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Technology Bytes
by Francine Brokaw
Easy Media Creator 7 from Roxio

In these days of digital audio and video, it’s good to have a program that can do it all. Easy Media Creator 7 is a full strength program that will let you do almost anything you can think of with your audio and video files.
Would you like to create your own audio disc? This software lets you easily create a disc using any audio files. If you still have some vinyl LPs lying around – you remember those – you can quickly and easily record from the tracks on the albums. You can also add any digital audio files and create a special CD with your favorite songs. And, if you like your disc and want to make a copy for your friend, Easy Media Creator 7 can copy a disc with just a few clicks of your mouse! With this software you can create MP3 CDs as well.
Storing data files on CDs is just as easy. It’s always a good idea to keep a backup of all your files. After all, computers are handy but they are not invincible. It’s important to keep your files backed up in a place outside your computer. And with the drag to disc option in this software, you can use any CD as easily as a floppy disc. Just drag your files over and drop them on the disc. You can’t get much easier than that. Plus, you can set the program to make regular backups. It will remind you when it’s time to back up, let you choose what you want to back up, and then let you select how you want to back up your files.
Use this program to import and edit your photos. You can also fix a photo by cropping out unwanted areas. Fixing red eye is not a problem with this software. Adjusting exposure and sharpness is just a matter of clicking your mouse.
With the growing popularity of digital cameras, people often wonder what to do with their digital photos once they have them cropped and adjusted. Sure, you can store them on a disc or on your computer. But with this software, you can do a lot more. Anyone, and I do mean anyone, can create professional looking slide shows – with music. This is one of my favorite parts of the software suite. It’s easy to do and when you finish you have the option of saving it in a variety of ways, including as a DVD which can be played on any DVD player. Of course, you need a DVD burner on your computer to do this, but if you have the hardware you’ll soon be sharing your latest vacation photos with your family and friends. And, because you can add transitions, text, graphics, dialogue and music, your vacation slide show won’t be boring. It will be fun and enjoyable to watch. And there are several other interesting features you can use to make your picture show special. For instance you can zoom into a picture which adds motion to a still image.
Once you create your CDs or DVDs, the label creator helps you make classy labels for any size case. You can use their templates and graphics, or your own graphics. Everything in this suite is designed for creativity and individuality.
Easy Media Creator 7 also lets you easily capture and edit video. There is a sound editor to help with your audio files and a capture section which lets you import from a scanner or other source. With this one suite, Roxio has combined their popular Easy CD & DVD Creator, PhotoSuite, and VideoWave programs, and even added downloads from Napster that work together and form one very special and full featured media software.
This suite does much more than all of this. Because it can do so much, it takes a little learning, however the wizards are easy to understand and the help files answer most everything about using the program. The more comfortable you get with the software, the more creative you will become. Right off the bat I was able to create a professional looking slideshow, burned it to a DVD and played it on my television.
In short, this is one media program that is packed full of options. If you use digital audio and video, this is the program that will help you get the most out of your files. It’s an all-in-one suite for all kinds of media.

© 2004 Francine Brokaw
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