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    Roxio Creator User Guide
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    will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law. Use of these products is subject to the acceptance of the license agreement included in this product. Sonic, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Roxio Creator, PhotoSuite, VideoWave, MyDVD, Creator Classic, CinePlayer, CineMagic, Music Disc Creator
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Legal Information iii 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. *
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    iv Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Copyright (c) 1994-2004 Xiph.org Foundation THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Legal Information v Audio effect engine licensed by Algorithmix. http://www.algorithmix.com 'Dolby' and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby laboratories. This product production of derivative works will be liable for damages, whether direct, indirect, special
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    vi Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Music recognition technology and related data are provided by Gracenote, Inc. Gracenote is the industry standard in music recognition technology and related content delivery. For more information, visit www.gracenote.com. CD and music-related data from
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Legal Information vii Some audio content © 2006 Ian Nieman Music. All rights reserved. Portions Copyright 1997-1998 Intel Corporation. This product Department. Processing, shipping, and handling charges will apply. THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE MPEG-4 VISUAL PATENT
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    viii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Windows Pre-Installation Environment. Disaster recovery applications included in this product may use the Microsoft® Windows® Preinstallation Environment software from Microsoft Corporation ("WinPE"). The WinPE softare included with this software may be
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    ix Contents 1 Getting started with Roxio Creator 19 Welcome to Roxio Creator 20 About this guide 20 System requirements 21 Installing Creator 24 Getting to know Creator 25 Starting a task 25 Creator: What you can do 26 Completing a typical task 30 Where to find more information 34 Help
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 Importing media files 37 Welcome to Media Import 38 Starting Media Import 39 Getting to know the Media Import window 40 Overview of importing media files 42 3 Managing your media files 43 About Media Manager 44 Starting Media Manager 45 Supported
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xi 4 Recording and managing audio files 63 Importing audio CDs 64 Recording from an audio input device 66 Using Easy Audio Capture in Full mode 66 Using Easy Audio Capture in Mini mode . . . . . .68 Creating Audiobooks 69 Editing audio tags with the Audio
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    projects 100 Supported file formats 101 Music Disc Creator's native format (.DMSA) . . .101 Supported audio formats 101 Supported playlist formats 101 Adding tracks to your project 102 About protected audio tracks 102 Using the Media Selector 102 Adding tracks and playlists from a hard
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xiii 7 Working with photo projects 117 Welcome to PhotoSuite 118 PhotoSuite's project file format (.DMSP 119 Supported file formats 119 Getting to know the PhotoSuite window 120 Using the Photo Projects Assistant 121 Creating new photo projects in PhotoSuite
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 9 Copying video and creating video compilations 149 About Video Copy & Convert 150 The Video Copy & Convert window 151 Copying DVD-Video 152 Can I copy discs using one disc drive 152 Sources you can copy from 152 Copying DVD discs, disc image files
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xv 11 Watching movies 171 Welcome to CinePlayer 172 Getting to know CinePlayer 173 Playing discs 174 Playing video from video folders 175 12 Creating video productions 177 Welcome to VideoWave 178 Getting to know the VideoWave window 179 Task Pane 179
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    MyDVD 200 Getting to know the MyDVD window 201 Menu Edit view 201 Movie Edit view 203 Features available in both views 204 Overview of creating a MyDVD project 205 What are MyDVD projects 205 Steps to create a new project 205 Capturing media files 206 Working with menus 207 What are menus
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xvii Resizing buttons 213 Changing button thumbnail images 213 Changing button styles 213 Working with text 214 Adding text to menus 214 Editing text 215 Changing or removing background audio 216 Removing items from menus 216 Previewing MyDVD projects 217
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    xviii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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    19 Getting started with Roxio Creator In this chapter Welcome to Roxio Creator 20 About this guide 20 System requirements 21 Installing Creator 24 Getting to know Creator 25 Creator: What you can do 26 Completing a typical task 30 Where to find more information 34 Creator support
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    data files. Find all the tools you need in one place, with one easy-to-use interface. About this guide This guide provides an overview of Creator and explains how to use its most popular features. For detailed information about how to use all of the features of Creator, see the online Help described
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    ■ Windows compatible sound card ■ DVD-ROM drive to install the software from DVD ■ Windows Media Player 10 ■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above ■ DirectX 9.0C or above ■ Internet connection required for registration, product updates, and some features. Any Internet charges are the user
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    22 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ TiVo® Series2™, Series3™, TiVo® HD DVR or other TiVoToGo compatible DVR connected to your home network with TiVo Desktop installed. Does not work with DirecTV-provided TiVo DVRs. See www.tivo.com for more information. ■ For video playback: AMD graphics
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    Getting started with Roxio Creator System requirements 23 ■ 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.
