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2 disclabel help 12/01/ :33 AM disclabel helps you make great-looking labels for your CDs, DVDs, and related materials what is disclabel? what's new? step-by-step from itunes step-by-step with the factory step-by-step building a new label getting around templates factory importing & editing tracks editing advanced text editing printing exporting LightScribe AppleScript tips & tricks how to purchase [DEMO only] support frequently asked questions (FAQ) [web] visit smileonmymac.com [web] SmileOnMyMac, LLC. All rights reserved. 1 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/index.html Page 1 of 1

3 disclabel help: what is disclabel? 12/01/ :33 AM help: what is disclabel? disclabel helps you make great-looking labels for your CDs, DVDs, and more! Features: Import track lists from itunes, iphoto, idvd, Finder, and Toast Start with a pre-designed template, or make your own Print to a wide array of label and paper types, as well as supported direct-on- CD printers Automate label creation with AppleScript Import images directly from itunes, iphoto, and Finder Download additional templates via the Internet Include (and edit!) multi-line text laid out in a circle Built-in disclabel store: buy your Fellowes/NEATO labels with ease Support for LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French 2 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/whatis.html Page 1 of 1

4 disclabel help: what's new? 03/09/ :04 AM help: what's new? We've been hard at work since disclabel 1.0 listening to your feedback and continually making disclabel a better product. We hope you enjoy the results! disclabel 3.1 (9-March-2006) Precise adjustment of printed area for direct-to-disc printing Various minor enhancements and bug fixes disclabel (26-January-2006) Universal Binary (runs native on Intel and PowerPC) Fixed iphoto import scripts to work with iphoto 6 Added new idvd 6 import script disclabel (05-January-2006) Enhanced Edit Media List... interface Improved montage performance Bug fixes and improvements disclabel 3.0 (01-December-2005) Folders for organizing your designs Factory function, for fast, automatic generation of label designs Design Elements selector, to view & select from all the elements of your design together (CD label, Jewel case, DVD cases, and many others) Creates and prints CD label of purchased itunes Music Store album from demo, without requiring disclabel purchase Media setup, so you can customize media choices to only those you use Enhanced media display for ease of matching labels with designs Many new text templates to select for your designs Improved UI look and feel Sepia image filter Text outlines, baseline adjustment, superscript & subscript Many other enhancements & bug fixes OS X 10.4 and above only disclabel (18 October-2005) Sizes and scales images imported via AppleScript Get and set current design via AppleScript Get and set graphic item layer via AppleScript 3 file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/whatsnew.html Page 1 of 4

5 disclabel help: what's new? 03/09/ :04 AM Support for EPSON R1800/RX700 direct-to-disc printers disclabel 2.4 (7-September-2005) LightScribe printing support (Tiger only) Apply CoreImage filters to your artwork (Tiger only) Spotlight support (Tiger only) Several minor enhancements & bug fixes disclabel (2-June-2005) Special Occasions Pack (June 2005) Minor enhancements & bug fixes disclabel (28-Apr-2005) Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) compatible disclabel 2.3 (2-Mar-2005) Purchase additional professionally-designed Template Packs Text kerning is now supported Downloaded templates are available even when offline Added support for Epson R320 direct-to-cd printer Supports CMYK images Improved compatibility with ilife '05 Minor additional fixes disclabel (7-Dec-2004) Four new professionally-designed holiday templates (our holiday gift to you) Improved accessibility for downloading templates via the Internet disclabel 2.2 (19-Oct-2004) More downloadable templates (art by Terence Nordyke) Improved performance Improved reliability Cut & paste in text objects fixed disclabel 2.1 (24-Jun-2004) Improved overall performance Additional montage options Add images to montages via drag & drop More downloadable templates disclabel 2.0 (13-May-2004) 4 Combine different text and image layouts easily in foreground / background layers file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/whatsnew.html Page 2 of 4

6 disclabel help: what's new? 03/09/ :04 AM layers Arrange and distribute objects Use masking and soft focus to spice up your images Combine multiple images into a montage Import images on a per-track basis and use them in your designs Export designs to PDF, TIFF, and JPEG formats Print inserts, covers, and booklets on plain paper Share templates via Rendezvous Design and print Super Jewel Box CD and DVD elements See visual cursor feedback for edit functions Constrain objects to the design edge or not - your choice Customize inner and outer boundaries for text on discs Import tracks directly from audio CDs Import tracks from Rendezvous shared playlists Set keyboard increment, constrain angle, and gridline placement (in Edit preferences) Access external folders of templates (in Sharing preferences) Specify print bleed (in Paper preferences) Use BPM (beats per minute) tag in track lists Option-drag to fill all eligible label slots with copies of the dragged design Calibrate your printer with our clear and easy instruction sheet Check for updates automatically (in Update preferences) disclabel 1.3 (5-Jan-2004) disclabel Store Hierarchical paper menu Image library (disclabel NEATO Edition CD) Other minor fixes / updates disclabel (28-Oct-2003) Fixed problem with scripting under Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther) disclabel 1.2 (7-Oct-2003) Import of track lists from CSV files Import of itunes album / track art Script menu disclabel 1.1 (3-Sep-2003) A wide variety of new label types and papers are now supported. These include: Business card CDs, 80mm CDs & Digital Vinyl CDs, DVD inserts, Slim Jewel Case Inserts, CD Cores & hubs, and VHS labels Circular text can now track inside the curve in addition to outside, and supports underlining Help can be auto-updated via the internet New shortcuts for unlock, zoom-in, zoom-out, fit to window, & 5 file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/whatsnew.html Page 3 of 4

