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Contents

Getting started

with Roxio Creator 19

Welcome to Roxio Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

About this guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Installing Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Getting to know Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Starting a task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Creator: What you can do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Completing a typical task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Where to find more information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Roxio online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Creator support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Unlimited self-help options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Alternate support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Before you contact Roxio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Contacting Roxio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

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Importing media files 33

Welcome to Media Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Starting Media Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Getting to know the Media Import window . . . . . . . 36

Overview of importing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Managing your media files 41

About Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Starting Media Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

What you can do with Media Manager. . . . . . . .43

Supported file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Monitoring new media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Getting to know the Media Manager window. . . . . .44

Working with My Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Browsing My Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Working with albums. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Creating new albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Adding media files to albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Moving or copying media files from

one album to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Setting the thumbnail for an album. . . . . . . . . . .52

Working with playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Working with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Creating new folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Working with media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Selecting media files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Previewing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Viewing media files in a preview window . . . . .56

Viewing media files in QuickShows . . . . . . . . . .57

Finding missing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Why are media files missing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

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Locating missing media files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Recording and managing audio files

Importing audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Recording from an audio input device . . . . . . . . . . .64

Using Easy Audio Capture in Full mode . . . . . . .64

Using Easy Audio Capture in Mini mode . . . . . .66

Creating Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor . . . . . .70

Converting, renaming, and moving audio files . . . . .73

Converting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Renaming files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Moving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Transferring files to a portable device. . . . . . . . .77

Creating track lists using AutoMix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

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Creating audio projects 81

Welcome to Sound Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

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

Adding audio files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Adding tracks from audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

About editing and applying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Selecting the waveform region to edit. . . . . . . . .88

Basic editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Adding or deleting track separators. . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Installing new sound effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Completing Sound Editor projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

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Saving Sound Editor projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Exporting audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Exporting sets of tracks or audio clips. . . . . . . . .94

Burning tracks or clips to audio CDs. . . . . . . . . .96

Creating music discs 97

Welcome to Music Disc Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Types of music discs you can create. . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

MP3/WMA disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

DVD music disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Overview of Music Disc Creator 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 disk. . .104

Adding unprotected tracks from your iPod . . . .104

Importing tracks from discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Finding tracks and managing track information . . .106

Checking for unidentified tracks . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Creating track lists using Search by Tags. . . . . .108

Using Beatmatching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Previewing tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Completing Music Disc Creator projects. . . . . . . . .112

Burning projects to disc or saving as

disc image files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Exporting tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Sending tracks to a portable device. . . . . . . . . .115

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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 . . . . . . .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 quality of photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Using the AutoFix feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Adjusting exposure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Adjusting brightness and contrast . . . . . . . . . . .133

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Printing and sharing 135

Printing photos and projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Tips for improving print quality. . . . . . . . . . . . .140

E-mailing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Sharing photos using an online photo service. . . . .144

Sharing media files with wireless devices. . . . . . . .144

About My Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Transferring files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Synchronizing your mobile device . . . . . . . . . .146

Using MediaSpace to share media . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

About MediaSpace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Configuring your home network. . . . . . . . . . . .149

Enabling or disabling home network sharing. . .149

Granting access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

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Withdrawing acces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Accessing shared files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Copying video and creating video

compilations 153

About Video Copy & Convert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

The Video Copy & Convert window. . . . . . . . . . . .155

Copying DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Can I copy discs using one disc drive? . . . . . . .156

DVD-Video sources you can copy from . . . . . .156

Copying DVD discs, disc image files,

or DVD-Video folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Creating video compilations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Supported video formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Notes about source files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Notes about output formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Creating a video compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Selecting or customizing a menu style . . . . . . .165

Selecting an output format and a destination . .167

Completing your compilation. . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Creating a compilation for a portable player. . .168

Making advanced data discs 171

About Creator Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

Getting to know the Creator Classic window . . . . .173

Deciding which type of project to create . . . . . . . .174

Adding files and folders to your project . . . . . . . . .175

Burning the project to disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

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Watching movies 179

Welcome to CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Getting to know CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Playing video from video folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Creating video productions 185

Welcome to VideoWave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Getting to know the VideoWave window. . . . . . . .187

Task Pane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Preview area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Production Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Media Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Effect Selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Creating your first VideoWave production . . . . . . .189

Step one: Add photos and video clips . . . . . . . . . .190

Step two: Add background audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Step three: Add transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Step four: Preview your production . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Step five: Output your production . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Video tools and assistants 195

Creating a slideshow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Using CineMagic to create movies . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Creating a video disc using Plug & Burn. . . . . . . . .197

Using SyncIt! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Converting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Transferring files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

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Adding SmartSound background audio. . . . . . . . . .203

Creating advanced

video discs with menus 205

Welcome to MyDVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206

Getting to know the MyDVD window . . . . . . . . . .207

Menu Edit view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Movie Edit view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Features available in both views. . . . . . . . . . . .210

Overview of creating a MyDVD project. . . . . . . . .211

What are MyDVD projects? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Steps to create a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Capturing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Working with menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

