DiscLabel 4.0

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DiscLabel 4.0

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 & sharing
factory
importing & editing tracks
editing
advanced text editing
importing PDF digital booklets
printing
exporting
LightScribe
AppleScript
tips & tricks
how to purchase [DEMO only]
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support
frequently asked questions (FAQ) [web]
visit smileonmymac.com [web]
© 2003-2006 SmileOnMyMac, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to DiscLabel
DiscLabel helps you make great-looking labels for your CDs, DVDs, and more!
Read what's new in this version of DiscLabel.
Features:
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Import track lists from iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, Finder, and Toast
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Start with a pre-designed template, or make your own
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Print to a wide array of label and paper types, as well as supported direct-on-CD
printers
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Import images directly from iTunes, iPhoto, and Finder
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Download additional templates via the Internet
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Include (and edit!) multi-line text laid out in a circle
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Built-in DiscLabel store: buy your Fellowes/NEATO labels with ease
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Best design solution for LightScribe on the Mac (more about LightScribe)
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Automate label creation with AppleScript
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.Mac integration for sharing your template designs
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Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French
System Requirements
Updates & Purchasing
Installing
Help
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Uninstall
Disclaimer
System Requirements
Mac OS X 10.4 or above.
Updates & Purchasing
You can find the latest version of DiscLabel and technical support at:
http://www.DiscLabel.com
DiscLabel costs US $32.95 and may be purchased from the demo or from:
the SmileOnMyMac web store
Users of DiscLabel 1.X, 2.X, and 3.X upgrade to DiscLabel 4.X for $15, or free if discabel
was purchased or upgraded on or after August 1 2006.
How do I Install DiscLabel?
Simply double-click the DiscLabel installer from its disk image. Follow the installation
steps, and DiscLabel will be installed in your Applications folder.
Where can I get help with DiscLabel?
DiscLabel ships with extensive online help. Select DiscLabel Help (Help Viewer) from the
Help menu of DiscLabel to view the help with Apple's Help Viewer application, or select
DiscLabel Help (Web Browser) to view the DiscLabel help in your default web
browser. Browser help is also available.
How do I Uninstall DiscLabel?
Drag the DiscLabel application icon to the Trash.
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For complete removal, also move to the Trash:
[your hard drive]/Library/Application Support/disclabel
[home]/Library/disclabel (this is the folder where your designs are stored)
Disclaimer
This software is provided "as is" and any express or implied warranties, including, but
not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantibility and fitness for a particular
purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the copyright owner or contributors be liable
for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequential damages
(including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services; loss of use,
data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused and on any theory of liability,
whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in
any way out of the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such
damage.
DiscLabel is produced by:
SmileOnMyMac, LLC
PMB 278
350 Bay Street, Suite 100,
San Francisco, CA 94133
We welcome your inquiries and feedback at: [email protected]
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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 4.0 (16-Nov-2006)
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Simplified and more flexible new design creation
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Improved user interface
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View & select design elements in concert with design
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Text editing user interface simplified and improved
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Smooth color gradients for objects and text
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Hand-drawn scribbles and polygons
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Multiple layers for design creation. Copy and paste all layers
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Additional improvements too numerous to mention
DiscLabel 3.3.2 (14-Sep-2006)
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New template pack: Music Pack 3
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Fixed track length import from iTunes 7
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.Mac is no longer requested to access My Templates
DiscLabel 3.3.1 (13-Jul-2006)
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Various minor enhancements and bug fixes
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DiscLabel 3.3 (15-Jun-2006)
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Share templates via .Mac (see .Mac in DiscLabel's preferences)
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English help is now searchable in Help Viewer
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Single disk image for all languages
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Fixed problem when switching between Media and Edit
DiscLabel 3.2 (18-May-2006)
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Designs can have multiple design elements of the same kind, enabling designs
with double-albums and multi-page booklets
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Media view shows each element of a design, making it easier to apply specific
elements to label sheets
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"Import PDF Booklet" command allows you to import a Digital booklet, such as
those purchased in iTunes
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Improved speed when importing photos from iPhoto
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Bleeds no longer print over labels that share a border
DiscLabel 3.1.1 (4-April-2006)
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New "Music Pack 2" available, a for-purchase Music Template Pack
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Improved handling of Page Setup dialog for printing direct to CD
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DiscLabel 3.1 (9-March-2006)
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Precise adjustment of printed area for direct-to-disc printing
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DiscLabel 3.0.2 (26-January-2006)
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Universal Binary (runs native on Intel and PowerPC)
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Fixed iPhoto import scripts to work with iPhoto 6
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Added new iDVD 6 import script
DiscLabel 3.0.1 (05-January-2006)
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Enhanced “Edit Media List...’ interface
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Improved montage performance
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Bug fixes and improvements
DiscLabel 3.0 (01-December-2006)
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Folders for organizing your designs
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Factory function, for fast, automatic generation of label designs
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Design Elements selector, to view & select from all the elements of your design
together (CD label, Jewel case, DVD cases, and many others)
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Creates and prints CD label of purchased iTunes Music Store album from demo,
without requiring DiscLabel purchase
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Media setup, so you can customize media choices to only those you use
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Enhanced media display for ease of matching labels with designs
