settings and go to the Build DVD menu.
For a fully authored Blu-ray Disc, Encore provides a whole library of menus for you to choose from that are already in HD format. The great thing about these menus is that they can easily be brought into Photoshop and changed your liking with the click of a button. Once you have created your menus and added buttons, you will need to link the buttons to the individual chapters.
Make sure to check your project for errors before burning your disc using the Check Project wizard. Go ahead and select Build > Disc to bring up the Build dialog box. From here you want to choose Blu-ray under Format and select Blu-ray Disc in the Output drop-down box.
Your destination should automatically display the Blu-ray burner. If not, select it from the Recorder drop-down menu. With the blank disc inserted, you should see how manygigabytes are used up by your project. Once you press Build, Encore will begin creating the files necessary for yourBlu-ray Disc and write them to the disc. |
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