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1. Nero Cover Designer Settings e 34 4 2 4 Tab Print Defines the print area starts the calibration process and adjusts the settings see chapter Printer Calibration Application preferences General Folders Paper Stacks Printing Undo Bleeding Bleeding space Printer Calibration horizontal vertical Print Calibration Sheet 4 2 5 Tab Undo Defines which option is used for the undo operation lt is possible to limit the size of the reserved memory for undo operations to limit the number of possible undo steps or to allow unlimited undo Application preferences General Folders Paper Stocks Printing Undo Undo operation lirnit G Masimum memory reserved 4 MB Masinum number of undo steps i g Unlimited Nero Cover Designer Settings e 35 4 3 Printing The following printing commands are in the menu File Print Print Preview Print Setups and Paper stocks The Print dialog can be opened by clicking on the Print command in the File menu 4 3 1 Tab General Print General Elements Printer Laser Setup Print to file Print Borders Print Crop Marks O On all paper stocks On all paper stocks On normal paper only On normal paper only Never O Never Miscellaneous Enable Bleeding 0 500 mm Prompt at each new page The General tab is in the foreground for
2. hS b2sa we we Outline Draws outlines for image surfaces by clicking on the effect Parabolic Creates a concave or convex view of the image by clicking on the effect see the following example Posterise Creates an oil painting effect using a slider on a scale from 2 to 8 Sharpen Sharpens the picture using a slider on a scale from 1 to 10 Soften Makes the picture softer using a slider on a scale from 1 to 10 Solarize Inverts the light influence using a slider on a scale from 0 to 255 An example of Filter effects Select Parabolic and then Concave to edit the image Adjust d Flip Megate Pinch Swirl Rotate Emboss Erode Mosaic Outline Parabolic mea Posterize Convex Sharpen Soften Solarize The image changes immediately and has a concave appearance Properties Nero Cover Designer Image source Stretch Mode Hame Image Editing e 71 7 2 3 Effects Flip The Flip effects allow you to do the following changes to your image Horizontal Mirrors horizontally by clicking on the effect Vertical Mirrors vertically by clicking on the effect An example of Flip effects Select Horizontally to edit the image Adjust Filters dE Vertically The image is immediately mirrored horizontally and appears laterally reversed Megate Finch Swirl Rotate Properties Image Image source
3. Stretch Mode Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping Froportional clip image Serres Le a E 7 2 4 Effect Negate The Negate effect creates the negative of the current picture by clicking on the effect An example of this effect Select the Negate effect while editing an image Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 72 Adjust Filters Flip Pinch Swirl Rotate The image will change immediately to its negative Properties Image Image source Stretch Mode Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping Proportional clp image Effects Remove Image Mame EE 7 2 5 Effect Pinch The Pinch effect creates an indent or outdent in the current image using a slider on a scale from 100 to 100 An example of this effect While editing an image select the effect Pinch Adjust Filters Flip Megate Swirl Riokate The preview window will appear With moving the slider from O to 60 an indent in the image will be created Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 73 Pinch Original Preview 9 0 7 2 6 Effect Swirl The Swirl effect changes the current image according to a slider on a scale from 1800 to 1800 One example of this effect Adjust Filters Flip Megate Pinch Riokate The preview window appears You can create a bizarre view of the picture by moving the slider from 0 to 286 Nero Cover D
4. The booklet looks as follows i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd EJ File Edit View Object Data Window Help 3P hH aG xg A o alalle mm BZU N A Gaul et 40 00 rolutratirigadt 100 00 C D O O D O O O O O DO S DO IO O I M A A L Rh N A E Booklet Frort Booklet Rear Hinay Disk 1 For Help press F1 110 65 128 40 MLM 10 On the icon bar click on the Save button to save this cover element o You can make changes at any time by double clicking on the text box or right clicking You will find detailed information on using the text box and editing text in the Text Block Editing chapter 5 4 Add Document Data You can add the information which you enter under Document data into the appropriate cover element with the Track list tool and the Field Tool Refer to chapter Adding Files and Tracks for more detailed information 1 Select the Document data command from the Data menu or click on the button in the toolbar You can also select the Document data via a context menu by right clicking 2 Assign a name to the document for example Best of and the creation date e g 2002 Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 50 ey Document data F Document Best of Document B be l Disk 1 Title y Audio data Year of release Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Add Disk 3 On the line below that
5. 10 3 3 Naming Tracks 1 Select the Document data command on the Data menu and select Audio data 2 Click on the button to display the existing tracks 3 Click on a track You can enter the title of the track in the Title field Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 98 You can enter the artist on the track in the Artist field You can enter the playing time of the track in the Playing time field You can enter additional information about the track in the Extended Info field Document data Ea Document Audio Track Ss Disk 1 Title i File system data Audio data Po f Track 02 Antist f Track 03 Doo 2 Disk 2 Playing time Extended Into a 4 Click on the OK button to save the changes and close the window 10 3 4 Deleting Tracks 1 Select the Document data command on the Data menu and select Audio data 2 Click on the button to display the existing tracks 3 Click on the track you want to delete and then click on the Delete button Repeat these steps for each track that you want to delete o You can delete all existing tracks by clicking on the Delete all button when Audio data is selected 4 Click on the OK button to save the changes and close the window Q Files folders and tracks can also be managed with the keyboard shortcuts for Copy Ctrl C Cut Ctrl X Paste Ctrl V and Delete Del or by using the cont
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7. Printer Displaying the current printer Print to file Printing elements into a prn file for later printing by activating the option box Print borders Defining in which paper profiles the paper border of the cover elements should be printed by activating the option box For all paper profiles On normal paper only or Never Print crop marks Defining in which paper profile the cutting marks of the cover elements should be printed by choosing the option box For all paper profiles On normal paper only or Never Miscellaneous Enable bleeding Gives the settings for bleeding of the current application i e how far to print over the element s border Prompt at each new page Defines by activating this option if the printing of every page must be confirmed Button Properties Adjusts the printer settings see chapter Printer setup Button Setup Activates the printing preview see chapter Printing preview Nero Cover Designer Settings e 36 4 3 2 Tab Elements Print General Elements E New Document 2 Booklet Front 1 on Normal Paper Booklet Rear 1 on Normal Paper Inlay 12 on Aven Aweckform JA42 A Disk 1 14 on Hisago CJ48445 A4 New Document 2 Copies Page 1 of 3 Aven Aeweckform J8432 A4 i The tab Elements is in the foreground for Printing a document or single elements by activating
8. aligned in the field Align Adapt the size of the content for the printable area by activating the box Adapt text to shape Show a preview of the latest index by activating the box Show example window Fields region Select a field that is available in the selected style Using the control box you can select whether the field is visible or invisible Select a predefined format specific to the marked field and the alignment of the field text using the drop down buttons Select the color and font for the marked field by clicking on the color field or by clicking on the font button Select the font size for the marked field compared with other fields either by input or by using the arrow keys Enter an individual text that should always appear either before or after the marked field in the fields Text before or Text after The tabs Pen Brush and Image are described in detail in the chapter Text Block Editing o The functions Data and Properties can be called up via the moveable toolbar s that appears after inserting a tracklist 2 2 2 8 Image tool The image tool is activated by clicking on the button and allows you to Insert a saved image by selecting in a self opening window Position the image by dragging the frame Edit the marked image exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 22 Nero Cover Des
9. command on the View menu Grid Setup Grid spacing FET WE Horizontal spacing pesaje millimeters Vertical spacing 1 250 milimeters Show grid Snap to grid 2 Enter the horizontal and vertical grid spacing you want 3 Click on the OK button to close the window The grid is then displayed If the option Snap to grid is active in the View menu objects are automatically aligned to the grid when they are moved or drawn near the lines Nero Cover Designer Auxiliary Aids e 29 3 4 Zoom The command Zoom in the View menu provides various possibilities for detailed editing zoom In Ctrl zoom uk Ctrl zoom All zoom Region Zoom In For magnifying the workspace Keyboard shortcut Ctrl key and the key on the numeric key block Zoom Out For shrinking the workspace Keyboard shortcut Ctrl key and the key on the numeric key block Zoom All Restores the original size of the workspace Zoom Region For magnification of parts of the workspace by dragging the special mouse pointer 3 5 Clip objects The command Clip objects in the View menu enables you to adjust the object to the frame size of the cover element clipping everything outside the printable area from the object Complete picture Nero Cover Designer Auxiliary Aids e 30 Clipped picture 40 o oo 50 00 100 00 PETEEPULEP EE Ete eee eee ee eee Ee ee ee Ee EEE ELLE eee
10. Backeround Properties riage source Stretch Mode Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping Proportional clip image Effects Name logo Nero E press jpg The image then fills the entire printable area 4 Click on the button to add the track list tool and define the size of the track list Position the cross then click and hold the mouse button to define the size of the track list The information entered under Document data for title artist and length of the tracks appears automatically Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd 2 Pink Floyd Seng 2 TAS Rolling Stones Song 3 573 24 Genesis Sore 4 404 t 5 U2 Song 5 523 Oee a yt Booklet Front Booklet Rear inlay e Disk 1 For Help press F1 100 85 123 80 NLM Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 53 o With the insertion of document data a moveable toolbar 2 is activated for viewing or editing the track properties and document data It appears every time you click on an inserted tracklist Clicking on allows you to edit the respective track properties see chapter Tracklist tool Properties Pen Brush Image Data Fields Disk Use Column Field type Track number First track Artist Last track 2 Title 2 Format Style Column spacing E Times New Roman 100 0 Alignment Left Extended info v Leadin
