2 Replies Latest reply: May 12, 2010 9:23 PM by Edit 1 Media RSS

    Problem with Photoshop created Menus

    Edit 1 Media Community Member

      One of the great features of Encore is that you can bring in HD content and create both a Blu-ray and a DVD from the same project. Unfortunatley this doesn't always work.

       

      I create most of my menus in photoshop and use text or round circles for navigation. If I create a menu that is sized for blu-ray (1440x1080) and then burn a standard widescreen DVD, the buttons or text sub-picture will be cut off. This problem exists in CS4 and is still there in CS5. I would often create HD sized DVD menus even for my DVDs in case the client would later want Blu-ray. For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why my circle buttons would be cut off. You really don't see the issue until the DVD is burned and it's played back in a DVD player. Once I re-sized the menu to standard def wide screen, everything comes out ok but I would like to be able to just create one size menu and use it for both DVD and Blu-ray. Anyone know a work-around?

       

      Thanks

       

      Chris

        • 1. Re: Problem with Photoshop created Menus
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          Chris,

           

          The Scaling algorithms in PS are very powerful and offer so very much control. Those in PrPro are merely OK, as it is not an image editing program. Encore is even less an image editing program, so does not even have those Scaling algorithms, that PrPro does.

           

          All one has to do is Edit in Photoshop, Scale (choosing the best algorithm) and Save - done.

           

          Until Adobe decides to marry Encore with PS, I doubt that we'll see things in one place, but that Edit in Photoshop is so very easy.

           

          Good luck,

           

          Hunt

          • 2. Re: Problem with Photoshop created Menus
            Edit 1 Media Community Member

            Thanks for the tip on just sending the menu over to PS to re-scale and save. Just wish it would work as advertised. I haven't really tried creating a Blu-ray and then DVD using the Stock Adobe Menus to see if they have the same issue (sub-picture gets cut off) so it may just be an issue with creating new menus in PS and not using a template.

             

            Chris