Roxio Creator 2010 [OLD VERSION]

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New in this version

• New--5X faster video encoding with support for ATI Stream and NVIDIA CUDA technology
• New--Burn and copy discs directly on your desktop with Roxio Burn desktop widget
• New--Save web video for convenient offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod
• New--Back up an entire camera of HD video directly on disc with AVCHD Archive
• New--Pause/resume video conversion, or schedule long projects for efficient use of your PC
• Improved--Capture music from streaming internet radio and automatically add title, artist and album info, then add to iTunes

Key Features

• New--Burn and copy discs directly on your desktop with the new Roxio Burn desktop widget
• Copy DVD-Videos and convert DVDs for playback on iPod, iPhone, PSP and other devices or to video files.
• Convert other video file formats to DVD.
• Burn up to 50 GB of content onto one Blu-ray Disc
• Quickly back up data to CDs, DVDs, Blu-ray Disc, even networked drives
• Schedule unattended backups, and secure your discs with encryption and password protection
• Copy discs in a few clicks, including the latest Blu-ray discs
• Create virtual disc drives and load disc images
• Span large files and projects across multiple CDs or DVDs
• Burn a disc and create a disc image file at the same time
• Backup your favorite audio, movies or TV shows from any iPod to your PC

• New--Save web video for convenient offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod
• New--AVCHD Archive makes it simple to back up an entire camera of HD video directly to disc
• New--Pause/resume during video conversion, or schedule long projects for efficient use of your PC
• New--Accelerated video encoding with support for NVIDIA CUDA and ATI Stream technology
• Improved--Smart Encoding speeds up processing and preserves original video quality
• Capture standard and high-def video
• Plug in your digital camcorder and burn directly to DVD
• Edit video automatically
• Create video compilations to share on DVDs or portable devices
• Create movies with custom sound tracks, titles, transitions and effects using advanced video editing tools
• Add titles and scrolling credits to your video production
• Trim and cut video clips
• Timeline and storyboard views help you lay out your project
• Automatically fix video color, contrast and brightness
• Overlay multiple images, text or video clips; create picture-in-picture effects
• Quickly and easily upload video to YouTube

• Improved--Author AVCHD video to standard DVDs as an affordable way to watch your HD video on your Blu-ray player
• New--Play Blu-ray Discs, including Hollywood movies, on your PC with the optional Blu-ray playback Plug-In
• Burn videos on Blu-ray Disc with the optional High-Def/Blu-ray Disc Plug-In
• Turn home videos into striking DVDs complete with animated menus and fully orchestrated music
• Create compilation DVD discs from DVD-Video, and other video file formats
• Produce Hollywood-style DVDs with motion menus and resizable buttons
• New standard and high-def DVD menu templates for all occasions
• Exercise full creative control over DVD menu features
• Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files
• Add menu overlays--change size, orientation, transparency and more

• Improved--Capture music from streaming internet radio and automatically add title, artist and album info, then add to iTunes
• Easily convert audiobook CDs for convenient playback on iPods and other portable devices, complete with chapters and bookmarks
• Create advanced playlist projects with crossfades, transitions and beatmatching between songs
• Edit your audio tracks--trim, join, add effects, create audio mashups
• Convert multiple audio tracks into a different format for payback on a broad variety of devices, in one step
• Simultaneously rip CDs from multiple drives
• Build and audio library by capturing Internet radio or any PC-based audio source directly from your desktop
• Convert audio and video files to your preferred format with the desktop gadget
• Rip tracks from audio CDs quickly, automatically and concurrently across multiple disc drives
• Digitize your analog LPs and cassettes, clean up noise and scratches, then add them to your MP3 player
• Automatically identify unknown music tracks--even those captured from the Internet or streaming music services, then add title, artist and genre information to tags & filenames
• Create DVD music discs for playback on DVD players, complete with 'smart navigation' via the remote control, with up to 50 hours Dolby Digital quality music on a single DVD.
• Span dozens of songs and compilations across multiple audio CDs