11. E E E E A one 29123 Ace Label 20100 20799 Letter Ace Label 20200 20299 Letter Ace Label 20400 20499 Letter Ace Label 20500 20599 Letter Ace Label 20600 20699 Letter Ace Label 20700 20799 Letter Ace Label 50300 50399 Letter Ace Label 59700 59795 Letter Ace Label 59800 59899 Letter Ace Label 67400 61499 Letter Ace Label 67500 67599 Letter Ace Label 61600 61699 Letter E Paper Stocks Number of paper stocks 160 160 predefined user defined Add Stock 2 Click on the type of label that you want to use Use the scroll bar if you do not see the label you want The selected form appears in the preview window ae Paper Stocks User defined Stacks Predefined Stocks Fee S one 29121 E A one 29123 H Ace Label 20100 20195 Letter Ace Label 20200 20299 Letter Ace Label 20400 20499 Letter Ace Label 20500 20599 Letter Ace Label 20600 20699 Letter Ace Label 20700 20799 Letter Ace Label 50300 50399 Letter Ace Label 59700 59799 Letter Ace Label 59900 59899 Letter Ace Label 67400 61499 Letter Ace Label 67500 67599 Letter Ace Label 61600 61699 Letter y a Width 7 Height Co eE Feed paper as 3 Click on the OK button to specify the selected type of label for printing in Cover Designer Q You must pre define any user designed paper stocks before you can use them 4 6 1 Printer Calibration Because printers are mechan
12. blue The field type can be edited in the adjacent function Options Depending on the field type there are various fields in the function Options active for editing Alignment Format the field with Left Center and Right using the drop down button Disk Define the index of the referenced disk using the arrow keys Time format Select the format for displaying time spans using the drop down button Size format Select a format for displaying sizes using the drop down button Date format Select a format for displaying dates using the drop down button Free text Write in an individual text for display in Free fields Prefix text Write in an individual text which will appear before the field content Suffix text Write in an individual text which will appear after the field content Fixed size By activating the box Fixed size the text in the fields will always have the same size This function is not available for curved text fields Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 103 11 3 2 Tab Pen Properties test Font Field Select Color p 00 E millimeters E Hue E Red o p Saturation Green o Brightness r 0 a Blue o i The window Properties with the tab Pen i is in the foreground for Removing the outline by clicking on the Rad button i e the line is no longer visible Changing the width of the outline in the fi
13. 800 mm Height 26 550 mm Rotation Angle 00 degrees Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 13 Properties 2 2 2 3 Oval tool Selects the color for the foreground or background Properties Pen Brush Select Color Style Foreground Background Hue a S Rec 255 Saturation o g Green 255 Brightness 255 Blue 255 Select a color by clicking on a hue in the color circle The color in the Color field will then change according to your choice The brightness can be regulated if necessary by moving the marker on the color bar on the right Select a pattern for the foreground or background in the Style field by using the drop down button Each of the colors in the color circle can be selected by clicking on the Foreground or Background buttons The colors in these fields will then be altered according to your choice A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the Hue Saturation and Brightness fields or by selecting colors in the Red Green or Blue fields X button i e the Remove the foreground color by clicking the foreground becomes white Change the color or thickness of the pen line by clicking on the Pen tab See also the chapter Line Tool The oval tool is activated by clicking on the button and allows you to Draw an ellipse by dragging the mouse pointer Change
14. EEE ELE EEE Latta Nero Cover Designer Auxiliary Aids e 31 4 Settings 4 1 Default Settings Default settings define the appearance of various elements of Cover Designer Use Default settings on the Object menu and the command Default properties to display and modify default settings Default Properties Pen Select Color 0 050 a millimeters bet Hue o g Red o g Saturation O 5 Green D z Brightness O E Blue fi ail Pen Defines the width and color of the pen Brush Defines the style and the selection of foreground and background colors Font Defines the font style size and display type Field Defines various field functions such as alignment and number format Nero Cover Designer Settings e 32 Directory Defines the appearance of the directory tool Tracks Defines the appearance of the track tool 4 2 Program Settings Program settings define the appearance of various Cover Design elements Use the Preferences command on the File menu to display and modify program settings Application preferences General Folders Paper Stocks Printing Unda Show Into Messages When importing disk or album information from a file When converting an artistic text mto curves Appearance Use dialog font Locale Linear measure 4 2 1 Tab General Defines the display of messages and of the font used in the dialogues Applicatio
15. Laser Vi here LPT1 Comment Paper Onentation Size i Portrait s SOUICE Automatically Select v O Landscape Printer Select the printer using the drop down button Paper Select the paper size and the paper source using the drop down list in the fields Size and Source Orientation Select the print orientation by activating the option Portrait or Landscape Button Networking Open a connection to a shared network folder by clicking the Button Networking Button Properties Customize advanced printer options for layout and paper quality by clicking on the button Properties The options available here depend on your type of printer 4 6 Paper Stocks Selection Cover Designer lets you to choose between pre defined or user defined paper stocks In this manual we will describe how to work with pre defined paper stocks 1 Select Paper Stocks on the File menu Click on Predefined stocks in the Paper Stocks window that then appears A list of available paper stocks is displayed In the center of the window you see the number of paper stocks separated into pre defined and user defined The Add Stock Import and Export buttons are inactive if you have selected pre defined paper stocks Nero Cover Designer Settings 39 a Paper Stocks User defined Stacks Predefined Stocks E A one 29121 H H E
16. longer visible X button the frame is changing frame thickness in the Width field by entering a value or using the select the color of the text box frame by clicking on a color in the color circle The Nero Cover Designer color in the Color field will change accordingly If necessary adjust the brightness in the color bar by moving the marker Text Block Editing e 80 Properties Per Brush Image Textbox Select Color o Q l Hue o Red 235 e Saturation 244 Green 12 zs Brightness 235 n Blue E A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the fields Hue Saturation and Brilliance or by selecting color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 81 8 2 3 Brush Tab Properties Brush Text j Font Select Color Style Foreground Background Saturation Brightness 255 Blue 255 i Use the Properties window with the Brush tab in the foreground for removing the text box foreground by clicking on the X button The foreground becomes transparent and any existing background remains visible select a color for the text box foreground by clicking on a hue in the color circle The color in the fields Style and Foreground will change according to your selection If necessary adj
17. ncd Ed File Edit View Object Data Window Help 2PHS 80x5H00 e Oa A Times New Roman Ja BZU K A d Ta 4 La A4 iter T Booklet Front _ Booklet Rear _ Inlay Disk 1 For Help press F1 156 35 26 95 NLM 7 To arrange the text in the shape of a circle click on the lower left handle of the selected text hold the left mouse button down and drag the text into the shape of a closed circle Release the mouse button 8 To enlarge the text click on one of the outer handles hold the left mouse button down and drag the text to the outer edge of the circle Release the mouse button 9 To change the text color double click on the text The Properties window appears 10 Click on the Brush tab select a color for example red and confirm with OK The label should now look as follows Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 60 i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd E File Edit View Object Data Window Help 2PMo hG xk GO meneno wE B Z U a L 2 Qoa LFA EO 50 00 R N c O iA i il H 40 00 0 00 o N D O D D 111 C O a D D D O O DO O O D rea O DO O DO S S S D O DO S S S aaa wt Booklet Front Booklet Rear _ Inlay CE Disk 1 For Help press F1 159 55 f 42 85 NLM On the icon toolbar click on the Save button to save the label You have now created all the cover elements for your CD and you can either perform additional edit
18. or deactivating the corresponding box Setting the printing options for the marked element e g the number of copies or the type of paper If the box Print on normal paper is inactive it will be printed on profile paper Preview of the print with the current settings in the layout window With the small arrows in the lower right corner you can browse through the pages Q In this printing preview the printing options can be set for each document and each individual cover element For another variation of a printing preview see chapter Printing preview Nero Cover Designer Settings e 37 4 4 Printing preview The window Printing preview can be opened by clicking on the Printing preview in the File menu 2 Print Preview Page 1 of 2 Normal Paper B This window shows the printing preview of the selected document together with the current printing settings With the buttons Previous page and Next Page you can browse through the pages Q Starting from this printing preview the whole document can be printed at once just by clicking on the Print button A selection of specific elements is not possible here For another variation of a printing preview see chapter Printing Tab Elements Nero Cover Designer Settings 38 4 5 Printer setup The window Printer setup can be opened by clicking the Printer setup command in the File menu Print Setup Printer Status Ready Type
19. rectangular shape rectangular You can add to or change document data later At this point you can not only make manual entries but you can also name the files on the CD If a directory or track list is created later the filename location and size of data files and for audio files the artist title and length are displayed Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 93 10 2 Adding Files and Tracks When you created a document you defined the CD type among other things You could not supply more specific information about the data contained therein It is very easy however to add this information 1 On the Data menu select the Document data command The document is selected and you can enter a title the year of creation and the artist or publisher If you click on the Apply to all subitems this entry is carried over to all data and tracks Q The entry of a title applies automatically to all data for this disk You can also add another disk Document data B s Document Document ey Disk 1 Title File system data Audio data PF O T Disk 2 fear of release File system data Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Add Disk 2 In the next line click on Disk 1 The CD type that was selected during creation of the document is displayed You can assign a subtitle to the disk and enter the artist or publisher If you click on the Apply to all subitems this entry is carried over
20. window consists of The non shaded portion which can be edited and is the size of a CD cover Four tabs for the different CD cover elements at the lower frame for example booklet Front booklet Rear inlay and disk 1 label for a CD The toolbar at the left frame of the window containing tools for creating and manipulating the cover elements The menu bar with the associated functions The icon bar for quick access to functions using buttons The formatting bar for easy object formatting o If it is not necessary to choose a CD type e g if you always generate audio CD covers the cover can be opened quickly by double clicking the icon 5 3 Booklet Design A booklet is the title insert of a CD Booklet Front means the front side of this title and booklet Rear means the back side Both can consist of images as well as text 5 3 1 Booklet Front The following section describes how to create a booklet Front containing an image 1 Click on the Booklet Front tab to bring up the template for the front side of a booklet Nero Cover Designer Greate Cover 44 Nero Cover Designer New Document 1 Ei Fie Edit View Object Data Window Help S2PhHS y88x5 00a aame E menen v BT UR 7 tal ld IB E Bim tii x OU F Booklet Front _ Booklet Rear JInlay Disk 1 For Help press F1 3 80 124 15 2 On the toolbar
