User manual PINNACLE DVD INSTANTCD+DVD

InstantCD/DVD The all-in-one CD/DVD solution Pinnacle InstantCD/DVD ­ Quick Start Guide Copyright © 2003 Pinnacle Systems Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transferred to other media without explicit written permission from Pinnacle Systems Inc. All brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. This manual is printed on chlorine-free paper using environmentally safe ink. Pinnacle Systems has written this manual to the best of its knowledge, but does not guarantee that the programs/systems will fulfill the desires of the user. No warranty is made as to the specifications of features. Pinnacle Systems retains the right to make alterations to the content of the manual without the obligation to inform third parties. All tenders, sales, supply and manufacturing contracts from Pinnacle Systems, including consultancy, installation and other contractual performance are subject exclusively to the General Sales and Delivery Terms of Pinnacle Systems. ii InstantCD/DVD Contents Chapter 1: InstantCD/DVD....................................................................... 1 INSTANTDISC ............................................................... 7 Chapter 2: Getting started......................................................................... 9 Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc .................................................... 11 The InstantDisc main window ............................................................... 11 Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs....................................................... 19 Creating a data disc................................................................................ 21 Creating an audio CD ............................................................................ 23 Creating an MP3 disc ............................................................................ 27 Creating a photo and video disc............................................................. 28 Creating discs in other formats .............................................................. 29 Chapter 5: The Wave Editor ................................................................... 31 The Audio Editor................................................................................... 32 The Arranger ......................................................................................... 37 Chapter 6: The Label Editor ................................................................... 39 Editing labels ......................................................................................... 41 INSTANTCOPY............................................................ 45 Chapter 7: Introducing InstantCopy...................................................... 47 Chapter 8: Using InstantCopy ................................................................ 49 A closer look at disc copying................................................................. 52 InstantCopy settings .............................................................................. 56 Chapter 9: Advanced options .................................................................. 71 The Device Properties dialog box.......................................................... 71 Chapter 10: Reference topics .................................................................. 77 Contents iii INSTANTAUDIO .......................................................... 81 Chapter 11: Introducing InstantAudio................................................... 83 Chapter 12: The InstantAudio window .................................................. 85 The Player.............................................................................................. 86 The EQ/FX panel................................................................................... 94 The Playlist.......................................................................................... 101 The Library.......................................................................................... 113 The Preferences dialog ........................................................................ 121 The context menus............................................................................... 127 INSTANTMUSIC ........................................................ 131 Chapter 13: Welcome to InstantMusic................................................. 133 Chapter 14: The Arranger..................................................................... 135 Working with arrangements ................................................................ 140 Marks................................................................................................... 142 Working with samples ......................................................................... 144 Audio recording................................................................................... 149 Editing properties and settings............................................................. 151 Chapter 15: The Sample Editor ............................................................ 155 Chapter 16: Output your arrangement ................................................ 157 EXPRESSION ............................................................ 159 Chapter 17: Overview ............................................................................ 161 Computer requirements ....................................................................... 162 Installing your software ....................................................................... 162 Connecting the camera ........................................................................ 164 On-line help ......................................................................................... 164 Abbreviations and conventions............................................................ 