4 Replies Latest reply: May 19, 2010 11:47 PM by raj2ashok RSS

    Previews in submenus not rendering nicely on bluray HD

    ANTHONY THOMAS Community Member

      I have noticed since I have been using CS5 that my homemade video menus are rendering to HD bluray but my submenus, which are not home made and straight from the adobe libraries, are not rendering in HD. The previews look really bad - they appear to be rendering in a non HD mode and you can hardly tell what is going on. Can I control menu rendering quality inside Encore? Any suggestions?

        • 1. Re: Previews in submenus not rendering nicely on bluray HD
          Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

          Are these Motion Menus?

           

          Did you use the HD version of the Sub-Menus?

           

          Is this after you Render, and is it only in Preview?

           

          How do they look, when you Burn to Folder and play with a BD-capable software player?

           

          Good luck,

           

          Hunt

          • 2. Re: Previews in submenus not rendering nicely on bluray HD
            ANTHONY THOMAS Community Member

            These are motion menus. However they were not labeled as HD. All the other m2v's look great. Just the submenus and the previews look bad. Should I use only HD menus? You think the problem would correct itself if I created my own?

            • 3. Re: Previews in submenus not rendering nicely on bluray HD
              Bill Hunt CommunityMVP
              Should I use only HD menus? You think the problem would correct itself if I created my own?

               

              Those are questions for which I have no direct answer. I am still using EncoreDVD 2.0, so I am only working with SD Projects.

               

              However, I also happen to have PrElements w/ its rudimentary authoring capabilities and BD capabilities, and there are HD versions of most of its Menu Sets (basically Menus, but grouped as Main & Sub-Menus, since PrE does that part semi-automatically). Also, many 3rd party sources for additional Functional Content ARE HD by design. It was just a thought that I had.

               

              If you are using the SD versions, they are 720 x 480 w/ either a 0.9, or 1.2 PAR. If you have Background Video for those to work as Motion Menus, then everything will be 720 x 480 and will need to be Scaled up to BD/HD. Again, just thinking here.

               

              Maybe others will have the definitive answers to your questions, but I can only offer speculation here - sorry.

               

              One thing that I would do would be to choose one of your Sub-Menus and Rt-click, choosing Edit in Photoshop. Then, go to Image>Image Size, and see what the pixel x pixel dimensions are. That might tell you a bit more.

               

              Good luck, and please report what Edit in Photoshop tells you. I'll also be watching carefully, as I feel I will be learning something with your post.

               

              Hunt

              • 4. Re: Previews in submenus not rendering nicely on bluray HD
                raj2ashok Community Member

                Yes, you should use HD size menus in Bluray or else you will likely end up having a poor quality motion menus.