Jittery Menu in Encore CS4

I just finished a highlight DVD authored in Encore CS4. The video quality is
great but the menu is shaking or jittering up and down, very slightly.
The menu should be perfectly still. It is just a text menu with a photo, nothing fancy.
Can somebody tell me how to correct this problem? The menu was built in Photoshop CS4.
Thanks so much
Jimi

Jimi,
You should post to the great Encore Forum.
When you do, please give the details of your Encore Project settings, and the full specs. of that Menu. Likely something in those numbers.
Good luck,
Hunt

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Change Background in Menu Creation Encore CS4 and Photoshop

I am creating a menu using Encore and Photoshop. I Used the Encore Libray to create a blank background and also created a series of buttons adusting them in Photoshop CS4. However, when I try to change the background with a new jpg or psd file I open the picture in Photoshop but not as the new background layer I am trying to achieve. Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong?

Dear Bill,
Thank you for your prompt reply. However, I don't think I am explaining my problem correctly so if you have the patience I am sending you this little "Jing" movie which will show you my problem
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Subject: Change Background in Menu Creation Encore CS4 and Photoshop
There should be no problem when adding the image of your choice, with Edit in Photoshop.
When you choose Edit in Photoshop, several things happen:
1.) a TMP PSD for that Menu is created.
2.) links are created between En and PS
3.) PS is launched, and that TMP PSD is then Opened in PS.
When one has edited that TMP PSD in PS, they must do a Save to allow those links back to En*.
If you are doing a Save_As, or Save_As_a_Copy, those links will NOT be followed, and the Menu will NOT update in En.
Good luck,
Hunt
I have encountered some instances, where a single Save does not follow those links. With experimentation, I have found that 3 Saves (Ctrl+S) will force those links to be followed, and the Menu updated in En. Not sure why this happens sometimes, but 3 seems to be the "magic number," at least for me.
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Can I import a menu from Premiere elements 7(the Popcorn menu) into Encore CS4?

Can I import a menu from Premiere elements 7(the Popcorn menu) into Encore CS4?
If so how do I accomplish this act?
Are their additional menus available for Encore CS4?

The Menus in PrE are in Menu Sets. Each set is a Main Menu and a Scene Selection Menu. As PrE does the authoring semi-automatically, there are many "extras" in those PSD's, in the Button Layer Sets. All you have to do is make a Copy of your two Menus into a separate folder, so that you do not worry about messing up your Menu Sets in PrE. I'd do this in a new sub-folder in the Encore Library folder hierarchy. Then, Open each of these two Menus in PS. Go in and clean out all of the other languages for the Text and Button Text. Match the Layer Set/Button Layer Set names to those naming conventions in the Encore Library Menus, as you will not be getting any semi-automation. Where you do not need, say a Next Button, just eliminate that Button's Layer Set. Remember, PrE will do this semi-automatically, plus will give you the number of Scene Selection Menus, that your Project calls for - Encore will not. You must count the Scenes, divide by the number of Buttons on that Scene Selection Menu, and do Copies of that Menu, to accommodate what you require.
As for Encore, it comes with a full compliment of Menus, Buttons, and other Assets, like EM files (Templates), with Motion and Audio Assets. All can be completely customized in PS. Note: in PSElements, I do not believe that you can create Layer Sets, so that will be a limitation. The full PS has no limitations, with the single exception that to change Button Sub-picture Highlight colors, this must be done in Encore's Menu Editor, unless it's been added to PS CS5.
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Hunt
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Working on Menu's in Encore CS4

