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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

Where to find more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Learning Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Roxio online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Creator support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Unlimited self-help options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Alternate support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Contacting Roxio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Viewing 3D content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

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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 albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Creating new albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Adding media files to albums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Moving or copying media files from

one album to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Setting the thumbnail for an album. . . . . . . . . . .48

Working with playlists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Working with folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Creating new folders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Working with media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Selecting media files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Previewing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Viewing media files in a preview window . . . . .52

Viewing media files in QuickShows . . . . . . . . . .53

Finding missing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Locating missing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Making advanced data discs 57

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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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

Copying video and creating video

compilations 71

About Video Copy & Convert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

The Video Copy & Convert window. . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Copying DVD-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Can I copy discs using one disc drive? . . . . . . . .74

Sources you can copy from. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Copying DVD discs, disc image files, or DVD-Video

folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

About converting video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Creating a video compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Trimming your movie or web video . . . . . . . . . .79

Selecting an output format and a destination . . .82

Selecting or customizing a DVD menu style . . . .83

Completing your compilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Saving compilations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Using the project scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

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Creating advanced

video discs with menus 85

Welcome to MyDVD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

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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

Adding productions to your MyDVD project . . . . . .94

Adding movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Creating and adding movies with CineMagic . . .95

Editing productions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Removing productions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Adding and removing chapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Working with buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Arranging buttons on menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Resizing buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Changing button thumbnail images . . . . . . . . . .99

Changing button styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Working with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Adding text to menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Editing text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Changing or removing background audio. . . . . . . .101

Removing items from menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Previewing MyDVD projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Completing your project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Burning projects to disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Erasing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Saving projects as disc image files and

disc volumes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

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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 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 production . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Video tools and assistants 117

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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Watching movies 129

Welcome to CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130

Getting to know CinePlayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Playing discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Playing video from video folders . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Recording and managing

audio files 135

Importing audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Recording from an audio input device . . . . . . . . . .138

Using Easy Audio Capture in Full mode . . . . . .138

Using Easy Audio Capture in Mini mode . . . . .140

Creating Audiobooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Editing audio tags with the Audio Tag Editor . . . . .144

Converting, renaming, and moving audio files . . . .147

Converting files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148

Renaming files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Moving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150

Transferring files to a portable device . . . . . . . .151

Creating audio projects 153

Welcome to Sound Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Getting 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

Adding audio files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Adding tracks from audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

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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 audio clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Exporting sets of tracks or audio clips . . . . . . . .166

Burning tracks or clips to audio CDs. . . . . . . . .168

Creating music discs 169

Welcome to Music Disc Creator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Types of music discs you can create. . . . . . . . . . . .171

Audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

MP3/WMA disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

DVD music disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Overview of Music Disc Creator projects . . . . . . . .172

Supported file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Music Disc Creator’s native format (.DMSA) . . .173

Supported audio formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Supported playlist formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Adding tracks to your project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

About protected audio tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Using the Media Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Adding tracks and playlists from a hard disk . . .176

Adding unprotected tracks from your iPod . . . .176

Importing tracks from discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Finding tracks and managing track information . . .178

Checking for unidentified tracks . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Creating track lists using Search by Tags. . . . . .180

Using Beatmatching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Previewing tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

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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

Working with photo projects 189

Welcome to PhotoSuite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

PhotoSuite’s project file format (.DMSP) . . . . . .191

Supported file formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

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

Applying special effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Working with text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200

Improving the quality of photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Using the AutoFix feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Adjusting exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Adjusting brightness and contrast . . . . . . . . . . .205

Printing and sharing 207

Printing photos and projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Tips for improving print quality. . . . . . . . . . . . .212

E-mailing media files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Sharing media files with wireless devices . . . . . . . .216

About My Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Transferring files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Synchronizing your mobile device . . . . . . . . . .218

Sharing media files online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

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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 toolbars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

The Layout Navigator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Using Express Labeler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

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In this chapter

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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Welcome to Roxio Creator

Welcome to Roxio Creator, the all-in-one digital media solution.