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Many new text templates to select for your designs
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Improved UI look and feel
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Sepia image filter
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Text outlines, baseline adjustment, superscript & subscript
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Many other enhancements & bug fixes
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OS X 10.4 and above only
DiscLabel 2.4.1 (18 October-2006)
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Sizes and scales images imported via AppleScript
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Get and set current design via AppleScript
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Get and set graphic item layer via AppleScript
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Support for EPSON R1800/RX700 direct-to-disc printers
DiscLabel 2.4 (7-September-2006)
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LightScribe printing support (Tiger only)
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Apply CoreImage filters to your artwork (Tiger only)
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Spotlight support (Tiger only)
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Several minor enhancements & bug fixes
DiscLabel 2.3.2 (2-June-2006)
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Special Occasions Pack (June 2006)
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Minor enhancements & bug fixes
DiscLabel 2.3.1 (28-Apr-2006)
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Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) compatible
DiscLabel 2.3 (2-Mar-2006)
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Purchase additional professionally-designed Template Packs
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Text kerning is now supported
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Downloaded templates are available even when offline
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Added support for Epson R320 direct-to-CD printer
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Supports CMYK images
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Improved compatibility with iLife '05
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Minor additional fixes
DiscLabel 2.2.1 (7-Dec-2004)
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Four new professionally-designed holiday templates (our holiday gift to you)
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Improved accessibility for downloading templates via the Internet
DiscLabel 2.2 (19-Oct-2004)
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More downloadable templates (art by Terence Nordyke)
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Improved performance
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Improved reliability
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Cut & paste in text objects fixed
DiscLabel 2.1 (24-Jun-2004)
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Improved overall performance
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Additional montage options
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Add images to montages via drag & drop
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More downloadable templates
DiscLabel 2.0 (13-May-2004)
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Combine different text and image layouts easily in foreground / background layers
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Arrange and distribute objects
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Use masking and soft focus to spice up your images
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Combine multiple images into a montage
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Import images on a per-track basis and use them in your designs
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Export designs to PDF, TIFF, and JPEG formats
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Print inserts, covers, and booklets on plain paper
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Share templates via Rendezvous
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Design and print Super Jewel Box CD and DVD elements
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See visual cursor feedback for edit functions
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Constrain objects to the design edge or not - your choice
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Customize inner and outer boundaries for text on discs
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Import tracks directly from audio CDs
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Import tracks from Rendezvous shared playlists
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Set keyboard increment, constrain angle, and gridline placement (in Edit
preferences)
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Access external folders of templates (in Sharing preferences)
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Specify print bleed (in Paper preferences)
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Use BPM (beats per minute) tag in track lists
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Option-drag to fill all eligible label slots with copies of the dragged design
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Calibrate your printer with our clear and easy instruction sheet
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Check for updates automatically (in Update preferences)
DiscLabel 1.3 (5-Jan-2004)
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DiscLabel Store
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Hierarchical paper menu
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Image library (DiscLabel NEATO Edition CD)
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Other minor fixes / updates
DiscLabel 1.2.1 (28-Oct-2003)
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Fixed problem with scripting under Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
DiscLabel 1.2 (7-Oct-2003)
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Import of track lists from CSV files
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Import of iTunes album / track art
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Script menu
DiscLabel 1.1 (3-Sep-2003)
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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
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Circular text can now track inside the curve in addition to outside, and supports
underlining
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Help can be auto-updated via the internet
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New shortcuts for unlock, zoom-in, zoom-out, fit to window, & increase/decrease
text pointsize
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English help is enhanced
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Imported images > 72dpi render correctly on screen & scale to cover the bleed
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Tags in the Japanese version have been changed, and now allow any font to be
selected
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Redraw performance has improved
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Various text sizing and rendering issues have been addressed
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Miscellaneous other bugs addressed
DiscLabel 1.0.1 (12-Aug-2003)
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Fixed crash on import from iTunes in low resource conditions
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Improved speed of iPhoto image import
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Fixed problem saving imported PSD (Photoshop) files
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Print Outlines now shows exact label dimensions and bleed
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Fixed possible hang when changing template category
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Several other bug fixes
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help: step-by-step from iTunes
To create a fantastic-looking label from one of your iTunes playlists:
1 Press the New Design button or
choose New Design from the File
menu.
2 Select DiscLabel Templates from the
Create design from pop-up menu if
it's not selected already.
3 Click the templates on the left to
preview them.
4 Press the Tracks button to load your
playlists.