21. 489 sec 4 Genesis Song 4 461 sec 5 U2 Song 5 361 sec 5 2252 sec Best of Rock 2002 wt _ a Bosker Front E Rear Ciney e Disk 1 100 85 123 80 ALUM ai S A 3 B For Help press Fi Paty Now insert the field Disk title into the spine of the inlay Click on and insert the field Mark it and rotate it by 90 using the curved arrow cursor Drag it with the mouse pointer to the desired Position in the spine and adjust its size with the drag boxes Instead of fields you can also insert graphic text see Editing Artistic Text but not text boxes with text blocks Create Cover e 56 Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd BHA a File Edit View sets at Data Window Help x Times Hew Forman 1 Beatles Song d 323 SEC 2 Pink Floyd Song 2 618 sec Rolling Stones Song 3 489 sec DAE 4 Genesis Song 4 46l sec f 5 U2 Song 3 361 sec 3 2252 seg _Eest of Rock 2002 wt Booklet Front Booklet Rear LT inlay Disk 1 For Help press F1 100 85 123 80 MLM o With the insertion of the field functions a moveable toolbar becomes active allowing you to view and edit the field properties and document data It appears every time you click on an inserted field function Clicking on enables you to edit the related field properties The cursor will automatically be positioned in the correct field type see chapter Field tool Pro
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23. Align Geometry Alk s Data Properties Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 20 The functions Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry in the context menu are identical with those decribed above see chapter Rectangle tool Data Edit the appropriate document data in a self opening window ei Document data A x Le Document Best of Document ae A a Title ET Audio data Year of release Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Add Disk You can find a detailed description of how to edit document data in the chapter Document Datas Properties Properties Fen Brush Image Directory Data Fields Disk Use Colurin Field type File number File path Last entry File title File type v Format ooo Style Column spacing _ Alignment Lett First entry Leading Text Fit text to shape Trailing Text C Show sample window Edit the index properties on the tab Index Select the appropriate disk index in the field Disk Stipulate the index of the first and last visible file or index entry in the fields First track and Last track Select a predefined style for illustrating the index in the field Style Enter the line spacing in the field Line spacing Stipulate the page on which the index content should be Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 21
24. Mew Roman MS Outlook MS Poothic MS PMincha MS Ul Gothic MY Boli MN SimnSur OCH Extended Palatina Linotype PMingLill Aaa Shruti SimHei Sim n Sylfaen Symbol Tahoma Times Hew Roman Font Style Bold Italic Strikeout Underline Sample Times New Roman The tab Font is in the foreground for Choosing the font in the Font field by clicking on the desired font Choosing the font style in the field Font style by clicking on Normal or Italic If the box Cross out is active the graphic text will appear crossed out If the box Underline is active the graphic text will appear underlined Changing the font size in the field Size by clicking on the correct size All changes can be seen in the region Example before you save them by clicking on the OK button Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 109 12 Index A Artistic text adding 86 bent 91 editing 86 B Background properties 76 Bent 60 86 91 Booklets creating 44 47 C CD type Audio 43 Audio Data 43 Data 43 selecting 43 Clip objects 30 Color Block text 82 Fields 106 Images 70 Color graphic text 89 Convert to curves 60 Cover elements 9 Cover type Business card rectangular 43 Business card rounded 43 DVD cover 43 Maxi 43 Mini CD 43 Multi box 43 selecting 43 Slim pack 43 Nero Cover Designer Standard 43 D Default settings changing 32 Document data addin
25. Object menu it is especially easy to add and fit a picture to the frame size 6 Click on the Inlay tab 7 Click on the button and then define the size and location of the track list Nero Cover Designer New Template 1 EJ File Edit view Object Data Window Help 3P He bis xk Tresnen wi BT U Ql O QB Motte O A Q oO GeO ft wt Booklet Front Booklet Rear inay 2 Disk 1 For Help press F1 212 95 86 90 NLM A aT 8 Click on the button and select the desired field from among those displayed and position it on the inlay Continue adding each field you want You may write additional text if necessary Q In the example that follows six fields are added namely Title Artist CD type Year Number of tracks and Playing time The artistic text Number of tracks and Playing time are also added Nero Cover Designer Document Templates e 65 Nero Cover Designer New Template 1 ej File Edit View Object Data Window Help bel lt oe 53 G G X Ea l al Normal Paper Times New Roman EE x A amp B Ta P re ia T Number of tracks 0 Plaing time 0 see Booklet Front Booklet Rear Tinley 2 Disk 1 For Help press F1 212 95 88 90 NUM 9 Click on the Disk 1 tab 10 W219 Click on the button and select the desired field from among those displayed and position it on the disk Continue addin
26. cate Chri D Arrange Align geometry Alk G Properties Arrange Arrange the elements in the foreground in the background one level forward or one level back Align Align elements exactly by activating or deactivating various options Align elements g Ed Horizontal alignment k Left Center C Right Vertical alignment Align to T Top Center Page at Bottom Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 10 Geometry Determine the exact position of elements either by input or by using the arrow keys Geometry Position M s Cancel 32 150 mm Size Rotation Properties Select the color and thickness of the pen line Properties Select Color Width 0 050 j0 050 millirneters Color BS ol Hue Saturation O aI a Green a gt Brightness ol Blue o Change the width of the pen line in the Width field either by input or by using the arrow keys Select a color by clicking on a hue in the color circle The color in the Color field will then change according to your choice The brightness can be regulated if necessary by moving the marker on the color bar on the right Colors can be defined by input by selecting color values in the Hue Saturation and Brightness fields or by selecting color proportions in the Red Green and Blue fields Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover De
27. click on Disk 1 The CD type that was selected when the document was created is displayed Assign a subtitle to the CD for example Rock In the example that follows it is assumed that the audio CD contains 5 tracks and that information about the title artist and playing time is entered manually If track information has been saved in cdc format you can import it by clicking on the Import data button 4 In the next line click on Audio data and then click on the Add Track button five times Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 51 Document data gz Document Audio Data Eey Disk 1 Rock E Audio data a a Track 01 Total playing time 00 05 Track U2 Track 03 Add Track Track U4 Track 05 Delete All Number of tracks 5 5 In the next line click on Track 01 and enter Title Artist and Playing Time 6 Repeat these steps for the other four tracks 5 5 Create Inlay This section describes the creation of an inlay containing an image in the background a track list and text as field functions 1 Click on the Inlay tab to bring up the template for the inlay 2 Select the Background properties command on the Object menu 3 Click on the File button search for the background image select the option Proportional clip image in the Stretch Mode region and then click on the OK button Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 52
28. click on the button to load a saved image The corresponding window opens oki 2 D B logo_Mero Express jpg E Wave Editor jpg r qo Cover Designer File name logo Cover Designer jpg Files of type All Supported Files y 3 If necessary change the directory and file type Select a file and click on the Open button A moveable alignment frame appears Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 45 Nero Cover Designer New Document 1 a File Edit View cai Data Window Help 2 x og Qi D remsree e ee eae TUWNM Oa gt GBGG ae o 00 50 00 100 00 150 00 RERUN P CRM P UME UTR EUR U MPIC R ITI Y wa pip uinippie mip a eure amie wie eine re RE JIIALIJALIILLETI E m iao A tiraraaraadirragiatiraaraaariadinariraaaaaaararaaa daa wt Booklet Front _ Booklet Fear Intay Disk 1 For Help press Fl 105 15 80 20 NLM 4 Position the frame with the mouse and click once The image will be inserted Nero Cover Designer New Document 1 Ei File Edit View Object Data Window Help IP blo EITEL OQ O BD Monitor O o o o IUW gt 9405 Be AN N oO a 15 E wt Booklet Front Booklet Rear _ Intay Disk 1 For Help press Fl 196 00 f 54 55 NLM You can easily edit the selected image by right clicking Refer to the Image Editing chapter a If a scanner is installed you can scan in an image Use the TWAIN and Acquire Image commands
29. d dragged to the desired position Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd Ed File Edit View Object Data Window Help 22HS oaxS 000 aaee A BIU NZ gt ae i Booklet Frort Booklet Rear Hinay 2 Disk 1 204 85 100 50 ALM For Help press F1 4 Double click on the selected text box to enter your text The Properties window appears with the Textbox tab in the foreground Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 48 Properties Pen Brush Image Textbox Fit to shape Read only 5 Write your text for example I am creating my first booklet Select the text and change the font size from 24 to 26 point 6 Click on A at the upper frame of the window to select another font color Choose a color for example blue 7 Click on the Pen tab to create a color frame Select a color from the color circle by clicking e g red and confirm with OK Your screen should now look like this i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd E File Edit View Object Data Window Help SPHe 2 TEEI 9 a8 BiIUNSZS G told Be e Cy O A ER Booklet Front Booklet Rear Inlay e Disk 1 For Help press F1 76 55 125 85 NLM Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 49 8 Double click on the selected text box to create a colored background The Properties window opens again 9 Click on the Brush tab select a color for example yellow and confirm with OK
30. djust the brightness by moving the marker in the color bar on the right Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 106 Properties Brush Text Font Field Select Color Foreground Background 202 3 Saturation fa x Greer 17 a Brightness 203 Blue 203 Choosing a pattern for foreground and background in the field Style using the drop down button The corresponding colors can be chosen by clicking in the color circle The colors in these fields will change according to your selection Properties Select Color Foreground Hue ee Red e p e p Saturation Greer 222 E Brightness 222 Blue 14 Background om Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 107 A color can also be defined by giving or selecting color values in the fields Hue Saturation Brilliance and the color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately 11 3 4 Tab Text Properties Pen Brush Test Font Field Uptions head ornly Content PT The tab Text is in the foreground for Further editing of graphic text in the Options region The Bent option can be set by activating or deavtivating of the box Bent Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 108 11 3 5 Tab Font Properties Fen Brush Text Font Times