165 Chapter 18: Bringing in video ............................................................... 169 Chapter 19: Previewing the disc ........................................................... 177 iv InstantCD/DVD Chapter 20: TV screen and remote control.......................................... 185 Chapter 21: Customizing menu pages .................................................. 189 Menu page elements ............................................................................ 189 The Style Chooser ............................................................................... 192 Chapter 22: Video scenes and slideshows............................................. 197 The Edit Video dialog box................................................................... 198 Trim a scene ........................................................................................ 211 Chapter 23: Making the disc ................................................................. 215 Chapter 24: Making labels and inserts................................................. 219 INSTANTCD/DVD POWER-TOOLS .......................... 231 Chapter 25: InstantWrite ...................................................................... 233 Using InstantWrite............................................................................... 235 Chapter 26: InstantBackup ................................................................... 239 Back up data ........................................................................................ 240 Restore data ......................................................................................... 243 Verify data ........................................................................................... 245 Creating a label.................................................................................... 245 Backup log........................................................................................... 246 Chapter 27: InstantDrive....................................................................... 247 Chapter 28: InstantCinema ................................................................... 249 Chapter 29: InstantTray ....................................................................... 253 Chapter 30: InstantInfo ......................................................................... 257 APPENDICES ............................................................ 259 Appendix A: Media types ...................................................................... 261 Appendix B: License agreement............................................................ 263 Index ........................................................................................................ 267 Contents v vi InstantCD/DVD Chapter 1: InstantCD/DVD Welcome to the Pinnacle InstantCD/DVD starter application, which serves as a launch pad for every function within the InstantCD/DVD suite of programs. The functions are in five groups, which you select with the tabs along the top of the window: Create: Use your disc burner to create a range of disc types including data, audio, MP3 music, photo and video. Copy/Backup: Duplicate non-copy-protected CDs and DVDs, make backups on disc, and restore from those backups. Chapter 1: InstantCD/DVD 1 Media: Organize your music files, create your own musical compositions, and launch the Windows Media Player application. Extras: Emulate a CD or DVD disc on your hard drive, format a rewritable CD or DVD, re-use a saved disc project, create advanced disc types, and view video on VCD or Super-VCD discs. Help: Access the read-me file, on-line documentation and support resources for your InstantCD/DVD software, and adjust InstantCD/DVD settings. Create The functions on this menu allow you to create various types of disc. Available types include data, audio and music, photo and video. Less common disc types ­ such as Apple HFS format - are also supported. Data Disc: Create data discs that can be used to share information with any computer equipped with a compatible drive. Audio CD: Create a standard audio CD that can be played in an audio CD player. Rip perfect WAV files from CD. 2 InstantCD/DVD MP3 Disc: Create compressed CDs holding 5 to 10 times more music than a standard audio CD (but that can only be played using a special MP3 player). Rip audio tracks to MP3 or WMA files. Photo/Video Disc: Capture video and digital photos, and use them to create video discs, with menus, on writable CDs or DVDs. The discs can be played back on just about any DVD player. Copy / Backup The functions on this menu allow you to copy CDs and DVDs, to make backups on disc, and to restore from those backups. Copy CD/DVD: The InstantCopy program lets you duplicate virtually any non-copy-protected CD or DVD. Copy multilayer DVDs onto normal DVD-R or DVD+R media. You can even copy directly from one optical drive to another without having to stage the data onto your hard drive. Chapter 1: InstantCD/DVD 3 Backup: Back up your files to your hard drive, CD or DVD. Compress files, encrypt back-ups using a password, and even span back-ups across several discs. Restore from Backup: Restore some or all of the files from an existing back-up. Media The functions on this menu allow you to organize your music files, to create your own musical compositions, and to launch the Windows Media Player application. Compose Music: Arrange, record and enhance music samples to create songs, and save them on discs of your own music. Organize Music: Organize the audio files available to you in hard drive files and CDs. Create and save playlists with cross-fades, EQ and effects, then create CDs based on your playlists. Media Player: The Windows Media Player is a playback program that can handle many different media types. This button provides a convenient way of launched Media Player while