ROXIO EASY MEDIA CREATOR 8 BEGINNER’S GUIDE
TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I: A BIT ABOUT EASY MEDIA CREATOR 8 AND DIGITAL MEDIA WELCOME TO THE ROXIO MEDIA CREATOR HOME ATTENDING TO THE TASKS AT HAND SO MANY APPS, SO LITTLE TIME WOULD YOU PLEASE BACKUP MYPC PLAYING AROUND WITH CINEPLAYER THE COMFORTS OF CREATOR CLASSIC COPYING DISCS WITH DISC COPIER LAUDING THE LABEL CREATOR MEDIA MANAGER AT YOUR SERVICE AUDIO DISCS THAT ARE MUSIC TO YOUR EARS EASY MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS THANKS TO MYDVD PICTURE IT IN PHOTOSUITE GETTING SECURE WITH ROXIO BACKUP SAYING HELLO TO SOUND EDITOR RIDING THE VIDEOWAVE UTILITIES PERFECT FOR PARTICULAR MEDIA NEEDS INSTANT DATA COPYING THANKS TO DRAG TO DISC THE IMPORTANCE OF MEDIA IMPORT HELP IS ON THE WAY! USING THE ROXIO HELP CENTER GETTING APPLICATION-SPECIFIC HELP FEELING AT HOME IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA MENAGERIE LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE VIDEO AND SUPER VIDEO CD FORMATS RIPPING THROUGH THOSE PESKY AUDIO FORMATS MAKE MINE DIGITAL! WHY DIGITAL RULES CONVERTING ANALOG MEDIA TO DIGITAL SORTING OUT YOUR DIGITAL RECORDING GEAR WHEN IT’S “PLAYBACK” TIME DELVING INTO THE WORLD OF DVD PLAYERS I WANT MY MP3! THE CARE AND HANDLING OF CD AND DVD DISCS PART II: CREATING DATA DISCS DRAG-AND-DROP MAGIC LAUNCHING DRAG TO DISC ON STARTUP EJECTING A DISC CUSTOMIZING OTHER DRAG TO DISC SETTINGS MANUALLY FORMATTING A BLANK DISC EDITING A DATA DISC REPAIRING DISCS WITH SCANDISC TURNING TO CREATOR CLASSIC FOR REGULAR BACKUPS OPENING A NEW DISC PROJECT CHANGING THE DATA DISC PROJECT SETTINGS TITLING THE DISC PROJECT SELECTING THE SIZE OF THE DISC TO USE ADDING DATA FILES TO A DISC PROJECT ENCRYPTING THE DATA DISC MAKING A MULTIMEDIA DATA DISC MAKING A BOOTABLE DATA DISC SAVING THE DISC PROJECT BURNING THE DISC ADDING FILES TO AN EXISTING CD OR DVD DISC GETTING THE LOWDOWN ON A DISC RECOVERING DATA WITH ROXIO RETRIEVE CREATING A BACKUP PROJECT CREATING A DATA DISC PROJECT BACKING UP THE WHOLE KIT AND KABOODLE WITH BACKUP MYPC DISC COPIES IN A JIFFY MAKING AND BURNING DISC IMAGE FILES USING DISC IMAGE FILES IN ROXIO CREATOR CLASSIC USING DISC IMAGE FILES IN DATA PROJECTS IN ROXIO MEDIA CREATOR HOME USING DISC IMAGE FILES IN DISC COPIER MAKING THE MOST OF MEDIA MANAGER MEANDERING THROUGH MY MEDIA AMBLING THROUGH MY ALBUMS FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND YOUR FOLDERS MOSEYING THROUGH MY MEDIASPACE YOU’RE BEING WATCHED! INSTANT MOVIES, SLIDESHOWS, AND PLAYLISTS THANKS TO QUICKSHOW CREATING YOUR OWN ALBUMS CREATING ALBUMS FROM SEARCHES ARRANGING THE FILES IN AN ALBUM TAG, YOU’RE IT! ADDING KEYWORDS TO YOUR ALBUMS ADDING COMMENTS TO YOUR ALBUMS ADDING SOUND TAGS TO YOUR ALBUMS FINDING WAYWARD MEDIA FILES DOING A SIMPLE SEARCH DOING AN ADVANCED SEARCH PRINTING YOUR PHOTOS SHARING PHOTOS ONLINE BACKING UP MEDIA FILES ON DISC PART III: CREATING AUDIO CDS AND PHOTO PROJECTS ADDING CLIPS TO YOUR AUDIO MIX RECORDING YOUR OWN AUDIO CLIPS IMPORTING YOUR CLIPS FROM CDS AND DVDS EDITING YOUR AUDIO MIX ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM PLAYING WITH THE PLAYBACK CONTROLS REMOVING SILENCES FROM A RECORDING INSERTING SILENCES INTO A RECORDING ADDING AND DELETING MARKERS ADDING AND DELETING TRACK SEPARATORS ADJUSTING THE