7 disclabel help: what's new? 03/09/ :04 AM increase/decrease text pointsize English help is enhanced Imported images > 72dpi render correctly on screen & scale to cover the bleed Tags in the Japanese version have been changed, and now allow any font to be selected Redraw performance has improved Various text sizing and rendering issues have been addressed Miscellaneous other bugs addressed disclabel (12-Aug-2003) Fixed crash on import from itunes in low resource conditions Improved speed of iphoto image import Fixed problem saving imported PSD (Photoshop) files Print Outlines now shows exact label dimensions and bleed Fixed possible hang when changing template category Several other bug fixes 6 file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/whatsnew.html Page 4 of 4

8 disclabel help: step-by-step from itunes 12/01/ :33 AM help: step-by-step from itunes To create a fantastic-looking label from one of your itunes playlists: 1 Press the Template function button 2 Select disclabel Templates from the Category: menu 3 Click the templates in the Work Area to preview them 4 Press the Tracks button to load your playlists 5 Select a playlist from the menu beneath the Tracks button 6 Select a template you like and press New Design from Template 7 Enter a name for your new design in the Design List 8 Press the Media function button 9 Follow the Printing instructions to print your creation Notes: Typically, you can scroll the template previews to see more of them 7 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepsitunes.html Page 1 of 2

9 disclabel help: step-by-step from itunes 12/01/ :33 AM You can change the Category: to see other categories of templates You can double-click a template preview to make a new design 8 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepsitunes.html Page 2 of 2

10 disclabel help: step-by-step with the factory 12/01/ :33 AM help: step-by-step with the factory The factory enables you to design a custom CD label fast! 1 Press the Factory function button 2 Press the Tracks button to load your playlists 3 Select a playlist from the menu beneath the Tracks button A design is created for your playlist automatically, using album art for the playlist, when possible 4 Click any of the randomize buttons to see the effect on the design You can always undo the change by choosing Edit Undo 5 When you're ready to print, click the Media function button 6 Follow the printing instructions to print your creation 9 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepsfactory.html Page 1 of 2

11 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM help: step-by-step building a new label These instructions show you one way to build a new label starting from scratch, without using a template. 1. Start with a blank label Go to the Edit function. Click the plus button, or choose New Design from the File menu. The new design is automatically added to the design list on the left hand side. 2. Name your new design Type a name for your design and press return. Your new design is selected. If your view is set to View All Elements you will see all the possible design elements you could use in your design. Select CD/DVD as follows: Click the right arrow to View the Single CD/DVD design element and Edit it in the Edit Work Area. CD/DVD If your view is set to View Design Element: You will see the CD/DVD design element already in the Edit Work Area. 3. Choose a photo for the background First make sure iphoto is your selected import application, by holding down the Insert Image button, and seeing if iphoto is checked in its menu. Click the Insert Image button. Select an iphoto album, click the photo you want to use, and click Import. Note: if you don't have iphoto, or you have no photos in your iphoto library you can drag an image file from the Finder onto the disc editing surface to import a photo. 11 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 1 of 8

12 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM You will see the photo you chose in the new design, and it will be selected - small selection handles (boxes) shown at each corner 4. Crop your photo Click the Crop button (it is only enabled when a photo is selected). The cropping sheet appears. Click and drag the mouse over the area of the photo you want to use. Check Fit Original Size if you want it to cover the same surface area. Now click Crop and your image is replaced with the portion you chose. 12 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 2 of 8

13 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM Drag the image around by holding the mouse down within it and dragging. Resize the image by clicking and dragging one of its selection handles. 5. Change the opacity of your photo Change the opacity of the image by first clicking the color button And then dragging the opacity slider down to fade the image - this allows any text placed on top of the image to be read more easily. 6. Import some tracks below. Click Tracks, and choose a playlist from the list immediately 7. Place the tracks on your design Click the horizontal text button and drag out a large horizontal text region covering the bottom half of the CD. Keep it selected. Make sure you have the text editing selector selected. Click the Choose Format button and select a track format for your text from the list. 13 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 3 of 8

14 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM Here is the result if you choose the format 1. Title (Length) 8. Add a Title Click the text button Drag a text area over the disc where you want the album title to be. Double-click the text that appears to select it. Now choose Playlist Album from the Insert pop-up menu. Press return. Now choose Playlist Artist from the Insert pop-up menu. Notice how the Playlist items you insert immediately show your imported data. 9. Change the title font First make sure your Playlist Album/Playlist Artist text object is still selected (has corner selection rectangles). Click in the text once to select it if it 14 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 4 of 8

15 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label (has corner selection rectangles). Click in the text once to select it if it doesn't. Choose Font->Show Fonts from the Format menu Pick a new font and size. 12/01/ :34 AM Your disc is now complete. 10. Making a CD cover To make a cover you could repeat the above steps for each cover element. It's much easier, however, to duplicate the objects you created for the disc into a cover. To duplicate the elements: - first choose Select All from the Edit menu - next choose Copy from the Edit menu - choose which design element you want to work with next by choosing View All Elements CD Jewel Case Cover - Select the CD Jewel Case Cover design element, and click the + button to add a CD Jewel Case Cover to your design. - click in the newly displayed cover, and choose Paste from the Edit menu To clean up: - drag the corner of the background image to make sure the area is fully covered (hold down the shift key to keep the image resizing proportional) - drag any of the text elements to fine-tune their position Note that the CD Jewel Case Cover is different from a CD Slimline Jewel Case Insert, or a CD Jewel Case Booklet. Make sure you know what paper you're printing on before doing your layout, as the standard rectangular CD Jewel Case Cover may not be the design element you need. Note that you will probably prefer to use the background layer to store your images, so they aren't easily selected when you add the text. To move an 15 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 5 of 8

