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Thumbnails as buttons

Thumbnails as buttons
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:36:35 -070
Is there any way to pull images from the timeline in Encore to use as thumbnail
menue buttons? I use DVDlab from time to time and this can be done quite easily.
I havn't had enough time to really use and get to know all the workings of
Encore but I have searched the forums as well as the help docs. Currently I
render stills from Premiere to use as picture buttons. Any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
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Re: Thumbnails as buttons
Mon, 12 May 2008 09:43:43 -070
When you link a chapter to a video thumbnail button, you get a thumbnail image.
It remains static if you don't select "Animate Buttons" on the Motion
tab of the Menu Properties sheet.

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Re: Thumbnails as buttons
Tue, 13 May 2008 07:43:43 -070
Thanks so much for the reply Jeff. I remember seeing something about that when I
was going through the help files but when I quickly read through it I didn't
understand it at first. After reading your reply I looked up poster frame and
one link lead to another. This was the direction I needed.

Thanks again,
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Re: Thumbnails as buttons
Tue, 13 May 2008 08:17:47 -070
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Re: Thumbnails as buttons
Mon, 19 May 2008 09:30:02 -070
Just a note of interest. I used auto chapters (set for every 2 or 3 minutes) and
set poster frames within the chapters to use with menus. On the last poster
frame I crossed over to the next listed chapter, example; chapter 17 chapter 18
poster 17 on the timeline. When previewed the timeline hits chapter 18 and jumps
to the next chapter missing everything in between. I didn't notice this until
after I burned and labeled several DVDs. When I found the problem I eventually
went back to Encore and deleted chapter 18 and everything worked well.
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