Roxio Creator 2009

Software Category: CD/DVD Creation

Related Websites:
http://www.roxio.com/

Platforms:
Windows

Description:
Roxio Creator™ 2009, the latest suite of photo, video, and music authoring, burning, and online sharing applications.

Creator 2009 introduces a range of pioneering audio features, integration of family-friendly online services, and advanced support for High Definition (HD) video. Creator 2009 also offers a streamlined workflow that enables you to complete a broad range of media editing, creation, sharing, and management projects more efficiently. Taking the guesswork out of evolving technologies and complicated formats and enabling you to take full advantage of all of Creator's capabilities, Creator 2009 offers direct links to informative tutorials and how-to articles that provide guidance and inspiration.

Roxio Creator 2009 Highlights:

Online and Mobile Sharing

Users will appreciate the direct access to Roxio Online, a new digital storytelling platform that enables families to turn their photos and videos into engaging slideshows that can be shared and enjoyed on PCs, DVDs, TVs, a range of handheld devices, and popular social networking sites. For added convenience, Roxio Online can be accessed from within Creator 2009's product launcher and is available from within applications such as VideoWave®, CineMagic® or Media Manager. The Roxio Online service is available through a free subscription. Consumers can unlock additional creation and sharing capabilities by upgrading to Roxio Online's premium service.

Ease-of-Use

The redesigned Creator 2009 product launcher provides quick access to all the tasks and creation tools available within Creator. Whether it's editing video, creating a photo slideshow or burning an audio CD, Creator's friendly and interactive design makes it easy to quickly accomplish a given task. Also easily accessible are a variety of helpful how-to articles and video-tutorials designed to guide consumers through the creative process.

Beyond the dozens of new workflow enhancements that make projects easier to complete, Creator 2009 also features SyncIt!™, a new desktop applet that automatically converts digital files to preferred formats for viewing on mobile devices, smart encoding technology for the quick authoring of HD video, and enhanced multi-core processor support for the latest CPUs.

Life in High Definition

Families and others can now create stunning HD projects using footage from AVCHD camcorders and burn it in HD, using DVD burners, onto standard DVDs for playback on a Playstation® 3 and other Blu-ray Disc players.

This technology provides consumers with an affordable alternative to enjoy up to 60 minutes of video in HD. For even more impressive results, consumers may chose from a variety of new high definition menu themes and easily add them to their final productions. Enabled by a High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-in, consumers can burn HD video to Blu-ray Disc, and enjoy more than three hours of HD movies on their HDTV using any Blu-ray Disc set-top player.

Superior Audio and Music

Headlining the new audio capabilities of Roxio Creator 2009 is Audiobook Creator™, an innovative technology that converts an entire audiobook into a single file with preserved chapter markers, making it easy for on-the-go readers to enjoy their favourite book on iPod®, iPhone® or other portable players like the Creative Zen®. Until now, users were only able to convert audiobook CDs into dozens of individual chapter files, making it difficult and often frustrating to manage on a portable device. Creator's already impressive audio capabilities are enhanced by the new Beatmatching™ feature which enables users to create music compilations of perfectly synchronized cross fades for great sounding party mixes that are ideal for special occasions and gatherings.

In support of the launch of Creator 2009, Roxio is extending MyMoments™, its educational portal that offers consumers a wealth of digital media resources including how-to videos, informative tutorials and blogs.

Hardware Requirements:
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Basic, Windows® XP SP2
(32- or 64- bit), 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM

1024x768 DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with at least 16-bit
color setting, sound card, DVD-ROM drive

Hard drive with at least 3 GB free space for installation

Windows Media Player 10

Internet Explorer 7 - Internet connection required for registration,
product updates, and some features. Any Internet charges are the
user's responsibility.

For video capture: OHCI compliant IEEE 1394 FireWire card (for use with DV camera) or analog video capture device

Blu-ray authoring and playback requires High-Def/Blu-ray
Disc™ Plug-In which can be purchased at www.roxio.com

Software Requirements: