Creating a Menu without Photoshop

Hello ~
When I purchased CS5 PrPro I was told that Encore would allow me to create custom menus for DVDs.
I have completed my video project and editing and exported the work from Pro to Encore with success along with several chapter markers that I would like to link from two menu pages. I am using Encore now for the first time.
I have to explain that the package I purchased did not include Photoshop. But Photoshop is referenced all through the instructions as a critical element. (Another heavily referenced program I did not get is Afteraffects.)
Nonetheless, once I had my film complete and tried to create a menu in Encore, it seems that a custom menu cannot be made without Photoshop and all I've got to choose from is templates that have the quality and look to me like a kid's video of "What I Did on my Summer Vacation."
At any rate, what I tried to do is take a jpeg, import it into the Encore library, and place it as the menu. But upon that background, is it at all possible to create links on areas of the screen. For example, can you designate a character or a space on the screen as a "hotspot" to link. How can one import art of one's own choosing as the background for a menu in Encore?
Thanks for taking the time to read all this and any help you folks might have to offer.
~ Jeff

Jeff,
You can create custom Menus in Encore, though having PS makes things much easier, and offers far greater power.
In Encore, start with the Blank Menu of the proper Aspect Ratio for your Project. This brings in a Menu with the proper initial structure, and a black background. You can add images, or Motion Assets (AV files) to that Menu. You can also look through the many hundreds of Buttons, and drag those to the Menu, so while you cannot create custom Buttons, you have tons to choose from. You can also alter the Sort/View in the Library, so that you are only looking at Buttons, though they will be grouped by the various sub-folders in the Library folder hierarchy.
You will be working from pre-made Assets, but can Scale and alter some other attributes as needed. With so many to choose from, you should be able to find something that looks good to you.
Add PS to your suite and you can do almost anything within the DVD-specs. Not sure if Stanley's link covers the links in this ARTICLE, but if not, you will have more resources on the DVD-specs.
Good luck,
Hunt

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