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    , the Creator installation window appears automatically and you can skip step 2 and step 3. 2 Choose Start > Run. 3 Type d:\setup (substitute the appropriate letter of your DVD drive for d). 4 Follow the installation instructions that appear on the screen. To install Creator using downloaded files
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    Getting started with Roxio Creator Getting to know Creator 25 Getting to know Creator Start your digital media projects from Creator's main window. Double-click the Creator desktop icon to begin. Creator's main window, featuring the project category tabs and links to frequent tasks. Starting a
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    26 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 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: Working with audio You will find links to these tasks by selecting the Music-Audio project tab: ■ Make an audio CD that you can
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    started with Roxio Creator Creator: What you can do 27 For more information, see Chapter 6, Creating music discs, on page 97. Working with photos You will photos. Fix common problems such as red eye. Select the Edit Photos task. ■ Create personalized calendars, greeting cards, and collages using
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    28 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ Post videos on YouTube. It doesn't get any easier than this. Select the Share Video task. ■ Create professional-looking video productions that combine your home videos and photos with audio, transitions, and special effects. Select the Edit Video-
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    to a wide range of storage devices including discs, external hard drives, and flash drives. Select the Backup and Restore task. Note The Backup and Restore task is not available in all versions of Roxio Creator. Importing and organizing media files You may find links to these tasks on more than one
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    30 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 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
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    Getting started with Roxio Creator Completing a typical task 31 2 When you are ready, click Burn Data Disc. 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. The application window
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    32 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 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. If your computer only has one disc drive, it will be selected automatically.
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    bottom right corner of the project window. A progress indicator appears, and your files are copied onto the disc. The progress indicator shows a burn in progress. You don't have to wait for this project to finish before starting one of the other projects in Roxio Creator. But you can only have one
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    , press F1. Learning Center Click the Learning Center tab to view tutorials to help you quickly become familiar with many of Creator's key features. You can also access the Roxio KnowledgeBase, product information and more. Roxio online support If you can't find the answers you are looking for in
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    started with Roxio Creator Creator support options 35 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
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    37 Importing media files In this chapter Welcome to Media Import 38 Starting Media Import 39 Getting to know the Media Import window 40 Overview of importing media files 42
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    38 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Media Import Media Import copies or records photos and videos from 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
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    a disc containing media files, Microsoft Windows prompts you to select the application to use: Note This dialog does not appear if you have already selected an application to use with this device, and if you selected Always do this... . Tip: Media Import can also be opened from Roxio Home. To
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    40 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
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    Importing media files Getting to know the Media Import window 41 Media- and device-specific dialog When you select a device from the drop-down list, the left side of the Media Import window shows a dialog specific to that device. (The preceding illustration shows a dialog to import photos from a
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    supports a movie or video feature, you can also use this procedure to import video files. To import photos from a camera: 1 Connect the camera to your computer following the instructions that came with the camera. 2 Use the Windows AutoPlay dialog or Roxio Home to open Media Import. From Roxio Home
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    43 Managing your media files In this chapter About Media Manager 44 Getting to know the Media Manager window 46 Working with My Media 48 Working with albums 51 Working with playlists 55 Working with folders 56 Working with media files 57 Finding missing media files 60
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    44 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,
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    media files 45 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
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    46 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. My Media tab
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    that you only see media files supported by Roxio products. For more information, see Working with folders on page 56. ■ My Devices Using Media Manager, you can view digital media on compatible wireless devices, such as mobile phones. The My Devices view shows you all detected devices, and allows you
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    48 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
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    Managing your media files Working with My Media 49 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
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    50 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com My Playlists This Smart View stores any playlists you have created. My 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.
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    Managing your media files Working with albums 51 Working with albums Creating new albums You can create a new album in one of the following ways: ■ Create a new, empty, album. ■ Use the Albums button to select files, create an album, and add the selected files to the new album, all in one step.
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    52 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 On the Task Bar, click Albums and choose Add selection to new Album. Media Manager prompts for the name of the new album. 3 Type the name of the new album, and click Yes. To add media files to an album using the Split View: 1 On the Task Bar, click Split
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    files Working with albums 53 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 Windows Explorer and Media
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    54 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 4 To copy the media files to the clipboard, right-click and choose Copy. To move the media files to the clipboard, right-click and choose Cut. 5 In the Browse area, select the album to which you want to move or copy the media files. 6 In the album, right-
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    Managing your media files Working with playlists 55 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
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    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
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    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. You can view media files in a Preview window or as a full-screen QuickShow
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    58 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
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    your media files Working with media files 59 Viewing media files in QuickShows A QuickShow displays a view of all the selected media files, the media files you wish to view as a QuickShow. 3 On the Task Bar, click QuickShow. The QuickShow window opens in full screen mode and the media files play
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    60 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Finding missing media files Files might be missing if: ■ you move, delete, or rename them in Windows Explorer ■ they are on a removable medium, such as a CD, that has been removed ■ they are on a network drive to which your computer is not connected When a
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    at a time by clicking Skip. For example, you can skip all the files missing from a certain CD, and move on to the next group of missing files. The Missing Files dialog closes and you can continue with your task. Some media files will not be available for the task. For example, if you are burning
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    63 Recording and managing audio files In this chapter Importing audio CDs 64 Recording from an audio input device 66 Creating Audiobooks 69 Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor 72 Converting, renaming, and moving audio files 75
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    CDs inserted, it automatically begins importing from the next drive. Tip: To stop the import at any time, click Stop. Note If an error occurs during the import, an error message displays. You can choose to try to import the track again, skip the problem track and continue with the next, skip all
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    files Importing audio CDs 65 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 list. f To start the transfer, click
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    66 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Recording Windows music library. You can also use it to record audio from a microphone, a stereo receiver, and many other devices. To open Easy Audio Capture: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Capture Audio from Sound Card
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    library. Select One Track to have the entire recording saved as a single audio file. ■ Capture settings: Click the Options button to open the Capture Settings dialog box to close the dialog box. Note Click the Help button to learn more about the settings available on the Capture Settings dialog box.
