Menus without a disk

[martinpat1]

The reason I use Premier Elements 11 and don't bother upgrading (aside from the fact that it's now subscription-based) is that the ISO feature has been removed, and I like to create Blu-Ray disks.

How can I export a project so that it has a menu, chapters etc if I can't use a disk?

[Ann Bens]

Elements is not subscription based. Its still a standalone paid piece of software.

Do you want to make a image with E11 or E23?

As for E11 an ISO feature just does not disappear on its own. (or i misunderstood).

If you decide on E23, you can export your timeline with the Blu-ray setting in the Advanced section.

You get two files, one for video and one for audio.

As Elements does not author a disk anymore you need something like TMPGENC Works

TMPGEnc Authoring Works 6 - The Ultimate DVD / Blu-ray / AVCHD Authoring Tool - Pegasys Inc.

This software will make a Blu-ray disk out of the two file generated by Element.

As the two files are Blu-ray compatible, TMPG won't re-encode.

[martinpat1]

Ah, I have a vague memory of seeing an advert for an earlier version of Elements that was subscription, but I must be mistaken. I'll look into authoring software on a Mac (limited choice compared to Windows, I imagine).

Thanks.

[Steve Grisetti]

Menus only appear on discs. There is no way to output a video file with menus in Premiere Elements.

[martinpat1]

That's what I thought - but to me that's half the fun of creating a project! I presume that if you add chapter markers to your timeline and export the video file, you can skip to the next chapter during playback?

[Steve Grisetti]

Not in Premiere Elements.