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    Roxio Creator User Guide
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    product. Sonic, Sonic Solutions, Roxio, Roxio Creator, PhotoSuite, VideoWave, MyDVD, Creator Classic, CinePlayer, CineMagic, Music Disc Creator, Video Copy & Convert, Venue, Roxio GmbH. Video Stabilization Plug-in Software licensed from DigiEffects LLC. Blu-ray is a trademark of the Blu-ray Disc
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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 nor the distributors will be liable for damages, whether direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
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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 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 charges will apply. THIS PRODUCT IS
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    viii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com TiVo and the TiVo logo are registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. or its subsidiaries. This product is protected by certain intellectual property rights of Microsoft Corporation. Use or distribution of such technology outside of this product is prohibited
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    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 25 Getting to know Creator 26 Starting a task 26 Creator: What you can do 27 Completing a typical task 31
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    x Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 2 Managing your media files 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 42 Browsing My Media 43 Working with
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xi 4 Importing media files 65 Welcome to Media Import 66 Starting Media Import 67 Getting to know the Media Import window 68 Overview of importing media files 70 5 Copying video and creating video compilations 71 About Video Copy & Convert 72 The Video
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    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 91 Capturing media files 92 Working with menus 93 What are menus 93 Customizing menus 93
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xiii 7 Creating video productions 107 Welcome to VideoWave 108 Getting to know the VideoWave window 109 Task Pane 109 Preview area 110 Production Editor 110 Media Selector 110 Effect Selector 111 Settings panel 111 Creating your first VideoWave
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    xiv Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 9 Watching movies 129 Welcome to CinePlayer 130 Getting to know CinePlayer 131 Playing discs 133 Playing video from video folders 133 10 Recording and managing audio files 135 Importing audio CDs 136 Recording from an audio input device 138
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xv 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 165 Exporting
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    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 189 Welcome to PhotoSuite 190 PhotoSuite's project file
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Contents xvii 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 224 The
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    xviii Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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    Welcome to Roxio Creator 20 What's new 20 About this guide 21 System requirements 22 Installing Creator 25 Getting to know Creator 26 Creator: What you can do 27 Completing a typical task 31 Where to find more information 35 Creator support options 36 Viewing 3D content 36
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    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
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    ■ New background audio clips ■ Conversion settings customized for the iPad ■ Higher resolution TiVo conversion ■ Full compatibility with Flip videos ■ Multi-layer background music for your video productions ■ Improved video trim controls in Video Copy & Convert ■ New tutorials About this guide This
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    ■ Windows-compatible sound card ■ DVD-ROM drive to install the software from DVD ■ Windows Media Player 10 or above ■ Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above ■ Internet connection required for registration, product updates, and some features. Any Internet charges are the user's responsibility
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    video capture device Blu-ray™authoring and playback requirements ■ An additional plug-in which can be purchased at www.roxio.com 3D requirements ■ 3D red/cyan glasses (included). For other supported 3D formats, required hardware is the responsibility of the user. Supported input formats ■ Video
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    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
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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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    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.