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 Start playing your source audio. 3 Click Record to start shows the amount of time left on the drive, the recording time elapsed, or the time left including file format, encoder type, bit rate, and file location. 2 Click Record to start recording. 3
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    that you have downloaded from the Internet. To open Audiobook Creator: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Create Audiobooks. Note Audiobook Creator does not convert audiobooks from files that are copy-protected. Getting to know the Audiobook Creator window The Audiobook
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    70 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com combined into a single iTunes audiobook file (.m4b) with the following iTunes audiobook features: ■ each track will become its own chapter for easy navigation ■ pause/resume functionality ■ book cover art will be included and will be displayed in iTunes ■
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    is used ■ Merged playlist ■ Chapter skipping is not supported ■ Most players support pause/resume of single files when bookmarking is used The Audiobook Creator window also contains the following features: ■ Toolbar Undo/Redo Delete Help Settings ■ Undo/Redo: Use these buttons to undo or
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    track number ■ album ■ year ■ album artist ■ BPM (beats per minute) You can enter this information manually, or you can search an online music database, using the MusicID feature. To open Audio Tag Editor: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Edit Song Information.
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    which you invoke the Edit Audio Tags dialog box, the following options might be available: ■ Embed or replace tags inside the audio files (if supported by the format): Saves track information with the audio file. If you do not select this option, the audio tag information will be associated with the
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    74 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 7 To close the dialog box, click Done. 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,
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    an iPod®, PSP™, MP3 player, or WMA player To open Audio Converter: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Batch Convert and Transfer. Note Protected audio files such as M4P or protected WMA files have restricted usage rights, and you may not be able to convert, move, rename
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    76 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Converting files To convert audio files to a different audio file format, follow these steps: 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
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    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. 2 Click Convert. 3 Unless you want to keep the original files, clear the Keep original files check box. 4 In the Conversion settings box, select Keep original format
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    78 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, follow these steps: 1 Click Add Tracks and browse the disc, hard disk, or iPod®, to select the audio files or tracks you want to
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    the audio tags (for more information, click Help on the Edit Audio Tags dialog box) and click Done to close the dialog box. 3 Use the Move Up and Move Down buttons to arrange the tracks in the desired sequence. Note Some portable devices will not support the playback order. 4 Click Send to Portable
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    Getting to know the Sound Editor window 83 Sound Editor project file format (.dmse) 84 Getting started with Sound Editor projects 85 About adding audio clips 86 About editing and applying effects 88 Adding or deleting track separators 90 Installing new sound effects 91 Completing Sound
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    82 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to Sound Editor Sound Editor lets you record, preview, and modify any supported and noncopy-protected digital audio file format (including WAV and WMA). You can use Sound Editor to import (record) audio from analog sources, including LP records and
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    to know the Sound Editor window 83 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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    84 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Sound Editor project file format (.dmse) Sound Editor projects are stored in DMSE format. The Sound Editor's project file stores: ■ references to the audio files included in the project ■ information about effects and changes applied to these audio files ■
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    85 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 86. 2 Improve the quality of the audio clip and apply special effects using
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    86 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
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    , and file location, select Custom and click Options (see the following step). 6 Optional: To define custom settings, click Options. The Output Settings dialog box appears. For more information, click Help in the dialog box. 7 In the Save To box, enter the folder in which the tracks will be saved
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    88 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
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    Creating audio projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects 89 Basic editing You can delete, copy, or move a clip . For information on how to select a waveform, see Selecting the waveform region to edit on page 88. 2 Choose Edit > Delete. To copy a clip or part of a waveform: 1 Select the
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    90 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
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    assumes no responsibility for problems caused by plug-in installation. We recommend that you log in as Administrator when installing VST plug-ins. To install a VST plug-in: 1 In Sound Editor, click Sound Effects and choose VST > Add VST effect. 2 Browse to and select the VST file, and click Add
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    92 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tip: When you delete the effect from your computer, it file. For more information, see Exporting sets of tracks or audio clips on page 94. ■ Burn your tracks or clips to audio CDs. If you have too many tracks to fit on one audio CD, Sound Editor will
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    Installing new sound effects 93 Saving Sound Editor projects Sound Editor lets you save your work to a Sound Editor project file (DMSE), so you can continue working define custom settings, click Options. The File Format dialog box appears. For more information, click Help in the dialog box. 4 In
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    94 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Exporting sets of tracks or audio clips Using the Sound Editor, you can export a set of tracks or audio clips. Each track or clip is saved as a separate file. To export a set of tracks or audio clips to separate files: 1 In the task area, under Export,
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    Creating audio projects Installing new sound effects 95 Note The volume of each individual : To rename and tag the tracks, click Edit Audio Tags. The Edit Audio Tags dialog box appears. For more information, click Help in the dialog box. 10 Click Export. Sound Editor exports each selected track
