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C13_UserGuide.book Page ii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM ii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Legal Information Copyright ©1994 - 2010 Sonic Solutions. All Rights reserved. Use of these products is subject to the acceptance of the license agreement(s) included in this product.
C13_UserGuide.book Page iii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Legal Information AVCHD and the AVCHD Logo are trademarks of Panasonic Corporation and Sony Corporation, and are used under license. ATI is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Some digital content © 1994-2001 Hemera* Technologies Inc. All Rights Reserved. * Trademark of Hemera Technologies Inc. Ogg Vorbis audio compression technology provided courtesy of the Xiph.Org Foundation.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page vii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Legal Information Some digital image content © 2006 Jupiterimages Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Some audio content © 2006 Ian Nieman Music. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright 1997-1998 Intel Corporation. This product uses the LAME MP3 Encoder library (the “Library”). The Library is licensed under the GNU Library General Public License, Version 2, 1991.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page ix Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM ix Contents 1 Getting started with Roxio Creator 19 Welcome to Roxio Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 And that’s not all... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Installing Creator . . . . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page x Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM x Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 Managing your media files 3 Making advanced data discs 37 About Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Starting Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Supported file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Monitoring new media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Getting to know the Media Manager window. . . . . .40 Working with My Media . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xi Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Contents 4 Importing media files 5 Copying video and creating video compilations 71 65 Welcome to Media Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 Starting Media Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67 Getting to know the Media Import window . . . . . . .68 Overview of importing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 About Video Copy & Convert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM xii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know the MyDVD window . . . . . . . . . . .87 Menu Edit view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 Movie Edit view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Overview of creating a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 What are MyDVD projects? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Steps to create a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xiii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Contents 7 Creating video productions 8 Video tools and assistants 107 Welcome to VideoWave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 Getting to know the VideoWave window . . . . . . . .109 Task Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Preview area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Production Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Media Selector . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xiv Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM xiv Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 9 10 Watching movies 129 Welcome to CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 Getting to know CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Playing video from video folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 Recording and managing audio files 135 Importing audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xv Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Contents About editing and applying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 Selecting the waveform region to edit . . . . . . . .160 Basic editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Adding or deleting track separators. . . . . . . . . . . . .162 Installing new sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 Completing Sound Editor projects . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 Saving Sound Editor projects. .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xvi Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM xvi Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Completing Music Disc Creator projects. . . . . . . . .184 Burning projects to disc or saving as disc image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 Exporting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 Sending tracks to a portable device. . . . . . . . . .187 13 Working with photo projects 14 Printing and sharing 189 Welcome to PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C13_UserGuide.book Page xvii Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Roxio Creator User Guide Contents 15 Creating disc labels and inserts 221 About Label Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 Overview of creating labels and disc inserts . . . . . .222 Getting to know the Label Creator window . . . . . .223 The Add Object area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 The Edit Layout area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 The Layout area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 20 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 20 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Roxio Creator Welcome to Roxio Creator, the all-in-one digital media solution. Designed for beginners and experts alike, Creator will walk you through an astounding array of video, audio, and photo projects you’ll be proud to share with family and friends.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 21 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator About this guide ■ Share 3D movies on Facebook or YouTube. VideoWave creations can easily be uploaded to these two popular sharing sites. And that’s not all...
C13_UserGuide.book Page 22 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 22 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com System requirements Minimum system requirements ■ Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate; Windows Vista with Service Pack 2; Windows XP with Service Pack 3 ■ 2.0 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM (Windows 7 and Vista); 2.0 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM (Windows XP) ■ 1024x768 DirectX 9.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 23 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator System requirements installed. Does not work with DirecTV-provided TiVo DVRs. See www.tivo.com for more information. ■ For video playback: AMD graphics processor with Avivo support or nVidia graphics processor with PureVideo support ■ For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card or USB 2.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 24 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 24 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ 3D video: anaglyph red/cyan, side-by-side and full and half-width, top/bottom full and half height, RealD Formats: ■ Supports all popular recordable formats: CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL, DVD-RAM, BD-R/RE, BD-R/ RE DL ■ Supports popular disc image formats: reads ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE, and GI; writes ISO and GI Note Encrypted or copy-protected discs or media cannot be copied.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 25 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Installing Creator Installing Creator Follow this procedure to install Creator. To install Creator using the installation disc: 1 Insert the Creator installation DVD into a compatible drive. If Autorun is enabled on your computer, the Creator installation window appears automatically and you can skip step 2 and step 3. 2 Choose Start > Run.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 26 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 26 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know Creator Start your digital media projects from Creator’s main window, which we call Roxio Home. Double-click the Creator desktop icon to begin. Creator’s main window, featuring the project category tabs and links to frequent tasks. Starting a task Click one of the project category tabs on the left side of the window, and a task list appears on the right.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 27 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Creator: What you can do Creator: What you can do There are so many great things you can do with Creator. Here’s a partial list and how to get started: Copying data You will find links to these tasks by selecting the Data-Copy project tab: ■ Copy files to a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc. Select the Burn Data Disc task. ■ Duplicate an entire disc. Select the Copy Disc task.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 28 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 28 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ Create professional-looking video productions that combine your 2D and 3D video clips and photos with audio, transitions, and special effects. Select the Edit Video – Advanced task. ■ Copy video directly from a camcorder to a disc. Select the Plug and Burn task. ■ Transfer video footage from your AVCHD™ camera onto a DVD or Blu-ray Disc for safekeeping.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 29 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Creator: What you can do Beatmatching feature to create mixes your friends will envy. Select the Create Music Disc Projects task. ■ Create a DVD Music Disc with up to 50 hours of music using tracks from your computer or from any number of audio discs. Choose from professionally designed menu styles or use your own background image, then burn your project to a disc and play on it your computer or set-top player.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 30 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 30 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ E-mail your photos and photo projects to friends and family. Select the Email task. For more information, see Chapter 13, Working with photo projects, on page 189, and Chapter 14, Printing and sharing, on page 207.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 31 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Completing a typical task Completing a typical task Each task in Creator is a little different. Some are incredibly simple. Others take a little time to master. To help you get started, let’s walk though one of the most useful projects—creating a disc that contains files copied from your computer. 1 Open Creator by double-clicking the icon that was placed on your computer desktop during installation.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 32 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 32 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 When you are ready, click Burn Data Disc. The Burn Data Disc project link in the Data - Copy window In the illustration above, a link for the Burn Data Disc project appears in the suggested projects area near the top of the window and again in the Create section. After clicking either link, the application window changes again.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 33 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Completing a typical task 3 To begin a data disc project, insert a blank CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc into your computer’s disc drive. (The project also allows you to add files to an existing data disc, but to keep things simple for this project, use a blank disc.) 4 Use the Destination drop-down menu to select the drive holding your blank disc.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 34 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 34 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ To the right of the Add button is the Projects button that you can use to easily find saved projects. ■ Next to that is the Make Bootable button. Use it to create a bootable disc that can be used to start your computer if something should ever go wrong with the Windows operating system. Before burning your data disc, look along the bottom of the project window.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 35 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Getting started with Roxio Creator Where to find more information Where to find more information This guide provides an overview of Creator. For detailed information about how to use all of the features of Creator, see the options described below. Help Most Creator components have an extensive, searchable Help Center. Each Help Center includes step-by-step procedures and answers to frequently asked questions.