TY - BOOK AU - Harvey,Greg TI - Roxio Easy Media Creator for dummies SN - 0764571311 (pbk.) : AV - QA76.575 .H3682 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Hoboken, NJ PB - Wiley Pub. KW - Multimedia systems KW - Digital media N1 - Includes index; A Bit about Easy Media Creator and Digital Media -- Getting Acquainted with Easy Media Creator 7 -- Welcome to the Easy Media Creator Home -- Attending to the Tasks at Hand -- Acclimating to the Many Applications -- Copying discs with Disc Copier -- The comforts of Creator Classic -- Picture it in PhotoSuite -- Easy multimedia projects thanks to DVD Builder -- Riding the VideoWave -- Instant data copying thanks to Drag-to-Disc -- Listening to the rap on Napster -- Tools for Every Need -- Media Manager at your service -- Catching up with Capture -- Lauding the Label Creator -- Saying Hello to Sound Editor -- Playback with the Roxio Player -- Help is on the way! -- Exploring the Extras and Utilities -- The Ins and Outs of Digital Media and Gear -- 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 -- Creating Data Discs -- Backing Up and Copying Data Files -- Drag-and-Drop Magic -- Launching Drag-to-Disc on startup -- Customizing other Drag-to-Disc settings -- Manually formatting a blank disc -- Editing a data disc -- Repairing discs with ScanDisc -- Turning to Creator Classic for Your Backups -- Opening a new disc project -- Changing the Data Disc Project Settings -- Titling the disc project -- Adding data files to a disc project -- Encrypting the data disc -- Making a bootable data disc -- Saving the disc project and burning the disc -- Adding files to an existing CD or DVD disc -- Creating a Backup project -- Getting the Lowdown on a Disc -- Recovering Data with Roxio Retrieve -- Disc Copies in a Jiffy -- Organizing Media Files with the Media Manager -- Making the Most of Media Manager -- Browsing your folders -- Browsing your collections -- Scanning your computer for media files -- Working that Workspace -- Burning up that Burn List -- Creating Media File Collections -- Saving Workspace files as a Collection -- Filtering the files in a Collection -- Tag, You're It! -- Adding keywords to Collection files -- Adding comments to Collection files -- Adding sound tags to Collection files -- Finding Wayward Media Files -- Backing Up Media Files on Disc -- Creating Audio CDs and Photo Projects -- Recording and Editing Audio with Sound Editor -- Getting Cozy with Sound Editor -- Zoom, zoom, zoom -- Playing with the playback and recording controls -- Recording Audio -- Removing silences from a recording -- Inserting silences into a recording -- Adding track breaks to a recording -- Selecting the Audio to Edit -- Enhancing Audio Files -- Choosing Audio Format and Compression Settings -- Managing Digital Photos -- Launching PhotoSuite Your Way -- Getting Familiar with PhotoSuite 7 -- PhotoSuite's Supported File Formats -- Fixing, Editing, and Enhancing Photos -- Fix me up -- Transform me -- Achieving that perfect photo effect -- Superimposing one photo on another -- Playing with PhotoSuite Project Templates -- Bring on the Borders -- Stitching It All Together -- Group Editing -- Printing and Sharing Your Photos -- Printing your own photos -- E-mailing your photos -- Using the Online Photo Services -- Burning Audio CDs and MP3 Discs -- Creating an Audio CD Project -- Adding audio tracks to your project -- Accessing the online music database -- Listening to tracks before you add them -- Rearranging tracks -- Renaming tracks -- Merging different tracks into one -- Adding audio transitions between tracks -- Changing the Project and Track Settings -- Burning the CD -- Creating an MP3 Disc Project -- Creating an Enhanced CD -- Creating a Mixed-CD -- Copying an Audio CD -- Creating Disc Labels and Case Inserts -- Getting Familiar with the Label Creator Window -- The Edit Layout palette -- The Add Object palette -- The Tools palette -- The Properties palette -- Instant Disc Labels and Case Inserts -- Editing Elements of the Label Project -- Displaying the layout you want to edit -- 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 -- Creating Projects for DVDs -- Acquiring Digital Media -- Using the Capture Tool -- Connecting digital devices to use in Capture -- Customizing the Capture options -- Acquiring Digital Photos -- Scanning images into Capture -- Copying photos directly from your camera -- Acquiring Digital Video -- Capturing recorded video with SmartScan Capture -- Capturing recorded video with Manual Capture -- Recording live video with Manual Capture -- Acquiring Audio Files -- Capturing live audio -- Copying tracks from an audio CD -- Copying DVD Movie Titles -- Moving and Copying Files to New Collections -- Creating and Editing Video Productions -- Getting Cozy with VideoWave -- The Production Preview pane -- The Media Selector pane -- The Production Editor pane -- Instant Music Videos with CineMagic -- Instant Themed Videos with StoryBuilder -- Video Editing in the Production Editor -- Working in Storyline mode -- Working in Timeline mode -- Outputting the Video Production -- Burning the Video Production to Disc -- Building and Burning DVDs -- Launching DVD Builder and Selecting Your DVD Project -- Getting Cozy with the DVD Builder Window -- The Edit Task pane -- The Menu Editor pane -- The Production Editor pane -- Building Your DVD Project -- Selecting the project theme -- Modifying the name of the first main menu screen -- Adding titles to your DVD project -- Previewing the finished DVD project -- Burning DVD Projects to Disc -- Plug & Burn: From tape to disc in one step -- Editing a rewritable DVD disc -- Top Ten Components of Easy Media Creator 7 -- Roxio Disc Copier -- Audio and Data Discs Thanks to Creator Classic -- Getting the Media You Need with Capture -- Audio Recording and Editing with Sound Editor -- Disc Labeling with Label Creator -- Getting Your Media Organized with Media Manager -- Enhancing and Organizing Digital Photos with PhotoSuite -- Easy Video Editing with VideoWave -- Creating and Burning DVD Projects with DVD Builder -- Copying Files on the Fly with Drag-to-Disc -- Ten Coolest Features in Easy Media Creator 7 -- Home Is Where Access to Every Easy Media Creator Component Is -- Napster at Your Service -- Videos, Slideshows, and Playlists to Go with QuickShow -- Simple to Create Music and Themed Videos -- More Complex Video Editing in Timeline Mode -- Scene Stealing with SmartScan -- Direct from Tape to Disc with Plug & Burn -- Easy DVD Disc Copies -- Direct Editing of Your DVD Discs N2 - "The Best CD Mastering Software" and "The Best DVD Mastering Software" in July 2003 * Sixty percent of home computers now have CD-RW drives, and ten percent have DVD-R/RW/RAM drives * Shows PC users step by step how to capture, organize, edit, burn, encrypt, and share photos, videos, music, and data on CDs or DVDs * Explains how to integrate all the different tools in the suite-Disc Copier, AudioCentral, DVD Builder, PhotoSuite, Creator Classic, Drag-to-Disc, Roxio Retrieve, Roxio Player, and Label Creator-to get the desired result * Offers step-by-step guidance to help people back up and store large data files and create audio CDs, home movies, digital photo slide shows, photo albums, and much more ER -