Designed for beginners and experts alike, Creator will walk you through an astounding array of video, audio, and photo projects you’ll be proud to share with family and friends. Whether your screen of choice is a laptop, mobile phone, 3D TV, or iPad™, Creator’s friendly interface and seamless conversion tools make sure you are never far from the sights and sounds that make your life special.

What’s new

Creator includes a bundle of exciting new 3D features you can use to create, share, and watch eye-popping 3D entertainment. New versions of CinePlayer, VideoWave, and MyDVD help you get the most from the new generation of 3D-compatible computer monitors, televisions, and graphic cards on the market. Creator also includes a brand new application for creating 3D photographs. And to make sure no one gets left out, we’ve included a pair of 3D glasses you can use to enjoy compatible creations on any display in the house.

Here are some of the things you can do with Creator:

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Watch 3D movies with CinePlayer. To open CinePlayer from Roxio Home, click the Video-Movies tab and click Watch Movies.

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Create 3D photographs using a 3D or 2D camera. To open 3D Photo Creator from Roxio Home, click the Photo tab and click Create 3D Photos.

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Edit 3D video clips and assemble them into a movie with professional looking credits, effects, and transitions. To o pe n

VideoWave from Roxio Home, click the Video-Movies tab and click Edit Video - Advanced.

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Create a 3D video disc you can share with friends. To open MyDVD from Roxio Home, click the Video-Movies tab and click Create DVDs.

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Convert 2D video and photos to 3D. Both MyDVD and VideoWave can convert 2D video and photos that are imported into a 3D project.

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Share 3D movies on Facebook or YouTube. VideoWave creations can easily be uploaded to these two popular sharing sites.

And that’s not all...

Other new features include:

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Video stabilization

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One-button video rotation

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Easy upload to Facebook® and YouTube™

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Faster video encoding

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New photo project and DVD templates

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A new, improved backup application

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New background audio clips

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Conversion settings customized for the iPad

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Higher resolution TiVo conversion

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Full compatibility with Flip videos

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Multi-layer background music for your video productions

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Improved video trim controls in Video Copy & Convert

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New tutorials

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 35.

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

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System requirements

Minimum system requirements

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Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, or Ultimate; Windows Vista with Service Pack 2; Windows XP with Service Pack 3

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2.0 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM (Windows 7 and Vista); 2.0 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM (Windows XP)

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1024x768 DirectX 9.0C-compatible graphics card with at least 16-bit color setting; 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended

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Windows-compatible sound card

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DVD-ROM drive to install the software from DVD

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Windows Media Player 10 or above

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Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or above

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Internet connection required for registration, product updates, and some features. Any Internet charges are the user’s responsibility.

Recommended

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Intel Core2 2.8 GHz or faster processor; AMD Phenom X4 or faster

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2 GB RAM

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DVD recorder

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Hard disc with an additional 10 GB of free space

Optional devices and software

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Apple iPod®, Apple iPhone®, Apple iPad™

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iTunes 8.0 or above

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Windows Media Portable devices

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Sony PSP®

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3GP mobile phones

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TiVo® Series2™, Series3™, TiVo® HD DVR or other TiVoToGo compatible DVR connected to your home network with TiVo Desktop

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installed. Does not work with DirecTV-provided TiVo DVRs. See www.tivo.com for more information.

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For video playback: AMD graphics processor with Avivo support or nVidia graphics processor with PureVideo support

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For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card or USB

2.0 port (for use with DV camera), or analog video capture device

Blu-ray™ authoring and playback requirements

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An additional plug-in which can be purchased at www.roxio.com

3D requirements

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3D red/cyan glasses (included). For other supported 3D formats, required hardware is the responsibility of the user.