What are menus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Customizing menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Adding productions to your MyDVD project . . . . .214

Adding movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Creating and adding movies with CineMagic . .215

Editing productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Removing productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Adding and removing chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Working with buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Arranging buttons on menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218

Resizing buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Changing button thumbnail images . . . . . . . . .219

Changing button styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Working with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Adding text to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Changing or removing background audio. . . . . . . .222

Removing items from menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 22

Previewing MyDVD projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Completing your project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

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Burning projects to disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Erasing discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Saving projects as disc image files

and disc volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Deciding which type of disc to use. . . . . . . . . .226

Testing discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Disc players supported by MyDVD. . . . . . . . . .228

Creating disc labels and inserts 229

About Label Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

Overview of creating labels and disc inserts. . . . . .230

Getting to know the Label Creator window . . . . . .231

The Add Object area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

The Edit Layout area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

The Layout area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

The Toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

The Layout Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Using Express Labeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

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Welcome to Roxio Creator 20 About this guide 20 Installing Creator 21 Getting to know Creator 22 Creator: What you can do 23

Completing a typical task 27 Where to find more information 31 Creator support options 32

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Welcome to Roxio Creator

Welcome to Roxio Creator, the all-in-one digital media solution. Designed for beginners and experts alike, Creator makes it all easy—from

simple and practical tasks, such as creating a backup copy of a disc, to fun and creative projects such as creating a home movie complete with introductions, transitions, music, and effects.

Get creative and hav e fun with this powe rful, intuitive, and easy-to-use suite of digital media components. Do more with your digital music, favorite photos, mobile phone, cherished video, and your important 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 in Where to find more information on page 31.

Some of the components available in Creator may not be described in this guide. Each component includes detailed online Help, which you can find under the component Help menu or by pressing F1.

Depending on the version of Creator you ar e using, some of the components described in this guide may not be available.

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Installing Creator

Follow this procedure to install Creator.

To install Creator using the installation disc: 1 Insert the Creator installation DVD into your DVD drive.

If Autorun is en abled on your computer, 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:

1 Navigate to the Creator install package. 2 Double-click the setup.exe file. 3 Follow the on-screen instructions.

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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 categories and frequent tasks.

Starting a task

Click one of the project category tabs on the left side of the window, and a task list appears on the right. Choose a task by clicking on its name. Some of the tasks are built into the main Creator w indow; others open in a separate window.

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Creator: What you can do

There are so many great things yo u can do with Cr eat or. 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:

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Make an audio CD that you can play anywhere. Select the Burn Audio CDs task.

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Create an MP3 disc that holds hundreds of songs in MP3, WMA, or WAV format. Select the Burn MP3 CDs task.

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Rip audio files from a CD to your computer. Sel ect the Rip task.

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Quickly capture (record) audio from Internet radio and other sources using your computer’s sound card. Select the

Capture Audio from Sound Card task.

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Record and edit sound clips and audio files, and to create your own audio mixes. Select the Edit Audio task.

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Create music compilations to play on your home or car stereo, portable music player, DVD player, or on your compu ter. Use the new Beat Matching feature to create mixes your friends will envy. Select the

Create Music Disc Projects task.

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Transfer audiobooks from audio CDs or the Internet to an iPod, iPhone, or other portable device with just a few clicks. Select the

Create Audiobooks task.

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Create a DVD Music Disc with up to 50 hours of music using tracks from your computer or an audio disc. Choose from professionally designed styles or use your own background image, then burn your project to a disc and play on your compu ter or set-to p play er . Select the

Create DVD Music Discs task.

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Create digital audio files from your old LPs and tapes in just a few simple steps. You can then clean and enhance your audio files, burn them to an audio CD, or use them in your Creator projects. Select the

Digitize LPs and Tapes task. For more information, see Chapter6, Cr eating music discs, on page 97.

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Working with photos

You will find links to these tasks by selecting the Photo project tab:

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Enhance, edit, and share your digital photos. Autom atically adj ust the exposure, saturation, and sharpness of photos. Fix common problems such as red eye. Select the Edit Photos task.

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Create personalized calendars, greeting cards, and collages using your own photos. You can also create photo slideshows to share with ot hers. Select the Create Projects task.

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Enhance several photos at once using AutoFix and other photo tools. Rename or co n vert groups of photos to a differ ent format . Select

the Enhance Multiple Photos task.

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Create a dramatic panorama by combining several photos int o one.

Select the Create Panoramas task.

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E-mail your photos and photo projects to friends and family. Select the Email task.

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Create a high-resolution photo slideshow in just a few clicks, including background audio and Pan and Zoom effects. Select the

Create Slideshow task.

For more information, see Chapter7, Working with photo projects, on page 117, and Chapter8, Printing and sharing media files, on page 135.

Working with video

You will find links to these tasks by selecting the Video-Movies project tab:

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Make backup copies of personal DVD discs so you can store the originals for safekeeping. Convert video files to formats that can be played on a wide range of portable devices. Sel ect the

Copy or Convert Video task.

