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dianew1025
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December 6, 2018
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Disc Menu and Templates in Premiere Elements 2019

  • December 6, 2018
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I just purchased Premiere Elements 2019 for the main purpose of making professional looking dvd menus with chapters.  I have been unable to figure out how to access this part of the program.  Nor can I find the online disc templates.  Please let me know how to do this.  The online helps to not give the information on how to access this.

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      Correct answer Ann Bens

      Are you on a Mac? If so there is no dvd option anymore.

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      Nooralamfkp416@gmail.com
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      August 27, 2020

      Hollywood movie Hindi HD

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      maryt48412301
      Participant
      February 15, 2020

      Like the others on this thread I was very disappointed to find this version doesn't have a DVD option on my mac. I have a grandson with autism and one of the things he really enjoys when he visits is finding the DVD and putting it in the player himself. He loves to watch himself on holiday, playing with his cousins. It's become one of his comfortable routines.

       

      I spent days editing the video of our last holiday with the 2019 version before I found the DVD problem. This morning I worked out that I could save the completed film as an mp4 file then close version 2019 and open my  previous version 2015. Then I imported the mp4 file as a single asset and added a DVD menu and burned a DVD as previously.

       

      Obviously this will only work if you still have a version on your Mac that does make DVDs.

       

      Cheers

      Mary

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      Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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      February 4, 2020

      "but its wrong"   Yes!  Lots of things go wrong with progress.  I'm not trying to determine the ethics of this.  I'm trying to encourage consideration of adapting a distribution format that has already become universal.  The most important family members I have is my granddaughters.  (They are lovely, charming, brilliant, etc!!).   If I want them to see any video or photo I make, it will have to be delivered in some fashion to their phones!  DVDs and BluRays became useless to me.  Instead of buying discs I buy an account on Vimeo.  I can "text" them links.  Try that with a disc!

      Woodie65
      Woodie65
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      February 4, 2020
      That works for you and it’s good. Our grandchildren are 4,10 and 13. Neither are allowed access to the internet yet. Their phones (excluding the 4 year) are old hand me downs.  One set of parents have iPhones, the other set just want functional phones and have oldish Samsung’s. But both families have flat screen TVs and dvd/Blu-ray players.I’m not against progress. Our first computer was built in 1998.  Dial up Internet. I had a family website for years which family accessed.  When our kids were on gap years, travelling pics were put on for friends and family to see. Then along came Facebook and so I shut down the website. No longer needed.


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      Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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      February 4, 2020

      Optical discs are going away.  Disc movie rental companies, Blockbuster and Hollywood Video, have evaporated.  Retailers like Best Buy used to have shelves full of players.  Now there are a few on a bottom shelf.  Laptops always had disc players.  Now they don't.  Blank disks occupy minimal shelf space at office supply stores.  Phones and tablets can't play discs.  

      TVs themselves have migrated from standard definition tubes to heavy high definition flat panels and now light and bright 4K models.  DVDs and Blu-Rays can't match the newer TVs.  

       

      Netflix, Amazon, Disney, YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, etc are leading the way with digital distribution. 

       

      Is it time to consider alternates to distributing your videos on discs?

      Woodie65
      Woodie65
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      February 4, 2020

      I get what you are saying.  But its worked for us for almost 20 years and all the family have flat screen TVs and DVD/Bluray players.  My films look good on TV - or they did.  Yes we can move on, but its wrong to take away something which works well for many people.  

      Woodie65
      Woodie65
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      January 29, 2020

      I am in exactly the same position.  I have been using Elements since 2013 version and used to save the video to ISO so I could burn a number of DVDs for family.  Happy with that but the mac will not support 32bit from this year, so I bought 2019 version.  I spent hours on my family films, but after numerous attempts and numerous coasters made, I couldnt make a DVD.  I posted on the forum and assorted free propgrammes were suggested, but they no longer exist, taken over by paid programmes, some requiring a monthly subscription.  Disc Utility was also suggested but is no longer available for burning DVDs. The Cisdem Video Converter programme and Cisdem Burner were suggested, so £60 spent later, I got them.  I downloaded the manual which was easy to follow.  A few more coasters later I still havent succeeded.  I am 70 and in the time I have spent I could have made a couple more films.  I have tried saving the videos in every option available in Elements and theres nothing left to try.  I dont want to send my family viseos to Youtube, phone or anywhere else, I just want to make DVDs.  Ive had a number of programmes in the past, Roxio, CYberlink, all fine.  Adobe was the best.  I used to make Blurays too.  So very frustrating.  Theres choice out there for Windows but not the Mac.