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    96 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Burning tracks or clips to audio CDs To burn an audio CD: CD Settings. The Audio CD Project Settings dialog box appears. For more information, click Help in the dialog box. 7 Optional: Rename and tag the tracks by right-clicking the track on the Track
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    97 Creating music discs In this chapter Welcome to Music Disc Creator 98 Types of music discs you can create 99 Overview of Music Disc Creator projects 100 Supported file formats 101 Adding tracks to your project 102 Finding tracks and managing track information 106 Previewing tracks
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    98 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
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    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
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    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 edit track information, such as the track names or album titles. For more information, see Editing
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    and Windows Media Player, into a Music Disc Creator project. Playlists may contain tracks that are unavailable, or tracks that are in unsupported or protected file formats. If you import a playlist that includes a protected or unavailable track, Music Disc Creator lets you choose whether to download
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    a track for which you do not have permission, you will be informed by Music Disc Creator. Using the Media Selector The Media Selector lets you add tracks to your projects. You can keep the Media Selector open while you work, either as a floating window, or docked in the project track list area. The
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    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. The Media Selector opens in a window outside of the main project window. Attach to main window 2 Click the Attach to main window button in the
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    104 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,
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    Project area, click Import from CD/DVD. 2 Use the Media Selector to select the CD or DVD drive, or locate a disc image file or DVD-Video "VIDEO_TS" folder. For more information, see Using the Media Selector, or click Help or press F1 in the Media Selector. 3 Select the audio CD tracks or DVD-Video
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio files, on page 63 also has information that you can use while creating Music Disc Creator projects: ■ See Editing identified, the information is saved and you will not have to repeat this process. To Start Scan to begin. You can skip this step if
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    also manually update track identification, if necessary. ■ Click Exit. Note If you exit now, track identification will not be saved. 5 In the Audio Tag Editor, review the results of the scan. For information about the options available in the Audio Tag Editor, click Help or press F1, or see Editing
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    108 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating track lists using Search by Tags Music Disc Creator's "Search by Tags" feature automatically generates tracks 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
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    click Search. 10 To add the tracks to the project, click Add to Project. For more detailed information, click Help or press will sound. In some cases, it may not be possible for Music Disc Creator to determine the correct location of the beat within a particular song. In this case, you can manually
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    110 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com To manually beatmatch your track(s): 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 will then scan all selected tracks, and analyze the BPM. When
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    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. 2 Place a check mark in the Metronome while playing checkbox, then click the Play button to hear the track along with the metronome. 3 Follow the instructions
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    112 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, or burn your project to CD or DVD, or create a disc image file. Choose how you want to output your project: ■
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    files Follow this procedure to burn your project to disc or to create a disc image file. A disc image file create a disc image file for any type of project in Music Disc Creator. Note Some tracks file, select Save disc image file, and then click Browse to select the location for the disc image file.
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    114 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
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    be installed) or PSP™, any WMDM (Windows Media Device Manager) compliant MP3 player, or any MP3 device that appears as a drive letter Edit to customize the format. For more information about customizing the format, click Help or press F1 in the File Format dialog box. 6 Click Send to send the files
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    118 Getting to know the PhotoSuite window 120 Using the Photo Projects Assistant 121 Creating new photo projects in PhotoSuite 122 Removing red eye 123 Cropping photos and objects 124 Rotating photos and objects 126 Applying special effects 127 Working with text 128 Improving the
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    118 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to PhotoSuite With Roxio's PhotoSuite, it has never been easier PhotoSuite to perform more advanced editing tasks, such as adding special effects or correcting exposure problems. To open PhotoSuite: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab
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    the crop lines, is discarded permanently. If you share a DMSP file with another user, that user must also have PhotoSuite. Supported file formats PhotoSuite supports a number of popular file formats, including Windows bitmap (BMP), Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG), Portable Network Graphics
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    120 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Getting to know the PhotoSuite window Whether you are working on a single photo or a project, the PhotoSuite window includes several main panels: Canvas Canvas Toolbar Options Bar Task pane Open Files pane Objects pane
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    personalized calendars, greeting cards, photo albums, posters, gift tags, and more. To create a photo project using the Photo Projects Assistant: 1 On the Photo menu, select Open/Create > Photo Projects. 2 Select a project template. 3 Click Next to continue. 4 Follow the instructions in the Photo
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    122 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
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    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 To remove red eye manually, complete the following steps: a Use the zoom tools on the Canvas Toolbar to enlarge the photo until you can work easily on the eyes
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    124 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Cropping photos and objects Follow this procedure to select . To crop an object: 1 If you want to crop a photo or any other object in a PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. 2 On the Fix your photos tab, click Crop. The object is enclosed by
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    Working with photo projects Cropping photos and objects 125 4 Optional: To view only the area of interest, select the Hide cropped area check box. Tip: To reset the crop lines, click Reset.