I have a couple of sessions I made up in Premiere Pro cs4 and imported them with 2 chapter marks at the beginning to Encore. Once they are there I need to build a menu for this....? According to some on-line video help I made an intro that I want to look something like powerpoint with a couple of text's coming in from different places and then some pictures appearing at different parts. Then I want that intro to move to a 2nd intro with similar things all the while a song is playing. The 2nd intro will eventually have the 2 chapter buttons appear that will link to the 2 sessions I made and imported from Premiere pro. It sounds simple, but I am very lost. I made both intros in photoshop element 3 and tried layers and naming conventions, but no where do I see the ability for the text to move like in powerpoint. Also when I import this menu to Encore CS4 I would like the separate layers to appear on the timeline to edit them coming in during the song at certian parts like in Premiere CS4.
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Yes, you can have your intro as the "play first" with an end action to go to your menu. Then your menu will have buttons that will go to your timelines/sequences.
So you don't get confused, Hunt and I were both suggesting you do a version of the project without the intro to get you set regarding using a menu, buttons, and timelines. But go for it!
Terminology often doesn't matter, but often it does.
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What you import into Encore is an "asset," usually a video from Premiere which was the sequence there.
In Encore, you can't put an asset into the DVD directly, you must make it a "timeline." The easiest way to do this is to "import as timeline." But you don't call it a "sequence" in Encore. If your video is only one chapter (in other words, if you did not add any more Encore chapter markers in Premiere or in Encore), it is true that the timeline/asset is about the same as the chapter, but there are in fact "objects" in Encore that get called those names and are different things. (For example, your "chapter" can have an end action, as can your "timeline.")
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I understand ... but if my menu and all the video is made at 1280x720, 29.97fps, can I simply have a dvd @ 23.976 without any artefact due to the conversion, or should I follow a particular procedure?
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SteveDVD,
The use of the .WMV was because that was part of the Library .EM template. I would not anticipate problems with other formats, so long as they are supported and the same for all of your Menus in the Project.
If you have done several Motion Menu Renderings, you might want to clear Encore's Media Cache, just in case it is still referencing previous Render files.
And yes, the re-Importation should yield the same result as Linking/re-Linking.
Unfortunately, I do not have CS4, so I can't test this for you. There do seem to be a few real Bugs in the various CS4 programs, and maybe this is one?
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My project is edited in CS4.
I moved it to Encore CS4.
I don't want to use any of the supplied menu templates in CS4 Encore.
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Okay. Just upgraded to Encore CS4 from CS3. Few nice changes.
Have crashed about 10 times (in one hour) doing simple things like, assigning folders, playing video, adding menus. Can anyone say maintenance release???
Here's a question...
WHY CAN'T I SEE THE VIDEO I HAVE ASSIGNED TO A MENU WHEN I SIMULATE?
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ADOBE... are you there???

That's right. CS4 simply behaves different to CS3!
I have never had to render out a menu to preview it. We only create motion menus for Blu-ray and only use highlight layers from Photoshop. In CS3, when you right clicked on a menu in Encore and clicked "simulate from here", you would see your highlight layers over the video immediately.
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If anyone knows any differently, I'd love to hear it.
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I would thank Adobe for fixing this but, let's face it, this just should have worked in CS3!
Regards,
Darren

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1- Now I can import DTS in the Blu-ray timeline project and build was successful.
2- Blu-ray subtitles issues generated error "Graphics ....Subtile set too close etc " also solved : Had to secure a gap of minimum
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Now my headache is as follows maybe someone can help:
Project consists of a H264 1920x1080 HD timelime of around 3h.22 with menus motion menus and all the good stuff u can get out this software
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Hello again John ,
Linkinking Subtitles tracks.
After linking each button this time to itself and specified the track language number as recommended.. during playback I accessed the subtitle menu through the Pop Up menu and there selected the button to switch to another track, and I can see that it has been activated since the highlight changes to Yellow ,then I scrolled down in the same menu to the "Resume" button and selected it - when activated, the "Resume" button loses its assigned function apparently and the disc exits as if I pressed the STOP button on my remote control. I was really puzzled towards this behaviour so I started the disc again,played back the movie and through the Pop Up menu accessed the same subtitle menu and -This time- I did not touch the Subs. tracks buttons (1-2-3) but instead scrolled directly to the "Resume" Button and activated it.. Guess what .. Playback resumed from where I left.This means that the moment you activate any other button prior to the Resume button it loses its functionality !
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Like you are witnessing this is very Odd
Now I was told that the subtitles linking do work on DVD's.. so I was curious and I looked for an old DVD project I had and linked each button to itself in the subtitle menu( same way as I did for the Blu-ray project) while specifying the right language track. I burnt the project to a DVD and watched it also on my Ps3 ,but as DVD - During playback I accessed the Main menu from the remote Control "Menu Button" and there I again from setup went to the subtitle menu and switched from the english sub track to the german track and scrolled down to the "Resume" button in the same Subtitle menu and selected it- Preview resumed from where I left and track changed to german subtitle . Now really I am at a loss:)
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3- Adobe useful Help recommends and insists on a Gap of 2 frames between each subtitle for Blu-Ray projects. Well not even 6 frames are enough you need a minimum of 8 frames gap between each subtitle which makes short subtitle lines duration very short - the moment they appear they disappear very fast.
It is a real Pitty because Encore Cs4 is a wonderful application .Unlike other complains that I randomly witness in the forum I never Had a problem with DTS audio or AC3 or H264 or MPEG or any other error like build error or audio error and all the streams I use are High Def 1920 x1080 always show on the project panel as : dont transcode for blu-ray settings . everything is great but this tiny small issue that I could not so far master !
regards

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But, what I'm describing isn't a problem with the media. The players acknowledge this is a BDMV disc, but fail to play it properly. The Cyberlink software shows a black screen, but shows that the menu is currently playing. For the Samsung set top box, the menu is shown, but doesn't function properly.
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