5 Select a playlist from the menu
beneath the Tracks button.
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6 Select a template you like and when
you're ready to print, click the Print
button to get to the Media function.
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7 Enter a name for your new design in
the Design List.
8 Follow the Printing instructions to print
your creation.
Notes:
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Typically, you can scroll the template previews to see more of them
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You can change the Create design from: choice to see other categories of
templates, or make something else
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help: step-by-step with the factory
The factory enables you to design a custom CD label fast!
1 Press the New Design button or
choose New Design from the File
menu.
2 Select Random Design Factory from
the Create design from pop-up
menu if it's not selected already.
3 Press the Tracks button to load your
playlists.
4 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.
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5 Click any of the randomize buttons
to see the effect on the design.
You can always undo the change by
choosing Edit–Undo.
6 When you're ready to print, click the
Print button to get to the Media
function.
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7 Follow the printing instructions to
print your creation
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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 of any kind. Using a template, or just a text template will always be a
faster way to go.
1. Start with a blank label
Go to the Edit function. Click the plus button, then choose Blank in the Create
design from portion of the resulting dialog, alternatively choose New Blank 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.
You will see all the possible design elements you could use in your design. Select CD/
DVD as follows:
Note: If it is not already visible, click the right arrow to
View the Single CD/DVD design element and Edit it in
the Edit Work Area.
CD/DVD
3. Choose a photo for the background
Click the Import Image button, and select iPhoto as the image source in the
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resulting palette. In the Import Image palette, 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.
You will see the photo you chose in the new design, and it will be selected - small
selection handles (boxes) shown at each corner. If you don't see selection boxes it is
because the image is too wide to fit in the work area. Zoom out, and you will see them.
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.
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Now click Crop and your image is replaced with the portion you chose.
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
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Change the opacity of the image by first
clicking the fill 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
Click Tracks, and choose a playlist from the list immediately below.
7. Place the tracks on your design
Click the horizontal text button and a
horizontal text region will appear. Click
out of it and then once on the word
text to reselect it and see the corner
selection handles. Drag them so the
text region covers the bottom half of
the CD. Keep it selected.
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In the Text Palette, click the Text
Format button and select a track
format for your text from the list.
Here is the result if you choose the format 1. Title (Length)
8. Add a Title
Click the text button
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Click the
horizontal text
button and a
horizontal text
region will
appear. You can
use enter your
text now, or
resize the region.
To resize, click
out of it and then
once on the word
text to reselect it
and see the
corner selection
handles. Drag
them so the text
region covers the
top half of the CD.
Keep it selected.
Double click the
word Text that
appears, and
delete it by
pressing the
delete key.
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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 doesn't.
Choose Font->Show Fonts from the Format menu
Pick a new font and size.
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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:
- choose Arrange–Layer–Copy All Layers
- choose which design element you want to work with next
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- 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
Arrange–Layer–Paste Layers with Replace.
CD Jewel Case Cover
You can achieve the same with select all/copy and
paste, but the above method is more efficient if you are
dealing with a design with multiple layers that also
includes locked items.
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 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 layer 1 button again to continue working
in the foreground. Note also that Select All will only select objects in the current layer.
11. Making a CD tray insert
Follow the steps in 10 but instead use the CD Jewel Case Tray Insert design element
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CD
Jewel Case Tray Insert
To add text along the spine of the CD tray click the
vertical text button and a vertical text region will
appear placed on the left spine.
Double-click the text and click delete, then 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).
Center the text by choosing Text->Center from the Format menu.
Duplicate the spine text to the other side by dragging the text object to the other side
while the option key is held down.
To rotate the left spine text inward: click the rotate around center of object
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.
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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.
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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, or place it in
the background layer
- 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, double29
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.
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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. Design list: select from, name, and organize your designs
into folders.
b. Design Elements Work Area: 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.
c. Work Area: view, edit, and prepare to print your labels.
d. Thumb region: open to reveal textual templates you can
apply to the selected template or design.
e. Function Area: perform function-specific actions such as
importing from iTunes, or choosing from edit controls.
f. Function Buttons: choose what you wish to do: Edit, apply
your design to printed media, or shop in the DiscLabel
store.
File–New Design: Creating a new Design
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To create a new design, choose File–New Design, or press
button below DiscLabel's design list. The resulting
the
dialog enables a large choice of options. You can even create
a design ready for print without any editing.
a. Create design from offers the primary choices: Random
Design Factory, Image and Text, and Blank. In addition,
you can choose from several categories of professionallydesigned template. A wide variety are included with the
product, and additional packs are offered for sale. Note
that an internet connection is required to access all of
DiscLabel's templates.
b. Template List choose from preset text formats, or fully
designed templates, depending on your choice in (a).