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 36 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 36 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creator support options Unlimited self-help options Roxio provides a variety of self-help tools, a searchable knowledge base of support articles with troubleshooting tips, and tutorials that can help you get the most out of your Roxio products. Be sure to visit the Roxio Support Web site before you contact us by phone or e-mail—you’ll find answers to most of your questions at http://support.roxio.com.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 38 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 38 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Media Manager Your media files—photos, video clips, music tracks, and Roxio projects— come from many different sources, and can be stored in various locations on your computer. They can also be stored on network drives, on removable storage devices, or on compatible wireless devices, such as mobile phones. Media Manager keeps everything organized.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 39 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Starting Media Manager To open Media Manager: ■ From Roxio Home, select Browse and Manage Media from one of these task categories: Video-Movies, Music-Audio, or Photo. Supported file formats Media Manager supports all of the photo, video, and audio file formats supported by the Roxio components. Only files in supported formats are visible in Media Manager.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 40 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 40 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know the Media Manager window The Media Manager window provides an easy-to-use interface from which you can organize your media files. The following illustration identifies the parts of the window that are common across all views.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 41 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Getting to know the Media Manager window Media Manager offers the following views to help you easily access and organize the media files on your computer and connected devices: ■ My Media This view shows your Smart Views, playlists, and albums.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 42 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 42 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Working with My Media The My Media view shows your Smart Views and albums. Smart Views are media file groupings automatically created and maintained by Media Manager, based on common characteristics such as media type, date, or keyword. You can also create Smart Views from your search queries, or from existing Smart Views. Albums are media file groupings that you create and manage yourself.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 43 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with My Media Browsing My Media In the My Media view, you can browse the following groupings: All Media This Smart View shows you all media files detected by Media Manager. Use this view to search for files if you are not sure which views they belong to, or if you want to browse all of your media files. All Photos This Smart View allows you to browse your photos.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 44 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 44 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com My Playlists This Smart View stores any playlists you have created. My Synced Devices This Smart View contains all of the portable devices (such as mobile phones) that you have synchronized with your computer. My Albums This grouping stores albums created automatically by Media Manager (based on Windows folders), as well as any albums you created yourself.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 45 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with albums Working with albums Creating new albums You can create a new album in one of the following ways: ■ Create a new, empty, album. ■ Select files, create an album, and add the selected files to the new album, all in one step. ■ Drag files from Windows Explorer into a new album. You can also create a new album based on search results.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 46 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 46 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 4 Drag the files into My Albums. Media Manager prompts for the name of the new album. 5 Type the album name and click Yes. Media Manager creates a new album, and adds the selected files to it. Adding media files to albums You can add media files to albums in several ways. To add media files to an existing album using the Albums button: 1 Select the media files you want to add to an album.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 47 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with albums To add media files to albums using Windows Explorer: 1 If you are not in the My Media view, in the Browse area, click My Media. 2 In the Browse area, select the album to which you want to add media files. 3 Open Windows Explorer, and position the Windows Explorer and Media Manager windows so you can see them both. 4 In Windows Explorer, click the media file you want to add to the album.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 48 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 48 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 4 To copy the media files to the clipboard, right-click and choose Copy. 5 In the Browse area, select the album to which you want to move or copy the media files. 6 In the album, right-click and choose Paste. To move the media files to the clipboard, right-click and choose Cut.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 49 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with playlists Working with playlists With Media Manager, you can easily create and manage playlists. To create a new playlist: 1 In the Browse area at the top left of the window, click My Media to display the My Media view. 2 In the Browse area, click My Playlists. 3 Click Create a New Playlist. 4 Type a name for the new playlist.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 50 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 50 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Working with folders The Folders view in Media Manager is similar to Windows Explorer, except that you only see media files supported by Roxio products. In the Folders view, you can browse the contents of the folders on your computer, and drag and drop media files between folders. You can also create folders, and rename or delete folders or the files within them.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 51 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with media files Working with media files Media Manager makes it easy to organize your media files. You can rename files and delete them from albums or Smart Views, update or sort files in albums and Smart Views, and copy, move, or delete files from albums. You can assign keywords and comments to files, to help you when you are searching for media files.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 52 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 52 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Previewing media files Using Media Manager, you can view media files in the preview window. You can also view photo files as a QuickShow. For information on how to preview your media files, see Viewing media files in a preview window. For information on how to view a QuickShow, see Viewing media files in QuickShows on page 53.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 53 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Working with media files Viewing media files in QuickShows A QuickShow displays a view of all the selected media files, one after the other. You can change the display time by selecting Tools > Options, and changing the QuickShow settings. Click Help on the Options dialog box for information on setting the QuickShow options. If the collection contains audio or video files, each file plays one after the other.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 55 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Managing your media files Finding missing media files If Media Manager finds some of the missing media files, they are removed from the missing files list. Repeat this step to locate the rest of the files. 3 If you want to continue the task that you were starting before the Missing Files dialog box appeared without finding the missing media files, click Skip Rest. You can skip one group of files at a time by clicking Skip.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 58 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 58 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Creator Classic Use Creator Classic to archive your important files to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray™ Disc, or large projects to multiple discs. Create bootable discs, backup discs, and more. To open Creator Classic: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Data-Copy project tab and choose Burn Data Disc - Advanced. With Creator Classic, burning a disc is easy to do: 1 Start a Creator Classic project.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 59 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Making advanced data discs Getting to know the Creator Classic window Getting to know the Creator Classic window The default window that appears whenever you start Creator Classic is an untitled Data Disc project. The parts of the window that are common across all project types are identified below. Select project type Select Source files Project Area: Shows the project type and the files in the project.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 60 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 60 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Deciding which type of project to create This section lists the types of projects you can create using Creator Classic, and helps you choose the best project type for your needs. ■ Data discs A data disc is a disc that contains any computer data. With Creator Classic, you can make your own data discs by burning files and folders from your hard disk and other discs.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 61 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Making advanced data discs Adding files and folders to your project Adding files and folders to your project You can locate and add files and folders from your hard disk and other discs to your project. To browse for files and folders and add them to your project: 1 In the Select Source area, you can browse for files and folders in any of these ways: ■ Browse your Smart Views and albums.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 62 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 62 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 3 Add the selected files and folders to your project in any of these ways: ■ Click Add. ■ Drag files and folders from the Source area to the Project area. ■ Drag files, folders, or a disc icon from Windows Explorer to the Project area. ■ Copy and paste files and folders from the Source area or Windows Explorer to the Project area.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 63 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Making advanced data discs Burning the project to disc Note Nonrewritable discs can be formatted only once, and cannot be erased at all. Rewritable discs can be formatted and erased multiple times. 5 If you want to create a disc image file, select Save disc image file, and then click Browse to specify the name and location of the image file.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 66 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 66 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Media Import Media Import copies or records photos and videos from a wide range of devices, including digital cameras, video recorders and Web cams, memory cards, flash memory drives, scanners, and discs. Once the files have been transferred to your computer, you can use them in any other Roxio digital media component.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 67 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Importing media files Starting Media Import Starting Media Import When you connect a device or insert a disc containing media files, Microsoft Windows typically prompts you to select the application to use: If this dialog appears, select the “using Media Import” option. If you always want to use Media Import with this device or disc type, select Always do this... for the file type being imported.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 68 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 68 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know the Media Import window The Media Import Home page provides an easy-to-use interface with which you can transfer media files to your computer from any attached digital media devices. Media type buttons At the top of the Media Import window are buttons that allow you to choose the type of media to import (Photo or Video).