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    Roxio Creator Creator: What you can do 27 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
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    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
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    Getting started with Roxio Creator Creator: What you can do 29 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
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    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. Importing and organizing media files
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    on your computer desktop during installation. In most cases, the main Creator application window opens with the Home category selected. It looks something like this: The Home window includes links to frequently used tasks. On the left side of the window, you will see the names of several project
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    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
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    Getting started with Roxio Creator Completing a typical task 33 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
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    34 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com ■ To the right of 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
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    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 the Help or in this guide, you can get the most current information from our
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    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
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    37 Managing your media files In this chapter About Media Manager 38 Getting to know the Media Manager window 40 Working with My Media 42 Working with albums 45 Working with playlists 49 Working with folders 50 Working with media files 51 Finding missing media files 54
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    38 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com About Media Manager Your media files-photos, video clips, music tracks, and Roxio projects- come photos, extract images and audio from videos, and create slideshows and panoramas. You can also open your media files in other Roxio components to add them to
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    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. Monitoring new media files Media Manager can
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    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. My Media tab
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    audio device. Albums are media file groupings that you create and manage yourself. You can use albums to group media files from vacations, events, or special to Windows Explorer, both in how it looks and in how you use it, except that you only see media files supported by Roxio products. For
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    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
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    for recently used and imported video files, and organizes your videos by format. In addition, a Not Protected view shows the video files that do not have Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions. All Music This Smart View allows you to browse your audio files quickly and easily. It contains
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    44 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com My Playlists This Smart View stores any playlists you 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. Search Results This grouping stores the
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    Type the album name and click Yes. Media Manager creates a new album, and adds the selected files to it. To create a new album for files dragged from Windows Explorer: 1 In Windows Explorer, browse to and select the files you want to put into the new album. 2 In the Browse area at the bottom of the
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    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
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    album and its contents into another album. When you copy or move a media file to an album, Media Manager does not actually create another copy of the file on your computer system, and the location of the file on your computer does not change. However, the file is referenced by a new album. To move
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    48 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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    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. The Contents area in the top right part of the window shows the contents of the new playlist. To add audio files to a playlist: 1 In the Browse area at the top left of the
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    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
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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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    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
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    video files, each file plays one after the other. To view a QuickShow: 1 In the Browse area, select the view containing the items you want to view as a QuickShow. 2 Select the media files you wish to view as a QuickShow. 3 On the Task Bar, click QuickShow. The QuickShow window opens in full screen
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    54 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
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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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    56 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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    57 Making advanced data discs In this chapter About Creator Classic 58 Getting to know the Creator Classic window 59 Deciding which type of project to create 60 Adding files and folders to your project 61 Burning the project to disc 62
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    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
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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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    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
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    about Smart Views and albums. ■ Browse files and folders in the Windows folders on your computer. ■ 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
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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, folders, or a disc icon from Windows Explorer to the Project area. ■ Copy and paste files
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    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. A disc image file is a complete copy of the data as it will appear on the disc you want to burn, only it's stored on
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    64 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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    65 Importing media files In this chapter Welcome to Media Import 66 Starting Media Import 67 Getting to know the Media Import window 68 Overview of importing media files 70
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    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
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    device or disc type, select Always do this... for the file type being imported. (In Windows XP, select the Always do the selected action check box.) also be opened from Roxio Home. To transfer photos, click the Photo project category, then click Import Photos. To capture video, click the Video -
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    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
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    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. It contains files imported in the current session
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    digital camera 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
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    71 Copying video and creating video compilations In this chapter About Video Copy & Convert 72 The Video Copy & Convert window 73 Copying DVD-Video 74 About converting video 77
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    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
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    Copying video and creating video compilations The Video Copy & Convert window 73 The Video Copy & Convert window Copy DVD mode Mode selection buttons Source Options button Destination Go button
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    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
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    ■ 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
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    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
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    Copying video and creating video compilations About converting video 77 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. Depending on the output