For a Text and Image template you can also add a title
right here.
c. Element Chooser select what design elements to create
for your project.
d. Element Viewer choose which element you want to
preview.
e. Background Image Selector choose a background image
and the application, or part of the file system to import
from. You can import iTunes album art by choosing
iTunes and a relevant playlist here.
f. Preview shows selected choices.
g. Select Tracks to Import click the button to import
playlists from the selected application, then select your
playlist. Hold down the button to change the import
application.
Edit functions
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From top to bottom, left to right, by section:
Import Tracks - import tracks, select the application for importing tracks by holding down the Tracks button. Once the
application is chosen, click the button, and then you can and choose a particular playlist to import from.
Edit Tracks - opens the track editor. Same as View–Track Editor.
Import Image - opens the image import palette to import an image from a particular application or from the
filesystem.
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.
Hole Size Selector - select the hole size for text wrapping for a disc design, use this to select custom text wrapping
sizes for LightScribe.
Font - toggles the Font palette on or off.
Selection Tools - select (move, drag), rotate around center of design, rotate around center of object.
Object Tools - (by column) line, scribble, polygon, rectangular text, spine-oriented rectangular text, circular text, oval
(circle), rectangle (square), ; select object tool then click and drag in design to create object. Choose type of circular
text by holding down circular text button.
Fill Color - select object(s), click, and set color in Mac OS X color palette. Alter the Fill Color type from the drop downmenu. You can fill with a solid color, a gradient, or select no fill.
Stroke Color - select object(s), click, and set color in Mac OS X color palette. You can choose to have a stroke outline
or not, and select from thickness, and display options for dashed edges.
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.
Font - toggles the Font palette on or off.
Zoom - drag to zoom in or out of design; click pictures on end for zoom to fit.
Layer Tools
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Designs can have their elements layered, which governs the drawing order of your design. Typically you
will at least work with a layer for the background image, and one for text. You can only select objects in
the currently selected layer.
The layer tools are below the edit work area. Click on the layer tab you want to work in. Toggle visibility
of layers by clicking the eye symbol (only for the layers you are not working in). Alter the stacking order
by dragging the layer controls. Further layer options are in the Layer portion of the Arrange menu.
Alignment Operations
Choose Align Palette from the Window menu to see the alignment choices.
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
Media functions
Stylus Photo R340 - [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
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help: templates & sharing
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 hidden in the Store function.
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 access the templates choose New
Design from the File menu, and select a template category in
the lower portion of the New Design From pop-up. From
within the different template categories, preview any template
by clicking to select it. Those shown on the left are from the
category named DiscLabel Templates.
The top three template categories are special:
Random Design
Factory
Use the factory to generate a new label randomly.
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Text with Image
Use this to quickly make a label with your own title and
background image.
Enter your title in the title box, and choose a text layout
Select an image from iPhoto or another image source, and
quickly see the results:
Blank
Use this option to start with an empty label. Add text and a
background image here, or in DiscLabel's Edit function.
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In the New Design dialog, you can import a playlist to preview
in the selected template by clicking the Select Tracks to
Import button. This loads your playlists into the menu
beneath. Choose a playlist to see what it looks like in the
selected template.
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 Select 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 OK.
This makes you a new design from the template that you can
now edit or print.
Design Elements
You can choose to make an initial design with design elements for CD, DVD, Slimline
CD, Slimline DVD, Super Jewel Box CD, Super Jewel Box DVD. For anything else, there
is the Other/All category. Note that not all templates cover every possible combination,
and may be limited to CD or DVD design elements.
Saving your own Templates
When you make a design you want to use as a starting point, again and again, with
different tracks each time, you can save it as a template by choosing File–Save As
Template from the menu. Your template is saved into the Make design from template
category named My Templates, accessible from the New Design dialog.
Sharing Templates with Friends
A template saved in My Templates can be shared in one of four ways:
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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.
.Mac
Choose DiscLabel–Preferences from the menu.
Click .Mac in the Preferences window.
Click Share “My Templates” with these .Mac members, and enter
the .Mac members with whom you wish to share.
Click Access templates from these .Mac members, and enter the .
Mac members whose templates you wish to access. (These members
must have .Mac sharing enabled but need not be running DiscLabel at
the same time as you.)
Separate multiple member names with commas.
Note: DiscLabel will request access to your Keychain for your .Mac
credentials.
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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.
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.
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help: factory
DiscLabel's Random Design 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.
The factory is accessed from the
File–New dialog by choosing Random
Design Factory in the Create design
from pop-up menu.
Randomize All
Pressing this button randomizes all attributes to make a new label.
Pressing any of the other randomize buttons changes the label by randomizing the
chosen attribute.
Text Format
Clicking this button randomizes the text format by randomizing the selection in the list
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below. Select from the list specifically to choose a particular one. Randomizing the text
template alone will override any text color and font attributes with those from the
template.