31. e Megate Mosaic Pinch Outline Swirl Parabolic ESEN Rotate Posterize Convex Sharpen Soften Solarize You can find a detailed description of working with effects in the chapter Image Editing The field tool is activated by clicking on the ii button and allows you to Insert a saved field by selecting in the self opening list Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 24 Title Artist Disk Type Year Disk Title Disk Artist Number OF Tracks Playing Time Total Size OF Files Last Save Date Last Print Date Custom Text Position a field by dragging it with the mouse Edit a marked field exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Cut Cret Copy Chrl C Delete Del Duplicate Chri D Arrange Align Geometry Alk G Bend Data Properties The functions Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry in the context menu are identical with those described above see chapter Rectangle tool Bend Bend the marked field by clicking on this function Data Edit the appropriate document data in the self opening window Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 25 ri Document data Fi Document Best of Document Disk 1 Title ey Audio data ear of release Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Add Disk You can find a detailed description of editing document data in the chapter Doc
32. ecting the foreground and background color o The Bent function is only available for artistic text A text block in a text box cannot be bent Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 86 9 2 Properties Window 9 2 1 Pen Tab Properties Pen Brush Text Font Select Color 0 050 millimeters _ Hue E p B Saturation U a Green o Brightness o Blue Use the Properties window with the Pen tab in the foreground for removing the outline by clicking on the X button the line is no longer visible changing outline thickness in the Width field by entering a value or using the arrow keys Select the color of the outline by clicking on a color in the color circle The field Color will change accordingly If necessary adjust the brightness by moving the marker in the color bar on the right Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 87 Properties Pen Brush Text Font Select Color width oo A millimeters _ Hue Saturation Brightness 32 S Red Z4 Greer 201 gt 201 Blue Help A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the fields Hue Nero Cover Designer Saturation and Brightness or by selecting the color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately Editing Artistic T
33. eecceeeeeceeeeesseseeeseeeeessaees 98 1O33 Naming aC K Sa 98 OSA Deling RACK S S erenn nha hneutndangunciensinaniel hivicneulaantia 99 11 Adding Fields ee savie sce cc ecascvetewesavetsseccsaieseseuacsvenssacesascusaswassuetssacussreness 100 11 1 Introd cHonN iniaa a 100 112 GOING a Field es E Aaaa 101 13 Editing fields arsnicnocan naa 102 Wo Wa Fedean a a R 103 ESS Tao PET EA A ctuntuctaarnten 104 Meo o Wa DASI aen acetate seas Sieatesee sass eseee ieee 106 teot TaD TE kre rem pa ie 108 MESS TaD FONE wesgercacstewiacranttish talus tae nein NN 109 12 NOOK 110 Nero Cover Designer Table of Contents e 5 1 Getting Started 1 1 Introduction These instructions will show you how to quickly create and design your own CD DVD or Business card cover The program is very comprehensive and powerful so we will only present the most important features We will omit some parts of the program or will only touch on them briefly You will find detailed information about Cover Designer in the online help which you can access at any time by pressing the F1 key You can also look up current information about Cover Designer on the Internet at www nero com 1 2 How This Manual is Organized This manual contains practical examples for creating various cover elements as well as program reference material The individual chapters present the following information Chapter 1 gives you an overview of the manual s structure and familiarizes you with
34. eld Width by typing it in or by using the arrow keys Choosing a color for the outline by clicking on a hue in the color circle The color in the field Color will change depending on your selection If necessary adjust the brightness by moving the marker in the color bar on the right Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 104 Properties Pen Brush Text Font Field Select Color o 00 E millimeters Hue E E9 g Red hs Bl Saturation fe ra Greer z zn Brightness 210 Blue 210 A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the fields Hue Saturation and Brightness or by selecting color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 105 11 3 3 Tab Brush Properties Brush Text Font Field Select Color Style E Foreground i Background Hue o fe fet jo g Saturation o Greer o Brightness bo g Blue fr The tab Brush is in the foreground for Removing the color of the font foreground by clicking on the x button so that the foreground becomes white Selecting a color for the font foreground by clicking on a hue in the color circle The color in the fields Style and Foreground will change depending on your selection If necessary a
35. elements 37 Printing General 36 Text 108 Text box 79 Text bent 60 86 91 Text block 16 adding 78 editing 78 Text box tool 15 Toolbar Field 24 Icons 9 Image 22 Index 20 Lines 10 Oval 14 Rectangle 12 Text 16 Text box 15 Track lists 18 Track list adding 53 Tracklist tool 18 Tracks Index e 111 adding 96 Deleting 99 Naming 98 Z Zoom 30 Nero Cover Designer Index e 112
36. er Designer Mew Document 3 Z File Edit View Object Data Window Help A X 3PH amp AE amp Sy OO A Mare S A TinesNewRonan w BA UN A A OE ee Disk Type Year Disk Title Number OF Tracks ey Playing Time T Total Size OF Files Last Save Date E Last Print Date Custom Text wyt _ Booklet Front Booklet Rear IL Inlay Disk 1 For Help press Fl 91 70 123 75 NLM 4 Continue adding each additional field that you want 5 Repeat the appropriate steps for each additional cover element that should contain fields o Adding the Number of tracks and Playing time fields only makes sense if the disk contains audio data Adding the Total Size of Files fields only makes sense if the disk contains data files 11 3 Editing fields o Inserted fields can be edited simply by double clicking them The Properties window with the tabs Pen Brush Text Font and Field will then appear Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 102 11 3 1 Tab Field Properties Pen Brush Text Font Field Field type Options f Aut Alignment Disk Type Disk Year Disk Title Disk Artist Time format Number of Tracks Total Playing Time Size format Total Size of Files Last Save Date Date format Last Print D ate Custom text Custom text Leading test Trailing text Fined Size The tab Field is in the foreground and the currently selected field type is marked
37. es The functions Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry are identical with those described above see chapter Rectangle tool Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 18 Nero Cover Designer Data Edit the appropriate data in the self opening window ei Document data Le Document Best of Document a Disk 1 Title Ey Audio data Year of release Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Add Disk A detailed description of how to edit document data can be found in the chapter Document Datas Properties Properties Pen Brush Image Tracks Data Fields Disk Use Column Field type 1 Track number 2 Artist Last track 2 Title 2 Extended info w Format Style Column spacing _ Alignment Lett First track Leading Text Fit text to shape Trailing Text C Show sample window Edit the track properties with the tab Tracks Select the disk index appropriate to the tracklist in the field Disk Stipulate the index of the first and last visible audio tracks in the fields First track and Last track Select a predefined style for the illustration of the tracklist in the field Style Stipulate the line spacing in the field Line spacing Stipulate the page on which the trackl
38. esigner Image Editing e 74 Original Preview 7 2 7 Effect Rotate The Rotate effect rotates the current picture using a slider on a scale from 0 to 270 degrees An example of this effect Select the Rotate effect while editing an image Adjust Filters Flip Megate Pinch Swirl Rotate The preview window will appear Moving the slider from 0 to 90 degrees rotates the image accordingly Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 75 Rotate Original Preview Rotate ooo sos egee 7 3 Fitting to the Frame Size Three functions in the Background properties window enable you to fit the image to the current frame size of the cover element y The Stretching region is only active if you insert the image using the Background properties command on the Object menu The Background Properties window opens showing the fit options that are active Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 76 Backeround Properties Brush Image mage source Image TWAIN Stretch Mode Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping Proportional clip image Eiet Name logo_N ero Express jpg The following options are available in the Stretching region Select the individual fields to choose a function Adjust to frame size The image is resized to exactly fit the defined frame size Length and width di
39. est Font Font Font Style T imes New A om an Regular MS Outlook Regular MS PGothic Bold MS PMincho Italic MS Ul Gothic Bold Italic My Boli NSirnSun C Strikeout OCH amp Extended i Palatino Linotype Underline PMingLill Raavi m Times New Roman Simun Sylfaen Symbol Tahoma Times Mew Aoman Sample Edit graphic text on the tab Font Select the font in the Font region by clicking on the desired font Select the font style in the Font style region by clicking on e g Normal or Italic If the Crossed out box is activated the graphic text will appear crossed out If the Underlined box is activated the graphic text will appear underlined Change the font size in the region Size by clicking on the Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 17 required size Show all changes in the region Example before accepting the input by clicking on the OK button The tabs Pen Brush Text and the expression Graphic text are described in detail in the chapter Editing Artistic Text 2 2 2 6 Tracklist tool The tracklist tool is activated by clicking on the button and allows you to Insert a tracklist by dragging the mouse pointer Edit the marked tracklist exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Cut krl Copy Chrl C Delete Del Duplicate Chri D Arrange Align Geometry Alt 3 Data Properti
40. ext menu on the right hand mouse button Moving is done by drag amp drop meaning that marked elements are held with the mouse and dragged to the correct position Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 99 11 Adding Fields 11 1 Introduction Fields are tools you can use to keep document data up to date quickly and easily You can use them by clicking on the isi button in the toolbar lf a title has been assigned to the document the title appears when the Title field is added If the title is changed later the new title appears automatically Title Artist Disk Type Year Disk Title Disk Artist Number OF Tracks Playing Time Total Size OF Files Last Save Date Last Print Date Custom Text Title Artist Disk Type Year Disk Title Disk Artist Nero Cover Designer Name of the CD Artist or publisher Disk Type Year the CD was created Name of the Disk Artist or publisher of this disk Fields are added as artistic text You can use the Bent function to create bent text You cannot however convert fields into curves If the document contains Adding Fields e 100 Number of Tracks Playing time Total Size of Files Last Save Date Last Print Date Custom Text 11 2 Adding a Field more than one disk the appropriate name only appears on the corresponding disk If this field is added to another cover element the name of the first disk is displayed You can change this using the Propertie
