On the topic of "Disc Menu Removal/Replacement Or None", a key thought here is does the user find a "Reset" button or a "Auto-Play" button in the Premiere Elements Disc Menu workspace. In Premiere Elements 11 or later, a "Reset" button there is the route to disc menu removal/replacement or none; whereas, in Premiere Elements 10 or earlier, "Auto-Play" button is. The latest Adobe help document on "Creating disc menus" that was found online has a generalized Applies to: Premiere Elements and gives Last Published: April 26, 2018*. See HERE and its "Change from menu-based disc to an auto-play disc" section.
The Applies to: and Last Published information in that Adobe document implies that all versions have the Auto-Play button in the Disc Menu workspace which is not the case....rather, the Premiere Elements 11 and later user finds a "Reset" button there, and the Premiere Elements 10 and earlier user finds instead an "Auto-Play" button there.
ISSUE
The goal will be to try to sort out the non applicable version generalization information from what is actually found when using the different Premiere Elements versions for disc menu removal/replacement or none tasks.
USER OBSERVATIONS
Premiere Elements 11 And Later
Preview Disc, Menu Themes, Reset, and Done buttons are found in the DVD Menu workspace (in row at top right for Premiere Elements 11, 12.0/12.1, 13.0/13.1 and in panel at left side for Premiere Elements 14.0/14.1, 15, 2018).**
If a menu theme has been already applied in the DVD Menu workspace, but Done not pressed there yet....then Reset button/Menu Themes button (for selection of the replacement theme)/.... or just Reset button if no menu theme wanted.
If a menu theme has been already applied in the DVD Menu workspace, and Done pressed...then, automatic back in the Editor with its Tools Menu/Movie Menu which opens to the DVD Menu workspace which displays the theme that had been applied...then, in that DVD Menu workspace, Reset button/Menu Themes button for selection of the new menu theme.... or just Reset button if no menu theme wanted.
Reminders
- Reset button does not clear the menu markers that have been placed. The menu markers that had been placed can be removed by right clicking one of the Timeline menu markers and selecting Clear Menu Marker or Clear All Menu Markers from the drop down menu. If Disc Menu none is the goal, the existing menu markers can be left for use in player navigation using the player's Previous and Next buttons.***
- An alternative route for DVD menu creation is to bypass the Editor's Tools Menu/Movie Menu route and go directly from Editor to export area. Provided that the user has "Show all do not show again messages" selected in the Editor's Edit Menu/Preferences/General, the selection of Disc choice in export will trigger a pop up which allows for selection of menu theme or none. See Figure 1
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| Figure 1. Missing Disc Menu Pop Up Triggered When Project Goes Without Menu From Editor Timeline To Export Directly And Disc Choice Is Pressed. |
- In contrast, Auto-Play button and Preview button are found in the DVD menu workspace in Premiere Elements 10 and earlier (the Auto-Play button, for intents and purposes, is the Reset button of these earlier versions.
- The October, 2013 forum thread discussion "Changing from Menu Based to Auto Play" questions and answers may be of interest. Please refer to my (A.T. Romano) responses and solution at that time when the user was working with Premiere Elements 11 Windows. See HERE.
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*That Last Published date is after release of Premiere Elements 2018 and before the release of Premiere Elements 2019.
**Only purchased versions of Premiere Elements that we actually have are mentioned in this blog post. Although I tryout the Premiere Elements 2019 tryout, I did not go on to buy it.
***For DVD disc - no menu but with scene markers placed, I got this to work at computer playback of DVD-VIDEO using CyberLink PowerDVD9 player and its Previous and Next buttons. I do not have a non computer DVD player with remote control Previous and Next buttons that works for this type of player navigation.
ATR