Select Tracks to Import
Used first to choose your tracks source, and playlist, from the pop-up playlist selector
beneath.
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.
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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
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Tracks can be edited with the Track Editor. To access the track
editor, click the track editor button or choose View–Track
Editor.
Editing track
information
Click on the piece of track information you wish to edit to
select it (eg. a single title you want to alter). Then, type what
you want.
Removing a track
Click on any piece of track information within a track you wish
to remove to select it. Click Delete Track.
Adding a track
Click Add Track to add a new track after the current track
selected.
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 or an icon from the Finder into text by choosing Image from
the insertion choices in the Text Palette.
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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
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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.
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 several layers. Layers are drawn in order, with the
Background drawn first, behind everything else. Every design has at least two layers:
Background, and layer 1. You will probably choose to place your text in a 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 another 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 layer 1 are removed and replaced with the
those from the foreground layer of the predefined text layout. This is another reason
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that you might want to place your graphics in the background layer.
Various menu commands are available for layers in Arrange–Layers. One really
convient command is Arrange–Layers–Copy all Layers, along with its companion
Arrange–Layers–Paste Layers with Replace. These two commands let you copy all
layers from one design element to another.
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.
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.
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Importing an Image
To import an image click:
The palette that appears shows pictures from albums in iPhoto you can
use, or you can choose a different image source or library via the popImport Image up menu at the top 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 Import Image palette, and
click the button Make 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.
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
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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
Mask
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.
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.
Transparency Choose Edit–Make Transparent Image if you want to make a portion
of your image show through to the background behind. In the make
transparent image dialog, click in the background color you want to
make transparent from the image in the dialog. Adjust the slider to
have greater or lesser tolerance of this color when figuring out what
parts of the image to make transparent. Note that PDF images cannot
be made transparent and this menu option will be grayed out when a
PDF image is selected.
Drawing Lines, Scribbles, Polygons, Rectangles, and Ovals
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Click one of these palette controls to add a line, scribble, polygon, oval,
or rectangle to your design.
An oval or rectangle is automatically placed, and then can be
positioned and resized.
For a line, you will need to click and drag to create the start and
endpoint. For a scribble click and hold and scribbles appear where you
drag the mouse. For a polygon, each click makes a new point in the
polygon. Double-click to end the polygon.
Fill Color and Stroke Outline
To change the color or stroke attributes of an object, first select the object by clicking
it. The color control updates to show the present color.
Fill Click the top color control to show the
color palette and choose a new fill 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 with the fill color. The fill
color affects the color of ovals,
rectangles, and text.
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Update the fill type with the Fill pop-up
menu: None, Solid Color, and Gradient
are the options. Choosing Gradient lets
you fill an object smoothly with a color
gradient. To change the colors for the
gradient, click in the color triangles
below the gradient and then change the
color. Drag a triangle to change color
positions on the gradient ramp. Click
below the ramp to add a new color to
the gradient. Drag a triangle off the
ramp to remove a color. A gradient can
have as many colors as you can
reasonably fit.
You can alter the angle of the gradient
with the controls on the right.
You can also choose between an axial or
radial gradient.
Stroke
Click the stroke outline control to show
the color palette and change the stroke
color of a line or scribble, or outline color
for polygons, ovals, rectangles and text.
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The attributes of a stroke can also be
changed - outline type and width. Note
that text can only have an outline of
solid or none. The stroke width does
apply to text, but only loosely as
ultimately the stroke width is stored as a
percentage relating to point size. What
you see is what you get, but the
numeric width is only a loose
approximation in this case.
You can get quite creative with
DiscLabel's gradient and scribble
features. This heart was created with a
simple scribble shape, and then filled
with a radial red gradient, and a thick
dark blue stroke outline.
Adding and Editing Text
Click one of these palette controls to add horizontal, vertical or circular
text to your design.
You can change the circular text control to make text that is
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.
Edit the text by clicking in it. If the text object is not already selected, the first click
selects it so it can be moved or resized, and the second click starts editing. A double52
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.
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. Convert
to text is automatic if you edit text containing tags directly.
The Text Palette automatically appears when you are editing text. The Text Palette is
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used to edit tags for including imported data in your design.
Inserting Tags and the Text Palette
Tags are used to specify where to place imported data, and are accessed from the Text
Palette.
Insert any of the tags by choosing from the Insert control in the
Text Palette.
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.
Option-tab and Option-return insert tab and return characters
into tagged text.
Formatting Text Tags
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Make sure that you have a text object
selected, and choose a format from
the Text 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
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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 regions a different color.
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.
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
View–Align Palette gives you access to the
alignment controls.
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1. Aligns a single object to the top of the design, or multiple objects to the topmost
edge of the objects
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.
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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 Blank Design
from the File menu.
2. Import a playlist by clicking the Tracks button, and choosing a playlist from the
menu that appears beneath tracks.