you are using InstantCD/DVD. 4 InstantCD/DVD Extras The functions on this menu allow you to emulate a CD or DVD disc on your hard drive, to format a CD-RW or DVD-RW for reusable storage, to create a CD or DVD from a saved InstantDisc project, to create advanced disc types, and to view video on VCD or Super-VCD discs from your desktop. InstantWrite: Format a rewritable CD or DVD to use like a floppy disc in your CD or DVD burner. InstantDrive: Copy the contents of a CD or DVD onto InstantDrive, a virtual device on your hard drive that emulates a normal CD or DVD reader. Open Project: Open an existing project in the InstantDisc application, where you can edit the project or use it to burn a disc. Advanced Project: This option lets you use InstantDisc to create advanced CD and DVD projects including Mixed Mode, Enhanced, Raw/ISO/HFS, and Video/Audio DVD. InstantCinema: Use this slick player application to view Video CDs and Super Video CDs on your desktop. Chapter 1: InstantCD/DVD 5 Help The functions on this menu let you access the read-me file, on-line documentation and support resources for your InstantCD/DVD software, and to configure the InstantCD/DVD starter application. Read Me: Read last-minute notes and advice regarding your version of the InstantCD/DVD application suite. Manual: View an elecronically-readable version of the InstantCD/DVD documentation. Home: Open your web browser and visit Pinnacle's home page on the Internet where you can find additional information about and support for InstantCD/DVD. Contact Support: Contact Pinnacle's Service and Support Center. Settings: Open the InstantCD/DVD settings dialog, where you can adjust the behavior of the starter application to suit your own style. 6 InstantCD/DVD Versatile CD and DVD recording 7 Chapter 2: Getting started Welcome to InstantDisc! The InstantDisc application is a vital component of the InstantCD+DVD suite. InstantDisc is a versatile CD and DVD recording program, which you can use to create your own CDs and DVDs quickly and easily. To make working with InstantDisc an intuitive and familiar experience from the outset, the interface has been made as similar as possible to that of Windows Explorer. System requirements Please make sure that your system complies with these minimum requirements · Pentium III or AMD 500 MHz processor · 64 MByte RAM · CD-R/RW · Windows 98SE, Windows Me, Windows 2000 or Windows XP · 200 MByte free hard disk space for the application · If you only have one CD / DVD drive, you will need sufficient hard disk space to be able to copy from CD / DVD to the hard disk and back again to CD / DVD. 9 InstantDisc is usable on a system that meets the requirements above, but for optimal performance the following are recommended: · Pentium 4 or AMD 1.2 GHz processor (or higher) · 128 MByte RAM · DVD-R/RW · Windows XP · At least one CD/DVD reader and one CD/DVD burner for "on the fly" copying 10 InstantCD/DVD Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc The topics in this section are designed to familiarize you with the InstantDisc user interface, and the main operations supported by the program. THE INSTANTDISC MAIN WINDOW For experienced users, the main window is the place to start for creating new disks, reading CDs and DVDs, creating labels, editing music and much more. The window is normally divided into two main areas: · The upper part is the Projects area; it contains information about your disc creation projects and the recording hardware installed in the computer. · The lower part is the Source Files area. It displays the file system of the computer and can be switched on or off from the View menu. The left part of both area contains a "tree view", similar to the Folders panel of Windows Explorer. You can control the amount of depth displayed in the tree view by opening and closing ("expanding" and "collapsing") parts of the "tree". Entries that can be expanded are indicated by a symbol to the left of the entry. Click the symbol to expand the entry. Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc 11 The InstantDisc main window Drives and folders can be expanded in the file view in the right-hand panels of the display in the same manner as in Windows Explorer. The Projects area is used to obtain access to your stored projects, past and present.. Current projects are located in the "Disc projects" folder, while past projects are stored under "History". Exploring the projects area This area lists your current disc projects, as well as projects you have created in the past. The projects are listed under "My computer" in folders named "Disc projects" and "History". 12 InstantCD/DVD Data, audio and mixed-mode disc projects are all listed, each type with its own icon. The illustration above shows a data project open in the "History" folder. Tracks: The different kinds of tracks you can write to a disc are again distinguished by their own icons. The single track shown in the illustration above is of the data type. You will encounter other types, including audio and image. You can expand a data track to show the folder structure to be created on that track on the output disc. When an audio track is selected in the tree view, the usual file view in the right-hand panel is replaced by a special graphic view of the track: Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc 13 Hardware The projects area also lists the optical disc drives on your system, and the contents of the discs in those drives. Drives: Shows the drives installed in the machine, including the virtual drive created by the InstantDrive software. Writable devices are shown with a different icon than readers. Tracks: If there is a disc in a drive, the drive entry can be expanded to show the tracks on the disc. CDs may contain either or both of data and audio tracks, whereas DVDs contain only data tracks. Drag-and-drop Most actions