Adobe 22030000 User Guide - Page 123

ENCORE CS3 119 User Guide See also "Trim video and audio clips in timelines" on page 122 "About timelines" on page 115 Add videos or still images to timelines When you add a video or still image asset to an existing timeline, Encore positions it as a new clip at the end of the track adjacent to the last clip and automatically adds a chapter point at the beginning of the new clip. You can reposition the clip and its chapter point as needed. See also "Add audio to a timeline" on page 135 "Change the display time of still images" on page 125 Add a video clip to a timeline 1 In the Project panel, do one of the following: • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the video, and choose New > Timeline. Encore opens the Timeline Viewer and creates a new timeline with the video already placed on the video track. • Choose Timeline > New Timeline and drag the video from the Project panel to the video track of the new timeline. Encore positions a video clip at the beginning of the timeline, regardless of where in the timeline you release the mouse. • Select the video and press Ctrl-T (Windows) or Command-T (Mac OS). 2 To add additional video clips to the timeline, drag the video from the Project panel to the video track. Add a still image to a timeline You can add still images to a timeline that includes one or more movie clips, or you can add a series of still images to a timeline to create a slide show effect. However, to create a slide show, you may want to use the Slideshow Viewer. (See "About slide shows" on page 126.) 1 Select the still image in the Project panel, and choose Timeline > New Timeline. 2 If the Edit Still Duration For Slideshows dialog box appears, enter the number of seconds you want the still image to be displayed. (To prevent this dialog box from appearing again, select Don't Show Again.) Click OK. Encore creates a new timeline with the still image placed at the beginning of the video track. 3 Drag any additional still images from the Project panel to the video track. Preview timelines You can preview the contents of the current timeline in the Monitor panel. You can add chapters, type subtitles, and edit the In points and Out points of the subtitles. To preview your entire project and check the links, use the Project Preview window. (See "Preview a project" on page 170.) Important: Encore writes all timelines in a project to disc. Make sure that you delete the timeline if you decide not to use it in your current project. Timelines that are not linked to menus are still accessible if the viewer uses the title search feature available on some players. Use Check Project to locate orphaned (unlinked) timelines. 1 Open the timeline you want to view (or select it from the Timeline tab if it is already open).