3. Click the text palette item
. A text object is created in the default location,
with its text selected, and the text palette appears.
To edit the text, ignore the text palette, and enter text by typing what you like. You can
also enter tags from the Text Palette, via the Insert drop-down menu.
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The following steps will allow you to show every track title in your import list:
1. From the Insert pop-up menu choose Title. The first imported title will be shown
in the work area, replacing the text, Title will show as a tag in the text area of the
Text Palette.
2. Press the return key after the title to move the text to the next line.
3. Position the insertion point before the start of the title tag.
4. From the Insert pop-up menu choose * - Repeat for each Track.
5. Every track will appear.
Adding another tag to each track can also be achieved:
1. Position the insertion point after the Title tag.
2. Choose Artist from the Insert pop-up menu. The artist of the track will appear
after every track.
3. To insert a space, position the insertion point between the Title and Artist tags.
Press the space key.
Add the track number:
1. Click the mouse just before the Title tag.
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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.
Make the track titles a different typeface:
1. Click the text of one of the track titles in the design work area, or select the Title
tag in the Text Palette.
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 in the design work area, or select the
Atrist tag in the Text Palette.
2. Open the Color panel if it's not open by clicking the fill color button.
3. Choose a new color. Notice that all artist names adopt the same color.
Editing the name of a track:
1. Click the Track Editor button or choose View–Track Editor.
2. Locate the track you wish to edit in the track editor and click to edit the field you
wish to change. The edit will be made to every design element that displays this
via a tag.
Note: if you edit text that was originally imported directly in the design work area, it
will no longer be treated as imported text, and the tags that originally created it will be
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gone. If you import a different playlist that text will no longer update to match.
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help: importing PDF digital booklets
With DiscLabel you can import digital booklets from PDF files, such as those supplied
with many album purchases from iTunes.
To import a digital booklet you have in iTunes, first you will need to locate the booklet
file in the Finder. To do this:
1. From iTunes, hold down the control key on the keyboard and click on a digital
booklet in iTunes' list.
2. Choose Show Song File in the contextual menu that appears. A Finder window
opens showing the location of the digital booklet file.
3. In DiscLabel, first make sure you're in DiscLabel's Edit function.
Select the menu item File–Import PDF Booklet. A file dialog will appear. Drag
the digital booklet file from the Finder onto the file dialog to quickly navigate to
that folder. Now, select the digital booklet file, and click Open in the file dialog.
4. Select the pages you wish to import from the left side of the resulting dialog. You
can hold down the shift key to select blocks of pages, or the command key to
toggle selection of individual pages.
5. Choose your booklet type, page, and image cropping, and the preview on the right
will show thumbnails portraying the resulting design elements that can be created
and printed to make the booklet.
6. Click OK to import the booklet, and the necessary design elements will be added
to the current design.
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Note that DiscLabel creates booklet design elements that will page correctly together
when printed double-sided. You will need to take care in printing the reverse sides of
your booklets, in particular, so the associated pages match and are the right way up!
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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 popup 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
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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, or design element in the selected 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
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.
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This is what you can drag and
drop, and other interactions, with
DiscLabel media:
a. drag from design to media slot
if the design has a compatible design element it will drop there.
b. drag from media slot to media slot
if the same design in the originating slot has a compatible design element it will
drop there.
c. click remove button that appears in top left of media slot when mouse is on top:
removes design from media slot.
d. click arrow or drag design element to compatible media slot places element in that
slot.
e. click arrow or drag design element to compatible media slot places element in that
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
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be imaged onto the page so that you can match up a combination of core and non-fullcoverage 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 plastic portion of the CD, which is messy, and has to be wiped off.
To match the CD you are printing to:
1. Measure the diameter, the longest distance edge to edge, of the coated, printable
area of the disc, and enter it into the Printable Diameter field.
2. The Hole Diameter is the diameter of the unprintable interior portion of the disc.
Measure the interior unprintable region as wide as it goes, and enter this number
into the Hole Diameter field.
To print direct-to-disc your printer will need additional settings. Some or all of these
may apply:
Epson
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1. In the Print dialog, under the Copies and Pages pop-up menu select Print
Settings, and there set the Media Type to CD/DVD before printing.
2. Some models (R800, R300) require creation of a Manual Feed Printer Driver
Variant, and you must print using that printer selection, or the printer will report
that the wrong tray is loaded when you print.
3. Some newer printer drivers (eg. R1800) also require changing a page setup option
that defaults to Standard just above Media Type in Print Settings. That too
needs to be set to CD/DVD, or you will see the error: paper source not set
correctly.
4. In the Paper feed panel, instead of selecting Print to CD, try selecting Manual
Feed.
Canon
1. In the Print dialog, under the Copies and Pages pop-up menu select Quality &
Media, and there set the Media Type to Printable CD (recommended) before
printing.