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      ylecorre
      Inspiring
      February 4, 2020
      For MAC I used DVD Creator lite (free version) an have been able to make NTSC and PAL DVD to be used on TV but resolution is weaker than an HD file readable only on computer or recent TV over ethernet network using Apple TV.
      Woodie65
      Woodie65
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      February 4, 2020
      Thank you. I’ve been getting desperate. It is such a pity that they exclude things. Ie Blu-ray. I will certainly try this. Can’t afford to keep buying programmes that don’t work!  I realised I also had Adobe Elements 8 too. Odd that the most up to date version is so limited! 


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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 9, 2018

      DVD resolution isn't nearly as good as you can get with streaming video, Bill. I'll grant you that.

      But shouldn't I get to choose whether or not to use it? It's got to be frustrating for buyers to realize that the latest update actually includes fewer major features than the last version.

      John Waller
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      John WallerCommunity Expert
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      December 9, 2018

      It's got to be frustrating for buyers to realize that the latest update actually includes fewer major features than the last version.

      Agreed.

      In my view, Adobe damages its brand when it does that and doesn't offer any alternatives in newer versions - or any explanation about why a feature was removed. It's not just Premiere Elements.

      Ann Bens
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      Ann BensCommunity Expert
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      December 9, 2018

      Same for Bluray........

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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 7, 2018

      That is truly ridiculous.

      I assume you can still create your DVD files and save them as an ISO on a Mac -- you just have to use the Mac utility to burn your DVD disc.

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      Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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      December 9, 2018

      https://forums.adobe.com/people/Steve+Grisetti  wrote

      That is truly ridiculous.

      Steve,

      How many times have we written that DVD quality is bad.  It is an old standard!  Time to move on!  Office supply stores don't give optical discs  much shelf space anymore.

      Peru Bob
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      Peru BobCommunity Expert
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      December 9, 2018

      whsprague  wrote

      How many times have we written that DVD quality is bad.  It is an old standard!  Time to move on!  Office supply stores don't give optical discs  much shelf space anymore.

      Some of us are still editing home movies that are DV and HDV.  If properly done and exported as dvd, a good upscaling DVD player can make it look quite good on an HD TV.

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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 7, 2018

      I'm not sure if what Ann is saying is true, Diane. OF COURSE both the Mac and PC can author and burn DVDs.

      John Waller
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      John WallerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 7, 2018

      According to the Adobe website, DVD Burning for Premiere Elements 2019 is now Windows only.

      Version Comparison | Adobe Premiere Elements 2019 vs 2018, 15, 14

      Plus "Compatible DVD burner to burn DVDs" has been removed from the Mac system requirements for 2019.

      Adobe Premiere Elements system requirements

      It's still there in the system requirements for Windows for 2019 - and for Macs up to Elements 2018.

      I also checked the user guide. P.7 says Removed Features - "DVD [Mac-only]"

      https://helpx.adobe.com/content/dam/help/en/pdf/premiere-elements_reference.pdf

      It's hard to find this info easily. Without this forum discussion, I would never have known about it.

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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 6, 2018

      Once again, my book and my lynda.com course walk you through the process step by step.

      But you can also search for free tutorials on YouTube. Like this one.

      Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Tutorial | Creating A DVD Movie Menu - YouTube

      dianew1025
      dianew1025Author
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      December 6, 2018

      Thank you for taking the time to try and answer my question, but I guess I wasn't very clear in describing my problem.  In my version of Premiere Elements 2019 the tools are not the same as in the tutorials.  When I go to the tools menu there is not an option for "Movie Menu" and there is no option for burning a disc from "Export & Share."  Were these options removed or changed to a different location?  I hope this makes sense.  If I had the same options, your tutorials would be very good!

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      December 6, 2018

      Are you on a Mac? If so there is no dvd option anymore.

      dianew1025
      dianew1025Author
      Participant
      December 6, 2018

      I understand the markers and how to add them, I just can't figure out how to get to the disc menus and templates on Premiere Elements 2019.  I have exported the video I finished to work on a tv but can't figure out how to burn it to a disc to play on a dvd player. 

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      Fossilcoach
      Participant
      February 9, 2019

      This is so wrong! I am in total agreement with Diane. I too burn my DVD's from videos created on Premiere Elements 2019. I have worked for several months on a family video with Premiere Elements 2019. Now I am ready to burn to disc. I discover that it no longer is available to people on a Mac. Adobe should have in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS on the 2019 issue that it does work on Mac. It is so wrong. FYI.....there are a lot of people who still use DVD's...especially people in their 50's and up. Adobe should be ashamed of itself!

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      Fossilcoach
      Participant
      February 9, 2019

      ...sorry...does NOT work on a Mac.

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