replacement for Encore

I use Premiere Pro Elements. Not as robust as Encore but it does what I need it to do. It is also very intuitive.

I know this is an old topic, but I think it's still relevant. Physical media is not dead. Especially after streaming services become more and more expensive and take movies offline at whatever whim and there is no legal way to watch them again. This is a disaster for the customer and the producer behind the films. Physical media makes you independent!

I used to use Encore and have realized several projects with it. I'm currently trying to get back into DVD authoring and am testing various programs. None of them is as easy and intuitive to use as Encore. Please bring this program back!

TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6 will not reincode videos for DVD and Blu-ray if you export the video from Premiere as MPEG2 DVD or H.264 Blu-ray.  The program only works on the PC.

I have the serial number CS6 so I can't verify the possible solution at the end of the message below, but it is claimed there that it is still possible to install Encore and use it via the Cloud, by following the exact instructions in the message from Averdahl... as always with old links, copy the download to an external device
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/how-is-everyone-making-dvd-s-in-premiere-pro-without-encore/td-p/11569623?page=1

Just out of curiosity, I searched and found https://www.scenarist.com/

Lots of good verbage about what the program(s) will do... but NO prices

When I click their purchase link, it goes to a form to send information to then be contacted by a reseller

That may work for other people, but I'm not interested in that kind of product where the vendor can't just post links to places to buy

I use VEGAS DVD Architect for $99.  It's okay, gets the job done, but I really miss Encore's more intuitive/more polished interface and its tight integration with Photoshop for designing custom menus.

What to recommend all depends on exactly what you are needing to do - is the intended output for Blu-ray or DVD-Video?

All menu editing & creation should ideally be done in PhotoShop (this is how we do it, anyway) and authoring tools should ideally be treated as just that - assembly tools and not editors, otherwise you will (sooner or later) run into serious problems with "ghost assets" due to the abstraction layer nature of all the cheaper authoring tools.

So if you could let me know what you need to do, I will be happy to recommend.

For regular DVD, you will have to go a long, long way to beat Media Chance Labs DVD-Lab Pro 2. This does carry it's own built-in menu creation & layout tools as well as importing a layered PSD as well as separate TIF and BMP files and it really does work seriously well, with remarkably few issues as well as being seriously stable.

There is also a fully functional trial version available as well, and for straight DVD-V I cannot say enough good things about it.

Both do author Blu-rays but DVD Architect has problems with H.264 so using MPEG2 is a must
Encore alternative http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/taw6.html
Also https://www.vegascreativesoftware.com/us/dvd-architect/

I use PowerDirector from Cyberlink.

https://www.cyberlink.com/learning/powerdirector-video-editing-software/70/dvd-menu---disc-authoring-tutorial