Like many Adobe interfaces... I just DON'T GET IT!

I've been working with high-end digital tools since the late 80's - Pixar's renderman, Maya, Shake, you name it.

Adobe interfaces have always driven me absolutely up the wall. Random, senseless, it seems as though not a penny is spent on human interface design.

Encore is supposed to work with Photoshop - i.e. build photoshop PSD with layers (specifically named) then import to Encore and assign timeline/chapters to buttons. For the life of me I can't get this to work.

I create an interface I like in Photoshop - text for buttons has rollover feature where when cursor or scroll hits it it'll change to (=2) image, but it just doesn't work in Encore.

Can someone please expelain in simple language how to create an interface PSD that will allow me to do a simple thing like have buttons change color when a cursor selects them when the menu is playing?

I don't know if I'm a comlete idiot - I can do an 800 node Shake composite for feature films, create realistic particle fx for major motion pictures but I can't read the Encure documentation and make any sense of how to create even the simplest of menus that work, and I've got some personal opinions about that, but I'll leave them in my head for now...


thanks,

john t.
http://www.lunacie.com

Thanks - I'm downloading now and will post my experience.


regards,

john t.

The DVD spec only offers subpicture highlighting to indicate the current selection on a menu. As a subpicture is only allowed to have 4 pure colors (one of which has to be used as transparent background) it is impossible to use it to display "normal" images.

To do what you want, you will need to use a workaround which involves a stack of similar looking menus and the "auto activation" feature. Please have a look at the Adove Encore forum FAQ: How do I create a button rollover effect?