C13_UserGuide.book Page 69 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Importing media files Getting to know the Media Import window Media- and device-specific dialog When you select a device from the drop-down list, the left side of the Media Import window shows information and settings specific to that device. (The preceding illustration shows a dialog to import photos from a CD.) Import Bin The Import Bin (not shown) is on the right side of the Media Import window.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 70 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 70 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Overview of importing media files This section gives an overview of the import process, using photos or video files on a digital camera as an example. The procedures for importing different types of media files from other sources are similar, but may not be exactly the same as the procedure given in this chapter.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 72 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 72 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Video Copy & Convert Video Copy & Convert has one or two modes of operation: ■ Copy DVD mode—Lets you copy an entire DVD disc, disc image file, or DVD-Video folder. You can burn the contents to a disc, or create a disc image file or DVD-Video folder on your hard disk. ■ Convert Video mode—Lets you reformat movies or Web videos for playback on the device of your choice or from a DVD disc.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 74 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 74 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Copying DVD-Video Copy DVD mode lets you copy an entire DVD disc, disc image file, or DVD-Video folder. You can burn the contents to a disc, or create a disc image file or DVD-Video folder on your hard disk. Can I copy discs using one disc drive? You can copy a disc using one recorder, or multiple recorders.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 75 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Copying video and creating video compilations Copying DVD-Video ■ A disc containing a “VIDEO_TS” folder which contains valid DVD-Video source content. The disc must not be copyprotected. ■ A disc image file containing valid DVD-Video source content. Valid disc image files include .iso, .c2d (Roxio proprietary format), and .cue (BIN/CUE). ■ A “VIDEO_TS” folder on your hard disk containing valid DVD-Video source content.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 76 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 76 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Copying DVD discs, disc image files, or DVD-Video folders Follow this procedure to copy a disc, disc image file, or DVD-Video folder using either one or two drives. To copy a disc, disc image file, or DVD-Video folder: 1 In Video Copy & Convert, click Copy DVD if you are not already in Copy DVD mode.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 77 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video About converting video Video Copy & Convert reformats and compiles movies and Web videos for playback on your computer, television, iPad®, video iPod®, PSP™, video cell phone, and many other devices.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 78 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 78 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating a video compilation To add and edit movies: 1 Click Convert Video. Note Versions of Video Copy & Convert with a single copying mode do not have mode selection buttons.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 79 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video 4 Click the Up and Down arrow buttons to change the order of the movies in the compilation. To rename a movie in your compilation, double-click the selection and type the new name. To rotate a movie 90 degrees, click one of the Rotate buttons. To remove a movie from the source list, click Delete. Note Language options are only available for DVD-Video source movies.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 80 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 80 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com End point marker Start point marker 3 To trim the end of the movie or video, drag the End point marker to the desired position. 4 Click Play to preview your trimmed movie or video. 5 If you are satisfied with the changes you have made, click Done. If you are not satisfied, click Reset to undo your changes and restore your original movie or video.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 81 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video 3 Drag the mark out point to the point in the movie or video where you would like to stop trimming. This selection is the material you are trimming from the movie or video. Note Trimming the video has no effect on the imported source file.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 82 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 82 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Selecting an output format and a destination 1 In the Choose Output area, select the device you will be using to watch your movie. 2 Move the slider to the desired level of output video quality. Note Increasing the video quality also increases the file size.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 83 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video Selecting or customizing a DVD menu style Video Copy & Convert comes with a set of professionally designed DVD menu styles that you can adapt for your projects. Each style includes attractive background images, titles, and buttons. You can modify these styles, use them as designed, or create your own.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 84 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 84 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Note Because the video rendering process is CPU-intensive, it is recommended that you not perform any other tasks until the conversion is complete. If you need to perform a task during conversion, you can press Pause when the conversion dialog appears. Press Resume to continue the conversion. ■ To schedule a time to start copying, click Schedule project.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 86 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 86 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to MyDVD With MyDVD, it’s easy to turn your digital home video and photos into discs with professional transitions and animated menus. Create standard 2D discs with professional looking menus, or bring your video to life in a whole new way by converting them to 3D. MyDVD discs play back in most set-top players and in computers with compatible drives.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 87 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Getting to know the MyDVD window Getting to know the MyDVD window This section describes the MyDVD window Menu Edit view, and the Movie Edit View. Menu Edit view When you are working on a menu, you work in the Menu Edit view.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 88 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 88 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Task pane The task pane gives you quick access to some frequently used commands, and provides an easy way to navigate through your project. It contains the following areas: ■ Menu Tasks area. The Menu Tasks area lets you add content such as photos and video clips to the project. ■ Edit area. The Edit area provides the tools you need to edit your project’s menu.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 89 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Getting to know the MyDVD window Movie Edit view When you are editing a movie you work in the Movie Edit view. Task Pane: Add Content and Tools areas Preview area Toolbar Production Editor Task pane The task pane gives you quick access to some frequently used commands. It contains the following areas: ■ Add Content area. The Add Content area lets you add content and effects to the movie.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 91 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Overview of creating a disc Overview of creating a disc This section gives a general overview of the steps you take to create a disc using MyDVD. You can use your favorite video clips, photos, and audio clips to quickly and easily make an exciting and creative disc. What are MyDVD projects? MyDVD projects are multimedia presentations that can be burned onto a disc. Projects can be created in 2D or 3D.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 92 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 92 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 5 Burn the project to a disc, which you can then play on your set-top player. For more information, see Burning projects to disc on page 103. Capturing media files If you have a digital camera, DV camera, scanner, or other device connected to your computer, you can capture media files to use in your MyDVD projects. You capture media files using Media Import.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 93 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Working with menus Working with menus What are menus? A menu is a screen containing background photos or video clips, background audio, and buttons that link to productions (movies and slideshows), and other menus. Menus in a MyDVD project work exactly the same way as the menus you see when you play a commercial DVD-video disc.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 94 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 94 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adding productions to your MyDVD project A production is a combination of photos or video clips that you assemble. When the production is played back, the items in it appear as one continuous sequence. Movies and slideshows are two types of productions. A movie is a collection of video clips and photos that play one after the other. Movies can include transitions and other effects.