• Import photos from your digital camera into the Media Manager or directly into photo projects
• Organize thousands of photos & create custom views to find photos quickly
• Fix and enhance photos with powerful editing, effects and touch up tools
• Easily correct color and exposure
• Fix red eye, erase wrinkles and blemishes, crop and straighten photos
• Use a range of powerful editing brushes
• Adjust photos to suit your mobile device's screen resolution
• Add effects like transparency and edge fading, and change color tone
• Add attractive mats and frames to photos
• Auto-fix mobile phone photos
• Show off any picture on your mobile phone, full screen, without borders or bars
• Quickly fix and enhance multiple photos at once
• Create slideshows with pan & zoom animation to enjoy on PC or DVD disc
• Add a royalty-free soundtrack to your slideshows
• Stitch multiple photos together to create amazing panoramas
• Create photo albums, greeting cards, collages and calendars
• Get the best results when you print your photos using the Print Assistant
• Optimize your photos for sharing via email

• Synchronize digital media from your PC to your mobile device
• Queue up files to transfer to your mobile device even if it's not connected to your PC
• Create a custom profile for your mobile phone
• Seamlessly integrate with Windows Vista media folders
• Easily transfer digital media from camera phone to PC via Bluetooth or USB cable
• Send audio mixes to iPod, PSP and other players to enjoy on the go
• Convert audio and video files to popular formats to play on mobile devices.

• Create personalized disc labels, DVD case inserts and booklets
• Choose from professional-quality templates or create your own
• Add a photo index to your disc label or insert to locate your photos
• Calibrate your printer to take the guesswork out of printing disc labels

Product Features

• Roxio Creator 2010 lets you easily preserve and share photo, video and audio projects
• Your big screen TV, online, or on portable devices like your iPhone and more
• Turn your finished movies into cinematic masterpieces in HD on Blu-ray
• Choose professionally-designed styles and themes for your photos then add fun effects and music
• Choose your video clips, select a theme and music,
• Disc or standard DVDs to enjoy on HDTV through your Blu-ray Disc player, complete with animated themes and fully orchestrated music
• Easily capture and convert your standard, HD or AVCHD video, audio or photo files to enjoy on DVD,
• Let Creator assemble and produce a finished movie that will make a lasting impression with your audience
• Share online with family and friends, or even order it on DVD

Customer Reviews

 (173 customer reviews)

103 of 107 people found the following review helpful

Tech Support is Non-existent, November 24, 2009

Alexander (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roxio Creator 2010 [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

First let me state that I am a long-time user of Roxio products and I have always been more than happy. I upgraded to this product only because its predecessor would not work with my current operating system. This is probably a good product however I could never get it to work properly and Roxio's tech support was less than helpful.

I had a problem with saving files and with components of the program spontaneously closing. I also had problems with other programs such as Photoshop Elements after installing this software. Tech support initially gave me the standard answer that I should uninstall and reinstall the program. I did this and it didn't help. They then instructed me to make some changes to my start up and registry files. Doing this not only did not solve my problem, it made my system work irratically. After giving the system a tune up with Norton 360, it worked fine but Easy Media Creator still did not work properly.

Next they asked me to send them...Read more

47 of 49 people found the following review helpful

Don't Even Think about Purchasing, December 21, 2009

Kirk R. Scott "krs" (Austin) - See all my reviews
  

This review is from: Roxio Creator 2010 [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

I have been a Roxio user and fan for many years -- and until now, their products have been great, but I have never seen such poor quality and had such a bad experience with a PC software product. After over a dozen hours of effort, this product will not install on Vista, no matter what (and I am a technical person with a degree in Computer Science & years of software experience). Phone support is $1.89 a minute, minimum 15 minutes... and the online support experience is horrendous, prompting me to write this review.

Save your patience, wits, and money and look elsewhere.

86 of 94 people found the following review helpful

Slow and Inefficient!, October 21, 2009

Bill W "Bill W" (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roxio Creator 2010 [OLD VERSION] (DVD-ROM)

I guess the fact that it took more than thirty minutes to load on my computer, a computer with a 2GHZ processor and 2 GB of RAM, should have been a clue. This software, while adorned with more bells and whistles than one can imagine, is basically a big clunker. It it so big and clunky that it takes five minutes to open the program everytime you want to use it and it then proceeds to consume all of the computers resources while operating. Several features in the software appear not to work, such as Audio Capture. My sound card works great with everything else I do, but Roxio can't recognize the sound card. The process of making a movie is cumbersome and complicated for the average user and you really have to read their entire 200 page manual (not provided but online) to learn the basics. Overall, very disappointed.