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    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 , specify the number of degrees to rotate the object, or click Plus (+) or Minus (-). Tip: To rotate the object counter-clockwise,
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    Working with photo projects Applying special effects 127 Applying special effects Follow this procedure to apply special effects to project file, select it in the Canvas. Tip: To apply an effect to part of a photo, use the mask feature. 2 On the Enhance your photos tab, click Special Effects.
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    128 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
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    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. 2 In the Enhance Your Photos pane, click Add or Edit Text. 3 In the Primary Color drop-down list, select
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    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 to use. You can click a color anywhere in the PhotoSuite window-for example, you can select a color from a photo
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    changes or restore the photo to its original settings. To automatically improve photos using AutoFix: 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 AutoFix. The AutoFix dialog box appears. 3 Click AutoFix
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    132 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adjusting exposure Follow this procedure to improve the exposure for you automatically, or you can adjust it manually. To adjust the exposure: 1 If the photo you want to edit is an object in the PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. 2 On the
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    Working with photo projects Improving the quality of photos 133 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
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    135 Printing and sharing media files In this chapter Printing photos and projects 136 E-mailing media files 141 Sharing media files with wireless devices 144
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    136 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Printing photos and projects To print your photos and projects: 1 From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Print. or On the PhotoSuite or Media Manager toolbar, click Print. The Print dialog box opens. 2 If you have more than one printer
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    Printing and sharing media files Printing photos and projects 137 7 To print on the selected page size. The photo may be cropped along the edges if your printer requires margins. ■ Fit to printer margins: Prints the photo as large as possible within the printer photo in the Page Preview window.
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    138 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
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    Printing and sharing media files Printing photos and projects 139 11 To print thumbnails of your photos, follow these steps: a In the Layout box, select As a contact sheet. b Enter the
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    140 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tips for improving print quality The following tips may help you improve the will give you better print results. ■ Use color matching, if your printer supports it. The colors on screen do not always match the printed colors. The color-matching feature
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    (if your e-mail program supports HTML-formatted messages), or you can send your photos packaged in a slideshow. To e-mail your files: 1 From Roxio Home, select the Photo project tab and choose Email. or On the PhotoSuite or Media Manager tool bar, click E-mail. 2 To add media files to be e-mailed
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    142 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tip: To select more than one media file at a time, press and hold Ctrl while you select the files. c Click Add Files. 3 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
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    in which you want to save the converted files, and click OK. The files are converted and copied to this folder. Use the e-mail program to attach the files to a message and send them. 7 Complete and send the message. For detailed instructions, refer to the documentation for your e-mail client
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    144 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Sharing media files with wireless devices About My Devices You can use My Devices view in Media Manager to ■ browse media files on mobile phones and other compatible wireless devices ■ transfer files between your computer and your wireless device, and
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    Bar, click Split View. A new pane opens at the bottom of the window, showing the My Media view. 4 In the bottom part of the window, browse to the album or folder to which you want to copy the files. 5 To move the files to your computer (deleting them from the device), click Move Down. To
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    146 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 PC ■ automatically updates selected files on your mobile device when you change them on your PC To use the
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    -click the mobile device Smart View and choose Sync files to device. Media Manager begins transferring the files, using the transcoding (file conversion) options you defined on the Device Settings dialog box. Note Only files that have been updated since the last synchronization will be transferred.