41. ext e 88 9 2 2 Brush Tab Properties Brush Text Font Select Color Style wt Foreground Background Hue Red Saturation o aa Green 255 Brightness 255 Blue 255 4 Use the Properties window with the Brush tab in the foreground for removing the color of the font foreground by clicking on the Rad button The foreground is white select a color for the text foreground by clicking on a hue in the color circle The field Color will change depending on your selection If necessary adjust the brightness by moving the marker in the color bar on the right Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 89 Properties Per Brush Text Font Select Color Sil ss Foreground i Background Hue Saturation Brightness select a pattern for foreground and background in the field Style using the drop down button The colors of the pattern can be changed by clicking on Foreground or Background and then clicking on a color in the color circle The color in these fields will change depending on your selection Properties Select Color ov Foreground W Background Hue 254 S Saturation Green 5 B Brightness Blue 10 Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 90 A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the fields Hue Saturation and Brightness or by selecting
42. g 50 Editing 57 Editing 54 Document template changing 67 creating 63 loading 67 E Edit field properties 57 Edit fields 103 Edit Tool Elements 9 Edit track properties 54 Effects Brightness 70 Color adjustment 70 Contrast 70 Emboss 70 Equalize 70 Erode 70 Filters 70 Flip 72 Flip horizontally 72 Flip vertically 72 Gamma 70 Mosaic 70 Negate 72 Outline 71 Parabolic 71 Pinch 73 Posterisation 71 Rotate 75 Sharpen 71 Soften 71 Solarization 71 Swirl 74 F Field tool 24 Fields adding 101 Artist 100 Disk artist 100 Disk title 100 Index e 110 Disk type 100 Free text 101 Number of tracks 101 Playing time 101 Print date 101 Save date 101 Titles 100 Total size of files 101 Year 100 Files adding 95 Deleting 98 Naming 97 Folders adding 95 Deleting 98 Naming 97 G Graphic text Bend 108 Grid settings 29 Guidelines adding 28 Icons toolbar 9 Image size frame size 77 proportional clip image 77 proportional no clipping 77 Image tool 22 Images adding 68 editing 68 effects 69 Index tool 20 Inlay Create spine 56 creating 52 L Label creating 58 Line Tool 10 O Oval Tool 14 Nero Cover Designer P Paper stocks selecting 39 Printer calibration 40 Printer setup 39 Printing General 36 Printing preview 38 Program settings changing 33 R Rectangle Tool 12 Ruler 28 S Show cover elements 61 T Tab Brush 82 106 Field 103 Font 109 Image 84 Pen 80 104 Print
43. g Text Fit text to shape Trailing Test Show sample window If you click on D you can edit the appropriate document data The cursor will automatically be set to the correct position see chapter Document Datas Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 54 Nero Cover Designer Document data Ea Document Audio Data ba Disk 1 Rock Number of tracks 5 ae Audio data Total playing time 37 32 Add Track Delete All W n First click on the to display the fields and then click on the Title field A moveable alignment frame appears Using the mouse place the frame at the desired position and click once The field function will be added Repeat the field function insertion steps for the Year and Disk title fields Create Cover e 55 0O0 7 Nero Cover Designer i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd File Edit View Object Data Window Help 2 Pink Floyd Song 2 618 sec B Rolling Stones Song 3 489 sec 4 Genesis Song 4 461 sec 5 U2 Song 5 361 sec Best of Rock 2002 a a Booklet Front Booklet Rear inlay e Disk 1 100 85 125 80 HUM CB ot iti E For Help press F1 Then add the Number of tracks and Playing time fields The inlay looks as follows i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ned O07 x7 12 Pink Floyd Song 2 618 sec Rolling Stones Song 3
44. g each field you want Q In the example below two fields Disk artist and Disk title are added and are fit to the curvature of the disk using the Bend function 11 Nero Cover Designer Nero Cover Designer New Template 1 ej File Edit View Object Data Window Help SPs b SEX OS Bosra Times New Roman v 23 4 v B vi U KE i AA E Ta LI LA fal T R N Is Cl AJZ E _ Booklet Front _ Booklet Rear _ Inlay Disk 1 For Help press F1 21 20 35 90 NUM On the File menu select the Save command assign a name to the format template and click on the Save button Document Templates e 66 6 2 Load or Modify Document Template There is always a saved document template available to the user Cover Designer templates have the ending nct whereas documents have the ending ncd 1 On the File menu select the Open command 2 Click on the dropdown button in the File type field select the file type nct select the template you want and click on the Open button o The contents of the various cover elements are displayed in the preview area just the way they were created oki TET Ez Audio nct Es DanceHiphop nct Ez Audio_Classic nct Es DanceHiphop_BRwW nct Ez AudioData nct Es Data nct G amp AudioData_Bew nct Data Baw nct Es AudioData_Classic nct Data_Classic nct cover Designer nct Es Rock net File name Cover Designer nget Files of ty
45. he appropriate steps to perform the calibration 8 Click on the OK button to close the tab and end calibration o In the field Bleeding you can set how much of the area surrounding the cover elements should be printed Nero Cover Designer Settings e 41 5 Create Cover 5 1 Introduction In this chapter you will learn how you create a cover step by step using an example from selection of a cover and CD type through design of the various cover elements booklet front the booklet Rear inlay and label Cover Designer lets you very easily create professional customized covers 5 2 Selecting the type of cover CD DVD or business card The first step is to select a cover and CD DVD Business card type because different cover elements are available depending on the selection you make Start Cover Designer The New Document window appears in the foreground if New document Empty Audio Classi Document pm Z CoverDesign DanceHipho og DanceHiph Jazz Classic F P Disks Fal Create new template Rock nc Vocal nct Audio Data Audio Data Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 42 Various cover types with different elements are available Standard Cover for a CD with booklet front booklet Rear inlay and label DVD Cover Cover for a DVD with booklet inlay and disk Multi Box Cover for a least two CDs double CD with booklet Front booklet Rear inlay Fron
46. ical devices that are subject to minimal variations while printing we recommend the you calibrate the printer once after you have chosen the label type and selected the printer 1 Prior to calibration select the desired label type and the printer Nero Cover Designer Settings e 40 2 Select the Preferences command on the File menu and click on the Printing tab 3 Click on the Print Calibration Sheet button Application preferences General Folders Paper Stocks Printing Undo Bleeding Bleeding space Printer Calibration Printing offsets o 000mm 0000mm Horizontal vertical Print Calibration Sheet 4 Take the paper out of the printer Fold the paper horizontally and vertically in the middle The dotted line indicates the current calibration setting 5 Unfold the paper again and compare where the horizontal and vertical fold lines meet the intersection of the axes The intersection point indicates printer deviation in millimeters relative to the center of the page 6 If there is a difference between the fold lines and the current setting enter the actual horizontal and vertical values on the Printing tab and then print another calibration sheet 7 Fold that paper again horizontally and vertically in the middle The fold lines should now coincide with the dotted lines If this is the case you have successfully competed printer calibration If not repeat t
47. igner Cut Copy Delete Duplicate aroup Ungroup Arrange Align Geometry Effects Daca Properties Chrl Ctrl c Ctrl D The functions Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry in the context menu are identical with those decribed above see chapter Rectangle tool Effects Properties You can find a detailed description of working with effects in the chapter Editing images Properties Image source Stretch Mode Adiust to frame size Proportional no clipping Proportional clip image Effects Remove Image logo N ero Express pg Edit the image with the tab Image Select a new image by clicking on the File button in the self Opening window Informationen on Cover Designer e 23 2 2 2 9 Field tool Look ir gt 2 gt m logo_Nero Express jpg Wave Editor jpg Hoga Cover Designer File name logo Cover Designer jpg Files of type All Supported Files w Scan in a new image by clicking on the TWAIN button A scanner must be installed Adapt the image to the frame size in the region Stretching This region is only active when the image has been inserted via the menu Object Background settings See chapter Fitting to the Frame Size Creative editing of the image by clicking on the button Effects and selecting the desired effect e g Adjust Emboss Flip d Erod
48. ing or print them o You can display multiple cover elements by holding the Ctrl key and clicking the tabs one after another Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd ed File Edit View Object Data Window Help BeH i Gxi valo ela J orn eB UN onana N 0 0 00 100 00 700 00 oo 0 00 100 00 700 00 I a 0 01 100 00 200 00 0 01 Beaths Sone i 313 roa fi Pink Floyd Saxe 3 ero A Ralling Stones SONE 3 439 rac Hy Genesis Sone Hil roa hy Tl SORE J Jii io F Booklet Front F Booklet Rear LI Inlay JE o Disk 1 For Help press F1 139 55 42 85 R CJ AN H pex H 100 00 Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 61 Q You can make changes at any time by double clicking on the text or right clicking You will find detailed information about working with artistic text Editing Artistic Text chapter Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 62 6 Document Templates 6 1 Create template You can create a uniform appearance for your covers by using the Create template function A document template defines the basic structure of a document and contains document settings Everything that is in this document is also in every other document which is based on this template The example Booklet front Every CD should contain an custom image Booklet back The same image should be on each CD Inlay The CD title the tracks on the CD the number of tracks and the total
49. ist contents should be Informationen on Cover Designer e 19 aligned in the field Align Adapt the size of the contents to the printable area by activating the box Adapt text to shape Show a preview of the latest tracklist by activating the box Show example window Fields region Select a field that is available in the chosen style Using the control box you can select whether the field is visible or invisible Select a predefined format specific to the marked field and the alignment of the field text using the drop down buttons Select the color and font for the marked field by clicking on the color field or by clicking on the font button Select the font size for the marked field compared with other fields either by input or by using the arrow keys Enter an individual text that should always appear either before or after the marked field in the fields Text before or Text after The tabs Pen Brush and Image are described in detail in the chapter Text Block Editing o The functions Data and Properties can be called up via the moveable toolbar s that appears after inserting a tracklist 2 2 2 7 Index Tool The index tool is activated by clicking on the button E and allows you to Insert an index by dragging the mouse pointer Edit the marked index exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Cut krl Copy Creet Delete Del Duplicate Chri D Arrange