16 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label images, so they aren't easily selected when you add the text. To move an image to the background layer select it and choose Cut from the Edit menu. Click the background button. Choose Paste from the Edit menu. Click the foreground button again to continue working in the foreground. Note also that Select All will only select objects in the current layer. 12/01/ :34 AM 11. Making a CD tray insert Follow the steps in 10 but instead use the CD Jewel Case Tray Insert design element CD Jewel Case Tray Insert To add text along the spine of the CD tray click the horizontal text button and drag out a horizontal text region approximately as wide as the CD tray is high. Double-click the text and insert - the Playlist Album and Playlist Artist tags like you did in step 8. This time do not put a return between the two tags, instead use a separating mark, such as a bullet point (option-8 on the keyboard). Rotate the text so it is suitable for the spine of the CD tray Click the rotate around center button, and drag the text item by clicking and dragging within one of the selection handles. Hold down the shift key to constrain the rotation to 45 degree increments as shown below. 16 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 6 of 8

17 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM Click the arrow button to stop rotating, and click and drag in the text to drag the text object into its new position on the spine. Center the text by choosing Text->Center from the Format menu. Finally duplicate the spine text to the other side by dragging the text object to the other side while the option key is held down. 17 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 7 of 8

18 disclabel help: step-by-step building a new label 12/01/ :34 AM Choose Save As Template from the File menu if you wish to reuse this template with different imported tracks in the future. You can fairly quickly reuse this design with a different image. - First, delete the image from the three design elements you've used (click the image, and press the delete button in each design element) - Now import another image from iphoto or the Finder & size and crop it as you like - Choose Send to Back from the Arrange menu to get it behind the text - Copy the image by choosing Copy from the Edit menu - In each of the other design elements, paste the image & size & position the image as you like. Don't forget to send the image to the back each time. Note that you can save a lot of time laying out text by starting with one of the preconfigured text options. To see them, if they are not immediately visible, double-click the thumb to the right of the editor. Click one to try it out, choose Undo from the Edit menu if you don't like the result. 18 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/stepslabel.html Page 8 of 8

19 disclabel help: getting around 12/01/ :34 AM help: getting around The easiest way to get started with disclabel is to follow the step-by-step guide for creating a label for an itunes playlist. disclabel is a single-window application with these parts: a. Work Area: view, edit, and prepare to print your labels. b. Template List: choose a template for use. c. Thumb region: open to reveal textual templates you can apply to the selected template or design. d. Function Area: perform function-specific actions such as importing from itunes, or choosing from edit controls. e. Design Element/Design Elements Selector: work with a single design element, or view all of the elements of your design, and choose one of them to work with. f. Function Buttons: choose what you wish to do. g. Design list: select from, name, and organize your designs into folders. h. Design Elements Work Area: appears when the Design Element/Design Elements Selector is toggled. Select an individual design element to work with or add to your design. Choose to work on a CD/DVD, CD Core, CD Spine, CD Jewel Case Cover, CD Jewel Case Tray Insert, DVD Cover, CD Jewel Case, Booklet, Mini CD, Business Card CD, CD Slimline Jewel Case Insert, DVD Booklet, VHS Spine, VHS Wrap, VHS Face, Super Jewel Box CD Insert, Super Jewel Box DVD Insert Booklet, Super Jewel Box DVD Insert, or Slimline DVD Cover. Views all elements of your design. Work with an element by clicking the arrow button next to it. Add an element with the + button next to it. Delete a design element from your design with the small cross button next to it. Shows the current individual design element for the selected design Template functions Category: - select a category of pre-designed templates to show in the Work Area; My Templates contains templates stored using Save As Template from the File menu; disclabel Templates are provided by SmileOnMyMac. 19 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/gettingaround.html Page 1 of 3

20 disclabel help: getting around SmileOnMyMac. 12/01/ :34 AM New Design from Template - create a new design from the currently-selected template Name, Description - fill in these fields when creating templates in the My Templates Category; when sharing your template, this information is provided to other users Factory functions New Design from Factory - creates a new design from the current factory creation, which you can then edit Text Color - adjust the text color of the current factory creation Font - adjusts the font of the current factory creation Background - adjusts the background of the current factory creation Edit functions From top to bottom, left to right: Layer Tools - toggle visibility of foreground or background layer; select foreground or background layer for working Import Tracks - import tracks, select the application for importing tracks, and choose a particular playlist to import from Selection Tools - select (move, drag), rotate around center of design, rotate around center of object Object Tools - line, oval (circle), rectangle (square), rectangular text, circular text; select object tool then click and drag in design to create object. Choose type of circular text by holding down circular text button. Apply Color - select object(s), click, and set color in Mac OS X color palette Stroke/Fill - select object(s), then choose either stroke width or fill Image/Text/Align - image, text, and alignment operations Zoom - drag to zoom in or out of design; click pictures on end for zoom to fit Image operations Insert Image - click to insert image from your iphoto library, from itunes album art or from a file of your choosing. Hold down to choose where to import from Crop Image - click to bring up the cropping sheet Mask Image - click to choose a shape mask, and choose whether to soften the edges of a masked image Text Operations 20 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/gettingaround.html Page 2 of 3