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 95 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Adding productions to your MyDVD project Note You can add photos, video clips, VideoWave productions (DMSM) and slideshows (DMSS). If you select multiple DMSM and DMSS files, each one becomes a separate movie. If you select multiple photos, they are combined in a slideshow. If you select multiple video clips, you can choose whether to add them as separate movies, or to combine them into a single movie.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 96 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 96 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Editing productions You can add additional photos and video clips to your productions, as well as the following types of enhancements: ■ transitions ■ text effects ■ overlays ■ video effects ■ audio effects To edit a production: 1 2 In the Project View area (on either the Menu or Movies tab) select the movie you want to edit. In the Edit area, click Edit Movie.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 97 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Adding productions to your MyDVD project To mark chapters in a movie: 1 Select the movie in the Project View area, then, in the Edit area, click Edit Chapters. 2 To mark chapters automatically, follow these steps: a Choose how to identify chapters. You can identify chapters based on scene changes, panel changes, or elapsed time. b Click Go.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 98 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 98 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Working with buttons MyDVD automatically creates a button on the menu when you add a production. You can also perform the following tasks with buttons: ■ Arranging buttons on menus ■ Resizing buttons ■ Changing button thumbnail images ■ Changing button styles Arranging buttons on menus You can move the buttons to a new position on the menu.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 99 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Working with buttons Changing button thumbnail images Some button styles can include a thumbnail image. For productions, the default thumbnail is a short, animated, segment of the linked production. For menus, the default thumbnail shows the linked menu. You can select a specific frame to be used as a thumbnail.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 100 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 100 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 5 Choose whether to apply the change to the selected buttons, all of the buttons on the current menu, or all buttons in the project. 6 Drag the style you want to use onto a selected button, if any buttons are selected, or onto one of the buttons for which you want to change the style.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 101 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Changing or removing background audio To change text appearance: 1 In the Project View area (Menus tab), click the icon of the menu containing the text you want to edit. 2 Select the text you want to change. 3 Use the controls on the Preview toolbar to change the font, size, color, and style (shadow, bold, and italic) of the selected text, or to change the text justification.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 102 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 102 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Note When you delete a button that is linked to a single movie or menu, that movie or menu is deleted from the project (you are prompted for confirmation). If you delete a button that is linked to all movies on the menu, or to all movies in the project, only the button is deleted.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 103 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Completing your project Completing your project See the following topics to complete your MyDVD project: ■ Burning projects to disc on page 103 ■ Erasing discs on page 104 ■ Saving projects as disc image files and disc volumes on page 104 Burning projects to disc When you finish creating your project in MyDVD, you can burn it onto a disc.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 104 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 104 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 6 Click Burn to begin burning the project. The Burn Progress dialog box opens, showing you the progress while the project is burning to disc. 7 When the burn is complete, click OK to close the Burn Progress dialog box. Erasing discs To erase a disc: 1 Insert the disc that you want to erase. 2 Choose Tools > Erase disc. The Erase Disc dialog box opens.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 105 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating advanced video discs with menus Completing your project To save a project as a disc image file: 1 On the Preview toolbar, click Burn. The Burn dialog box opens. 2 Select the Save disc image file check box. 3 Click Browse, then follow these steps: 4 a Locate the folder in which you want to save the disc image file. b Enter a File name for the disc image file, then click Save. Click Burn to save the disc image file.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 108 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 108 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to VideoWave VideoWave is a powerful but easy-to-use application that lets you create your own video projects, called productions. Use your own home videos, photos, and music files, and combine them with VideoWave’s special effects and transitions, to create professional-looking video productions that you can share with friends, family, and the world.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 109 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating video productions Getting to know the VideoWave window Getting to know the VideoWave window This section describes the main areas of the VideoWave window. Task Pane: Add Content, Tools, and Fix areas Toolbar Preview area Dock Production Editor Task Pane The Task Pane contains the Add Content, Tools, and Fix areas.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 110 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 110 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tools area The Tools area provides quick access to several useful tools, including Media Selector, Effect Selector, and the Settings dialog box. Fix area The Fix area includes one or more tools you can use to correct problems with your video. For example, this is where you will find the Stabilize Video tool for fixing shaky video clips.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 111 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating video productions Creating your first VideoWave production Effect Selector The Effect Selector provides quick access to all the effects you can add to your production. It offers extensive libraries of transitions, video effects, overlays, and text effects that you can add to items or to your entire production. Once you have added an effect, you can continue to work with it to create custom effects that you can save and use again.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 112 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 112 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Step one: Add photos and video clips In this step, you add the content—photos and video clips—to your production. Note If you have the optional Timeline feature, make sure you are in Storyline view. 1 2 3 4 In the Tools area, click Show Media Selector. In the Media Selector, browse your computer for media files to use for your production.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 113 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating video productions Step three: Add transitions Step three: Add transitions In this step, you add transitions. A transition is the change you see between one photo and the next in a slideshow. Tip: You can also apply a transition theme, which applies transitions of the selected style between all items in your production. For more information, see the VideoWave Help file. To add transitions: 1 In the Tools area, click Show Effect Selector.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 114 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 114 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Step four: Preview your production In this step, you preview your production from beginning to end. To preview your production: 1 In the Production Editor, click the first panel of your production to select it. 2 In the Preview area, click Play. Your slideshow or movie begins playing in the Preview area. 3 Continue with Step five: Output your production.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 115 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating video productions Step five: Output your production consult the documentation provided with your 3D-compatible display or video card. 5 Choose the video file quality settings, or click New to create a new quality definition for your production. 6 In the text box, type a name for your production, and if you want, click Browse to change the location in which the file is stored on your computer.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 118 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 118 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating a slideshow The Slideshow Assistant helps you turn your photos into a slideshow that includes background music, your own text, transitions, and theme, in just a few steps. To open the Slideshow Assistant: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Create Slideshows. ■ In VideoWave, in the Tools area, click New slideshow.