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    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. Mode selection buttons Options button Source Conversion formats Preview
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    trim, then click Trim movie/video. Trim movie/video If you have not already added a movie or video, see To add and edit movies: on page 78 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 point marker
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    80 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Start point marker End 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
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    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. Mark in point Material to be trimmed from video or movie Mark out point 4 Reposition the playhead to beginning of movie or
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    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
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    DVD, the movies will play sequentially when you opens. 4 Click the Styles tab. The Styles tab contains the styles that were supplied with Video Copy & Convert and any custom styles that you have saved. The Smart Objects tab contains tools you can use to modify an existing style or create a new
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    84 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Note Because the video rendering process is CPU-intensive, it File > Save (or File > Save as). 2 Enter a name and select a location in which to save the compilation. 3 Click Save. Using the project scheduler Reformatting video is time-consuming and requires
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    86 Getting to know the MyDVD window 87 Overview of creating a disc 91 Capturing media files 92 Working with menus 93 Adding productions to your MyDVD project 94 Working with buttons 98 Working with text 100 Changing or removing background audio 101 Removing items from menus 101
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    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
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    advanced video discs with menus Getting to know the MyDVD window 87 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. Task Pane: Menu Tasks, Edit, and
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    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
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    Creating advanced video discs with menus Getting to know the MyDVD window 89 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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    90 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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    animated buttons, and background audio. 3D projects do not include menus and cannot include slideshows. Video productions on the disc simply play in succession. Steps to create a disc The following steps show how easy it is to create a disc using media files that you capture from your digital device
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    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
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    is a screen containing background photos or video clips, background audio, and buttons that link to productions (movies and slideshows), and other menus style to the project: 1 In the Edit area, click Change Menu Style. The Select Menu Style dialog box opens. Available styles are listed on the left
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    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
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    the tempo of the music clip you add. To create a CineMagic production: 1 In the Project View area (Menus tab), click the icon of the menu where you want to add the movie. 2 Choose Movie > Add New CineMagic Movie. CineMagic opens, displaying the main screen. 3 Follow the instructions in CineMagic to
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    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 In the Project View area
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    To mark chapters manually, follow these steps: a Use the Preview controls to cue the video to the frame at which you want to create a new chapter. b Click the Project View area, then, in the Edit area, choose Edit Chapters. The Edit Chapters dialog box opens. Existing chapters are listed in the right
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    98 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Working with buttons MyDVD automatically creates a button on the menu when you add a production. on a menu: ■ In the Preview area, click the button and drag it to the new location. To restore the buttons on a menu to their default position: ■ Choose Menu >
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    video discs with menus Working with buttons 99 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 , select the buttons. 3 In the Edit area, click Change Button Style. 4 In
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    100 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 5 Choose whether to apply the change to the the left and right sides of the red bounding box. To edit the new text block and change its appearance, see Editing text. Editing text You can edit any text block on a menu, including button labels and the
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    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 create a background audio track or Media Selector to choose a track from your own
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    102 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Note When you delete a button that is linked . To preview a project: 1 Choose File > Preview. The preview window opens, with the project on the right, and the remote control on the left. Tip: Previews of 3D projects in MyDVD are always displayed in the
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    overwrite the contents. If you change the project, you must burn it to a new, blank disc. Tip: HD camcorders provide top-quality video. But of preserving original video quality as much as possible. To burn a project to disc: 1 Insert a compatible disc in the drive. 2 Choose File > Burn project
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    Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 6 Click Burn to begin burning the project. The Burn Progress dialog box opens entire contents of the project into a single file called a disc image. This file contains A disc volume is a folder containing all the files that get burned onto a disc. You might
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    Creating advanced video discs with menus Completing your project 105 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: a Locate the folder in which you want
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    Welcome to VideoWave 108 Getting to know the VideoWave window 109 Creating your first VideoWave production 111 Step one: Add photos and video clips 112 Step two: Add background audio 112 Step three: Add transitions 113 Step four: Preview your production 114 Step five: Output your
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    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
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    VideoWave window. Task Pane: Add Content, Tools, and Toolbar Preview area Dock Fix areas Production Editor Task Pane The Task Pane contains the Add Content, Tools, and Fix areas. Add Content area The Add Content area contains buttons that let you add movies, photos and video, background audio
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    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,
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    : When the Effect Selector is open, you can dock or undock 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
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    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 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 between two video clips in the Production Editor. Add as many transitions as you like. 5 To set the amount of time for which the transition will play, follow
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    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
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    115 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
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    117 Video tools and assistants In this chapter Creating a slideshow 118 Using CineMagic to create movies 119 Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn 120 Converting files with SyncIt! 122 Adding SmartSound background audio 124 Archiving AVCHD™ video 126
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    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
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    To open CineMagic, choose one of these methods: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Video-Movies project tab and choose Edit Video - Automatically. ■ 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
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    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
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    Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn 121 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: a Select
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    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.
