Encore/After Effects not linking button to video

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  • Started 2 months ago by svtcobraltd
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  1. svtcobraltd
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    My whole menu was designed in photoshop and then animated in AE. After that it was rendered into a movie (avi) and all setup in encore. For some reason even though I told it to link to a certain chapter in there but when I preview it doesn't show up clickable. Loop point is at 0 for 20 tomes.

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  2. svtcobraltd
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    Ok I got it to link right but now when you are previewing it will enable you to click on the 3 buttons but no outline is around the box like other menu's I have done. I burned it onto a DVD just to try and the menu works great except you cannot select anything because nothing highlights.

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  3. grinner
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    grinner

    Did you make buttons as seperate elements? How did you inport them? Can you select them and move them around? I bring em in as png files.

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  4. svtcobraltd
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    After a little research, I edited the menu again in photoshop and added a (=1)WordHighlight layer and that seems to work. However the color it changes when highlighted is not smooth. Looks jagged a little.

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  5. jerronsmith
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    jerronsmith

    You could try to blur the highlight layer in photoshop a bit.

    Jerron Smith
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  6. svtcobraltd
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    Since I cannot seem to get it working, here is the button and then its highlighted counter part in PS. However when I save and then preview in Encore, it just highlights the words the colors set in the Menu Color Set. How can I make the image have this highlighted effect?

    Button - http://www.svtcobraltd.com/button.gif

    Highlighted - http://www.svtcobraltd.com/button_highlighted.gif

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  7. grinner
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    grinner

    Don't use a gif. It'll look all jaggedy.

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