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Play movie discs using the ultimate digital theater. Creator delivers the absolute highest quality video playback available for your PC and packs all of its powerful features into an extremely easy-to-use and intuitive user-interface. If your movie player doesn’t include Blu-ray support, don’t worry—it’s available as an inexpensive upgrade. Select

the Play Movies task.

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Create professional-looking video productions that combine your home videos and photos with audio, transitions, and special effects.

Select the Edit Video—Advanced task.

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Make great looking video productions in a few easy steps. Select the Create D V Ds task.

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Create multimedia stories on DVD to share with family and friends. Capture and mix photos and video, include narration or a favorite sound track, create your own professional-looking menus, add transitions and animated backgrounds, and burn to DVD, Video CD , or Super VCD. Some versions even let you author Blu-ray movie discs.

Select the Create DVDs—Advanced task. For more information, see Chapter 14, Creating advanced video discs

with menus, on page 205.

Copy and data projects

You will find links to these tasks by selecting the Data-Copy project tab:

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Copy files to a CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc. Select the Burn Data Disc task.

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Duplicate an entire disc. Select the Copy Disc task.

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Create data CDs and DVDs, and to archive large pr ojects to multiple discs. Create advanced format and bootable discs, and more. In addition, you can choose to encrypt the files on the disc so that the files can only be accessed by someone entering a password that you select. Select the Burn Data Disc—Advanced task.

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Backup the files on your computer to a wide range of storage devices including discs, external hard drives, and flash drives.

Select the Backup Files task.

Note The Backup Files task is not available in all version of

Roxio Creator.

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Importing and organizing media files

You will find links to these tasks on more than one project tab:

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Import photos and video files to your computer from your digital camera, mobile phone, or camcorder. Select the Import Photos or Capt ure Video tasks.

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View and manage your media files in folders, and to organiz e the m into personalized albums. Find files quickly by bro w sing or searching, and burn your files to a disc. Select the Browse and Manage Media task.

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Share your media files with friends and family over your home network. Select the Browse and Manage Media task.

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T ransfer files to your wireless devices, and upload video files to the Internet. Select the Browse and Manage Media task.

For more information, see Chapter10, Making advanced data discs, on page 171.

Creating labels and disc inserts

You will find links to this tasks on all of the project tabs:

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Make personalized disc labels and jewel case covers. Choose from dozens of professional designs, or create your own. Select the

Create Labels task.

Don’t forget the Tools menu

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Erase or finalize a disc, get disc information, and keep track of what’s on your discs. All of th ese tasks ca n be started from the Tools menu. This is also where you’ll go to create virtual disc drives.

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Completing a typical task

Each task in Creator is a little different. Some are incredibly simple. Others take a little time to master. To help you get started, let’s walk though one of the most useful projects—creating a disc that contains files copied from your computer.

1 Open Creator by double-clicking the icon that was placed on your

computer desktop during installation. In most cases, the main Creator application window opens with the Home category selected. It will look 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 categories. Since we are going to be making a data disc, click the Data-Copy category.

The application window changes and displays a set of tasks that are related to protecting or copying the valuable files stored on your computer.

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2 When you are ready, click Burn Data Disc.

A longer description appears when you hold the cursor over a task link.

The application window changes again. It now displays everything you need to set up your project and burn a disc.

Burn Data Disc project window

As you can see, the Burn Data Disc project is built into the main Creator application window. Some projects are built into the main window; others open in a separate window. Many components that open in separate windows have names you may know: MyDVD, VideoWave, CinePlayer. They are all part of your Creator suite.

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3 To begin a data disc project, insert a blank CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc

into your computer’s disc drive. (The project also allows you to add files to an existing data disc, but to keep things simple for this project, use a blank disc.)

4 Use the Destination drop-down menu to select the drive holding your

blank disc. If your computer only has one disc drive, it will be selected automatically.

Click the Destination menu and choose from the list of available drives.

5 Now you are going to add the files you want to copy to the project.

Click the Add button located at the top of the Burn Data Disc project window. Choose Files or Folder from the submenu.

Use the toolbar to open the Quick Scan panel, add files, name your disc, and delete files from a project.

A dialog window opens. Use it to select the files or folders you would like to add.

6 Near the Add button on the project window toolbar is the Disc Name

text box. Enter a name for your disc, so it will be easy to recognize the next time you use it.

While you are using the pr oject tool bar, notice that it includes some other useful features. The Quick Scan panel makes it easy to select files by category. To the right of the Disc Name text box is the Make Bootable button. Use it to create a bootable disk that can be used to start your computer if something should ever go wrong with the Windows operating syst em.

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Before burning your disc, look along the bottom of the project window. Here you will find several project status indicators. The information presented varies from project to project and is updated when you change discs or destination drives.

Project information is displayed along the bottom of the window.

In this case, the indicator shows the p r oject siz e, the type of disc in the drive, and the available disc space.

7 Now you are r eady to burn a disc. To begin, click the large green

button on the 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 nearing the halfway point.

You don’t have to wait for this project to finish before starting one of the other projects in your suite. But you can only have one project of each type running at a time.

When the project is finished, remove your disc and click Finish. If you would like to save this pr oject so the same file set can be easily burned in the future, click on the File menu and select Save.

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