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    Video tools and assistants Converting files with SyncIt! 123 Transferring files To transfer files to a portable device: 1 In the more information, see the SyncIt! Help Center. 4 Click OK. 5 Drag the files to be transferred onto the SyncIt! application. The application shows the transfer progress,
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    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
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    Video tools and assistants Adding SmartSound background audio 125 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
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    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
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    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. When the first disc is full, you
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    129 Watching movies In this chapter Welcome to CinePlayer 130 Getting to know CinePlayer 131 Playing discs 133 Playing video from video folders 133
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    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. With CinePlayer, you
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    Help menus Eject Disc, Volume, playback controls, Disc Menu, and disc settings buttons Seek bar 3D controls 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
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    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
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    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. CinePlayer opens automatically, if it is selected as your default
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    135 Recording and managing audio files In this chapter Importing audio CDs 136 Recording from an audio input device 138 Creating Audiobooks 141 Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor 144 Converting, renaming, and moving audio files 147
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    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
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    and managing audio files Importing audio CDs 137 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
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    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
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    Audio Capture uses the highest possible recording level. If clipping occurs, Easy Audio Capture reduces the recording level. If no clipping occurs at this new audio file. ■ Capture settings: Click Options to open the Capture Settings dialog box. To transfer recordings to your iTunes music library
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    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
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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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    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 . Note MP3 disc playback requires a player that supports this format. ■
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    not supported ■ Most players support pause/resume of single files when bookmarking is used The Audiobook Creator window also . ■ Help: Opens the Audiobook Creator help file. ■ Settings: Use the Settings dialog to customize preferred audio quality and file format settings. File format is only
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    information manually, or you can search an online music database, using the MusicID feature. To open Audio Tag Editor, choose one of these methods: ■ From Roxio Home, select the Music-Audio project tab and choose Edit Song Information. ■ Click one of the links found within Creator's other audio
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    which you invoke the Edit Audio Tags dialog box, the following option 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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    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
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    device, such as 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
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    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
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    and managing audio files Converting, renaming, and moving audio files 149 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
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    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
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    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. The Edit Audio Tags dialog box opens. Edit the audio tags (for more information, click Help on the Edit Audio Tags dialog box) and
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    to know the Sound Editor window 155 Sound Editor project file format (.dmse) 156 Getting started with Sound Editor projects 157 About adding audio clips 158 About editing and applying effects 160 Adding or deleting track separators 162 Installing new sound effects 164 Completing Sound
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    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
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    155 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. Task area Clip Editor
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    156 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Sound Editor project file format (.dmse) Sound Editor projects are stored in DMSE format. 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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    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. For more information, see About editing and applying effects on page 160. 3 Repeat Step 1 to Step 2 to add and enhance additional
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    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
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    type, bit rate, and file location, select Custom and click Options. Tip: For more information about the options, click Help in the Output Settings dialog box. 6 In the Save To box, enter the folder in which the tracks will be saved. 7 Click Save. The tracks appear as audio clips in the Clip Editor
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    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
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    Creating audio projects Getting started with Sound Editor projects 161 Basic editing You can delete, copy, or move a clip select the waveform, see Selecting the waveform region to edit on page 160. 2 Choose Edit > Copy. 3 Move the playback cursor to the location to which you want to copy the waveform
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    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
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    Creating audio projects Adding or deleting track separators 163 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.