Bleed
DiscLabel prints a 2mm bleed beyond the label perforation in all directions to cope with
inconsistencies in setup accuracy and varying label types. You can change the bleed
from DiscLabel's Preferences:
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Choose disclabel–Preferences from the menu
●
Click the Paper button
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Change the bleed to the desired value
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Problem-Solving Printing
In the Media function the display only changes based on the choice of media. In order
to print the different elements of your design you must select one of the media that will
accommodate them, and then drag your design (which must contain a matching design
element) onto the media.
For example, to print a Jewel Case Tray Insert you
must have the CD Jewel Case Tray Insert design
element defined in your design as follows:
CD Jewel Case Tray Insert
In the Media function choose a Jewel case paper type, such as Fellowes/NEATO A4
Jewel Case Tray Liners, to print your tray insert. In order to print the cover you must
choose the appropriate cover stock for the kind of cover you're printing. If you're using
Fellowes/NEATO labels, you will need to use the CD Jewel Case Booklet design element
to make your design and print to Fellowes/NEATO A4 Jewel Case Booklet labels.
If you're wanting to create a label for a slimline jewel
case, again you need to use a different design
element: the standard CD Jewel Case Cover won't
work as it's a different size. Select the CD Slimline
Jewel Case Insert instead:
CD Slimline Jewel Case Insert
Drag your design from the list on the left to the open slots on the media, and you
should see appear it for printing. Note you will only be able to drag a design to a label
region if the design has a compatible design element defined. If it doesn't, go back to
Edit, choose View–All Design Elements, then choose the associated design element,
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and edit it to create what you want. After that you will be able to drag the design into
matching slot in the media.
Printing to Plain Paper
[non-OEM versions of DiscLabel only]
You can also use DiscLabel to print designs to plain paper with cropmarks so that you
can score and cut your printed design to size. To use plain paper you should choose
media from the Plain Paper (A4) or Plain Paper (US) categories. None of the
manufacturer paper settings print cropmarks.
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help: exporting
Exporting your design
A design can be exported by dragging it from the design list to the Finder. This creates
a DiscLabel document file, which you can utilize as you would any other file.
You can also export your designs by choosing Export from the File menu. The default
export format is DiscLabel, which is the format saved by dragging (above).
Alternatively you can choose to export your design as a PDF, TIFF or JPEG image file. In
those formats you can specify the size, and in the bitmap formats (all but PDF) you can
specify the output resolution in pixels per inch. 300 is good enough for most current
imaging devices. The resulting file is an image of the currently selected design and part.
Note that the DiscLabel format holds all parts of a design including CD, and media
boxes.
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help: LightScribe
LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling is an exciting disc labeling technology that enables you
to burn CD and DVD labels simply by flipping the discs over and putting them back in
the same disc drive that burned your data. LightScribe technology combines the CD or
DVD drive of your computer with specially coated discs and SmileOnMyMac's DiscLabel
CD/DVD labeling software to produce precise, silkscreen-quality, iridescent labels. With
LightScribe, your disc is your label. It’s the no-hassle way to create awesome-looking
labels for all your music mix CDs, digital video or photo archives, and for any business
application.
DiscLabel can be used to label LightScribe media with a LightScribe compliant media
labeler.
Your LightScribe drive should be turned on when you launch DiscLabel, or DiscLabel will
not recognize it.
Printing with LightScribe
To print, you must be in DiscLabel's Media function. Choose one of the LightScribe
label options as your choice of label from the Media list:
LightScribe Content Label
Covers an area large enough to hold a title and track titles
LightScribe Full Label
Covers the entire printable surface
LightScribe Title Label
Covers an area large enough to hold a title
NOTE: LightScribe provides these three different label sizes (also termed modes) to
choose from depending upon how much information and creative expression you want
each label to have. The label burn time will generally increase as more of the disc is
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covered.
Drag the design you want to print from the column on the left onto the label display if it
does not already appear, then click Print. The LightScribe print dialog will automatically
generate a preview for you, suited to the media in the selected drive. You can adjust
the contrast of the final label with the Contrast selector. To print your label, click Print
in the LightScribe dialog, and the label will be printed to the LightScribe media. A
progress bar and timer shows how long it will be before printing is complete.
Contrast Levels
LightScribe provides three different contrast levels for you to choose from when labeling
your discs. The label burn time will increase from Draft to Normal to Best.
Draft
Provides the fastest burn time with lowest contrast. Use for utility labels.
Normal Provides moderate burn time with good contrast. Use for professional labels.
Best
Provides the sharpest contrast with the longest burn time. Use for important
business transactions, gifts and personal treasures.