in InstantDisc can be carried out using drag-and-drop. The most common actions are as follows: · From audio or data tracks to the file system: The · · · · audio tracks are read out as WAV files and stored in the target folder. From audio or data tracks to the disc project group: A new disc project is created. The dropped tracks are added to the disc project. From audio or data tracks to an existing disc project: The dropped tracks are added to the disc project. From files to the disc project group: A new disc project is created. The dropped files and folders are added to the disc project. From files to an existing disc project: The dropped files and folders are added to the first data track of the disc project. A data track is created if none already exists. InstantCD/DVD 14 · From files to a data track of an existing disc project: The dropped files and folders are added to the data track of the disc project. · From files or folders to a folder of a data track of an existing disc project: The dropped files and folders are added to the appropriate folder of the data track of the disc project. · From a disc project to a CD or DVD recorder: This action starts the write dialog for the chosen project and selects the appropriate recorder. Many actions in the main form can be carried out using the right-button "context" menus associated with the elements in the tree view. Simply click with the right mouse button on the appropriate element and select the required action. Some very important actions can also be carried out using the icons at the top edge of the window. Write If the disc project has been selected, the write dialogue box can be opened using this icon in order to write the project. InstantDisc supports several parallel write procedures for this purpose. Disc projects that are currently being written or recorders that have already been used are shown "grayed out". Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc 15 Rip disc With this function, you can read audio CDs and save them as WAV, WMA. or MP3 (full version only). The tracks on the CD in the selected drive are shown in the left part of the window. Each track can be "sampled" by means of the playback controls below it. You can use the slide control for rapid navigation within the song. To rip the tracks: 1. Check the box next to the tracks that you want to read. 16 InstantCD/DVD 2. Select a file format in the dropdown list in the bottom left-hand corner of the window. 3. Click the rip button in the center of the window. The tracks will now be read and displayed on the right-hand side as they are ripped. The destination folder can be changed by means of the box above the destination list. The default destination is specified in the Settings window. The tracks that have been read out can now be sampled with the playback controls. The Delete button can be used to delete the ripped tracks if desired. Get titles When you insert a CD, the tracks may be displayed with synthetic names like "Track 1" rather than the actual names of the songs. This happens when the track names are not stored on the CD; or the disc device does not have the capability of reading the names; and InstantDisc could not access the Internet directory service used for looking up the CD's track list. Use the Get titles button after your Internet connection is made. InstantDisc tries to obtain the names for the tracks on the CD. Chapter 3: Working with InstantDisc 17 Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs To create a new disc project the easy way, begin by opening the InstantCD/DVD starter application from your Start menu with Programs InstantCD+DVD InstantCD+DVD. Select the Create tab: You can also choose whether to be guided through the disc creation by the InstantDisc Assistant, or ­ if you need capabilities the Assistant doesn't give you ­ to work directly with the controls in the InstantDisc Main window. If you want to use the Assistant, activate the Guide me option: Now choose which type of disc you want to create and click the appropriate button. From left to right, you can choose: a data disc, an audio CD, an MP3 disc and a photo/video disc: Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 19 Starting a project from the Main window You can also start a new disc project from the InstantDisc Main window. Either click the New project button or right-click the Disc projects folder in the Folder tree, and select the New command from the context menu. The New Disc Project dialog appears, with (by default) four choices. You can create an audio CD, a data disc, a mixed-mode disc or an MP3 disc. Check the Use disc creation wizard option if you would like to use the InstantDisc Assistant when creating the disc. Note: If you check the Advanced projects option on the New Disc Project dialog, you will be offered many additional choices. See "Creating discs in other formats" on page 29 for more information. 20 InstantCD/DVD CREATING A DATA DISC Begin a new data disc using either the InstantCD/DVD starter application or the controls in the main window as described above. If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear. Creating a data disc with the Assistant Follow the Assistant's instructions. Allocate a name to the disc, change to the required folder, and add the files you want using the Add or Add all buttons. In the final step, you will choose whether to proceed with burning the disc immediately (Write disc), or to return to the main InstantDisc window for further preparation (Close this wizard). Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 21 Creating a data disc without the Assistant If you are not using the Assistant, InstantDisc opens the Properties dialog for the project: In principle, it is not necessary to make any entries in the Properties dialog. However, it is recommended that you should at least name the disc (or accept the default name). The use you make of the other settings will depend on your particular requirements for the disc. After exiting the Properties dialog with the OK button you will be transferred to the InstantDisc main window. 