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    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
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    Creating audio projects Installing new sound effects 165 audio clip from your project to a separate file. For more information, see Exporting sets of tracks or audio clips on page 166. ■ 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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    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
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    Creating audio projects Installing new sound effects 167 4 To preview your selection, use the playback controls (Play, Stop, Track/Clip Position). Play Stop Track/Clip Position 5 In the Output Settings box, select one of the available formats. To define your
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    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
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    discs In this chapter Welcome to Music Disc Creator 170 Types of music discs you can create 171 Overview of Music Disc Creator projects 172 Supported file formats 173 Adding tracks to your project 174 Finding tracks and managing track information 178 Previewing tracks 183 Completing
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    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
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    (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
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    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
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    the tracks to disc. Music Disc Creator's native format (.DMSA) DMSA (Digital Media Suite Audio) is the file format for Music Disc Creator projects. DMSA files can only be opened in Music Disc Creator. Supported audio formats Music Disc Creator supports a number of file formats, including WAV, WMA
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    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 ■
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    Creating music discs Adding tracks to your project 175 To select and add Add Audio Tracks or Import from CD/DVD. The Media Selector opens in a window outside of the main project window. 2 Click the Attach to main window button in the bottom right corner of the window . Attach to main window
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    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,
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    blank disc. Valid disc image files include .iso, .c2d (Roxio proprietary format), and .cue. ■ DVD-Video folders: A DVD-Video folder is a "VIDEO_TS" folder on a disc or hard disk that contains valid DVD-Video source content. The audio from each chapter of a DVD-Video folder can be added to a project
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    database to automatically add it for you. Chapter 10, Recording and managing audio files, on page 135 also has information that you can use while creating Music Disc Creator projects: Checking for unidentified tracks Use this procedure to search for new tracks on your computer and add them to your
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    is where you can select the best track information. You can 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
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    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
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    track list to an audio CD, or as a single file to your portable device. Note Beatmatching is only available if Audio CD is selected as the transition between the selected track and the previous track will sound. In some cases, Music Disc Creator might be unable to determine the correct location of
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    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 the transition will need to be Select the desired files and select an
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    4 Click Done when you're finished. The selected tracks will now display the new BPM setting in the track list window. Previewing tracks To preview the tracks in your project, use the playback buttons at the bottom of the Music Disc Creator window, or click the Preview button beside the track. Play
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    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: ■
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    any type of project in Music Disc Creator. Note Some tracks may be protected by DRM, which may prevent burning, or limit the number of copies you can burn to disc. In addition, protected files may not be saved in a disc image file. For more information, see About protected audio tracks on page 174
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    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
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    the tracks to the same file format, select the Convert to preferred audio format before sending check box. 5 If you selected the option to convert the audio format, select a format from the Preferred Audio Format drop-down list. You can use a preset format, or click Edit to customize the format. For
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    189 Working with photo projects In this chapter Welcome to PhotoSuite 190 Getting to know the PhotoSuite window 192 Using the Photo Projects Assistant 193 Creating new photo projects in PhotoSuite 194 Removing red eye 195 Cropping photos and objects 196 Rotating photos and objects 198
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    190 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Welcome to PhotoSuite With Roxio's PhotoSuite, it has never been easier use 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
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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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    192 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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    can perform on photos and other objects. ■ Open Files pane: Shows thumbnails of all the files currently open in PhotoSuite. ■ Objects pane: Shows all 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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    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
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    , 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. When you move the cursor over the photo, it becomes a circle with
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    196 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Cropping photos and objects Follow this procedure to 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 a dashed box. The borders
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    Working with photo projects Cropping photos and objects 197 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 of degrees to rotate the object, or click Plus (+) or Minus (-). Tip: Click Undo in the Canvas Toolbar to restore the photo
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    or watercolor painting, color effects that add a tint to the photo, and many others. To apply a special effect: 1 If you want to apply an effect to a photo or any other object in the PhotoSuite project file, select it in the Canvas. Tip: To apply an effect to part of a photo, use the
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    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
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    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 a color. Tip: of the color you want to use. You can click a color anywhere in the PhotoSuite window-for example, you can select a color from a photo in the Canvas. 4 To add
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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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    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. The AutoFix tool automatically
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    204 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Adjusting exposure Follow this procedure to improve the quality 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 Fix your photos tab, click
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    205 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
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    206 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com
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    207 Printing and sharing In this chapter Printing photos and projects 208 E-mailing media files 213 Sharing media files with wireless devices 216 Sharing media files online 219
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    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 a On the top right side of the window, click Add Photos . b Browse to and click the photo file to add. Tip: To select more than
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    as large as possible 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 margins. The entire , click and drag the mouse to move the photo in the Page Preview window.
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    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
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    Printing and sharing Printing photos and projects 211 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
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    212 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Tips for improving a time, but the higher-quality photos will give you better print results. ■ Use color matching, if your printer supports it. The colors on screen do not color printers require proprietary paper. Check the manufacturer's recommendations.
