Menu defaults to widescreen in Encore CS4

Hello all!
I've looked this question up a bunch of different ways on this forum, and haven't seen it asked, so I figured I'd ask it. I am working on a full-screen program for a client, and brought in a full-screen PSD menu. It is in proper 4:3 ratio, with NTSC PAR through Photoshop. When I clicked on it, Encore brought it in as a widescreen menu with black bars on either side. I clicked on 4:3 in the Properties window, but it will not change it to a 4:3 screen. I messed with it for about a day and a half, changing PARs and so on, but it would not let me use the menu as a 4:3, even though it automatically resized to full screen whenever I'd play one of the video clips. I ended up taking the project into CS2, which promptly let me change the menu screen to full size.
Has anyone heard of this problem with CS4, and if so, were you able to fix it? Thanks!
Brooke

Hey folks,
Thanks for the responses! I've been out sick the past few days but managed to drag my sorry behind into work today for a few hours. Ok, to answer your collective questions, when I open up one of the library full screen templates, the program does automatically default it to full screen in CS4. For aspect ratio of the menu I was using, it was set to 720x480. I've been using Encore for about five years, and can't for the life of me figure out why it's doing this goofy thing now, when I haven't changed the way I import or the size of the files I'm importing. The PAR was set in Photoshop to DV/NTSC .91. The presets were all set to do a full-screen project, and as I said, the videos themselves go to full-screen just fine, but the menu just won't work for me! Thanks again for your help!
Brooke

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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
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Hello all I would like to share with all good people around my experience with Encore cs4. So far had to dig around and follow some hints within encore help and solved the following problems:
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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Hello again John ,
Linkinking Subtitles tracks.
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-Cheers

Ok, solved my own problem - solution below for those with similar issues.
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I have a bad english, thus I want put a question in italian instead of english, because the translation is very complex:
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Horsepower..."
Mi hanno risposto:
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Cordiali saluti
Bledar Milaqi..."
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1) Che Player (possibilmente commerciale e rinomato, conosciuto) bisogna utilizzare per riprodurre i dischi Bluray su PC, salvati come cartella?
2) Insomma, esiste un Player universale che riproduca i Bluray su PC per testarli prima di scrivere (masterizzare) un disco Bluray per lettore standalone da salotto?
3) Come si può fare per aprire i dischi e le cartelle creati con EncoreCS4 sotto formato BDMV?
4) Il formato BDMV che sta per (Blu-ray Disc Movie) con menù e sottotitoli, non è ancora standardizzato?
Grazie infinite per una risposta!
Horsepower0171.

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And #4 Here http://forums.adobe.com/thread/666558?tstart=0
And This Message Thread http://forums.adobe.com/thread/665641?tstart=0
An Encore Tutorial http://www.precomposed.com/blog/2009/05/encore-tutorial/

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Try to remember this:
Encore "Tries" to playback from premiere pro. If you have a full set of previews available, it will play those, but you are probably seeing a lot of dropped frames and choppy video if your previews in premiere are set pretty low. What you can do to combat this--in my experience--is export your video from premiere into a whole file in full format (in a non-lossy format with full frames, and in it's proxy equivalent; I use Prores LT for many projects, and export that as a final output from premiere), then have that encode in an h.264 format (which will maximize smooth motion and quality playback). Now... ...In your encore project, you should be outside of your original formats and in the intermediary that encore will recognize, so you should have it "Locate transcoded file". Once you have done so, it will playback that movie in the preview. I've done it. With CS6 and 4gb ram with a vidcard at 256mb and a core2duo 2.16ghz, it plays fine. With CS4 the encoding takes a while, and if you go to dvd, even longer for compression to work properly. I use Compressor to output AVCHD .264 stream and an AC3 file. When I locate the transcode for BD, I locate the .264 file first, then I get asked for the AC3 file. This allows me to import them both, and have Encore encode them into the transport stream without transcoding. I use Distributed processing to get the job done quickly, as I have minimal access to several computers and have connected them by that method for a Render Farming setup. It works well. With a hardware based device playing back your files, you won't see the same performance in Encore. It has to make two hops already to get to your video, and adding a third (goes from encore to Premiere, then to codec, then plays normally; third step is to external hardware, which eats up processing like crazy when it has to come all the way back to an encoding output to screen through encore, adding more steps for the system along the way) really can slow down the performance in Encore. IF you take the Steps out by encoding a finished playback stream, Encore will handle it quickly with it's own processing. It really does work well. If you don't like it, make your changes in Premiere, then re-encode with your hardware and make an h.264 file for encore again. You can use AME, but you'll always get standard Blu-ray (old file-stream format; lesser res and quality). You can use Compressor to make AVCHD which allows for 264 output that is PSF or progressive that is interpreted as simultaneous fields (fake interlace), or even solid progressive formatting for AVCHD compatible players, and you can render-farm it to speed up the encoding process.

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