13.    HOW DO I PRINT A LABEL ON MY DVD DISC?

You will find that printing a DVD label is quite easy. There are computer shops that sell CD Label Kits, with that are stickers included the size of the DVD disc which makes printing a DVD label easier.  These stickers fit on an A4/Letter which can be fed into your printer.  They usually come in a paper box, with printing software included.  When you go to one of the cover sites like www.cdcovers.cc or Movie DVD Covers, you will see that you can also download the DVD disc label. (The picture that is on the DVD disc itself).  After you have downloaded the disc label, use the software that came with the stickers to commence the printing of a DVD label on one of the stickers. Then press the sticker onto your disc, usually using a CD label kit.

Another way is to buy printable blank DVD discs.  You will find that in any computer shop.  Here you will need a printer that has a CD tray, which is designed for printing a DVD label directly onto CD’s and DVD’s.  This is the easiest way.  You just download the DVD label, put your printable blank DVD disc into your printer and printing the DVD label onto the disc using the software provided by the printer.

The most cost effective way to label your DVD discs is to use LightScribe.

14.    WHAT IS LIGHTSCRIBE?

LightScribe is a disc-labelling technology which uses a laser to create a label on your disc.  First of all you need a DVD-Writer that supports LightScribe.  It will have this LightScribe logo on it:

All the newest DVD Writers comes equipped with LightScribe and are the same price as the old ones.  It doesn’t use ink, so it is very cost effective, but you have to buy LightScribe discs.  You can’t use the LightScribe technology on your normal blank DVD discs.  The LightScribe discs have a golden coating on one side, and you can buy them at any computer shop.

15.    HOW DO I CREATE A LABEL ON MY DISC WITH LIGHTSCRIBE?

After you have burned your DVD files on your LightScribe disc, take the disc out and flip it over so that the side with the golden coating is facing down and place it back into the DVD Writer.  The picture burned on your disc will only be in gold and gradients of black, this is because of the laser that LightScribe use and not ink.

We are going to use Nero to burn the picture on your disc.  Nero comes standard with most DVD Writers.  If you don’t have Nero, download the Nero trial version.  Check that you have a new version of Nero, the old ones doesn’t support LightScribe label printing.

Open Nero by clicking on START then PROGRAMS, select NERO then choose NERO OEM and click on NERO COVER DESIGN.  It will look like this:

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Click on the LIGHTSCRIBE icon (Marked as “1”) at the left of the window, then click on the EMPTY DOCUMENT icon (Marked as “2”) and then click OK. (Marked as “3”)

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To insert the image, click on the IMAGE TOOL button (Marked as “4”) on the left side of the window, browse to where you have saved your picture for your disc.  (If you don’t have an image yet, go to FREE COVERS or http://www.cdcovers.cc/covers and download it, remember, here you must download the disc image.)  Click on the file you want and click OPEN.

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You will have a ghost square (Marked as “5”) attached to your mouse pointer (Marked as “6”).  Position the mouse pointer precisely in the center of the CD sample (Marked as “7”), and click once.

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Now you can resize the image to fit on the CD using the resizing squares at each corner and on each side of the image.  Try to use only the corner squares (Marked as “8”) to resize the image to fit on the CD sample.

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Once you are satisfied that the image fits on the CD sample, click on FILE then choose LIGHTSCRIBE PRINT PREVIEW (remember your disc must be in your Writer, facing down).  This gives you a preview of how the CD will look like when the image is burned on it.  If it doesn’t seem right or fit on the CD sample, click OK and then drag the resizing square(s) that needs attention.  You can Print Preview it again until you are satisfied.

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When you’re done, click FILE and choose PRINT LIGHTSCRIBE LABEL.  Choose BEST (Marked as “9”) and click on PRINT (Marked as “10”).  Your label will now be printed (burned) onto your disc.

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You can also save your project once the label has been burned on your disc.  Click FILE and select SAVE AS.  In the File Name text box, type the name of your movie or any other name that you want to save it as.  In the Save In drop-down list box, select the location to where you want to save your file.  Click SAVE.  The file will be saved as an .NCD file.

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The next time you want to burn that same image, you don’t have to do the whole process from start; you just double click on the specific .NCD file that you have saved.  Nero Cover Design will open automatically and all you have to do is click on FILE and choose PRINT LIGHTSCRIBE LABEL.

16.    HOW DO I MAKE MY DVD COPY LOOK JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL?

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Burn your DVD files onto a blank DVD disc.

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Printing a DVD label on your printable disc with your printer or make a LightScribe label with your DVD Writer.

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Print your DVD Cover and fit it into an empty DVD case.

Now your DVD copy should look very much the same as the original.

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