50. keout check box is checked the artistic text appears as strikeout If the Underline check box is checked the artistic text appears as underlined changing the font size in the Size area by clicking on the size value that you want displaying all changes in the Sample area before you accept the entries by clicking on the OK button Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 92 10 Document Datas 10 1 Introduction Document data define the structure and content of Cover Designer elements They were defined during creation of the cover and definition of the CD type see Selecting the type of cover CD DVD or business card The corresponding cover elements appear at the lower frame of the work space Standard The cover elements for a normal CD with one disk consist of a booklet front and back inlay and disk DVD cover The cover elements for a DVD cover consist of a booklet an inlay and a disk Multibox The cover elements for a multibox consist of a booklet front and back inlay and disks at least 2 Maxi CD The cover elements for a maxi CD consist of an inlay and disks Slim pack The cover elements for a slim pack consist of a booklet front booklet rear and a disk Mini CD The cover elements of a Mini CD consist of an inlay front inlay rear and a disk Business One cover element for a business card in rounded shape card Business card One cover element for a business card in
51. lbar The table below provides you with a quick overview of the most important icons in Cover Designer The icons on the toolbar have the following functions N Selection tool to mark objects Line tool to draw lines Rectangle tool to draw rectangles and squares OU A Oval tool to draw ellipses and circles Text box tool to insert a text box Double click to open a window for text entry block of text p Artistic text tool to insert artistic text aN Track list tool to insert a track list for audio CDs etc Directory tool to insert a directory for data CDs etc Image tool to insert saved images fm ill Field tool to insert fields such as title artist number of tracks playing time o Basic points for editing the inserted tool elements Change the size of the marked element by dragging the drag points with the mouse Turn the marked elements by dragging the small curved arrow with the mouse Alter the position by drag amp drop i e the marked element is held by the mouse and dragged to the desired position Exact editing of marked elements either with a double click or by right clicking Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 9 2 2 2 1 Line Tool The line tool is activated by clicking on the N button and allows you to Draw a line by dragging the mouse pointer Edit the marked line exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Cut krl Copy Chrl C Delete Del Dupli
52. lbar s that appears after inserting the field Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 27 3 Auxiliary Aids 3 1 Ruler The ruler which appears at the left upper side of the application window makes it easier to set the size and position of objects The ruler is displayed by default If it is not displayed you can make it visible using the Ruler item on the View menu 3 2 Guidelines Guidelines are lines that help you align objects They can be either horizontal or vertical 1 Select Guidelines from the View menu Guidelines Horizontal Yertical Horizontal position millimeters 2 Enter the desired horizontal or vertical position and click on the Add button Nero Cover Designer Auxiliary Aids e 28 V a 3 3 Grid 3 Repeat the entry for each additional reference line 4 Click on the OK button to close the window The reference lines you have created are identified by a dotted red line If Snap to guidelines is active in the View menu objects are automatically aligned to the guidelines when they are moved or drawn near the lines The fastest way to create guidelines is to click with the left mouse button into the ruler at the top of the application window and drag a guideline into the workspace In a way similar to guidelines the grid helps you align objects The grid is a row of dots with uniform horizontal and vertical spacing 1 Select the Grid Setup
53. n playlists from external sources Such as FreeDB can queried used When a document is created the CD type and the number of disks included is defined All corresponding cover elements appear at the lower frame of the screen You can activate them by clicking on the appropriate tab If all cover elements have been processed the cover is finished and can be printed A variety of functions is available to the user Create new graphics L2 Import graphics using a scanner Add existing graphics Define graphics as background images Edit graphics Deform graphics using special effects Add text Format text Add fields 2 2 Program Structure The structure of Cover Designer conforms to standard Windows conventions a menu bar various icon bars and a status bar The workspace of Cover Designer displays the cover element selected which you can format using text and or image elements The most important aid to use when designing cover elements is the toolbar at the lower frame of the screen Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 8 2 2 1 Cover Elements The type and number of cover elements depends on the type of media selected A cover includes the following elements e g Booklet front front side of the title insert Booklet Rear back side of the title insert Inlay back side of the CD DVD as inlay in the CD DVD case Disk designation of a sticker label in the shape of a CD DVD 2 2 2 Too
54. n preferences General Folders Paper Stocks Printing Undo Show Into Messages When importing disk or album information from a file When converting an artistic text into cures Appearance Use dialog font Locale Linear measure millirneters wal Nero Cover Designer Settings 33 4 2 2 Tab Folders Defines the directories for documents templates and import files Presets can be entered by typing into the field or by clicking the corresponding Browse button Application preferences General Folders Faper Stocks Printing Unda Folder settings Documents C Documents and 5 ethings SMe Browse Templates CAProgram Files head Coverl Browse Import files CAD ocuments and Settings Me Browse 4 2 3 Tab Paper stocks Defines the standard paper profile for every cover element in Cover Designer This defines the type of paper on which the cover element will be printed So it doesn t need to be adjusted again before every printing process If the option Print elements by default is active the marked element will be printed without having to set this on the tab Printing Elements see Tab Elements Application preferences General Folders Paper Stocks Undo Paper Stocks rook let Hormal Paper k Inlay o Print elements by default Front Inlay Mini CD Rear Inlay Mini CD Label Mini CD Biz Card Rectangle Biz Card
55. on the File menu Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 46 5 On the icon bar click on the Save button and enter a file name speichern unter Save in O 8 amp m O Adobe My Received Files Corel User Files 4 Nero vision Grace Universal My eBooks Amy Music Amy Pictures File name Cover Designer ncd Save as type Nero Cover Designer Documents ned Ww All additional cover elements for this cover are then saved in this file 5 3 2 Booklet Rear The following section describes how to create a booklet Rear with text 1 Click on the Booklet Rear tab to bring up the template for the back side of a booklet a 2 On the toolbar click on the button to insert a text box The mouse cursor changes to cross hairs i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd EJ File Edit wiew Object Data Window Help 2PHS b 00x500 0 0 A merren e I BI UN amp Ole Te t Booklet Front Booklet Rear Hinay Disk For Help press F1 22 60 34 15 NLM Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 47 3 Position the cross hairs at the place you want the text to begin hold down the left mouse button and drag the frame to the approximate size of the anticipated text block Release the mouse button The text box has now been inserted Q You can change the size of the text box at any time by dragging the handles and change its position using drag amp drop meaning the text box is held with the mouse an
56. oss erode mosaic outline parabolic concave convex posterisation sharpen soften solarisation s Flip Negate Pinch Swirl Rotate Many image editing operations are performed in a window containing the original and a preview Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 69 7 2 1 Effects Adjust The effects of Color adjustment allow the following changes to the current image Brightness Changes the brightness using a slider on a scale from 100 to 100 Contrast Changes the contrast using a slider on a scale of 100 to 100 see the following example Gamma Changes the brightness of the mid tone values using a slider on a scale of 0 01 to 10 Equalize Changes the roughness by clicking on the effect Below is an example of Adjust effects Select the Contrast effect for image editing Filters d Flip d Gamma Megate Equalize Pinch Swirl Rotate The preview window appears You create the following high contrast image by moving the slider to the right on the scale Contrast Original Preview Contrast 7 2 2 Effects Filters The Filter effects enable you to make the following changes to your current image Emboss Creates a relief of the image Erode Creates a watercolor effect by clicking on the command Mosaic Creates a mosaic of your image using a slider on a scale from 1 to 63 Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 70 e
57. ox is located in the Properties window as a tab in the foreground The Pen Brush and Image tabs give you additional design options Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 78 8 2 Properties Window 8 2 1 Textbox Tab Properties SE Fen Brush Image Textbox TineeNewFionen w ve Z u Fit to shape Read only Use the Properties window with the Textbox tab in the foreground for entering text in the text field and selecting it for editing font selection using a drop down button changing font size using a drop down button formatting the text using Bold Italic Underline Align Left Align Center Align right and Justify using buttons changing the font color by clicking on the A button fitting the text to the printable area of the cover element by checking the Fit to shape box preventing further editing of the text by checking the Read only check box This is particularly useful when you are creating templates Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 79 8 2 2 0 050 millimeters Select Color Hue 0 E Red l Saturation E Green o A r A r Brightness 0 Blue oc g ah Fy hl A hl Use the Properties window with the Pen tab in the foreground for 9 removing the color of the text box frame by clicking on the no
58. pe Nero Cover Designer Templates nct Ww 3 Click on the No button to create a new document Cover Designer Clicking on the Yes button opens the document template which you can then modify 4 Edit the document or modify the template Nero Cover Designer Document Templates e 67 7 Image Editing 7 1 Introduction The quickest way to add an image is to use the icon on the toolbar Double clicking on the image opens the Properties window which contains the Effects button and the Stretching region 7 2 Using Effects Cover Designer s effects give you unlimited scope to use your imagination The image can be varied in countless ways giving you complete and total assurance that you can design your own individual cover The following section introduces the effects and illustrates some selected effects using examples Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 68 The Properties window with the effects Backeround Properties Brush mage source Image Stretch Mode Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping Proportional clip image Effects Mame logo_Nero Express pg Adjust Filters Megate Finch Swirl Rotate After you click on the Effects button the following basic functions including a variety of detailed functions are available for selection Adjust Brightness contrast gamma and equalize Filters emb
59. perties Brush Test Font Field type Options Disk g Disk Artist Time format Number of Tracks Total Playing Time Size format Total Size of Files Last Save Date Date format Last Print Date Custom text Custom test Leading text Trailing tert Fined Size Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 57 If you click on ee you can edit the corresponding document data The cursor will be automatically set to the correct position see chapter Document Datas Document data E amp amp Document Best of Audio Data Ss Disk 1 Rock Number of tracks 5 a Audio data Total playing time 37 32 Add Track Delete All Q If you modify the entries under Document data the changes appear automatically 5 6 Label Design Label is the designation for a sticker in the shape of a CD which can be accurately attached onto the CD using a label kit A label can consist of images and text This section describes the creation of a label containing artistic text Artistic text differs from text blocks which were used to design the booklet Rear principally in the functions available 1 Click on the Disk 1 tab to bring up the label template 2 On the toolbar click on the A button to write using artistic text The mouse cursor turns into a moveable letter A Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 58 Nero Cover Designer i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ned E File Edit Vie
