Adobe 22030000 User Guide - Page 29

25 Chapter 3: Planning the project You can design, author, and build media projects in Adobe Encore CS3 for high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standarddefinition DVD. Encore gives you options to burn directly to a disc or other types of output for disc replication. As an added bonus, you can export Blu-ray and DVD projects to Flash format for interactive viewing on the web. Planning the content About planning The first task of authoring the project is planning. This planning can be as minimal as deciding to use a template to organize your family's vacation photos and video, or as robust as using project-management software to coordinate a production team creating an interactive kiosk. Whatever the scope of planning, you should understand what the project will contain and how you want to present it. By the end of the planning stage, you should have a good understanding of the following parameters. The navigation scheme A well-produced project employs a hierarchy of navigation that gives the viewer clear and easy access to the content. Think through your project. After you decide which clips you want to include, you need to determine how the viewer will access those clips. Whether you use a spreadsheet or a pencil sketch, it is worth the time to draft your navigation scheme before you start. The intended playback environment Is the project intended for television viewing? Will it play unattended in a kiosk? Is it for use in an educational setting on computers? The playback environment affects your approach to navigation and the design of the menus as well as the content. If the project will be used only on a computer (on the desktop or in a web browser), you can include ROM content that a television DVD or Blu-ray player cannot access. For instance, you can include PDFs of exercises in an educational DVD to be used on the computer. If you're planning to export your project to Flash format, you can embed web links that connect your project to other areas in your website. Types and amount of content to be included To make certain decisions-for instance, about disc size and video data rate-you need to know how much content you must fit on the disc and what type it is (such as standard-definition or high-definition video). Small projects that include mostly audio might fit on a single-layer DVD, whereas projects containing feature-length movies and many supplemental materials might require a dual-layer or dual-sided DVD or a Blu-ray disc. See also "Embed web links in your Flash project" on page 179 "Tips for creating Flash projects" on page 179 "About bit budgeting" on page 29