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 119 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Video tools and assistants Using CineMagic to create movies Using CineMagic to create movies CineMagic creates fun movies from your photos and videos by selecting photos and scenes from your videos and splicing them together. To be able to produce a movie, CineMagic must have twice as much video footage as desired in the final movie.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 120 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 120 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn Plug & Burn provides a quick and easy way to capture video from your DV camera directly to a disc. You can capture selected scenes, or the entire video tape. If you have an analog capture card installed on your computer, Plug & Burn also allows you to capture analog video to a disc.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 121 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Video tools and assistants Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn Note For a rewritable or an unfinalized writable disc, if you do not erase the disc, the new video will be added to the existing files on the disc. e Select the disc type from the drop-down list. 3 Click Next. 4 Customize the capture settings: 5 6 a Select the device from which you are capturing video. b Specify the capture quality.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 122 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 122 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Converting files with SyncIt! SyncIt! converts video, audio, and photo files from one format to another. You can also use SyncIt! to transfer your media files to a portable device, such as an iPod®, PSP™, Windows Media device, or supported mobile phone. You can even transfer files to a device that is not currently connected to your computer.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 123 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Video tools and assistants Converting files with SyncIt! Transferring files To transfer files to a portable device: 1 In the upper-left corner of the SyncIt! application, click Switch Mode and choose the portable device from the list. Note The list contains all of the portable devices that have been connected to your computer, even if the device is currently disconnected. 2 Click Settings.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 124 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 124 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adding SmartSound background audio SmartSound is a service that creates background audio that is automatically edited to fit the length of your movie or slideshow. Using SmartSound audio helps keep your productions from being altered or removed by popular websites that have rules against using copyrighted background music without permission.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 125 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Video tools and assistants Adding SmartSound background audio 10 Click Preview to play the selected audio. 11 Optional: To save your selection as a WAV file, click Export To, browse to the folder in which you want to store the new file, enter the file name, and click Save. 12 If you own the background audio, you can add it to your project by clicking OK. If you don’t own it, you can click Purchase to buy it and add it to your project.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 126 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 126 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Archiving AVCHD™ video AVCHD Archive is a great way to back up the high quality video shot with your AVCHD camcorder. This simple task assistant saves video from an AVCHD recorder onto DVD or Blu-ray™ discs. There’s no reformatting or transcoding. Your discs will contain the same high definition video as your camera and can be used to add content to your video projects.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 127 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Video tools and assistants Archiving AVCHD™ video 8 Select the disc drive in the To drop-down list. The size of the project and the number of discs required is displayed. If you would like to change to a larger- or smaller-capacity disc, do so now. You cannot change disc format or capacity after the archive begins. 9 Click the Go button to begin archiving your video.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 130 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 130 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to CinePlayer CinePlayer is a high quality video player for your personal computer. You can use it to play everything from interactive Blu-ray™ discs to CinemaNow movie downloads to the latest generation of 3D blockbusters.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 131 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Watching movies Getting to know CinePlayer Getting to know CinePlayer Open, Settings, and Help menus Eject Disc, Volume, playback controls, Disc Menu, and disc settings buttons 3D controls Seek bar Full-screen CinePlayer buttons Use the following menus to open videos, customize CinePlayer settings, and get help. ■ Open: Click to browse for video files or video folders, such as DVD-Video (VIDEO_TS) folders.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 132 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 132 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com with one or more movies from CinemaNow, they will be listed on the Open menu. ■ Settings: Click to choose general application options, video and disc settings, as well as playback, language, 3D, and audio options. For more information, click Help or press F1 in the Settings dialog box. ■ Help: Click to register CinePlayer, get help, and check for upgrades.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 133 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Watching movies Playing discs Playing discs The basic versions of CinePlayer can play these disc formats: ■ DVD-Video ■ DVD-VR ■ DVD Slide Show ■ VCD ■ VCD Slide Show ■ SVCD (Super Video CD) ■ AVCHD™ Blu-ray versions of CinePlayer can play unprotected content in these additional formats: ■ BDMV and unprotected BDAV To play a disc, insert the disc in your computer.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 136 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 136 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Importing audio CDs The Multiple Audio CD Ripper is an assistant you can use to quickly rip audio tracks from audio CDs and transfer them to a portable device, such as an iPod®, PSP™, MP3 player, or WMA player. To open Multiple Audio CD Ripper: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Rip - Advanced. To import and transfer files: 1 Insert the discs you want to import.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 137 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Importing audio CDs 6 Optional: By default, the assistant automatically identifies CDs and tags songs. To view or modify the tags, or to automatically tag unidentified tracks, click Edit Audio Tags. Tip: For more information, click Help on the Edit Audio Tags dialog box.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 138 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 138 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Recording from an audio input device Easy Audio Capture is an assistant you can use to quickly record audio streamed over the Internet. For example, Easy Audio Capture can be set to record music from an Internet radio station, identify the individual tracks, and automatically transfer each song into your iTunes or Windows music library.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 139 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Recording from an audio input device Adjust the recording level so that the meter indicators light up only to the middle of the meter, passing the middle only occasionally. If all of the meter indicators stay lit persistently, the recording level has passed the zero dB clipping point, and is too “hot”. If this occurs, reduce your recording level.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 140 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 140 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 Start playing your source audio. 3 Click Record to start recording. 4 Optional: If you limited the recording time in the Capture Settings dialog box, and you want to extend the recording time, click + (beside Time left to record) for each additional minute that you want to record. 5 When the source finishes playing, click Stop to stop recording. 6 When you finish recording, click Close.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 141 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Creating Audiobooks Creating Audiobooks Audiobook Creator enables you to easily convert an audiobook from an existing audio CD to iTunes, to an iPod, iPhone®, iPad™ or other connected portable device, to an audiobook file on hard disk, or to an MP3 disc. Audiobook Creator can also convert public domain MP3 audiobooks that you have downloaded from the Internet.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 142 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 142 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ Output to ■ ■ iTunes (must already be installed): Select this option to output your audiobook to iTunes. All tracks will automatically be combined into a single iTunes audiobook file (.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 143 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Creating Audiobooks Format output Description .M3U Standard audiobook playlist ■ Many players support chapter skipping since chapters are not merged ■ Some players do not support pause/resume of playlists when bookmarking is used .
