1. Add Encore markers.

You can add Encore markers in Adobe Premiere Pro that will be carried over into Encore. Encore markers are different from sequence markers (which will not appear in Encore), but you apply them in the Timeline panel like sequence markers.

If you create an auto‑play DVD, the Encore markers become chapter points that allow the viewer to use a DVD player remote control to move from scene to scene. If you create a DVD with menus, you can link scene buttons on the menus to the Encore markers in the Encore timeline.

2. Export to Encore or to an MPEG-2 file.

The File > Export > Export To Encore command brings your sequence, or any portion of it you designate with the work area bar, into Encore. From Encore, you can burn it directly to a DVD without menus, or add menus and buttons before burning. You can burn the project to disc, or you can save it to a DVD image file, a set of DVD folders, or DVD master files on DLT tape.

Alternately, you can export a DVD-compliant MPEG-2 file from Adobe Premiere Pro that you can use to author a DVD in most DVD-authoring applications.

3. Choose a menu template.

Encore templates are predesigned menus that come in several styles. Buttons on the templates automatically link to DVD markers placed in the sequence. Encore creates additional submenus as necessary to accommodate all the DVD markers in a sequence.

4. Customize the menu template.

Edit titles, change graphics, or add video for backgrounds in Encore. You can also use video in button thumbnails by specifying a section of a clip to play in the button.

5. Preview the DVD.

Check the functionality and the look of your DVD menus in the Preview DVD window.

6. Burn the DVD.

With a DVD burner installed or connected, you can burn your DVD content to disc. You can save the compressed files to a folder for playback from a computer hard drive. You can also save a DVD ISO image to distribute or burn to a DVD.