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    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. or On the PhotoSuite or Media Manager toolbar, click E-mail
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    214 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 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 the files using your default e-mail program. If you select this option, choose whether to send the
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    higher the resolution, the better the picture quality, but the larger the resulting file. Note Video conversion options are available only if you have selected video files to e-mail. The conversion does not affect your original files. 6 Click OK. If you chose to use your default e-mail program in
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    216 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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    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. 4 On the Task Bar, click Split View. A new pane opens at the bottom of the window, showing the My Media view. 5 In the bottom
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    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 Synchronization Wizard opens. Follow the instructions. To change
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    dialog box. Note Only files that have been updated since the last synchronization will be transferred. Sharing media files online Several components include tools that make it easy to post your creations online. Here are some examples: Videos ■ From Roxio Home, select the Video - Movies project tab
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    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 -
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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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    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
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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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    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. To open Express Labeler, choose one of these methods: ■ From Roxio Home, select any one of the project categories and choose Create Labels. ■ In Label Creator
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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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    Manager 50 media files to albums 46 menus to video compilations 83 movies to MyDVD projects 94 photos to productions with Media Selector 112 playlists in Media Manager 49 playlists to Music Disc Creator projects 176 productions to MyDVD projects 94 shading to text 201 SmartSound audio 124 text
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    228 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com applying button styles 99 menu styles 93 archiving AVCHD video 126 media files 62 arranging buttons on menus 98 audio changing menu background 101 audio CDs adding audio tracks to projects from 159 creating with Music Disc Creator 171 creating with the
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 229 BPM editor 183 brightness adjusting in photos 205 Browse and Manage Media task 39 browsing audio files 43 media files 43 music 43 photos 43 playlists 44 projects 43 Smart Views 43 video files 43 burning disc image files to disc 104 discs, with Plug & Burn 120
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    230 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com video files 122 Copy DVD mode copying discs using 74 copying DVD-Video folders using 76 copying image files using 76 copying audio clips or parts of waveforms 161 audio files to a portable device 147 DVDs 74 media files between albums 47 media to your
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 231 adding to MyDVD projects 95 downloading media files from a wireless device 217 DRM about 174 DV cameras recording productions to 114 DVD compilations See video compilations DVD Music Discs overview of creating 171 DVDs burning media files to 62 burning projects
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    232 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Folders view about 41 font changing 200 changing, for menu text 100 format of audio files, changing 147 format options for video compilations 82 Full mode Easy Audio Capture 138 H help viewing 35 I image files See disc image files Import Photos task 67
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    on 98 changing background audio for 101 editing text on 100 removing items from 101 microphone capturing from 138 Mini mode Easy Audio Capture 140 minimum system requirements 22 missing files finding 54 mobile devices backing up 218 browsing 44 converting video for playback on 77 sharing media
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    234 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com Music Disc Creator adding playlists 176 adding tracks 174 adding tracks from your hard disk 176 adding tracks from your iPod 176 basic steps 172 burning projects to disc 185 completing projects 184 creating audio CDs 171 creating MP3/WMA discs 171
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    195 supported file formats 191 playing discs using CinePlayer 133 productions 114 tracks 183 video folders using CinePlayer 133 VIDEO_TS folders using CinePlayer 133 playlists adding audio files to 49 adding in Media Manager 49 adding to Music Disc Creator projects 176 deleting 49 Plug & Burn
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    236 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com adding audio tracks to 159 adding movies to MyDVD 94 adding productions to MyDVD 94 adding text to photo 200 applying effects to 199 applying menu styles to MyDVD 93 browsing 43 choosing a project type 60 creating blank photo 194 creating new 222 creating
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 237 overview 180 using to create track lists 180 Search results about 44 selecting all tracks 160 audio clips 160 media files 51 single track 160 waveforms 160 sending media files by e-mail 213 productions by e-mail 114 tracks to a portable device 187 shading adding
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    238 Roxio Creator User Guide www.roxio.com on menus, editing 100 removing from menus 101 themes files to wireless devices 216 V VCDs burning projects to 103 number of productions supported on 94 previewing 102 VCR recording productions to 114 video 3D 20 browsing 43 creating compilations 77 editing
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    Roxio Creator User Guide Index 239 216 trimming 79 using as album thumbnails 48 using CineMagic to create 119 video clips adding to productions with Media Selector 112 video compilations adding a main menu 83 format options 82 output options 82 video conversion overview 77 Video Copy & Convert and
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