22 InstantCD/DVD Open the required folder in the Source files box and simply drag the selected data into the target box as described under "The InstantDisc Main Window" (page 11). The progress bar shows you how much space is left on the disc. When the disc capacity is exhausted, the bar turns from green to red. Now click on the Write button and the data disc will be created. CREATING AN AUDIO CD Begin a new audio CD using either the InstantCD/DVD starter application or the controls in the main window as described at the beginning of this chapter. If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear. Creating an audio CD with the Assistant The Assistant guides you through the process of creating an audio CD in a series of simple steps. In the first step, you choose the source for the audio tracks you want to create: · Audio files · An existing CD · Direct audio input (turntable, microphone, etc.) Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 23 Each of these types of source is described below. No matter which you choose, after you have added tracks from that source to the project, the Assistant offers three choices of what to do next: · To proceed with burning the disc immediately (Write disc); · To add further audio tracks, whether from files, CDs, or direct input (Add additional audio tracks); or, · To continue working, but without the Assistant's help, by switching to the main InstantDisc window (Close this wizard). Audio files Under this option, the next step is to select the files in wav or mp3 format that you want to write using the Add button. The green progress bar will show you how much space is still available on the CD. If you have added multiple files, you can change the order of the files using the Move up and Move down buttons. You can audit files by marking them and clicking the Play button: 24 InstantCD/DVD Existing CD Activate this option to import songs from an existing audio CD. Insert the source CD: its contents will be listed on the Add audio tracks page of the Assistant. The process of adding tracks is described under "Rip disc" on page 16. Direct audio This option lets you create tracks by recording audio directly from a device connected to the sound card. For example, you might connect a turntable to your sound card in order to copy vinyl records onto CD, or use a microphone to record yourself singing or playing a musical instrument. Test that InstantDisc is receiving the intended signal by pressing the Test button, which takes you through the audio capture process without actually creating the audio file. If everything is working you will see a response on the level meters when you play a record on the turntable or sing into your microphone: Following a successful test, cue your input and click the Record button. You will be asked to enter a filename, and then recording will begin, ending when you click the Stop button. Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 25 Creating a CD without the Assistant If you are not using the Assistant, InstantDisc opens the Properties dialog for the project. The CD-Text tab on this dialog lets you enter information about the disc. When you close the Properties dialog, you will continue working in the InstantDisc main window. In the Source files folder browser, locate the folder containing the audio data that you want to burn onto the CD, and drag files into the right-hand panel of the Projects area. You can also select files for the CD by selecting the New track command in the audio CD project's context 26 InstantCD/DVD menu. This invokes the Assistant to help you with creating one or more tracks. The amount of free space remaining on the CD is shown by the progress bar at the bottom of the main window. See "Creating a data disc without the Assistant page" on page 22 for details. You can easily change the order of the titles with the help of the Move up and Move down buttons on the toolbar at the top of the main window. CREATING AN MP3 DISC Begin a new MP3 disc using either the InstantCD/DVD starter application or the controls in the main window as described at the beginning of this chapter. If you have requested the aid of the InstantDisc Assistant, it will now appear. Creating an MP3 disc with the Assistant The Assistant guides you through the process of creating an MP3 disc in a series of simple steps. In the first step, you choose the source for the tracks you want to create: · Audio files · An existing CD Both sources are described under "Creating an audio CD with the Assistant" on page 23. The only difference with an MP3 project is that the option of using direct input to create an audio track is not available. The audio data will be automatically written in mp3 format when your disc is created. Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 27 After you have added tracks from the chosen source to the project, the Assistant offers three choices of what to do next: · To proceed with burning the disc immediately (Write disc); · To add further audio tracks, whether from files, CDs, or direct input (Add additional audio tracks); or, · To continue working, but without the Assistant's help, by switching to the main InstantDisc window (Close this wizard). Creating an MP3 disc without the Assistant If you are not using the Assistant, the process of creating an MP3 disc is just the same as that for an ordinary data disc. The only difference is that the files you select will be either mp3 files or audio files (wav or wma). The audio files will be converted to mp3 format when your disc is created. CREATING A PHOTO AND VIDEO DISC Begin a new Video CD or DVD of your digital pictures and videos using either the InstantCD/DVD starter application or the controls in the main window as described at the beginning of this chapter. The creation of your photo and video disc is carried out in the Pinnacle Expression application. Expression is covered in its own section of this manual. 