C13_UserGuide.book Page 144 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 144 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com iPhone, or iPad. When outputting to iTunes, iPod, iPhone, or iPad, the file format is automatically converted to iTunes audiobook format (.m4b). When outputting to an MP3 disc, the file format is automatically converted to .mp3. ■ Title: Use this text box to edit the audiobook’s title. ■ Author: Use this text box to edit the audiobook author’s name.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 145 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor To update track information automatically with the MusicID feature: 1 If you are editing tags for multiple tracks, select the tracks you want to change. 2 In Sound Editor, if you are editing tags for an audio clip that contains multiple tracks, and if you want to add or change information for only one track, select the track name in the Title drop-down list.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 146 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 146 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com To edit track information manually: 1 In the tracks list, select the tracks for which you want to add or change information. 2 In Sound Editor, if you are editing tags for an audio clip that contains multiple tracks, and if you want to add or change information for only one track, select the track name in the Title drop-down list. Otherwise, you can edit all of the selected files together.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 148 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 148 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Converting files To convert audio files to a different audio file format: 1 Click Add Tracks and browse the disc, hard disk, or iPod, to select the audio files or tracks you want to convert. Note You may be able to add audio files from other portable devices, depending on the file and device type. 2 To update the audio tags for the selected files, click Edit Audio Tags.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 149 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Converting, renaming, and moving audio files Renaming files Note Some audio files are protected with digital rights management (DRM) and cannot be renamed. To rename audio files: 1 Click Add Tracks and browse the disc, hard disk, or iPod, to select the audio files or tracks you want to rename. Note You may be able to add audio files from other portable devices, depending on the file and device type.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 150 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 150 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Moving files Note Some audio files are protected with digital rights management (DRM) and cannot be moved. To move audio files: 1 Click Add Tracks and browse the disc, hard disk, or iPod, to select the audio files or tracks you want to move. Note You may be able to add audio files from other portable devices, depending on the file and device type. 2 Click Convert.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 151 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Recording and managing audio files Converting, renaming, and moving audio files Transferring files to a portable device Note Some audio files are protected with digital rights management (DRM) and cannot be transferred to a portable device. To transfer files to a portable device: 1 Click Add Tracks and browse the disc, hard disk, or iPod, to select the audio files or tracks you want to transfer.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 153 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 153 Creating audio projects In this chapter Welcome to Sound Editor 154 Getting to know the Sound Editor window 155 Sound Editor project file format (.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 154 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 154 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Sound Editor Sound Editor lets you record, preview, and modify any supported and non-copy-protected digital audio files (including WAV and WMA files). You can use Sound Editor to import (record) audio from analog sources, including LP records and tapes, then apply audio effects to improve and enhance your recorded audio.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 155 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Getting to know the Sound Editor window Getting to know the Sound Editor window The Sound Editor window provides an easy-to-use interface for adding audio clips to your project, editing your audio clips (improving quality or applying effects), and exporting your audio to a file or burning it to a disc.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 157 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects Working with Sound Editor projects typically involves the following steps: 1 Add an audio clip to your project. For more information, see About adding audio clips on page 158. 2 Improve the quality of the audio clip and apply special effects using the Clip Editor.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 158 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 158 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About adding audio clips A Sound Editor project is a collection of audio clips. You can add audio clips from various sources, improve their quality and add special effects. You can add audio clips in any of the following ways: ■ Add audio files stored on your hard disk or removable disc storage. For more information, see Adding audio files on page 158. ■ Copy audio tracks from CD.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 159 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects Adding tracks from audio CDs To add tracks from audio CDs to your project: 1 Insert the CD from which you want to copy tracks into your CD drive. 2 In the task area, under Add to Project, click Import from CD/DVD. The Media Selector dialog box opens. 3 In the Browse area, click the drive containing the audio CD.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 160 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 160 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About editing and applying effects You can use Sound Editor to make changes to audio clips. Not only does Sound Editor let you save your recorded audio to any other supported file format (similar to converting audio file formats), it also lets you edit and enhance your audio clip using the available audio effects and editing tools.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 161 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects Basic editing You can delete, copy, or move a clip or part of a waveform. To delete a clip or part of a waveform: 1 Select the clip or waveform region you want to delete. For information on how to select a waveform, see Selecting the waveform region to edit on page 160. 2 Choose Edit > Delete.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 162 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 162 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adding or deleting track separators You can use Sound Editor to add track separators to or delete them from your recording. For example, if you intend to play your recording as a playlist, or burn it to disc, you will want to easily identify the tracks and navigate them with your player. Tip: To make editing easier, maximize the Sound Editor window for a higher resolution display of your audio waveform.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 163 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Adding or deleting track separators To delete a track separator: 1 Select the track separator that you want to remove. 2 Click Remove the currently selected track. For more information about markers, see Adding or deleting track separators on page 162.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 164 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 164 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Installing new sound effects Sound Editor supports VST (Virtual Studio Technology) sound effects. Once the effects are installed on your computer, you can select them from the Sound Effects menu on the Clip Editor toolbar. If the VST sound effect comes with an installation program, use that program to install the sound effect.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 165 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Installing new sound effects Completing Sound Editor projects After you finish making changes to your Sound Editor project, you have several options: ■ Save your project to a Sound Editor project format. For more information, see Saving Sound Editor projects on page 165. ■ Export an audio clip to a single file. For more information, see Exporting audio clips on page 166.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 166 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 166 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Exporting audio clips Sound Editor lets you export audio clips from your project to a variety of popular file formats. To export an audio clip: 1 In the Project View area, click the clip you want to export. 2 In the task area, under Export, click Export Current Clip. The Export Current Clip dialog box appears. 3 In the Output Settings box, select one of the available formats.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 167 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating audio projects Installing new sound effects 4 Play 5 To preview your selection, use the playback controls (Play, Stop, Track/Clip Position). Stop Track/Clip Position In the Output Settings box, select one of the available formats. To define your own customized settings, select Custom and click Edit. Tip: For more information about the options, click Help in the Output Settings dialog box.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 168 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 168 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Burning tracks or clips to audio CDs To burn tracks or clips to an audio CD: 1 Insert a blank CD into your recorder. 2 In the task area, under Export, click Burn Audio CD. 3 In the Burn Audio CD dialog box, choose one of the following options: ■ Use Tracks from Project: Select this option if you want to burn tracks from your project to disc.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 170 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 170 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Music Disc Creator Music Disc Creator lets you create music compilations to play on your home or car stereo, portable music player, DVD player, or on your computer. You can use audio files from your music CDs, hard disk, or DVD-Video sources to create music discs. With Music Disc Creator, you can: ■ Import audio from various sources to use in your projects.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 171 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Types of music discs you can create Types of music discs you can create Audio CD An Audio CD is a compact disc (CD) that you can play on both Audio CD players and computer disc drives. With Music Disc Creator, you can make your own Audio CDs by recording tracks from other Audio CDs or audio from DVD-Videos, and from audio files (MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, or other supported formats) stored on your hard disk and other discs.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 172 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 172 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Overview of Music Disc Creator projects This section outlines the basic steps that are common to all Music Disc Creator projects. This section gives instructions for the following procedures: ■ Select the type of project you want to create. For more information about the types of projects that you can create, see Types of music discs you can create on page 171. ■ Add audio tracks to the project.