Similar to the way that the appearance of subtitles is changed using the Timeline Color Set, subpicture highlight appearance is changed by modifying the Menu Color Set. When you modify a menu s color set, you change the instructions that tell Encore how to generate subpicture highlights from the subpicture layers in the menu s button layer sets. The subpicture layers themselves are not changed at all.

Encore always includes a Menu Default color set when you start a new project. The Menu Default color set is a single color set that is available to all menus in the project, and it will be the same for every new project that you start. Encore also generates an Automatic color set when you import or create a menu. The Automatic color set is based on the colors of the objects in the menu. That s very cool. Each menu has its own distinct Automatic color set.

The Automatic color set that Encore generates for a menu cannot be changed. You can, however, create a new, modifiable color set that is based on the

Automatic color set. Here s how:

1. With the Menu viewer forward, choose Menu ?Edit Menu Color Set.

2. Make sure the Automatic color set is displayed in the Color Set drop-down list and then click on the New Color Set button.

3. Give the new color set a name like Modified Automatic. The colors in the new set are identical to the colors in the Automatic set, only now they...