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    149 Copying video and creating video compilations In this chapter About Video Copy & Convert 150 The Video Copy & Convert window 151 Copying DVD-Video 152 About converting video 155
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    150 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Video Copy & Convert Video Copy & Convert has one or two modes of operation-Copy DVD and Convert Video. ■ Copy DVD mode lets you copy an entire DVD disc, AVCHD disc, disc image file, or DVD-Video folder. You can burn the contents to a disc, or
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    Copying video and creating video compilations The Video Copy & Convert window 151 The Video Copy & Convert window Copy DVD mode Mode selection buttons Source Options button Destination Scheduler button Go button
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Copying DVD-Video Copy DVD mode lets you copy an entire DVD disc, AVCHD 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
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    disc containing a "VIDEO_TS" folder which contains valid DVD-Video source content. The disc cannot be copy-protected. ■ 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
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    154 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
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    Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video 155 About converting video Video Copy & Convert reformats and compiles movies and Web videos for playback on your computer, television, video iPod®, PSP™, video cell phone, and many other devices. Depending on the output format
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    156 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Creating a video compilation To add and edit movies: 1 Click the Convert Video button Use the Media Selector dialog to select movies or video files. As you add movies, thumbnails representing each movie appear on the left side of the project window. Note
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    source movies. Only DVD-Video output supports multiple languages. If you choose a video file as your output format, you must edit movies: on page 156 to add content to your source list. Your movie or video appears in the Trim window. 2 To trim the beginning of the movie or video, drag the Start
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    158 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 4 If you are satisfied with the changes you have made, click Done. If you are not satisfied, click the Reset button to undo your changes and restore your original movie or video. Note Trimming the video will have no effect on the imported source file. To
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    save copies to hard drive option is selected, your compilation will be saved to your hard disk and to your portable player. Click Options and select the General tab to access this option. If you disconnect your portable device or memory card from your computer while a file is being transferred, the
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio If you do not choose to create a menu for your DVD, the movies will play sequentially when you insert the disc into a DVD player. To create a new one. For more information on creating menu styles, click the Help button on the Style dialog. 4 Once you have selected or
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    conversion dialog appears. Press Resume to continue the conversion. ■ To schedule a time to start copying, click the Scheduler button. Saving compilations To save a compilation project: 1 Choose File > Save (or File > Save as). 2 Enter a name and select a location in which to save the compilation
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    163 Making advanced data discs In this chapter About Creator Classic 164 Getting to know the Creator Classic window 165 Deciding which type of project to create 166 Adding files and folders to your project 167 Burning the project to disc 168
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    164 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Creator Classic Use Creator Classic to archive your important files to CD or DVD, 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
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    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
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    . With Creator Classic, you can make a bootable disc that can be used to start your system. Bootable discs are useful if you want to start your system, bypassing the operating system on your hard disk. Bootable discs are also useful if you want to run backup, drive utility, or virus scan software
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    . ■ Drag a disc icon onto the project window to add the entire contents of the disc. ■ Click My Devices to browse files on cell phones and other compatible devices detected by your computer. See the Manager Help Center for more information about browsing files on other devices. 2 To select more than
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    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 and folders from Windows Explorer to the Project area. ■ Copy and paste files disc drive. 4
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    your hard disk to store the disc image file. 6 Optional: To view or edit burn options, click the Plus (+) sign located to the left of Burn Options. For detailed information about the options available, click Help or press F1 in the dialog box. 7 To start burning to disc, click OK. The Burn Progress
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    171 Watching movies In this chapter Welcome to CinePlayer 172 Getting to know CinePlayer 173 Playing discs 174 Playing video from video folders 175
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    172 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to CinePlayer CinePlayer provides the highest quality DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback available for your PC, and lets you take advantage of the enhanced interactive features now available on many movie discs. You can: ■ Customize the language,
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    Change video Full- scaling screen CinePlayer buttons Use the following buttons to navigate through CinePlayer. Open lets you browse to select video files or folders. Click Settings to choose general applications options, video and disc settings, as well as playback, language, and audio options
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Volume, playback controls, disc settings Use the following buttons to control volume and playback, and to display the disc settings. The disc settings let you choose from the available disc features software version you are running, some of the features
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    . CinePlayer will open automatically, if it is selected as your default media player. content. Note Blu-ray versions of CinePlayer can also play unprotected BDMV, BDAV, and AVCHD content. To play video from a video folder: 1 In CinePlayer, choose Open > Browse Movie Folder. A folder selection window
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    177 Creating video productions In this chapter Welcome to VideoWave 178 Getting to know the VideoWave window 179 Creating your first VideoWave production 181 Step one: Add photos and video clips 182 Step two: Add background audio 182 Step three: Add transitions 183 Step four: Preview
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    178 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
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    Getting to know the VideoWave window 179 Getting to know the VideoWave window This section describes the main areas of the VideoWave window. Task Pane: Toolbar Preview area Dock Add Content & Tools areas Production Editor Task Pane The Task Pane contains the Add Content and Tools areas. Add
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    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. Preview area The Preview area displays your production and provides all the tools you need to customize the content
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    it visible whenever possible. You will quickly discover that the Settings panel is a great tool for customizing your productions. Creating your first VideoWave production This section shows you how easy it is to make a simple movie production using video clips, audio files, and enhancements such as
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    182 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 In the Tools area, click Show Media Selector. 2 In the
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    the selected style between all items in your production. For more information, see the VideoWave Help file. To add transitions: 1 In the Tools the amount of time for which the transition will play, follow these steps: a Select the transition and on the Production Editor toolbar, click Trim. b In the
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    184 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
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    , and if you want, click Browse to change the location in which the file is stored on your computer. 6 Click Create Video File to generate your production. Note If you need more information at any time, click Help in the Make Movie dialog box. 7 Click Close to close the Make Movie dialog box
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    187 Video tools and assistants In this chapter Creating a slideshow 188 Using CineMagic to create movies 189 Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn 190 Converting files with SyncIt! 192 Adding SmartSound background audio 195 Archiving AVCHD video 197
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    188 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
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    excluded. To open CineMagic: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Video-Movies project tab and choose Edit Video - Automatically. or ■ In VideoWave, in the Tools area, click New CineMagic Production. To create a CineMagic production: Follow these easy steps: 1 Add content: Select the videos and photos you
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    190 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
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    the capture quality, the better the resulting output, and the greater the resulting file size. c Choose whether to create chapters, based on either scene changes 5 In the Movie Name box, enter the name of the new movie. 6 Start capturing: ■ To capture an entire tape, click Capture entire tape. ■ To
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    192 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.