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 173 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Supported file formats Supported file formats This section describes the types of files that you can use with Music Disc Creator. It describes the Music Disc Creator format, and other formats supported by Music Disc Creator. Note You may be able to import protected tracks into the project, but Digital Rights Management (DRM) may prevent you from exporting or burning the tracks to disc. Music Disc Creator’s native format (.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 174 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 174 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adding tracks to your project There are several ways to add tracks to your projects. This section includes the following information and procedures: ■ About protected audio tracks ■ Using the Media Selector ■ Adding tracks and playlists from a hard disk ■ Adding unprotected tracks from your iPod ■ Importing tracks from discs You can also record audio from an analog source.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 175 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Adding tracks to your project To select and add tracks to your project: 1 Click the track you want to add. Tip: To select more than one track at a time, press and hold Ctrl while you click the tracks. 2 Click Add, or drag the tracks into the Track List area. For more detailed information, click Help or press F1 in the Media Selector. To dock or undock the Media Selector: 1 Click Add Audio Tracks or Import from CD/DVD.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 176 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 176 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adding tracks and playlists from a hard disk To add tracks and playlists from your hard disk: Tip: You can also add tracks or playlists to your project by dragging them from a folder and dropping them into the project window. 1 In the Add to Project area, click Add Audio Tracks. 2 Use the Media Selector to locate the tracks or playlists you want to add.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 177 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Adding tracks to your project Importing tracks from discs In addition to copying tracks from CDs and DVDs, you can also select tracks from disc image files and DVD-Video folders. ■ Disc image files: A disc image file is a complete copy of a disc that is stored on your hard disk as a file instead of recorded to a blank disc. Valid disc image files include .iso, .c2d (Roxio proprietary format), and .cue.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 178 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 178 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Finding tracks and managing track information This section explains how to add track information and how to create track lists by searching for audio tracks. Track information, called audio tags, can be very useful for finding and categorizing your audio tracks. Examples of audio tags are song titles, artist and album names, and music genre.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 179 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Finding tracks and managing track information Note When tracks are added to your music library, they are left in their original location; no copies are made. The status of the scan is indicated by the progress bar, and by a message that displays the number of new tracks that have been found. If you need to stop the scan, click Stop and review results.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 180 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 180 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating track lists using Search by Tags Music Disc Creator’s “Search by Tags” feature automatically generates track lists for your projects. For example, you might use Search by Tags to create a track list that includes files of a particular genre or by a particular artist. Note This feature creates track lists by searching your Roxio database of media files.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 181 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Finding tracks and managing track information If you chose to add the tracks as a new track list, enter a name for the track list. 9 To create the track list, click Search. 10 To add the tracks to the project, click Add to Project. For more detailed information, click Help or press F1 in the Search by Tags dialog box.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 182 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 182 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com To manually beatmatch your tracks: 1 Select the tracks you want to manually beatmatch, then select the Beatmatch option from the drop-down menu in the Transition column. Music Disc Creator then scans all selected tracks, and analyzes the BPM. When the scan is complete, the BPM for each selected track appears in the BPM column.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 183 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Previewing tracks Using the BPM Editor In some cases, Music Disc Creator might be unable to determine the correct location of the beat within a particular song. In these cases, you can manually adjust the BPM for a track using the BPM Editor. To manually adjust the BPM for a track: 1 Select a track by right-clicking, then select Beats per Minute > Edit. The BPM Editor window appears.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 184 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 184 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Completing Music Disc Creator projects When your Music Disc Creator project is complete, you can export the tracks to MP3, WAV, or WMA files, burn your project to CD or DVD, or create a disc image file. Choose how you want to output your project: ■ Burning projects to disc or saving as disc image files: To save the project as a disc image file or burn it to a disc.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 185 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Previewing tracks Burning projects to disc or saving as disc image files Follow this procedure to burn your project to disc or to create a disc image file. A disc image file is a complete copy of a disc that is stored on your hard disk instead of recorded to a blank disc. You can create a disc image file for any type of project in Music Disc Creator.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 186 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 186 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Exporting tracks Follow this procedure to export tracks to one of several popular audio file formats. Note Depending on the software version you are running, available formats may include WMA, WAV, iPod, AAC, and MP3. Not all formats are available in all versions of Music Disc Creator. To export a project: 1 Select the tracks you want to export, right-click, and choose Export.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 187 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating music discs Previewing tracks Sending tracks to a portable device Follow this procedure to send the tracks in your project to a portable device, such as an iPod (iTunes must be installed), a PSP, any WMDM (Windows Media Device Manager) compliant MP3 player, or any MP3 device that appears as a drive letter on your computer. To send tracks to a portable device: 1 Select the tracks you want to send to the device.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 190 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 190 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to PhotoSuite With Roxio’s PhotoSuite, it has never been easier to repair, enhance, and share your digital photos. You can use PhotoSuite to carry out everyday tasks, such as: ■ cropping photos ■ removing red eye ■ rotating photos You can also use PhotoSuite to perform more advanced editing tasks, such as adding special effects or correcting exposure problems.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 191 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects PhotoSuite’s project file format (.DMSP) DMSP is PhotoSuite's native file format for edited photos and projects. This format retains layer information and allows you to “undo” changes you have made. With DMSP, both the original settings and the edits (such as transformations or special effects) are stored.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 193 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Using the Photo Projects Assistant ■ Canvas Toolbar: Provides quick access to frequently-used PhotoSuite commands. ■ Options Bar: Contains a set of context-sensitive commands that are relevant to the selected object. ■ Canvas: Displays the photo or project that you are working with. ■ Task pane: Gives you quick access to the operations you can perform on photos and other objects.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 194 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 194 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating new photo projects in PhotoSuite A photo project is a collection of objects, such as photos, text, and graphics, placed on a canvas. You can add, remove, and manipulate these objects, and apply special effects to them. You can start a new project with a blank canvas, to which you can add photos, text, and clip art, apply effects, and so on.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 195 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Removing red eye Removing red eye Using PhotoSuite, you can remove common flaws that often appear in photos, such as red eye. Red eye occurs when the camera flash reflects from the subjects’ eyes, giving the eyes a red appearance in the photo. To remove red eye: 1 If the photo you want to edit is an object in the PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. 2 On the Fix your photos tab, click Red Eye.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 196 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 196 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Cropping photos and objects Follow this procedure to select an area of interest in a photo or other object, and crop or remove the rest of the object. Note If you save a cropped photo in PhotoSuite format (.dmsp), the entire original photo is preserved, including the crop settings. If you save the cropped photo in any other format, the cropped area is permanently deleted.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 197 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Cropping photos and objects 4 Optional: To view only the area of interest, select the Hide cropped area check box. Tip: To reset the crop lines, click Reset.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 198 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 198 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Rotating photos and objects To rotate objects: 1 If you want to rotate a photo or any other object in a PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. 2 To rotate the object clockwise or counter-clockwise, on the Canvas Toolbar, click Rotate Counter Clockwise or Rotate Clockwise.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 199 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Applying special effects Applying special effects Follow this procedure to apply special effects to a photo or an object in a project. Several types of effects are available in PhotoSuite, including artistic effects that can make your photo look like an oil or watercolor painting, color effects that add a tint to the photo, and many others.