It’s not intuitive the first time you run it, but we found that new users who are familiar with the basics of DVD authoring can be productive within an hour. The user interface is clean and functional, which is about the highest compliment we can give any program. It also has some advanced (but not unique) features, such as integrated subtitling, multiple video tracks (for multi-camera productions) and multiple audio tracks (for other languages). For professionals who create thousands of DVDs through a dupe house, you can output to DLT, which is a critical feature. It’ll do all of the basics: MPEG encoding, stereo Dolby Digital encoding, motion menus, burning and so on. Featuresįeature-wise, Encore is well equipped, but not exceptional. It’s not yet perfect, but if you live, work and breathe Adobe, Encore is the DVD authoring app you have been waiting for. Macfficionados and Windows 2000-based production houses are out of luck. It is a good app for the non-Hollywood professional market, with its primary strength being its integration with Adobe’s other apps (Premiere, Photoshop, etc.). We’ve been working hard with Encore for over a month now.