60. playing time should appear on the inlay Disk The name of the disk and the artist should appear on the label 1 On the File menu select the New command define the cover and CD type check the Create new template check box and click on the OK button Nero Cover Designer Document Templates e 63 Nero Cover Designer Pj New document Standard Empty Audio Classi Document E 2 2 DVD Case ipho DanceHiph Muli Bos a Ic Rock rict Disks 1 amp a Create new template Max Vocal nc Ld io Data Audio D ata Because you want a custom image to appear on the front of every booklet do not make any entries on this tab Click on the Booklet Rear tab Click on the button to add an image select the image you want and click on the Open button Position the image at the place you want to put it and click with the mouse to add the image Edit the image as necessary for example to resize it f Nero Cover Designer New Template 1 BAA E Fie Edit View Object Data Window Help 0 X SP HS bBBXHOMOA Allee A Times New Roman 24 g I U Ke Pi amp Th Ta 4 Fe ict T 0 00 40 00 150 00 Mia CGS cea Gd Ged Geral E errr errr rr tr rrr rrr rr mr a a pila pid pelea D ad O oj o il Booklet Front Booklet Rear Jintay o Disk 1 For Help press F1 205 70 114 85 NUM Document Templates e 64 o Using the Background settings in the
61. r selecting the directory file type and file Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 84 Look in gt amp gt m logo Nero Express jpg Wave Editor jpg fh lago Cover Designer File name logo Cover Designer jpg Files of type All Supported Files y Clicking on the Open button loads the image into the preview Clicking on the OK button inserts the image into the text box Scanning an image by clicking on the TWAIN button Fitting the image to the size of the text box in the Stretching region by activating the Adjust to frame size Proportional no clipping and Proportional clip image fields The Stretching function is only active if the image has been inserted via the menu Object Background settings Refer to chapter Fitting to the Frame Size Editing the image by clicking on the Effects button Refer to chapter Image Editing Remove the image by clicking on the button Remove image Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 85 9 Editing Artistic Text 9 1 Introduction The quickest way to add artistic text is to use the A button on the toolbar Select text for further editing by using the r button You can select artistic text using the handles which you can use to easily make immediate modifications to the text Double click or right click to access further design options for example bending the text changing font attributes and sel
62. ription of the corresponding Pen Brush Text and Font tabs The Bent function is emphasized which allows you to fit artistic text to the curvature of the CD Chapter 10 shows you how to add name or delete files folders and tracks for you document data Chapter 11 presents editing features for fields and gives a detailed description of the corresponding tabs Field Pen Brush Text and Font Chapter 12 lets you quickly find the information you want using the index created here 1 2 1 Notes for the User The following symbols are used in this manual g This symbol means warning or caution It identifies very important information Failure to comply with the information leads to undesirable program behavior o This symbol stands for useful tip or nice to know It indicates important or informative items Nero Cover Designer Getting Started e 7 2 informationen on Cover Designer 2 1 Introduction The Cover Designer was specially created to allow the design and production of CD DVD and Business card covers via a usertriendly interface It is included in some of Ahead software s products and can be initiated by clicking on the respective icon One of the advantages of integrating the Cover Designer into some of Ahead s products is the ability to automatically create playlists and or filename lists thus saving you the annoyance of having to manually type them in In additio
63. s command Number of audio tracks on the CD If the document contains more than one audio disk the appropriate number appears only on the corresponding disk If this field is added to another cover element the number of tracks on the first disk is displayed You can change this using the Properties command Playing time of the audio tracks If the document contains more than one audio disk the appropriate playing time only appears on the corresponding disk If this field is added to another cover element the playing time of the first disk is displayed You can change this using the Properties command Total size of the data files If the document contains more than one data disk the appropriate total size only appears on the corresponding disk If this field is added to another cover element the total size of the data files on the first disk is displayed You can change this using the Properties command Date when the document was saved Date when the document was printed Individual text from the user which can be changed after a double click on the inserted field Comes in handy especially for creating templates o Fields can only be added individually You cannot add more than one field at a time 1 Select the cover element you want 2 Click on the button the fields appear 3 Select the field you want and place it on the work space Nero Cover Designer Adding Fields e 101 Ff Nero Cov
64. signer e 11 2 2 2 2 Rectangle tool The rectangle tool is activated by clicking on the E4 Remove the pen line by clicking on the button i e the line is no longer visible C button and allows you to Draw a rectangle by dragging the mouse pointer Change the shape to a square by moving the drag points with the mouse Edit the marked rectangle exactly by right clicking ut Copy Delete Duplicate Arrange Align Geometry Properties Group Ungroup Arrange Align Nero Cover Designer Chrl Chrl c Del Chri D Alk t Becomes active when several elements are marked with the Ctrl key held down The Group command allows all these elements to be edited simultaneously Becomes active when several elements are grouped The command Ungroup allows each of the elements to be edited individually Arranges the elements in the foreground in the background one level forward or one level back Aligns elements exactly by activating or deactivating various options Informationen on Cover Designer e 12 Alian elements Horizontal alignment k Left Center C Right Vertical alignment Align to tT Top Last selected element Center Page a Bottom Geometry Determines the exact position of elements either by input or by using the arrow keys Geometry x Position ok Cancel 37 200 mm Width 52
65. stortion can occur Proportional no clipping The image is resized proportionally to fit the defined frame size No image information is lost Areas on the cover element may remain empty Proportional clip image The image is resized proportionally to fit the defined frame size Image information can be lost because certain areas of the image are cut off Fitting is not visible in the preview window You only see the result when you click on the OK button You do not have to insert the image again to refit it Clicking on the right mouse button and selecting Background Properties brings you back to the functions Nero Cover Designer Image Editing e 77 8 Text Block Editing 8 1 Introduction A text block is text that Cover Designer treats as an element and that can be entered into a text box The individual letters sentences or sections are linked to each other and can only be moved as a complete unit If you want text to be located at the right left upper and lower frame of a cover element you cannot do this with one single text block Instead you would have to create four text blocks You are however free to select the appearance of the text block You can choose different fonts colors etc for text blocks and you can format paragraphs differently The quickest way to insert a text box is to use the button on the toolbar then double click on the box to select it for text entry and editing The text b
66. t inlay Rear and labels Maxi Cover for a maxi CD with inlay and label Slim Pack Cover for a CD with booklet front booklet rear and disk Mini CD Cover for a CD with inlay front inlay rear and disk Business Card Cover for a visiting card with a rounded shape Business Card Cover for a visiting card with a rectangular shape rectangle The CD type is selectable as a tab The choices are Audio the CD contains only music Data the CD contains only data Audio Data the CD contains music and data The document templates that are available for the CD type appear in the center of the window Define the number of disks in the Disks field Either enter the value or use the arrow keys If the Create new template check box is checked a new reusable template is created instead of a new document refer to the Document Templates chapter To make the first selection proceed as follows 1 On the New Document window click on the Default icon to select the cover type 2 Click on the Audio tab to create a cover for a music CD 3 Click on the OK button The following window is displayed Nero Cover Designer Create Cover e 43 Nero Cover Designer New Document 1 ed File Edit View Object Data Window Help IPHS 36xS 60 0e Qi 44 TinesNewFonen 4 BF UINA A OBOE ee Booklet Front Booklet Rear inay Disk 1 For Help press Fi 3 80 124 15 NLM m The
67. ta B ay Disk 2 Audio data Delete All Total playing tine 00 00 5 Repeat the appropriate steps for the next disk 10 3 Files Folders and Tracks 10 3 1 Naming Files and Folders 1 Select the Document data command on the Data menu and select File system data 2 Click on the button to display the existing file and folders 3 Click on a file or folder You can change the title of the file or folder in the title field You cannot change the entries in the Path and Size fields Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 97 Document data s Document ay Disk 1 E ar File system data logo Cover Designer jpg J Universal ae Audio data 52 Disk 2 File system data Audio data File Data Title logo_Lover Designer jpg Fath C Documents and Settings Plar Size 31810 4 Click on the OK button to save the changes and close the window 10 3 2 Deleting Files and Folders 1 Select the Document data command on the Data menu and select File system data 2 Click on the button to display the existing file and folders 3 Click on the file or folder you want to delete and then click on the Delete button Repeat these steps for each additional element you want to delete o You can delete all existing file and folders by clicking on the Delete all button when File system data is selected 4 Click on the OK button to save the changes and close the window
68. tecketstencurencse vn sancscanaisducusles N 37 Nero Cover Designer Table of Contents e 3 AA PHnNUNO DICVICW ciirsa A 38 A5 Printer SQUID orren E EES 39 4 6 Paper Stocks Selection ccccccsssseeescesseesceesseeeeeesseeeseesseeeseeenees 39 AG Printer calDralon srice a un att eee eeetaes 40 5 Create CO Cigar ace cece estes es ee 42 Sel IMTFOGUGCTION essasi EES 42 5 2 Selecting the type of cover CD DVD or business card 42 5 3 IBOOKICUDCSIQM tiora a a 44 53 1 IDOOKICE FIOM oee E eee areas 44 532 IBOOKIC ACM zirien O 47 5 4 Add DOCUMENT Datas survei inanis a aaa 50 55 Create May rcionnirao A E 52 5 6 taper SSICR rsrs cecaet eas anaeiee eens scone edaueerenenets 58 6 Document Temp lates cccccccescssssessseeesseesseeseoeseeeseeenseoeseeeaseonees 63 Gils Creal TOM DlAle acc ccsesececsnteccdecacebesvevitevet sus derrenetencrsecatauredeusscesuasicteies 63 6 2 Load or Modify Document Template cccssseesseseeeesseeeeeneeeeees 67 EF VAG S a Saccsdeccewc ss E E E 68 TV Modulo nes E 68 TZ USING EHECIS nrnna a a a 68 L20 ENCO AQUS iian ate ea a tetae etn aiceeaetieeiyae 70 Tdi ENECO FING shai eeu ete eae ea ane aa td oa 70 TZ EES WMO eo etecGee cated area decay ote E ET 72 Tee EMCCE Negate oiran A T EREA 72 L20 EMOGE PING ecacentytes eco hae ona ed cel oeteet a E 73 F226 EHEC WIN a ctieintesietetcee a eaten eset 74 Fal ENEC OLA sire iar tists ca ee cheats ohare ree en peau 75 7 3 Fit