28 InstantCD/DVD Creating a photo / video disc in Pinnacle Expression. CREATING DISCS IN OTHER FORMATS If you use the Advanced projects option on the New Disc Project dialog (click the New project button in the main window), InstantDisc offers a number of less frequently used formats in addition to the usual ones. The advanced options probably won't be needed by most users, but provided extra power for those who may require it. Chapter 4: Creating CDs and DVDs 29 Chapter 5: The Wave Editor The InstantDisc main window provides many options open for editing your audio tracks. To begin editing a track, double-click on it in the Projects window. The track will open in the Wave Editor: Two editing options available to you: the Audio Editor and the Arranger. Chapter 5: The Wave Editor 31 THE AUDIO EDITOR This is the standard Wave Editor view. It offers a number of controls that let you customize or apply corrections to the current audio track. The global volume control To the right of the audio waveform display is a vertical slider for setting the volume for it can be found the volume control, which determines the volume for the track. Equalizer In this group of controls, each slider represents a range (or "band") within the audio frequency spectrum. The bands governed by the sliders increase in frequency from left to right. Push the slider up to increase the level of the corresponding band, and down to reduce the level. Panorama The left-right balance is adjusted by means of this control. 32 InstantCD/DVD Local volume control You can correct the volume up or down at individual points on the track by means of the local volume control. Create new adjustment handles by doubleclicking within the volume control area. Drag the handles as required until you achieve the desired volume curve. The wave graphs on the display respond in real time as you manipulate the volume: Local volume control (before) Local volume control (after) Tip: Right-click in the local volume area and select the Clear command to reset the volume curve. Tracks and indices Long tracks can be split or indices (jump targets) assigned by mean of the Tracks and indices bar, which Chapter 5: The Wave Editor 33 is immediately below the local volume control. The upper half of the bar is used to set split points within the current track, while the lower half is used to set indices. To split a track or assign an index: · Double-click in the upper or lower half of the Tracks and indices bar, depending on whether you want to work with split-points or indices. Next, click in the bar, and select either Split Track or Add Index from the context menu. Or, · With of the Split Track and Set Index in the main window toolbar. buttons Split tracks can be rejoined by means of the Join Tracks button or the Join Tracks command from the right-button context menu. Important: Indices, which make it possible to jump to a particular point within a track, cannot be written by all burners and cannot be read by all recorders. Project overview Where the upper waveform graph in the Audio Editor may show only a portion of the current track, the entire waveform is shown in the bottom graph. 34 InstantCD/DVD Audio Editor toolbar controls While the Audio Editor is open, the toolbar provides a number of useful controls. Play, Pause, Stop Use these standard transport control buttons to begin, pause or halt playback. Zoom controls These buttons allow to control the magnification of the Audio Editor view. From left to right: · Show complete fits the whole waveform into the visible area of the editor; · Zoom selection focuses in on the area you have selected with the right mouse button in the Audio Editor; · Zoom in and Zoom out adjust to a more or less detailed view respectively. Effects The Effects toolbar button opens a dropdown menu of six different effects that you can apply to any track. Selecting one of the effects from this menu, or from the Chapter 5: The Wave Editor 35 Waveedit Effects menu on the main menu bar, opens a dialog where you can select and configure the effect(s) you want to use: The available effects include: · Decrackle / Denoise: This filter reduces undesirable crackle and noise that may have been introduced when the audio track was originally recorded. · Pitch: Modifies the playback speed and pitch of the track. Move the slider right to increase the speed and raise the pitch of the playback, or left to decrease the speed and lower the pitch. · Reverb: This effect simulates the effect of acoustic spaces of varying size and reflectivity on the sound of the playback. · Flanger: Flanging is an electronic distortion effect that can be used to produce an eerie or "spacey" version of the audio track to which it is applied. · Delay: This effect adds an adjustable delay to either the left or the right audio channel. · Phase shifting: This effect combines the audio signal from the track with a "phase shifted" version of itself to produce a variety of interesting possible sounds. 