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New Launcher
- The elegant new launcher is your doorway to the world of disc burning.
- From one clear, simple interface, select any task.
- The software will guide you through all the steps necessary for a perfect disc, every time.
Intuitive Quick-Drop
- Simply put a blank disc in the burner, and drag any file or folder into the desktop icon.
- Creates CDs or DVDs, to your preference.
- Check disc behavior with Smart Preview and display burning progress.
Capture from any device
- Capture TV transmissions with any TV tuner device.
- HDTV Capture from any HD source - cable, satellite or broadcast.
- DVB-T or ATSC (US) digital transmissions supported, in standard or high-definition.
- Import or capture your video from your DVD , VHS tape or set-top DVD recorder for backup or further editing.
- Set Auto Capture records your programs while you're away.
- Direct to Disc - Capture an entire videotape directly from camcorder to DVD disc, without using any hard drive space.
Powerful Multi-Trim Functions
- AccuCut - Search and trim any video you don't want. Find the piece you want to remove, then zoom in on the timeline to see the exact in and out frame where you want to cut.
- Ad-Zapper - for uninterrupted viewing of your favorite TV shows, you can cut all the commercials before burning your collection to disc. Ad-Zapper will automatically detect the ads and prompt you to remove them.
- Preview the results instantly.
Video Editing Tools
- Video Editing Toolbox - do basic video editing tasks with ease: add titles and background music, mix the audio levels, and auto-add transitions at cut points.
- Split title let you split a video in two or more parts.
- Video join lets you join two or more videos so that they play seamlessly without interruption.
- Video auto-enhance - with one click, you can fix the most common video problems with brightness and contrast.
Advanced Menu Authoring
- Easy-to-use menu templates give polish to your production. Select from motion menus, still menus or menus with Flash overlays, and modify as you wish.
- SmartScene Menus - Unique menus where project titles share a single large preview area, rather than appearing as separate motion buttons.
- Text menus - Slick-looking menus with text that act as buttons.
- Loop cue menus - a menu can start, play a short piece first, and then loop from there.
- Menu transitions - at last, you can create transitions just like Hollywood DVDs. Set menu-in and menu-out transitions to smooth over going into the next title or menu. A total of 41 transition effects are available.
- Motion Overlays are Flash overlays that give a great sense of motion to your menus, independent of the background.
- Moveable objects - freely position text, frames and button objects anywhere on your menu, to match your composition with the background.
- Rotatable text can be rotated to any angle for more eye-catching menus.
- Simulation switch - use this to preview menu behavior at any time in the authoring process.
- Motion filter will create movement even on a static menu. Select an image for a background, then animate it with ripples, spotlight effects or pan and zooms to bring it to life.
- 16:9 Widescreen menus and video is supported for that real Hollywood movie look.
- MPEG.Now Dual Core Rendering - get faster Smart Render times with dual core or dual-CPU machines.
- Direct to +/-VR in SD DVD allows for re-editing your video directly on a rewritable disc.
Photo Slideshows
- Create slideshows on disc with transitions, music and pan & zoom on images.
- HD Slideshow lets you use your hi-res digital camera images at their full quality, creating high-definition slideshows that pop right off the screen.
- ExpressFixT walks you through the simple steps for fixing common digital photo problems such as red-eye, too-dark or too-bright exposure, color cast, and more.
- PhotoExplorerT 8.5 browser included free! Organize and find your photos and videos fast.
PureHDT HD DVD
- PureHDT Capture - Seamlessly capture from the latest high-definition video camcorders, such as the Sony HDR-HC1.
- PureHDT Authoring & Output - Produce next-generation HD DVD discs* with professional menus, to play on high-definition playback devices
- * Burning pack required
Music/Data
- Burn data, pictures or documents to CD, or single- and double-layer DVD.
- MP3 discs provides many hours of uninterrupted MP3 music on a CD or DVD.
- Audio CDs are a snap to create. Just drag your music in MP3 or WMA format, and it will be turned into an audio CD.
- Microsoft® Windows® 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
- Intel® Pentium® III 450MHz (700MHz or higher recommended)
- 64MB of RAM (128MB or more recommended) .
- 150MB of available hard disk space for program installation
- 4GB+ hard disk space for video capture and converting
- Windows-compatible display with at least 800x600 resolution
- Windows-compatible sound card
- Windows-compatible CD-R/RW or DVD burner
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