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 200 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 200 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Working with text Use PhotoSuite to add text to a photo or a project (for example, to create holiday greeting cards from personal photos). To add text: 1 In the Enhance Your Photos pane, click Add or Edit Text. The Add or Edit Text dialog box appears and a new text object appears on the Canvas, with the text, “Type your text here!” A thumbnail representing the text object appears in the Object List.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 201 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Working with text To change the text color and add shading: This procedure explains how to change the color of the text object, and add shading. Shading creates a gradual change from one color to another. For example, the text can be blue starting at the left, and gradually change to purple on the right. 1 Select the text object in the Canvas or in the Object List.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 202 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 202 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com To add a text outline or style: 1 Select the text object in the Canvas or in the Object List. 2 In the Enhance Your Photos pane, click Add or Edit Text. 3 To add an outline, select the Text Outline check box. 4 In the Color drop-down list under the Text Outline check box, select a color. Tip: For more color choices, select More colors.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 203 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Improving the quality of photos Improving the quality of photos Using PhotoSuite, you can improve the quality of your digital photos by adjusting properties such as exposure and brightness and contrast. You can also use the AutoFix feature to automatically adjust the exposure, saturation, and sharpness of your photos based on photo analysis and predefined settings.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 204 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 204 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adjusting exposure Follow this procedure to improve the quality of over- or under-exposed photos. When you adjust the exposure, you change the intensity level of the photo’s dark areas and shadows, and its highlights and bright areas. PhotoSuite can adjust the exposure for you automatically, or you can adjust it manually.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 205 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Working with photo projects Improving the quality of photos Adjusting brightness and contrast To adjust the brightness and contrast: 1 If the photo you want to edit is an object in the PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. 2 On the Fix your photos tab, click Brightness and Contrast. 3 To preview the results of the adjustment before applying them, select Show Preview.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 208 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 208 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Printing photos and projects To print your photos and projects: 1 Open the Print dialog box using one of these methods: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Print. ■ On the PhotoSuite or Media Manager toolbar, click Print. The Print dialog box opens. 2 If you have more than one printer connected to your computer, select a printer from the drop-down list.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 209 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing Printing photos and projects 7 To print one photo per page, follow these steps: a In the Layout box, select One photo per page. b To specify the size of the photo, in the Size box, select one of the displayed sizes, or one of the following options: ■ Fit to page: Prints the photo as large as possible on the selected page size. The photo may be cropped along the edges if your printer requires margins.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 210 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 210 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 10 To print multiple photos per page, follow these steps: Note This option allows you to print multiple copies of the same photo on a page. You can also use this option to print single photos with special templates, such as T-shirt transfers. a In the Layout box, select Multiple photos per page. b In the Category box, specify the paper type. c In the Template box, specify the template to be used.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 211 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing Printing photos and projects 11 To print thumbnails of your photos, follow these steps: a In the Layout box, select As a contact sheet. b Enter the numbers of rows and columns in Rows and Columns, respectively. c In the Spacing box, specify the amount of space to be left between the thumbnails. d Optional: Specify the unit of measurement for the space between the thumbnails.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 212 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 212 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tips for improving print quality The following tips may help you improve the print quality of your photos: ■ Select a high print quality in your printer’s settings. When you choose a high quality print setting, the print output improves, but the print job takes longer. ■ If you are scanning images, scan at the highest image resolution available.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 213 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing E-mailing media files E-mailing media files You can share your photos and other media files with friends and family by e-mail. Using the E-mail Assistant, you can e-mail photos individually, either as an attachment or in the body of an HTML-formatted e-mail message (if your e-mail program supports HTML-formatted messages). To e-mail your files: 1 From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Email.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 214 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 214 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com c 3 4 Click Add Files. Select the e-mail program you want to use to send the files by choosing one of the following options: ■ Default e-mail client: E-mail the files using your default e-mail program. If you select this option, choose whether to send the email in HTML format. If you choose this option, the photos appear in the body of the message, rather than as attached files. ■ Other (e.g.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 215 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing E-mailing media files Note Photo conversion options are available only if you have selected photo files to e-mail. The conversion does not affect your original files. 5 If you are e-mailing video files, you can optimize their quality by setting the conversion options. In the Quality box, choose the desired resolution. The higher the resolution, the better the picture quality, but the larger the resulting file.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 217 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing Sharing media files with wireless devices To transfer files from a wireless device (such as a mobile phone) to your computer: 1 Connect your device to your computer. 2 In Media Manager, if you are not in the My Devices view, in the Browse area, click My Devices. 3 Click the media file you want to transfer. Tip: To select more than one file at a time, press and hold Ctrl while you click the files.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 218 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 218 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Synchronizing your mobile device The synchronization feature performs two functions: ■ automatically backs up files on your mobile device to your computer ■ automatically updates selected files on your mobile device when you change them on your computer To use the synchronization feature, you must: 1 Configure the synchronization settings.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 219 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Printing and sharing Sharing media files online To identify files on your computer that you want to synchronize with your mobile device: 1 In the top part of the window, browse to and click the media file you want to synchronize with your mobile device. Tip: To select more than one file at a time, press and hold Ctrl while you click the files. 2 In the bottom part of the window, click the My Media tab to show the My Media view.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 220 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 220 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com from Roxio Home, select the Video - Movies project tab and choose Edit Video - Advanced.) ■ In CineMagic, when you reach the Output step, click Share Online. (To open CineMagic from Roxio Home, select the Video - Movies project tab and choose Edit Video - Automatically.) Photos ■ From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Share.
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C13_UserGuide.book Page 222 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 222 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Label Creator Label Creator gives you the tools to make professional-looking disc labels, inserts, sleeves, and case covers. Additionally, Label Creator helps you record and organize information about the content of your discs on binder pages. You can even create the designs and print the labels, inserts, covers, and binder pages while you burn discs.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 223 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating disc labels and inserts Getting to know the Label Creator window Getting to know the Label Creator window The following section describes the main areas of the Label Creator window.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 224 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 224 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com The Layout area A layout is the design for your label, insert, booklet, or cover. The Layout area is where you work on the content and appearance of your project. The toolbars The toolbars provide the tools to work with objects on your layout. The top row buttons are always available, for example, the zoom, print, and alignment buttons.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 225 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM Creating disc labels and inserts Using Express Labeler Using Express Labeler You can create labels, inserts and booklets while you’re burning discs, in Express Labeler. Express Labeler guides you as you select the project layout and style, and the information that will appear on the disc, such as the disc title and artist name. Express Labeler is the fastest way to create and print your labels.
C13_UserGuide.book Page 226 Wednesday, June 9, 2010 4:11 PM 226 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Note In the Use Style Objects area, you can select whether to apply the style image (background), object layout (placements), and/or font settings. The style is applied to your project. d Click Edit Content. The Smart Object Editor appears. e Select the Smart Objects that you want to include on your label or insert.
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