I have decided to animate my menu in adobe premiere instead of photoshop because i feel there is more control over what the animation can do. I will then import the animation into encore and there I plan to overlay the menu buttons on top of the video clip. If everything goes correctly I should be able to make the video clips mesh together.
In the pictures below I have documented the process of creating the animations in Adobe Premier:
Premier is great for creating animations because it gives you complete control over almost every aspect of the animation. There are multiple layers to use so it doesn't get confusing when trying to animate something really ambitious, and the timeline ensures that you can make the clips last as long as you want.
I found this a lot better to use than Photoshops animation feature which is far worse because there is only one layer and things can get confusing when trying to animate more than one object. However it does have the advantage of not requiring me to add the menu buttons latter on in encore.
MUSIC
Another bonus of animating in Premier, is that I can also couple the music with the video clip so I don't have to add it later in Encore! Problem Solved before it was even a problem!
As you can see here, Premier gives you complete control over the animating process and once you know how to use it, it becomes relatively simple to create some great animations:
I am aware that if I didn't have Premier installed on my laptop, then creating an animation of this quality probably wouldn't have been possible for me but seeing as I did, I felt I may as well use it.
The only problem that remains now, is importing the video files into encore and overlaying the menu buttons on top of the video clips. If that goes well I should have a great looking DVD menu!
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