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Motion Menu

Nov 7, 2011 9:35 PM

I am on 5.5 and have been working at this for too long, but I have been trying to create a motion menu - I tried dynamic link into AE to try and reveal/animate the buttons at the end of my :45 video (created in PP) - I was then going to loop the menu, but AE would not recognize the file (it would not populate when I double clicked).  I then simply tried to create a motion menu in Encore, which works, but the moment I add a button I am no longer able to preview the motion menu video....note - I am starting w/ a 'blank menu hd' as my template vs. using a prebuilt template.  Also, I attempted to loop my menu to have it play 'forever' but when I populated the timecode of where I wanted it to loop is simply froze the video at that point - making the video into a still.

 

Any help would be greatly apprecited, but I've got to crash so i won't see it until the am.

 

Thank you.

508 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Jeff Bellune, Nov 8, 2011 5:52 AM
 
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    1. kwompus,
    Nov 7, 2011 9:43 PM   in reply to kwompus
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    sorry - one more thing...

     

    I was able to dynamic link a PS file/menu into AE, but I couldn't bring it back into Encore and get Encore to recongnize the buttons.  Again, any help would be appreciated.

     
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    2. kwompus,
    Nov 7, 2011 9:51 PM   in reply to kwompus
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    once again I apologize...

     

    CS5.5 Adobe Suite

    Windows 7 Home Premium – 64 Bit, SP1

    Dell XPS 630i -  Core 2 Quad CPU @2.40 GHz

    8 GB RAM

    1 TB Main drive, 1TB secondary drive, additional external storage via USB.

    LG Blu-ray DVD burner (model LG-BH12LS35)

     

    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 – Monitors 1 & 2 (Mercury Playback engine enabled in CS5)

     

    Radeon HD5600 card for HDTV monitor (connected via HDMI)

     
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    3. Jeff Bellune,
    Nov 8, 2011 4:06 AM   in reply to kwompus
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    Try File | Render | Motion Menus after you make any changes to the menu.

     

    -Jeff

     
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    4. kwompus,
    Nov 8, 2011 4:54 AM   in reply to Jeff Bellune
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    Thanks - I checked and you are correct - the mistake I made was when I first imported the video into the menu it played w/o rendering - in fact, when I tried to render the video I was unable to do so.  I assumed it was because I had already renedered the video in Pro prior to bringing it into my Encore project.  What I've leared is that each time you make a change in your menu you need to render the motion video - which when you think about it makes sense.

     

    I will try and use dynamic link to bring this into AE - maybe now it will recongnize it as a proect w/ layers.

     

    Thank you again.

     
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    5. Jeff Bellune,
    Nov 8, 2011 5:52 AM   in reply to kwompus
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    You're welcome.

     

    -Jeff

     
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