21 disclabel help: getting around 12/01/ :34 AM Font - toggles the Font palette on or off Insert - inserts the chosen tag into a text object at the insertion point, or replaces the selection Options - toggles optional settings for the selected text object Choose Format - enables choice of a presentation format for the selected text object Alignment Operations Alignment buttons - (6) align one object with respect to the design or several against one another Distribute Buttons - (2) distribute objects equally spaced horizontally and vertically Circular Distribute Buttons - (2) distribute objects at even angles the center of the design, and equalize the distance of objects from the center of the design Hole Size - specify whether this design should have a small or large hole, or directly specify the inner and outter bounds for text (only applies to parts of type disc): controls the text formatting boundary Media functions Stylus Photo R200 - [your printer here] select printer Print Page - prints calibration mark for you to measure with a ruler Left / Top - indicates distance of calibration mark from edge for this particular printer Media: - select media type or label sheet to show in Work Area Print - print the media which appear in the Work Area above Note: Drag from the design list on the left to the blank labels in the Work Area to select what to print Print Label Outlines - print a sheet with just outlines of the labels: useful for planning designs or checking alignment Buy More - automatically navigates to the store to purchase more of the selected labels when possible 21 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/gettingaround.html Page 3 of 3

22 disclabel help: templates 12/01/ :34 AM help: templates Designs and Templates The list on the left hand side of the disclabel window in the Edit and Media functions is a list of designs. Designs are what you import tracks into, edit, and print. All designs you make are automatically saved along with tracks that have been imported. The design list is automatically hidden in the Template, Factory, and Store functions. Frequently it is helpful to first work from a template in order to make your design. A template is simply a design with no imported tracks assigned to it. disclabel ships with many beautiful templates. You can use them directly, import your tracks and print, or you can use them to form the basis of designs you make. To choose a template, first make sure you're in the Template function. Examine the different template categories, and then preview any template by clicking to select it. You can change the text configuration of your template by opening up the text choices: drag or double-clicking the thumb on the right if they are not initially visible. Click on each one to see what the template looks like with a different text style. Go back to the template's default text style by holding down the shift key, and clicking the selected text style choice. This will unselect it. Note that the act of changing the text configuration of a template replaces the front layer of the template with the text selected. See the section on Editing to learn more about layers. You can import a playlist to preview in the selected template by clicking the Tracks button. This loads your playlists into the 22 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/templates.html Page 1 of 3

23 disclabel help: templates by clicking the Tracks button. This loads your playlists into the menu immediately below. Choose a playlist to see what it looks like in the selected template. 12/01/ :34 AM Note that if you want to import tracks from an application other than itunes, you can do that by holding down the mouse on the tracks button. You'll then get a menu from which you can choose an alternate application. When you've chosen the template you want to use, click the button New Design from Template. This turns the chosen template into a design that you can then edit or print. Making a new Design If you don't want to start with a template you can create an empty design instead by clicking the + button, or choosing File New Design from the menu. Saving your own Templates When you make a design you want to use again and again, you can save it as a template by choosing File Save As Template from the menu. Your template is saved into the template category named My Templates. Reselect that template and choose New Design from Template to reuse your design. Sharing Templates with Friends A template can be shared in one of three ways: File Export it by first selecting it in the Template function, and choose File Export from the menu. Alternatively, drag the selected template to the Finder. Your template file can be imported by double-clicking it in the Finder or by choosing File Import from the menu. Bonjour Choose disclabel Preferences from the menu. Click Sharing in the Preferences window. Check Share "My Templates" with others. Make sure you've set your Shared name. Provided Look for shared templates is checked another computer on the same Bonjour network will be able to see your templates in My Templates listed as a template category named from the Shared name you have chosen. Folder Folders of templates can be accessed by adding the names of 23 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/templates.html Page 2 of 3

24 disclabel help: templates Folder Folders of templates can be accessed by adding the names of those folders into the Show templates from external folders area. Click the Add button to add a folder. With this feature several computers can have access to a folder of templates on a network. 12/01/ :34 AM Where are my Files Stored? How do I move them to a new Computer? Your files are stored in the folder ~/Library/disclabel where ~ is your home folder (Go Home from the Finder). You can copy them to another computer by copying this directory into the same relative place in your home folder on your other computer. 24 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/templates.html Page 3 of 3

25 disclabel help: factory 12/01/ :34 AM help: factory The factory enables you to create a unique design very quickly. You can import tracks to make a design from album art instantly. Press any of the randomizing controls and have a new design created for you! disclabel's factory is all about the creative expression you can achieve while losing control. a. b. c. d. e. Tracks used first to choose your tracks source, and playlist, from the pop-up playlist selector beneath. Randomize all pressing this button randomizes all connected attributes to make a new label. Connector clicking the connector toggles randomize all for the associated attribute on or off. This enables you to keep attributes of the factory design you like, while randomizing all of the others. Randomize text template clicking this button randomizes the text template from the list above. Select from the list specifically to choose a particular one. Randomizing the text template alone with override any text color and font attributes with those from the template. New Design From Factory Once you like what you've made in the factory, click this button to create and name a new design you can save and make edits to as you please. When you select a playlist, a background is automatically selected from your playlist tracks, if present. When the background is randomized, a random background is generated from your computer's Desktop Pictures. To keep your playlist background, and randomize everything else, including the background effect, toggle the connector under Background to off, then use the Randomize all button. disclabel's design list shows the special name, Factory, at the bottom of the list once the factory has been used. This allows you to step directly from the Factory to the Media function, and print what you made in the factory without ever saving it as a design. You should use New Design from Factory to save your factory creations, or alternatively, choose File Save when Factory is selected in your design list in either the Edit or Media functions. 25 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/factory.html Page 1 of 1