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    from the drop-down list box, or click the browse button (...) to choose another location. ■ Audio tab ■ Audio file target format: To convert audio files, select the new audio file format from the list. ■ Bit Rate: To specify the rate, select from the list. This rate is measured in bps, or bits per
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ Target folder: Select the location where you want to save the converted files from the drop-down list box, or click the browse button (...) to choose another location. ■ Photo tab ■ Photo file target: To convert photo image files, select the new photo file
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    background audio 195 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 will help keep your productions from being altered or removed by popular websites that
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    196 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com b In the Style/Library box, select the library you want To automatically fit the music to your production, check the Auto Fit box. 10 Click Preview to play the selected audio. 11 Optional: To save your selection as a WAV file, click Export To, browse to
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    information, check the documentation for your camera. 3 Use Roxio Home to launch AVCHD Archive. From Roxio Home, click the Video - Movies project tab, then click Archive AVCHD. The main window of AVCHD Archive has a From box on the left that you will use to select and preview your source material
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    198 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 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 will not be able to change disc format or capacity once the archive is underway. 9 Click the Go button
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    Welcome to MyDVD 200 Getting to know the MyDVD window 201 Overview of creating a MyDVD project 205 Capturing media files 206 Working with menus 207 Adding productions to your MyDVD project 208 Working with buttons 212 Working with text 214 Changing or removing background audio 216
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    200 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. MyDVD discs play back in most set-top players and in computers with compatible drives. This chapter explains how
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    View. The following section describes the main areas of the MyDVD window in both the Menu Edit and Movie Edit views. Menu Edit view When you are working on a menu, you work in the menu edit view. Task Pane: Menu Tasks, Edit, and Project View areas Preview area Toolbar Task pane The task pane
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    202 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ 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. You can select a menu style or background, or change the
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    Creating advanced video discs with menus Getting to know the MyDVD window 203 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
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    204 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Preview area The Preview area provides the tools you need to customize the content in your project. In addition to the preview window, the Preview area contains: ■ the standard toolbar, which provides the common tools that are always available ■ the
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    menu has one or more buttons that link to productions or to other menus. Productions (slideshows and movies) are collections of video clips and device-that is connected to your computer. For more information, see Capturing media files on page 206. 2 Select a menu style, a menu background, and
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    206 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 4 Preview the project to make it sure it plays and video files to use in your MyDVD projects. You capture photo and video files using Media Import. To start Media Import from MyDVD: ■ Click on the File menu, and select Capture/Import. Media Import opens,
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    to productions (movies and slideshows), and other menus. Menus in a MyDVD project work exactly start with an empty menu background, then add movies, background audio, and text. Customizing menus A menu style is a template a style to the project: 1 In the Edit area, click Change Menu Style. The Select
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    208 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
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    clips, VideoWave productions (DMSM) and slideshows (DMSS). If you select multiple DMSM and DMSS files, each a few clicks. CineMagic automatically edits your production, trimming and adjusting the flow the music clip you add. To create a CineMagic production: 1 In the Project View area (Menus tab),
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    210 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 In the Project View area
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    productions to your MyDVD project 211 To mark chapters in a movie: 1 Select the movie in the Project View area, then, in the Edit area, choose Edit chapter menu(s) and link to selected button check box. 4 To mark chapters manually, follow these steps: a Use the Preview controls to cue the video to
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    212 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
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    Creating advanced video discs with menus Working with buttons 213 Resizing buttons To resize a button: 1 In 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
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio previous linked menu. ■ Home: To display styles for the text button labeled "Home," which returns you from which you want to change the style. Working with text In addition to the menu blocks of text to menus. You can edit text blocks, including button labels and the
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    Creating advanced video discs with menus Working with text 215 The new text block placeholder 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
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    216 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Changing or removing background audio Many of the menu styles include background audio. You can replace this audio with your own music, or you can remove it. To change the background audio: 1 In the Edit area, click Change Menu Audio. 2 Use SmartSound to
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    is a DVD or Video CD project. To preview a project: 1 On the Preview toolbar, click Preview. The preview window opens, with the project on the right, and the remote control on the left. 2 Use the controls on the by clicking them. 3 When you are done, click Close to continue working with the project.