Supported input formats

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Video: AVI, DV, HDV, DV-AVI, MPEG-1/2/4, MPEG2-HD, DVD-Video, IFO/VOB, XviD, DVR-MS, TiVo, ASF, MOV, WMV, QuickTime, 3GP, MPEG2 Transport Stream, AVC (H.264), AVCHD

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Audio: Audio CD, MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital AC-3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, M4A, MP4, Playlists (WPL, ASX, M3U, PLS, XSPF)

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Image: MPO, JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF

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3D video: top/bottom full and half height, side-by-side full and half width, anaglyph red/cyan, RealD, Fuji FinePix REAL 3D

Supported output formats

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Video: AVI, DV-AVI, HDV, MPEG-1/2/4, MPEG2-HD, WMV, WMV HD, AVC (H.264), MP4, 3GP

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Audio: MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital AC-3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPEG-1/2, M4A, M4B, AAC, Playlists (M3U, PLS, XSPF, WPL)

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Image: JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF

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Video disc formats: DVD, Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Mini DVD

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3D video: anaglyph red/cyan, side-by-side and full and half-width, top/bottom full and half height, RealD

Formats:

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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

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Supports popular disc image formats: reads ISO, C2D, BIN/CUE, and GI; writes ISO and GI

Note Encrypted or copy-protected discs or media cannot be copied.

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Installing Creator

Follow this procedure to install Creator.

To install Creator using the installation disc:

1 Insert the Creator installation DVD into a compatible drive.

If Autorun is enabled on your computer, the Creator installation window appears automatically and you can skip step 2 and step 3.

2 Choose Start > Run.

3 Ty pe 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, which we call Roxio Home. Double-click the Creator desktop icon to begin.

Creator’s main window, featuring the project category tabs and links to frequent tasks.

Starting a task

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

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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:

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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 encrypted data CDs and DVDs, and archive large projects to multiple discs. Create advanced format and bootable discs, and more. Select the Burn Data Disc – Advanced task.

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

Note The Backup and Restore task is not available in all versions of Roxio Creator.

Working with video

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

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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 3D video discs and Blu-ray movie discs. Select the Create DVDs task.

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Convert video to the perfect format for your portable media player, and make copies of personal DVD discs so you can store the

originals for safekeeping. Select the Copy and Convert Video task.

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Copy Web videos onto your hard drive as they play in your Internet browser. Select the Copy and Convert Video task.

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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.

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Copy video directly from a camcorder to a disc. Select the Plug and Burn task.

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Transfer video footage from your AVCHD™ camera onto a DVD or Blu-ray Disc for safekeeping. Your movies are stored exactly as they were shot, in full high-definition. Select the Archive AVCHD Video task.

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Watch movies using the ultimate digital theater. Creator delivers the absolute highest quality video playback available for your computer and packs all of its powerful features into an extremely easy-to-use and intuitive user-interface. Select the Play Movies task.

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Post videos on YouTube or Facebook. It doesn’t get any easier than this. Select the Share Video task.

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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Rip audio files from a CD to your computer. Select the Rip task. (To rip songs from more than one drive at a time, select Rip – Advanced.)

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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.

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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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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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Create music compilations to play on your home or car stereo, portable music player, DVD player, or on your computer. Use the

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Beatmatching feature to create mixes your friends will envy. Select the Create Music Disc Projects task.

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Create a DVD Music Disc with up to 50 hours of music using tracks from your computer or from any number of audio discs. Choose from professionally designed menu styles or use your own background image, then burn your project to a disc and play on it your computer or set-top player. Select the Create DVD Music Discs task.

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

For more information, see Chapter 12, Creating music discs, on page

169.

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. Automatically adjust 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 others. Select the Create Projects task.

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Create 3D photographs using a 3D or 2D camera. Select the Create 3D Photos task.

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Enhance several photos at once using AutoFix and other photo tools. Rename or convert groups of photos to a different format. Select the Enhance Multiple Photos 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 Slideshows task.

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Create a dramatic panorama by combining several photos into 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.

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

You may 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 Capture Video tasks.

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View and manage your media files in folders, and organize them into personalized albums. Find files quickly by browsing or searching, and burn your files to a disc. Select the Browse and Manage Media task.

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

Creating labels and disc inserts

You will find links to our label creators on all of the project tabs:

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Make personalized disc labels and jewel case covers using a simple task assistant. Choose from dozens of professional designs, or

create your own. Select the Create Labels task.

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Make personalized disc labels and jewel case covers using our full-featured label-making application. Choose from dozens of

professional designs, or create your own. Select the Create Labels – Advanced 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 these tasks can be started from the Tools menu in Roxio Home. This is also where you’ll go to create virtual disc drives.

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