26 disclabel help: importing & editing tracks 12/01/ :35 AM help: importing & editing tracks Customizing Import Sometimes you don't want to import from just one of the main import sources: itunes, iphoto, idvd, Finder, or Toast. You may wish to edit what you've imported, or even make your own list of tracks. To import from your own list of tracks you can choose to import from a text file: Hold down the Tracks button and choose Text File as the import option, and then choose a text file from the file dialog that appears. The format of the text file is important. Each field should be separated by commas like the following: Track #,Title,Artist,Album, 1,At home,me & Mom,Birthday, 2,In the Garden,With Dad,Birthday, 3,The cake,all the Family,Birthday, Note that the column titles are the same as appear in the Insert menu in disclabel's Edit function. You can choose to use as many or as few of them as you want. Editing Tracks Tracks can be edited when displayed in any text region. There are three possible editing operations for tracks: Editing information Click on the piece of track information you wish to edit to select it (eg. a single title you want to alter). The cursor will change to show a menu is available. Click again for the menu, and choose Edit from the resulting menu. Type or edit the text as you want. Click outside the text when you're done. The track information will be edited, and will update in all other parts of your design that also use it. 26 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/import.html Page 1 of 2

27 disclabel help: importing & editing tracks 12/01/ :35 AM Removing a track Click on any piece of track information within a track you wish to remove to select it. The cursor will change to show a menu is available. Click again for the menu, and choose Delete Track. The track will be deleted here and in all other parts of your design that also use it. Inserting a track Click on any piece of track information within a track after which you wish to insert another. The cursor will change to show a menu is available. Click again for the menu, and choose Insert Untitled Track. The track will be added after here and in all other parts of your design that also use it. You can edit the new track by following instructions in Editing information above. Reordering Tracks Change the order of tracks by selecting any track you wish to move and then dragging it to the position you want. You can select an entire track by treble-clicking on any part of the track. Import from itunes Importing tracks from itunes also imports album art along with the tracks. However, album art is not available from a Bonjour playlist. You can insert album art into text by choosing Image from the Insert menu in the text portion of the Edit controls. 27 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/import.html Page 2 of 2

28 disclabel help: editing 12/01/ :35 AM help: editing Selecting Click on an object in the Edit function in order to select it for editing. Hold down the shift key and click to select more than one object, or to toggle the selection of a particular object. Sometimes you can't see the selection handles of large objects. If you zoom out a bit in the edit view you can see the selection handles on images or other objects that lie partly outside of the design. Click on one of the large or small disc images above or below the zoom slider to fit the design back into the editing area. If you can't select an object you're trying to select, it might be locked (see Locking), or other objects might be in front of it (see Arranging), or it might be in another layer (see Layers). You can try locking objects that get in the way and then selecting again. Moving Click on an object and drag the mouse to move it around. If multiple objects are selected (via shift-click) you can move them all around at once. Hold down the shift key while dragging to constrain the dragging to the closest axis (horizontal or vertical). Duplicating As well as using copy and then paste to duplicate the selection, you can also drag while holding down the option key. This duplicates the objects being dragged, leaving the selected objects in their original positions. Sizing To resize an object, first select it and then click and drag in one of its corner handles. Release the mouse button once it is the size you want. You can resize an object proportionally, or constrain dragging to a particular axis (whichever is closest) by holding down the shift key while you resize the object. You can resize an object about its center by holding down the command (Apple) key while you resize the object. 28 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 1 of 9

29 disclabel help: editing (Apple) key while you resize the object. 12/01/ :35 AM Locking Using the Lock function from the Arrange menu can help with selection when multiple objects are getting in the way. Locking a troublesome object that you don't want to select allows you to select only the object you want. In disclabel's templates you will find the background image is usually locked. Generally doing this or making sure your background images are in the background layer is good design practice. Select the menu item Arrange-Unlock All to unlock all objects so they can be selected and manipulated once again. Layers You can place your objects in one of two layers: Foreground and Background. You will probably choose to place your text in the foreground layer, and your graphics in the background layer. You can only select objects in the layer you currently have chosen. This allows you to work in the foreground without accidentally selecting objects in the background layer. You can also toggle the visibility of one layer by clicking the eye symbols. In some situations turning off one layer can make your work easier to see, or can speed up interactivity if one of the layers is very complex. Note also that when you choose any of the predefined text layouts to apply to a template or to a design that all objects in the foreground layer are removed and replaced with the those from the foreground layer of the predefined text layout. This is another reason that you might want to place your graphics in the background layer. Arranging All objects are drawn in order (back to front). They are also selected in order (front to back). You can change whether an object lies in front of another by using the Arrange menu. Your choices affect only the selected objects within the current layer. Objects in the background layer are always drawn before those in the foreground layer. Rotating You can rotate objects as well as drag them. To do this you use the following palette controls: Rotate around center of design With this palette control selected any object you drag rotates around the center of your design. This is great for working with discs, or moving text upside down on a design. 29 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 2 of 9