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    218 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Completing your project See the following topics to complete your MyDVD project: ■ Burning projects to disc on page 218 ■ Erasing discs on page 218 ■ Saving projects as disc image files and disc volumes on page 219 Burning projects to disc When you finish
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    To postpone burning a completed project. Note To burn a disc image or disc volume to disc, use the optional Creator Classic component, or other disc burning software. 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
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    220 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com To save a project as a disc volume: 1 On the Preview toolbar, click Burn. The Burn dialog box opens. 2 Select the Create folder set check box. 3
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    221 Creating disc labels and inserts In this chapter About Label Creator 222 Overview of creating labels and disc inserts 222 Getting to know the Label Creator window 223 Using Express Labeler 225
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    . Label Creator also works with special printers that print designs directly to discs, and LightScribe® recorders that burn labels on to discs. Label Creator supports many of these popular printers and LightScribe-capable burners on the market today. To open Label Creator: ■ From Roxio Home, select
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    disc labels and inserts Getting to know the Label Creator window 223 Getting to know the Label Creator window The following section describes the main areas of the Label Creator window. Add Object area Menu bar Toolbars Layout area Edit Layout area Layout Navigator area Select More Layouts
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    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
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    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. To open Express Labeler: ■ From Roxio Home, select any one of the project categories and choose Create Labels. or ■ In Label Creator style, and content for your labels
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    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
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    to titles 210 files and folders 167 folders in Media Manager 56 media files to albums 51 menus to video compilations 160 movies to MyDVD projects 208 photos to productions with Media Selector 182 playlists in Media Manager 55 playlists to Music Disc Creator projects 104 productions to MyDVD projects
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    User Guide www.roxio.com AVCHD video 197 media files 168 arranging buttons on menus 212 audio changing menu background 216 audio CDs adding audio tracks to projects from 87 creating with Music Disc Creator 99 creating with the Burn Audio CDs task 26 audio clips adding to productions
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 229 adjusting in photos 133 Browse and Manage Media task 45 browsing audio files 49 media files 49 music 49 photos 49 playlists 50 projects 49 Smart Views 49 video files 49 burning disc image files to disc 219 discs, with Plug & Burn 190 media files 168 projects to
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    230 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com copying image files using 154 copying audio clips or parts of waveforms 89 audio files to a portable device 75 DVDs 152 media files between albums 53 media to your computer 38 copying discs 28 creating albums 51
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 231 DVD compilations See video compilations DVD Music Discs overview of creating 99 DVDs burning media files to 168 burning projects to 218 creating compilations 155 importing tracks from 105 number of productions supported on 208 on CD, previewing 217 playing using
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    232 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Easy Audio Capture 66 H help viewing 34 I image files See disc image files Import Photos task 39 importing media files 38, 206 photos and video from digital cameras 42 tracks from CDs and DVDs 105 tracks from disc image files 105 tracks from DVD-Video
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    audio for 216 editing text on 215 removing items from 216 microphone capturing from 66 Mini mode Easy Audio Capture 68 minimum system requirements 21 missing files finding 60 mobile devices backing up 146 browsing 50 converting video for playback on 155 sharing media files with 144 synchronizing
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    234 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com eoxvperovriteinwg9181,4100 saving as disc image files 113 supported file formats 101 MusicID audio tracks creating photo projects with 121 photos adding to productions with Media Selector 182 applying special effects to 127 browsing 49 cropping 124 e-
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 235 transferring from a wireless device 145 using as album thumbnails 54 PhotoSuite overview 118 remove red eye feature 123 supported file formats 119 playing discs using CinePlayer 174 productions 184 tracks 111 video folders using CinePlayer 175 VIDEO_TS folders
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    audio files 77 requirements for using the software 21 resizing buttons on menus 213 restoring buttons to their default position 212 restoring files recovering files with the Restore Files task 29 rotating objects 126 Roxio Home description 25 S saving audio clips 93 productions to a file 184
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    , for menu text 215 supported file formats description 101 PhotoSuite 119 Synchronization Wizard 146 synchronized devices browsing 50 synchronizing mobile device and PC 146 mobile devices with PCs 146 system requirements 21 T tags See audio tags tapes recording 66 templates See styles tempo using
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    157 U unidentified tracks finding 106 uploading media files to wireless devices 144 V VCDs burning projects to 218 number of productions supported on 208 previewing 217 VCR recording productions to 184 video browsing 49 creating compilations 155 editing 157 e-mailing 141 importing from digital
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    MyDVD projects 209 viewing QuickShows 59 vinyl LPs recording 66 VST sound effects installing in Sound Editor 91 W waveforms copying part of 89 deleting part of 89 editing 89 moving part of 89 selecting for editing 88 wireless devices sharing media files with 144 Roxio Creator User Guide Index 239
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    240 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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