Label Print Times
The label print time varies with the amount of information contained on the label, the
placement of the information on the label, the contrast level selected, the LightScribe
disc used and the drive. The LightScribe system burns the image in concentric, circular
rings from the inside diameter to the outside diameter of the label surface. Rings that
contain no image data are skipped. A simple, circular title, such as a LightScribe Title
Label, is accomplished most quickly because the information is limited to a circular rings
close to the inside diameter. The density of the rings is adjusted according to the
contrast level selection so higher contrast is achieved through more densely packaged
rings. The LightScribe disc itself and the drive compatibilities also influence the label
burn time. You can always complete other tasks on your computer while a label is
burning.
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Setting up a Label for Specific LightScribe Media Dimensions
DiscLabel helps you to design for best LightScribe output by offering pre-built
LightScribe-optimized templates, and also the ability to directly set the text formatting
radii for a CD/DVD label.
To choose a LightScribe template, from File–New Design, select LightScribe Templates
as the Create design from category, and then choose one of the templates offered.
There are blank templates as a starting point for each of the specific label types listed
above, and also text templates for each of the label types, you can then augment and
edit, as you would any other DiscLabel template.
If you already have a label you wish to optimize for one of the LightScribe label sizes,
or, if you wish to create one from scratch, you can set the text formatting radii yourself.
In the Edit function, click the Align tab, and from the hole size selector, choose Other
Boundary. The resulting dialog allows you to choose a custom boundary size, or a
LightScribe specific label size. The only way in which this affects your label is by
constraining text region clipping and wrapping. You will want to use this with most of
the DiscLabel templates to ensure that text in rectangular blocks correctly fits within the
constraints of the LightScribe media.
LightScribe Media Identification
The LightScribe system requires the use of LightScribe-enabled discs. LightScribe uses
control features in the center/hub of the disc to identify media as LightScribe media. If
your system does not seem to recognize the media as LightScribe media, take the
following steps.
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Make sure the disc is a LightScribe-enabled disc. LightScribe media will have the
LightScribe logo in the inner hub area. There will also be visible control features
inside, and adjacent to, the coated label area.
●
Make sure the disc is properly oriented in the drive. The label side, which contains
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a special coating, should be face down in the drive.
●
Clean the center area (hub) of the disc. Use a lint-free cloth to wipe the hub area
and remove any dirt or smudges that may be covering the control features.
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If these steps do not fix the problem, try another LightScribe disc.
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help: applescript
DiscLabel includes extensive AppleScript support so that it's possible to automate the
label creation process.
Example scripts may be found in ~/Library/disclabel/Scripts (where the leading ~
represents the Home button in the Finder) after you've run DiscLabel at least once.
You may view DiscLabel's AppleScript dictionary by dragging the DiscLabel application
onto the Script Editor icon.
If you create a script you'd like to share with other DiscLabel customers, please let us
know. You're welcome to send such scripts to [email protected].
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help: tips & tricks
Track Formatting
You can use a non-breaking space to keep the track number with the title. Enter a nonbreaking space with the option key+space. You may want to put a standard space
before the track number if you do this in order to avoid the track text itself being split
within a word in tight areas
For example: space«Track #»option+space«Title»
Special Keys:
Shift - constrain proportions with any of the object tools; create squares and circles
with the rectangle and oval tools
Option - copy object
Command (Apple key)
- when sizing, resizes from the center rather than the opposing corner
when dragging out a corner of an object
- when drawing a scribble, disables automatic smoothing of the scribble
Return - when a text object is selected by clicking once on its text, or by dragging over
it, pressing the return key selects the text internally, and lets you edit it with the
keyboard
Design Hints:
Option-drag during rotate around circle - use this with shape objects to create fun
regularly-shaped patterns rotated around the label
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Image transparency - select an image and press the fill color button, then set the
opacity to your desired level
Colorizing an image - add a rectangle in front of the image you wish to colorize. Press
the fill color button, and set the opacity of the rectangle below 100%, and change its
color. The image beneath appears to be colorized with the transparent hue of the
rectangle in front. We often use this technique to ghost out part of an image behind
text with a white transparent rectangle. This makes the text easier to read.
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help: how to purchase
DiscLabel costs US $32.95 per copy (plus any applicable taxes).
Purchasing removes the DEMO stamp from printed labels
The fastest and easiest way to purchase DiscLabel is:
1. Select Purchase / Register DiscLabel from the DiscLabel menu
2. Press the Purchase via Kagi button
3. Fill in your particulars and press Purchase
4. Kagi will process your order in 30-60 seconds
You can also buy using one of the following methods:
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Purchase via our eSellerate Web Store
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Purchase via our Kagi Web Store
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Purchase by phone
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Purchase by FAX
Non-profit organizations may request donations of DiscLabel by E-mailing
[email protected]. Please describe your organization, its mission, and your
intended use for DiscLabel.
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help: support
We answer common support questions in our FAQ (frequently asked questions).
Please review the FAQ before requesting support.
If the FAQ does not answer your question, please include as much information as you
can in an E-mail to [email protected].
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