30 disclabel help: editing 12/01/ :35 AM Rotate around center of selection With this palette control selected any object you drag rotates around its own center. You can constrain rotation to discrete increments by holding down the shift key while rotating. By default the increment is 45 degrees, but this can be changed in the Editing Preferences. You can also make a rotated duplicate of the selection by holding down the option key while rotating. Don't forget to click the arrow palette control to drag and size objects normally once again. Image controls Make sure you have the image Tab selected as shown. You can change the image import application by holding down the mouse button on the Insert Image button, and choosing an import source from the menu. You can also select a built-in image library from this menu (disclabel NEATO Edition+ only). Importing an Image To import an image click: Insert Image The sheet that appears shows pictures from albums in iphoto you can use, or you can choose a file via the button at the bottom of the sheet. A faster way to import a file is to drag and drop it from the Finder (or even a web browser) into the editing area. You can also copy and paste graphics into disclabel. Importing a Montage A montage is an image created from multiple images. You can select multiple images in the Insert Image dialog, and click the button Make Montage to create a single image from 30 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 3 of 9

31 disclabel help: editing Montage to create a single image from the selected ones. Click Add to Montage to add further images to the montage. You can change the format of images in the montage with the Format, Border, and Mask options. 12/01/ :35 AM This option is great for making covers for CDs containing photographs. You can import an image of any size and scale it in disclabel to effectively get any resolution you want. So, for example, a 1500 x 1500 image at 72dpi, when scaled across a 5" disc will yield 300 dpi, and a 750 x 750 image at 72dpi will yield 150 dpi, etc. If you import PDF line art into disclabel you can still scale and crop it. The picture will scale to maximize use of the resolution of the output device. Drag the selection handles of a selected image to change its size. Don't forget to hold down the shift key if you want to keep its proportions. Scale or crop your image by double-clicking on the image or by first selecting the image and clicking Crop: Crop The image scaling & cropping sheet will appear. Note that this button won't highlight unless there is a single image selected. From this sheet you can reduce the image by dragging the slider. Click Fit original size to reduce only the resolution of the image (and how much disc space it requires) as you drag the slider. Drag a rectangle over the image to choose a region for cropping. Mask Click Mask to mask the selected image with one of the shapes from the masking menu. You can also choose to soften the edges of the image against its mask, and make the image grayscale or sepia. The last section of the Mask menu allows you to choose from Core Image filters to apply to your image. You can combine several filters to get a single creative result. Drawing Lines, Rectangles, and Ovals 31 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 4 of 9

32 disclabel help: editing 12/01/ :35 AM Click one of these palette controls to add a line, oval, or rectangle to your design. Choose where to add your object by dragging out the desired size in the edit area. Changing Fill or Outline Width When you have a line, oval, or rectangle selected you can change whether it is filled or outlined, and the width of the outline by choosing one of the options from the Fill/Outline control. Note that Fill does not apply to a line. Color To change the color of an object, first select the object by clicking it. The color control updates to show the present color. Click the color control to show the color palette and choose a new color. Note that you can also change the opacity of a color so objects behind show through. You cannot change the color of an image, but you can change its opacity. The color control works in one of two modes - connected or disconnected. When connected, its border is shown highlighted and any color you choose is applied to the selection. When disconnected the border is light gray, and you can only change the color displayed. In this mode you can apply a color by dragging the color swatch in the color window to the color button. This is useful when you don't want the color of the selected object shown in the button to affect the color in the color window, so you can apply a color you have chosen to multiple objects as you select them one at a time. When text is selected internally the color you choose applies only to the selected text. Adding and Editing Text Click one of these palette controls to add horizontal or circular text to your design. Choose where to add your object by dragging out the desired size in the edit area. Clicking in the edit area inserts text of the default size (especially useful for adding circular text around the edge of a disc). You can change the circular text control to make text that is automatically centered on the top or the bottom of your design. 32 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 5 of 9

33 disclabel help: editing automatically centered on the top or the bottom of your design. Click and hold the palette control, and choose which type of circular text you'd like from the menu that appears. 12/01/ :35 AM Edit the text by clicking in it. If the text object is not already selected, the first click selects it, and the second click starts editing. A double-click selects a single word. A triple-click selects the entire text so that typing will replace it completely. Choose format options (including Font) from the Format menu. All format options work on the selected text and require text or a text object to be selected in order to operate. Change the justification of the selected text by choosing Format Text and your desired justification from the menu. Alternatively display the ruler via Format Text Show Ruler and choose justification via the buttons displayed in the Ruler window. To center circular text around the bottom or top of a design you must first have your circular text selected. Now choose Format Text Center. To get your centered text at the top, rotate it around the center of the design with the shift key held down (see Rotating above). Linking Text If you create two text objects, then it is possible to link them together and allow text to flow from one into the other. To do this, select the text object you wish to add to. Click the + button that appears on the bottom right of the text border. Move the mouse over the text object you wish to link to. Valid text objects are highlighted as you move the mouse. Click to make your choice. Click elsewhere if you decide not to link text objects. To unlink text objects, select the one you want to unlink from a subsequent text object. Click the - button that appears on the bottom right of the text border. Text Controls The Font button gives you quick access to the font palette. The other menu options displayed are all about controlling tags and linked text features. You can convert text containing tags that shows imported tracks to plain text for easier editing by choosing Convert to Text from the Text part of the Format menu. Inserting Tags 33 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 6 of 9