36 InstantCD/DVD Normalize The Normalize button adjust the level of all the tracks so that they share the same volume range. This can be used to compensate for differences in the original levels of tracks from different sources. Save settings Be sure to save your settings before exiting the Audio Editor. Unsaved changes will be lost. THE ARRANGER The Arranger helps you combine your project's tracks into a single compilation. In the projects area, right-click the project you want to arrange and choose the Track arranger command: The Arranger opens in the right-hand panel of the projects area: Chapter 5: The Wave Editor 37 Here you can arrange the tracks at will. For instance, you can shorten tracks by dragging with the mouse. Track marks You can define track marks so that the CD is written with different tracks and not with one track "in one piece". You will recognize track marks in the Arranger by a dotted yellow line. You can define the start of the project by means of a start mark and the end of the project by means of an end mark. Start and end marks are red lines. The green line shows the current position in the project. Show / Hide You can show or hide the title by dragging the white boxes at the corners of the track. You can change to the editing mode by clicking on a white box with the right mouse button and using the Edit Mode command. You can now adjust the volume level by double-clicking and dragging with the mouse. Be sure to save your settings before leaving the Arranger! 38 InstantCD/DVD Chapter 6: The Label Editor If you want to create a label for your CD or DVD, start the InstantDisc Label Editor. You can start the Label Editor from the InstantDisc main window, from the Wave Editor, and from the Arranger. Mark the required project, click once with the right mouse button and choose the Label command from the context menu. The Label Editor will open and the information for your current disc will be automatically imported. You can now arrange this information to your personal requirements. Templates Want a different background or a more stylish layout? Click Template in the menu bar, choose Open, and select one of the Pinnacle templates. These templates contain different fonts, text sizes, backgrounds etc. If you make changes to a template and want to use it as a template for other labels, save the label as a template using Templates and Save. View buttons You can view the label from all angles using the Front, Back and Disc buttons, or with View in the main menu bar. You can view inserts (front and rear) as well as the disc label. Chapter 6: The Label Editor 39 The Properties command on the label's right-button context menu lets you view and modify the current label information. A CD tray insert created in the Label Editor. The General tab If you activate the Print guidelines check box, this may make it easier to cut out the sleeve later. The Font tab Here you can set the font, text size, style (e.g. bold and italic) and the color for any text on the label. The Background tab The current background will be displayed for the front and rear side and for the label. You can load a different background using the Load button. The Labels tab The current labels are displayed. 40 InstantCD/DVD Tip: As the settings of the margins on different printers differ considerably, before making the final printout you should make trial prints on paper and ­ if necessary ­ change the position and the diameter. As there are up to three labels on the sheet, you can specify which of the labels (top, middle, bottom) are to be printed. The Insert tab This is where you define the format of the insert. If you want a folding insert, activate this check box. If the front and rear are to be printed on one sheet, activate the corresponding option. EDITING LABELS To edit the existing text: Mark the text, click with the right mouse button and choose Properties ­ or simply double-click the text. Change at will. The Preview window shows how the text will appear. Chapter 6: The Label Editor 41 Adding new graphic objects to your label To add new text: Click the Text button, creating a text field. Now proceed in the same way as for editing text: either choose Properties from the new field's context menu, or double-click the field. To add a rectangle: Click the Rectangle button. Now click in the label. A square will appear at the mouse position. To edit it, use its context menu Properties command. The properties you can modify for a rectangle include its size and position, line features (type, thickness, color) and fill color. You can select from a palette of standard colors or mix custom colors as required. If the rectangle is to be transparent, activate the Transparent checkbox. To add an ellipse: Click the Ellipse button. Now click with the mouse in the label. A circle will appear. To edit it, click with the right mouse button on the circle and choose Properties. As well as the size and position, you can change the line type, line thickness and line colour. The fill colour can also be changed. If the standard colours are not enough for you, simply mix new ones. If the ellipse is to be transparent, activate the Transparent checkbox. To add a picture: Click the Add picture button. Click Load, change to the appropriate folder and open the picture. Important: The picture must be available as a bmp file. 42 InstantCD/DVD Manipulating graphic objects To bring an object to the foreground: To move an object in front of the other objects on the label, select the object and click the Move to front button. To move an object to the background: To move an object behind the other objects, select it and click Move to back. To group objects: Mark the objects that you want to group, either by clicking them in succession while holding down the Shift key, or by dragging a frame around the objects with the mouse. When you have the selection you want, choose the Group command in the Object menu. To ungroup objects: Mark the appropriate object and choose the Ungroup command in the Object menu. Other commands To zoom in or out: Click the Magnifying glass button. You can enlarge the label image by clicking with the left mouse button, and reduce it with the right button. To make the text circular: Click the Circle Text button then click within the label. The Properties dialog box will appear. As well as the size, position and the text attributes, you can also set up the circular alignment as you wish here. Chapter 6: The Label Editor 43