Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 Enhancements
and Visual Tour
December 2007
by Douglas Dixon
www.manifest-tech.com
See also the Nero 8
suite:
Summary: Nero 8 Ultra Edition
A summary of the new
Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 --
Key new features and enhancements, plus
a visual tour of the interface and
applications.
Roxio (the consumer brand of
Sonic Solutions) regards Easy Media
Creator 10 as a substantial upgrade its
flagship suite of digital media
applications, with the focus to "enable
consumers to quickly and easily turn their
photos, video and music into impressive
multi-media projects that can be shared on
CD, DVD, the Web, or a range of mobile
devices." The idea is that it "provides all
of the tools users need to express their
digital lives."
The roots of the Easy Media
Creator suite are still visible with
Creator Classic for disc burning, plus
the core media editing applications,
Photo Suite, VideoWave, and
MyDVD. EMC is particularly strong in
these core applications, with clean looks
and functions, good integration and
consistency between applications, and strong
help and on-line information. Also visit the
Roxio MyMoments website for examples
of how users can "make the most of their
digital lives," with buying tips,
step-by-step guides, and project examples (www.roxio.com/enu/solutions/mymoments).
See earlier article on
Desktop Digital Media Trends 2007 -- with
Roxio Easy Media Creator 9
Find related
Sonic / Roxio articles in the Manifest
Tech Blog
Find
Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 on
Amazon.com
Key new features and
enhancements in Roxio Easy Media Creator 10.
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3 step wizard to
auto-edit a movie. Upload to YouTube in
one click or burn to DVD
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Capture and edit HD
video and add surround sound playback
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Record internet radio,
batch convert files, backup your iPod
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Enhance photos and video
taken on mobile devices, use in projects
with your other media
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Certified for Windows
Vista, and fully supports Windows XP
EMC 10 Suite - Control Panel -
Help and online Resources
Mobile Media Companion
-
Optimize mobile
enjoyment of personal digital media
content
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New - Media Manager
synchronizes media between desktop and
portable devices
such as Apple iPod, BlackBerry, Sony
PSP
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New - Mobile Phone
Doctor corrects common photo
problems from cell phone cameras
Mobile PhotoFit optimizes
digital photos for mobile device
displays.
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New - Copy audio, movies
or TV shows from iPod to PC
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New - Windows Vista
desktop gadget - Convert audio and video
to popular mobile formats
Sync Portable Devices
Audio Mixing and Sharing
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New - Batch Audio
Converter automatically convert
popular audio file types
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New - Multi-CD Ripper
copy CD collection in parallel from
multiple optical drives
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New - Capture Internet
radio or any PC audio directly from your
Windows Vista desktop
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Improved - AutoMix
dynamically generates playlist for CD,
DVD, mobile player
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Sound Editor now
supports VST plug-ins for expanded audio
effects and mixing
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DVD Music Album,
create 50-hour music DVDs with on-screen
navigation
Video Editing and
Publishing
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3 step wizard lets you
auto-edit your movie
-
32-track timeline, batch
video-segment removal, timeline markers
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Automatic tools for
correcting color or removing background
noise
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VideoWave
timeline now supports up to 32 overlay,
audio and text effect tracks
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New - SmartSound
soundtrack for movies and slideshows
automatically create sound track
from selected music, adjust to fit
length of production
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New - Upload finished
project to YouTube with one click
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New - menu styles, menu
navigation capabilities, and a
"Fit-to-Disc" auto encoding
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New - CinePlayer
playback of Dolby Digital EX 6.1
surround, Pro Logic, Dolby Headphone
Burn and Copy - Data
Protection
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New - Automatically
catalogs CD / DVD discs and contents,
even when discs not in drive
-
Wide range of backup
devices and media
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New - Burn to single and
dual-layer Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
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Archive non-protected
iPod music and video files to any PC
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Protect only files
changed since last known backup
-
Automatically prompt to
archive data when external Hard Drive is
connected
Windows Vista
-
Stunning new Aero user
interface
-
Gadgets for Windows
Vista, capture internet and PC audio
streams
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Convert media files for
playback on popular mobile devices,
iPhone or Microsoft Zune
Vista A/V Converter Gadget
Top
A visual tour of
Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 interface
elements and associated features.
The full EMC suite includes
12 major applications plus 18 additional
utilities (mostly mini-assistants designed
for specific focused tasks).
These are listed below,
grouped by major category (as in the Roxio
Central control panel). Utilities are
indented and prefixed by a dash.
