Adobe 22030000 User Guide - Page 30

ENCORE CS3 26 User Guide Planning with the Flowchart The Flowchart feature provides a visual interface that helps you to plan and manage the creation of the project. Although you can use the Flowchart at any time during the authoring process, it's especially useful during the initial stages of the project, when you determine navigation and begin organizing assets. Note: If you're new to authoring these type of projects, it may be best to plan your first navigation scheme on paper and postpone using the Flowchart until you are familiar with the different element types and their properties. The Flowchart displays the content of the project graphically, in a tree structure, detailing the navigation between the different elements. This visual representation can help you to see areas where the navigation is cluttered and needs to be refined. Beyond providing a visual representation of the project, the Flowchart also lets you perform many authoring tasks, such as setting project navigation. The Flowchart panel displays project navigation and, when used with the Properties panel, lets you complete a majority of authoring tasks. For a video tutorial about using the Flowchart to plan your projects, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0240. See also "Flowchart overview" on page 162 Balancing file size and quality File size and quality Authoring a DVD or Blu-ray project involves striking a balance between two competing properties: file size and video quality. As quality increases, so does file size. You want to achieve the highest possible quality for your content while keeping the file sizes small enough so that all of the content will fit on the disc. This balance is achieved by manipulating the video content's data rate-either automatically (by letting Encore set the data rate) or directly (by setting the transcoding settings or using a third-party application).