69. tered Set right and Block text using the buttons Change the text color using the button A Adapt the text in the printable area of the cover element by activating the box Adapt to shape Prevent any further alterations to the text by activating the box Read only This is very useful when creating templates The tabs Pen Brush Image and the expression Text block are described in detail in the chapter Text Block Editing The text tool for the input of graphic text is activated by clicking on the A button and allows you to Insert a graphic text by clicking with the mouse into the workspace and inserting the text For any further editing it can be marked with the R button Edit a marked text exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 16 Cut Cbrl Copy Ctrl C Delete Del Duplicate Chrl D Arrange Align Geometry Alki Bend Convert bo curves Properties The functions Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry in the context menu are identical with those described above see chapter Rectangle tool Bend Bend the graphic text e g to create a label Text blocks ina text box cannot be bent Convert to Convert a graphic text to a graphic element After the curve conversion it can no longer be edited bent or formatted Properties Properties Pen Brush T
70. the color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately 9 2 3 Text Tab Properties Pen Brush Text Font Uptions _ Read only Content This is my first label Use the Properties window with the Text tab in the foreground for additional editing of artistic text in the Content area Click on the text field to make changes additional editing of artistic text in the Options area Check or uncheck the Read only check box and Bent to re enter or change these options o The Bent function is only available for artistic text A text block in a text box cannot be bent Nero Cover Designer Editing Artistic Text e 91 9 2 4 Font Tab Properties Fen Brush Text MS FGothic MS PMincha MS Ul Gothic MY Boli MN SimnSur OCH Extended Palatina Linotype PMingLill Aaa Shruti SimHei Sim n Sylfaen Symbol Tahoma Times Hew Roman Font Style TERME Bold Italic Bold Italic Strikeout Underline Sample Times New Roman Use the Properties window with the Font tab in the foreground for selecting the font type in the Font section by clicking on the font you want selecting the style type in the Font Style area by clicking on Regular or Italic for example lf the Stri
71. the form to a circle by moving the drag points with the mouse Edit the marked ellipse exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 14 Cut Chrl e Copy Chrl C Delete Del Duplicate Chri D Arrange Align Geometry Alk s Properties The complete functions of the context menu are identical with those described above see also the chapter Rectangle tool 2 2 2 4 Text box tool The text box tool for the input of text blocks is activated by clicking the button and allows you to Insert a text box by dragging the mouse pointer Edit the marked text box exactly by right clicking A context menu will then open Cut Ctrl g Copy Chrl C Delete Del Duplicate Chri D Arrange Align Geometry Alk s Properties The Group Ungroup Arrange Align and Geometry functions of the context menu are identical to those described above see also chapter Rectangle tool Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 15 2 2 2 9 Properties Text tool Properties Pen Brush Image Textbox manan ww BF OT Fit to shape Read only Enter block text in the text field and mark it for further editing Select the font using the drop down button Change the font size using the drop down button Format the text with Bold Italic Underline Set left Cen
72. the symbols that are used Chapter 2 introduces Cover Designer and its cover elements and provides a brief description of the program s structure The toolbar and its use will be explained to you Chapter 3 presents various aids that help you create and align objects for example guidelines Chapter 4 shows you where you can define the appearance of the various cover elements by modifying the default and program settings It also describes how you select paper stocks and calibrate the printer kalibrieren and specify printing options Chapter 5 guides you step by step through the process of creating a CD cover By following the instructions you can modify the design of each cover element and compare your results with the illustrations You will be surprised how easy it is to achieve the results you want Chapter 6 shows you how to give a uniform appearance to your CD covers by creating and loading document templates and modifying them again as needed Nero Cover Designer Getting Started e 6 Chapter 7 introduces you to the world of graphics design You can choose among a seemingly endless range of effects To round off the topic we give you examples and information for adapting the image size to the document Chapter 8 presents editing features for text blocks and gives a detailed description of the corresponding Textbox Pen Brush and Image tabs Chapter 9 presents artistic text design features and provides a detailed desc
73. ting tO The Frame SIZE sesccscscsicrsccotsadectersseucereteninouniertinnsiinwsaceutudss 76 8 Text Block EGU weicccsecs esi cccscictsseciecedenedequccevdsevcesvceckcoczdecscceswecteicen 78 Gili HMM OGUGUON icere E r Na 78 8 2 Properties WiNndOW sssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nnn 79 821 TEXO Wa iceccs ctacisetatedaresesicniesdeanctidy E 79 S22 SPEM Ta Deenen ree nc 80 823 Brush TaDuseireinn naa A a 82 B 2 4 NWMAGS TAD a ect ndawchig eueeneie 84 9 Eang FAIS UIC OK eniinn AAAA EA AENEAN 86 QA Nrod cto M raataa a aaa a tees 86 9 2 Properties WIRGOW iisccsscctercswdreiccatieneuaie ocean centres 87 De SOM Mia a A tances sasaase ttl setal teakctaea eect stedeniadeeeeeaee 87 P22 TORUS TAD henen e se eaneddemesenceuen seen 89 Taoa TOE Ic renee ter mene ce mee Cen eee eee ne Ree tie apnoea eer oe mare 91 Nero Cover Designer Table of Contents e 4 924 Fon VAD wieicctasstctescieeuche acts ck eta cusvce taste casleumsedihed ateocorhateeatstietent 92 10 Document DAlAS iiscececcesiecice eke ceca ccd cated tee Seeded cece 93 10 1 MEO GUC HOM srin E a AA EAE 93 10 2 Adding Files and Tracks cccssccsesseeeeseeeeseecenseeeeneeeeseeseneesoaees 94 10 3 Files Folders and Tracks cccccsscseceescsecceecnseneeeseeneeseeenseneeeeenes 97 10 3 1 Naming Files and Folders ccccccccsseececeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeseneeesaaeees 97 10 3 2 Deleting Files and Folders ccccccccss
74. to all data and tracks on this disk Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 94 Document data s Document n File system data got Audio data ba Disk 2 Type File system data Audio data Artist Publisher Apply to all subitems Delete Import Data 3 In the next line click on File system data To add individual files click on the Add Files button select the files you want and then click on the Open button The file s you added appear s in the directory To add a folder and its contents click on the Add Folder button select the folder and click on the OK button The folder s you added appear s in the directory o Clicking on the Delete all deletes all references to existing data and folders Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 95 Document data s Document File Syster Data 7 a Number of entries 0 File system data l Audo dats Total size 0 bytes E ay Disk 2 File system data Add Files Audio data Delete all 4dd Folder x 4 In the next line click on Audio data To add tracks click repeatedly on the Add Track button until the desired number is reached The tracks you have added appear in the directory o Clicking on the Delete all button deletes all existing tracks Nero Cover Designer Document Datas e 96 Document data E Document Audio Data 7 on Number of tracks O File system data Audio da
75. ument Datas Properties Properties Pen Brush Text Font Field Field type Options Disk Time format Size format Total Size of Files Last Save Date Date format Last Print Cate Custom text Custom test Leading text Trailing text Fined Size Edit the field type in the region Options Format the field using the drop down button in the field Alignment Stipulate the index of the referenced disk using the arrow keys in the field Disk Select a format for displaying the time span using the drop down button in the field Time format Select a format for displaying the size using the drop down button in the field Size format Select a format for displaying the date using the drop down button in the field Date format Nero Cover Designer Informationen on Cover Designer e 26 Enter an individual text for displaying in free fields in the field Free text Enter an individual text to be placed either before or after the content of each field in the fields Text before or Text after By activating the box Fixed size the field text wil always be of the same size This function is not available for bent texts The tabs Pen Brush Text and Font are described in detail in the chapter Editing fields o The functions Data and Properties can also be called up via the moveable too
76. ust the brightness in the color bar on the right by moving the marker Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 82 Properties Pen Brush Image Textbox Select Color Sil ee Foreground Background Hue Red Saturation 23 Green 33 E Brightness 228 Blue 228 Select a pattern for foreground and background in the field Style using the drop down button The colors of the pattern can be changed by clicking on Foreground or Background and then clicking on a color in the color circle The color in these fields will change depending on your selection Properties Brush Image Textbox Select Color x Style Foreground 21 E ie Saturation 201 Greer 45 z Brightness 216 Blue 204 Background Nero Cover Designer Text Block Editing e 83 A color can also be defined by input by selecting color values in the fields Hue Saturation and Brightness or by selecting the color components in the fields Red Green and Blue The OK button saves and changes the color immediately 8 2 4 Image Tab Properties Pen Brush Image Textbox mage source Stretch Mode Use the Properties window with the Image tab in the foreground for adding an image to the text box loading an image from a file by clicking on the File button This opens the window fo
77. w Object Data Window Help JAPHETH DA oela JF Mme Ae SBI UIN a GMO wt Booklet Front Booklet Rear Inlay Disk 1 For Help press F1 30 20 31 80 NLM Use the mouse to place the A at the spot where the text should begin and click once The starting point for the text has now been added Write in your text for example This is my first label The text can extend beyond the frame Select the text by clicking on the iS button on the toolbar Move the mouse cursor over the text and right click i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer ncd E File Edit View Object Data Window Help 22Hs 0QxS 900 e Qa a Tenen vii BZ UJN DEG Bo a E E a This is my first Jabel E E Cut Ctrl s Copy Ctrl Delete Del Duplicate Ctrl D 0 00 tli Arrange Align Geometry Alk G Converk bo curves Properties ays NI Cy O A E 40 00 rolurreragt Booklet Front Booklet Rear Inlay Disk 1 Enable or disable bending of the text 24 90 31 00 Select the Bend function to fit the text to the CD curvature The text is adapted immediately Create Cover e 59 o The Bend function is only available for artistic text Text blocks in a text box cannot be bent g The Convert to curves function converts artistic text into a artistic element Subsequently it cannot be edited bent or formatted i Nero Cover Designer Cover Designer

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