Control Panel / Launcher
While you can launch the
applications individually from the Start
menu, it's easier to start with the Roxio
Central control panel to choose the task
that you want to perform. Some tasks like
Copy Disc are built in; otherwise, the
control panel will launch the appropriate
application to perform the selected task.
Easy Media Creator
10 Suite Roxio Central control
panel
Media and Devices
Easy Media Creator
centralizes the handling of all three
digital media types (audio, images, video)
into common applications for media
organization and playback plus media import.
You can then edit, enhance, convert, and
share media files using the media-specific
tools.
Media Manager
Media Manager
Organize and view media files, smart views &
albums
CinePlayer
DVD/VCD playback
- Media Import
Record and copy images, audio, video, DVD
titles
Audio
The central audio tool in
EMC is Sound Editor, to record audio,
apply effects, enhance, and convert formats
(now with VST plug-ins). But the suite's
real focus is working with music to create
music discs, with Music Disc Creator
to import tracks, clean and edit, add song
information, and then export or burn music
compilations -- plus assistants for focused
tasks.
Sound Editor
Sound Editor
Record, apply effects, enhance, convert
audio
Music Disc Creator
Music Disc Creator
Import, clean/edit, add info, export / burn
music compilations
- AutoMix
Automatically create track lists with
similar music
- DVD Music
Assistant Music on DVD Video, with
menus and track lists, 25 hrs/1 layer
- Audio Converter
Convert formats, rename based on tags,
transfer to portable devices
- Audio Tag Editor
Update audio tags, manually, or online music
database
LP and Tape Assistant
- Easy Audio
Capture assistant
- Multiple Audio CD
Importer assistant - Rip
audio CD to portable device
- LP and Tape
Assistant Convert LPs and tapes -
Record, Identify & Enhance, Output
- Rip Multiple CDs
Import and transfer digital audio in
parallel from multiple optical drives
Photo
Working with photos in EMC
starts with Photo Suite to repair,
enhance, and share digital photos. Or use
Multi Photo Enhance to edit a group of
photos at once (resize, rotate, adjust,
effects, convert).
Photo Suite
Repair, enhance, share digital photos
Photo Suite
- [Media Import]
(common media capture / import)
- Multi Photo
Enhance Edit batch of photos:
resize, rotate, adjust, effects, convert
- Create Panoramas
Combine multiple overlapping photos
- Photo Email
Assistant Email individual photos
or slideshows
- Photo Projects
Assistant Create personalized
calendars, greeting cards, and more
- Slideshow
Assistant Create photo slide
show with audio and transitions.
Optionally send to VideoWave or MyDVD
Express.
Video / DVD
Use VideoWave for
extensive video editing, or use CineMagic
to automatically generate a polished movie
from video clips and photos. For more
focused tasks, use Video Copy & Convert
to copy entire DVDs, or to create video
compilations to files, disc, and portable
devices.
VideoWave
VideoWave
Create video productions with video, photos,
music
Video Copy &
Convert Copy entire DVD, or create
compilation to files, disc, portable devices
- CineMagic
Make auto movie from video clips and photos
- [Media Import]
(common media capture / import)
MyDVD
MyDVD
Create DVD/[S]VCD projects
- MyDVD Express
Easily burn movies or slideshows to disc -
menu style, background
- Plug and Burn
Capture from DV tape direct to DVD disc
Copy
Basic disc copying is built
in directly to the Roxio Central
control panel .
Copy [built-in]
Copy Disc, DVD movies, Create Disc Image,
Burn Disc Image to Disc
Data and Backup
For disc burning and
archiving, start with Creator Classic
for archiving files to CD and DVD, plus
spanning large projects across multiple
discs. Then use Retrieve to browse
and extract files from these archives,
especially when split across multi-disc
archives or encrypted. Use BackOnTrack
for scheduled backups of selected files.
Creator Classic
Creator Classic
Archive to CD, DVD, multiple discs
BackOnTrack
Scheduled Backup selected files: location,
date, type,
- Retrieve
Retrieve files from Creator Classic backups,
multi-disc, encrypted
Tools
EMC also includes additional
disc and labeling tools.
Disc Tools
- Disc Image Loader
Create and load emulated disc drives
Label Creator
Make disc labels, inserts, sleeves, case
covers
- Express Labeler
Labels, booklets, cases, insets, sleeves,
etc.
Tools [built-in]
Disc Information, Erase Disc,
Finalize Disc, Load Disc Image,
Disc Gallery (Index files, folders,
audio on discs)
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