Previewing Your DVD project: Lesson 18-1
You will create a DVD with a main menu that links to two videos, a slideshow and two scene selection menus.A limitation of the Premiere Pro DVD authoring module is that you cannot link to each scene selection menu directly from the main menu. As you add scenes you reach a limit to the number of buttons allowed in the selected menu template. Premiere Pro then automatically creates a second scene selection menu, accessible only from the first scene selection menu.There's no getting around that, but I will show you something of a work-around that at least lets you have a separate scene selection menu for each video.
1. | Play the Lesson 18 Intro video. |
2. | Open Premiere Pro to Lesson 18.It has two sequences. You will do your DVD authoring in Lesson 18 Start. But first you'll take a look at how things should look when you're done. |
3. | Select Window > lesson 18-3. |
4. | Click the Lesson 18 Finished tab to open that sequence in the Timeline.That displays a collection of menu thumbnail images in the Source Monitor. This DVD has a main menu and two scene selection menus, as well as three videos.![]() |
5. | Use the scroll bar in the DVD Menus window (highlighted in the previous figure) to display Main Menu 1. |
6. | Click in the Source Monitor screen to the right of the model to select the menu (not its text).That displays Menu Background and Audio editing tools in the Effect Controls panel. There you can change the menu background, add audio, and set the duration of button animations (there are no animated buttons in this project's main menu). |
7. | Click the Preview DVD button.That simulates how your project will work in a DVD player. Note that the main menu has an audio loop, and that as you move your mouse over its four text lines they highlight in turn, indicating that if you click there you will move to a video or another menu. You also can use the navigation buttons highlighted in the next figure to simulate using a DVD remote. |
NoteFeel free to navigate through this DVD preview in any fashion that suits you. I point out a few highlights in the next steps. [View full size image]