34 disclabel help: editing 12/01/ :35 AM Tags are used to specify where to place imported data. Insert any of the tags at the text cursor position by choosing from the Insert control. The tags in this control are grayed out when there is not a current text cursor position. Tags that are not valid for a particular set of imported data are displayed as empty strings. You can use non-breaking space between tags if you don't want a line break to come between them when formatted. To do this, instead of typing a space into your text, hold down the option key and type a space. Formatting Text Tags Make sure that you have a text object selected, and choose a format from the Choose Format drop-down menu. The text will be replaced with the format chosen, with imported data inserted. The options menu allows you to set options for the selected text object Shrink to Fit - automatically reduces the size of text that overruns a text object to fit into the text object. Oppose Text Alignment - useful for a linked text object. When set it makes the linked text be aligned opposite to the original text. This way you can format tracks in two linked regions across a CD, with the left side justified to the left, and the right side justified to the right. Constrain to Design Edge - when unchecked, text will flow over the boundary of a design, rather than being bound by it. Override Text Color - normally the text color of a text object is used for drawing. Checking this option, and choosing a color, will use that alternate color for the text in the selected text object rather than the default color defined in the text. It is useful to have two linked regions of text be readable on very different backgrounds by making the text in the two 34 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 7 of 9

35 disclabel help: editing backgrounds by making the text in the two regions a different color. 12/01/ :35 AM You can put any text between tags you insert in text, and it will appear verbatim. You can remove tags by double-clicking the tag you wish to remove and pressing the delete key. You can add tags via the Insert menu. Place the text cursor where you want to insert your tag, and choose the tag you want from the menu. The tracks displayed automatically update. To add and remove tracks read the section Editing Tracks in the importing and editing tracks part of the help. Once tags are inserted into text you can change which tag you want to use or set options to repeat track information for each imported track. To see the menu of options, first click on the piece of track information you wish to edit in order to select it. The cursor will change to show a menu is available. Click and hold down the mouse for a short time to see the menu. To change the tag to another simply check an alternate tag than the one checked already. To change repetition choose one of the following options: Repeat Starts - check to repeat all tags and text including and beyond this for every imported track Repeat Ends - check to stop the repetition at this point. This is useful to follow a list of repeated tracks with some text. Advance Track - this allows a subsequent track to be formatted different to the prior track. With this option checked, you can repeat, for example, track n, and track n+1 with different formats. Use Track - choose a specific track number from the drop down menu to utilize track information from the specified track. Show Empty Tags - allows you to toggle visiblity of tags that are empty and effectively invisible. This means that you can still select, edit, & remove them. You can change the font or color of any of the text displayed for each track by selecting the tags and or/text you wish to change, and choosing Format Font-Show Fonts to change the font or by clicking the color button to show the color palette and change the color. Alignment Controls The Align tab gives you access to the alignment controls. 1. Aligns a single object to the top of the design, or multiple objects to the topmost edge of the objects 35 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 8 of 9

36 disclabel help: editing 12/01/ :35 AM 2. Aligns a single object to the left of the design, or multiple objects to the leftmost edge of the objects 3. Aligns a single object to the bottom of the design, or multiple objects to the bottommost edge of the objects 4. Aligns a single object to the right of the design, or multiple objects to the rightmost edge of the objects 5. Centers a single object horizontally in the design, or multiple objects center horizontally on one another. 6. Centers a single object vertically in the design, or multiple objects center vertically on one another. 7. With three or more objects selected, distributes those objects to be horizontally equally spaced. 8. With three or more objects selected, distributes those objects to be vertically equally spaced. 9. Distributes objects around the center of the design by rotating them. Hold down the option key to position them around the center but not rotate them. 10. Equally spaces objects from the center of the design. 11. Switch the hole size to change how text and track regions format on a disc surface. Some CD/DVD media prints close to the center, and others only around a larger circle, called the core. A safe design uses the larger center hole, but many media types give you the space for a smaller one. Select your choice of hole size from this menu. Customize the settings by choosing Other Boundary..., and enter the specific distances you require. 36 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editing.html Page 9 of 9

37 disclabel help: advanced text editing 12/01/ :35 AM help: advanced text editing Some Recipes to Work with Text and Imported Tags Text handling is one of disclabel's most powerful distinguishing features. disclabel's text handling is special as it can use imported track lists from itunes and other applications. Text can be used in such a way that imported text from a single source can be formatted on multiple label parts to make a cohesive CD/DVD package. If you specifically edit the imported text, eg. to correct the spelling of a track title, it can be automatically updated on all related parts of a design which incorporate that title. Using imported data within text is achieved with Tags. Tags identify data such as a track title, length, the name of the imported playlist or project, etc. Here's a short exercise to create a new design and place text on it. First make sure you're in disclabel's Edit function. 1. Create a new blank design via the button or by choosing New Design from the File menu. 2. Import a playlist by clicking the Tracks button, and choosing a playlist from the menu that appears beneath. 3. Choose the text palette item 4. Size a text area by holding down the mouse, and dragging a rectangle out in the editing area. Release the mouse when the rectangle is the size you want. Drag the corner handles to resize the area. Now we can edit the text: double click the default text that appears, labeled Text. You can enter text by typing what you like. You can also enter tags from the Text part of the editing controls, via the Insert drop-down menu. The following steps will allow you to show every track title in your import list: From the Insert pop-up menu choose Title. The first imported title will be inserted in the text, and will replace it, if the text was fully selected. 2. Press the return key after the title to move the text to the next line. 3. Click the text of the inserted title. Since it came from a tag, you can't alter it in part; the entitle title text will be selected. 4. Hold down the mouse button on the title text, and you'll get a menu that allows you to modify this tag & its properties. file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editingtext.html Page 1 of 3