VOLUME AND BALANCE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT LAYERS ENHANCING AUDIO IN THE MIX EXPORTING A SOUND EDITOR PROJECT LAUNCHING PHOTOSUITE YOUR WAY GETTING FAMILIAR WITH PHOTOSUITE PHOTOSUITE’S SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS FIXING, EDITING, AND ENHANCING PHOTOS FIX ME UP ACHIEVING THAT PERFECT PHOTO EFFECT ADDING MORE IMAGES AND CLIP ART TO A PHOTO BRING ON THE BORDERS PLAYING WITH PHOTOSUITE PROJECTS STITCHING IT ALL TOGETHER GROUP EDITING E-MAILING YOUR PHOTOS PUTTING YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE CREATING AN AUDIO CD PROJECT ADDING AUDIO TRACKS TO YOUR PROJECT TAGGING THE TRACKS IN THE PROJECT REARRANGING TRACKS RENAMING TRACKS INSERTING A DISC BREAK CHANGING THE PROJECT SETTINGS BURNING THE CD CREATING AN MP3/WMA DISC PROJECT CREATING A DVD MUSIC DISC CREATING A NEW MUSIC DVD DISC PROJECT WORKING WITH TRACK LISTS WORKING WITH SMART MENUS CUSTOMIZING THE MENUS AND TRACK SCREENS PREVIEWING AND BURNING A MUSIC DVD DISC CREATING AN ENHANCED CD CREATING A MIXED-MODE CD GETTING FAMILIAR WITH THE ROXIO LABEL CREATOR WINDOW THE ADD OBJECT PANE THE EDIT LAYOUT PANE THE LAYOUT TOOLBAR THE OBJECT PROPERTIES TOOLBARS EXPRESS DISC LABELS AND CASE INSERTS EDITING ELEMENTS OF THE LABEL PROJECT EDITING THE TEXT OBJECTS IN YOUR LAYOUTS EDITING THE IMAGE AND GRAPHIC OBJECTS IN YOUR LAYOUTS PRINTING DISC LABELS AND CASE INSERTS APPLYING LABELS TO DISCS PART IV: CREATING PROJECTS FOR DVDS USING ROXIO MEDIA IMPORT CONNECTING DIGITAL DEVICES TO USE IN MEDIA IMPORT CUSTOMIZING THE MEDIA IMPORT OPTIONS ACQUIRING DIGITAL PHOTOS SCANNING IMAGES INTO MEDIA IMPORT COPYING PHOTOS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR CAMERA ACQUIRING DIGITAL VIDEO MODIFYING THE CAPTURE SETTINGS CAPTURING RECORDED VIDEO IN SMARTSCAN MODE CAPTURING RECORDED VIDEO IN NORMAL MODE RECORDING LIVE VIDEO WITH MANUAL MEDIA IMPORT ACQUIRING AUDIO FILES CAPTURING LIVE AUDIO COPYING TRACKS FROM AN AUDIO CD IMPORTING MOVIES FROM DVDS GETTING COZY WITH VIDEOWAVE THE PREVIEW PANE THE PRODUCTION EDITOR PANE INSTANT MUSIC VIDEOS WITH CINEMAGIC INSTANT SLIDESHOWS WITH SLIDESHOW ASSISTANT VIDEO EDITING IN THE PRODUCTION EDITOR WORKING IN STORYLINE MODE WORKING IN TIMELINE MODE OUTPUTTING THE VIDEO PRODUCTION BURNING THE VIDEO PRODUCTION TO DISC GETTING COZY WITH THE MYDVD WINDOW BUILDING YOUR DVD PROJECT MODIFYING THE MENU STYLE MODIFYING THE MAIN MENU TITLE ADDING MOVIES TO YOUR DVD PROJECT PREVIEWING THE FINISHED DVD PROJECT BURNING DVD PROJECTS TO DISC PLUG & BURN: FROM TAPE TO DISC IN ONE STEP PART V: THE PART OF TENS DISC COPIER BACKUP FOR ALL TYPES OF DATA ACQUIRING DIGITAL MEDIA WITH ROXIO MEDIA IMPORT AUDIO RECORDING AND EDITING DISC LABELING WITH LABEL CREATOR ORGANIZING DIGITAL MEDIA WITH MEDIA MANAGER ENHANCING AND MANAGING DIGITAL PHOTOS EASY VIDEO EDITING WITH VIDEOWAVE CREATING AND BURNING DVD PROJECTS WITH MYDVD COPYING FILES ON THE FLY WITH DRAG-TO-DISC HOME IS WHERE ACCESS TO EVERY ROXIO CREATOR COMPONENT IS KEEPING UP WITH YOUR MEDIA VIA SMART VIEWS VIDEOS, SLIDESHOWS, AND PLAY LISTS TO GO WITH QUICKSHOW SIMPLE-TO-CREATE VIDEOS AND SLIDESHOWS MORE COMPLEX VIDEO EDITING IN TIMELINE MODE SCENE STEALING IN SMARTSCAN MODE DIRECT FROM TAPE TO DISC WITH PLUG & BURN EASY DVD DISC COPIES MULTI PHOTO EDITING, PRINTING, AND E-MAILING