38 disclabel help: advanced text editing 12/01/ :35 AM allows you to modify this tag & its properties. 5. Choose Repeat Starts from the tag menu. Every track will appear. Adding another tag to each track can also be achieved: 1. Click your track text to select the first track title. 2. Press the right arrow key. The cursor will flash just after the track title. 3. Choose Artist from the Insert pop-up menu. The artist of the track will appear after every track. 4. Press the left arrow cursor twice to move the cursor before the Artist name. Press the space key to insert a space. 5. Move the cursor with one of the arrow keys, or click the mouse out of the text & a space will appear between every track title and artist. Add the track number: 1. Click the mouse just before the second track title. You may need to use the arrow keys on the keyboard to get it to flash right there. In this case you don't want the title to be selected. 2. Choose Track # from the Insert pop-up menu. The track number of the track will appear at the start of every track. 3. Press the space key to insert a space after. 4. Move the cursor with one of the arrow keys, or click the mouse out of the text & the track number and a space will appear between every track title and artist. Note: we started at the beginning of the second track rather than the first, because entering text or tags at the beginning of the text will insert text prior to the first repeating tag, so the track number would not have been bound by the initial track repetition. Make the track titles a different typeface: 1. Click the text of one of the track titles to select a title. 2. Open the Font panel via the Font button. 3. Choose a new typeface. Notice that all track titles adopt the same typeface. Make the artist names a different color: 1. Click the text of one of the artist names to select any artist. 2. Open the Color panel if it's not open by clicking the color button. 3. Choose a new color. Notice that all artist names adopt the same color. Editing the name of a track: Click the text of one of the track title you want to edit. 2. Hold down the mouse button on the title text, and you'll get a menu that allows you to edit the this tag. 3. Choose Edit from the tag menu. The track title is automatically selected for editing. 4. Retype the title as you want it, or click in the text where you need to make your change and make your edits. file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editingtext.html Page 2 of 3

39 disclabel help: advanced text editing 12/01/ :35 AM your change and make your edits. Note: text editing ends as soon as the cursor hits the start or the end of the text of the tag being edited, or the cursor is moved out of that text. Editing a tag in this way affects all uses of the tag within the design. Making modifications this way is great to fix text errors on both your disc and covers/inserts at once. 39 file:///users/philip/desktop/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/editingtext.html Page 3 of 3

40 disclabel help: printing 03/09/ :05 AM help: printing When you begin To print your creation, you'll need to be in the Media function. When you first go to the media function you are asked to customize based on for the media you are planning to use. Check which labels or other media you plan to use, and click OK. Note also that any new media supported since product release can be updated here; media definitions are automatically downloaded. To customize the media list at any time, choose Edit Media List... from the Media pop-up menu. Calibration Most printers require calibration in order to print your labels dead-center: 1. Press the Media function button 2. Select your printer from the list under Calibration: 3. Press the Print Page button then hit Print in the sheet that follows 4. Follow the instructions on the printed sheet Using a ruler, measure from the Left to the mark and enter the measurement in the field marked Left Using a ruler, measure from the Top to the mark and enter the measurement in the field marked Top disclabel maintains calibration settings for each printer. The default mark calibration is at 20mm from the top and 20mm from the left. A perfect printer will print the mark at exactly those distances. Note that the mark is always printed uncalibrated whatever measurements you enter. Only the labels and the label outlines are printed using the calibrated distances you provide. Printing 1. Choose the type of label paper you want to use from the Media: pop-up menu 2. Drag your design from the list on the left to the slot you wish to print 3. Drag from one slot to another to print multiple copies 4. Press Print 5. Set any printer options (such as output quality and output media if printing direct to CD or DVD) in the print sheet that follows and press Print 40 file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/printing.html Page 1 of 4

41 disclabel help: printing 03/09/ :05 AM Note: If you are not a registered user, DEMO: disclabel.com will be stamped on your labels. This is so that you can create printed labels even with the demo version. We strongly encourage you to purchase disclabel. This is what you can drag and drop with disclabel media: a. b. c. drag from design to media slot if the design has a compatible design element it will drop there. drag from media slot to media slot if the same design in the originating slot has a compatible design element it will drop there. drag from media slot to just outside media removes design from media slot When you drag a design onto a slot on the media, you can hold down the option key to drag the design to all of the identical slots. This can save a lot of time when you have a page of 30 core labels that you want to print all the same. If you have only a CD defined in your design, but no core, you will find that you can still drag the design to a core label slot. In this instance, only the center part of the CD will be imaged onto the page so that you can match up a combination of core and non-full-coverage CD labels. Direct-to-Disc Printing On some printer models, you can print directly on CDs with a coated surface. disclabel supports many popular printers with this functionality. If your printer can do this, to print direct-to-disc you first need to select your printer model in the Media: pop-up menu. If your printer model isn't there then you can try a close match (for example, most of the Epson R-series printers work with the same media choice, and the Canon ip6600d works with the same settings as the ip4000). When a direct-to-disc media choice is made, two additional fields appear at the bottom of the Media controls: Printable Diameter and Hole Diameter. You can use these controls to match printing precisely to the printable CD you are using. You need to do this because some manufacturers coat CDs further to the edge or center than others. Without the adjustment, disclabel might miss printing all the way to the edge, leaving an unprinted white circle around your design. Alternatively, disclabel could end up printing ink on the 41 file:///volumes/maison/users/pjg/donuts/donut3/donut3/english.lproj/disclabel%20help/printing.html Page 2 of 4