Note: This section is only applicable to FlipAlbum® 6 Suite and Pro users only

 

7.7 Export Album to CD

 

Albums can be exported onto a CD using the FlipAlbum® 6 Suite/Pro. Anyone who receives the FlipAlbum® CD can simply pop it into the CD-ROM drive and view it instantly without downloading or installing any software.

 

To export the current Album onto a CD (Single Album on CD):

  1. Open an album you want to export onto a CD.

  2. Click CD Maker on the menu bar and click Create Album CD.

  3. The Create Album CD dialog box will be displayed. (Fig 7.7.1).

Fig 7.7.1 Create Album CD Dialog Box

  1. Select Create a new Album CD radio button and select Single Album on CD. Click OK.

  2. The Create a new CD Folder dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.7.2). You need to create a folder to contain all the relevant files to be burned onto the CD.

Fig 7.7.2 Create a new folder Dialog Box

  1. Navigate to the desired location (Eg C:\) and type in the new folder name (eg. AlbumCD).

  2. Click Create. Your folder will be created and your album will be exported to the folder you have just created (eg C:\AlbumCD).

  3. The Album CD Options Menu dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.7.3).

Fig 7.7.3 Album CD Options Menu Dialog Box

  1. Click Set Album Options if you want to change some settings to your album. The Set Album Options dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.7.4).

Fig 7.7.4 Set Album CD Options - Settings Dialog Box

 

Note: The Security tab in Fig 7.7.4 and 7.7.5 is only available for FlipAlbum® 6 Pro only.

 

 

Settings:

  1. You can change settings for start with autoflip, album opened and window frame by checking the relevant boxes. When the Start with Auto Flip is selected, you can control the direction/action at end of flipping and the autoflip interval. You can also define whether the first page will be on the left, right or any page.

General:

  1. Click the General tab if you want to set splash screen, font embedding and web-related information. The General Tab dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.7.5).


Fig 7.7.5 Set Album CD Options - General Dialog Box

  1. You can add a splash screen that will appear after the Album CD is popped into the CD-ROM drive. The splash screen can be any JPG or BMP image (eg company logo). Select the Start with splash screen for check box and click the Picture button.

  2. Navigate to the folder containing the splash screen that you have created, select it and click Open.

  3. Select the number of seconds (1 - 100 seconds) you would want your splash screen to remain on screen before your album appears.

  4. If you have used some fancy fonts in your album and suspect others who view your AlbumCD may not have those fonts, check the Embed True Type Fonts check box. FlipAlbum® 6 Pro will embed the fonts onto the AlbumCD and your viewers will be able to see the same fancy fonts you used.

  5. To add your Company name and Web URL to the book background of your album, simply key in the relevant information. If you want the Company name and Web URL to be used for future album CDs, select the Use these settings in future Album CD check box. (Only for FlipAlbum 6 Pro)

Note: Only true type fonts and those that fonts that provides the rights for embedding will be embedded onto the AlbumCD.

 

Set Album Title:

  1. To change the album title that will appear on the Windows title bar on the album CD, click Set Album CD Title, type the title and click OK.

Security:

  1. Only for FlipAlbumŪ 6 Pro, you would be able to add security control features to your albums and album CD. These control features will be elaborated in Section 7.10 Security Control Features.

  2. Click OK once you are done with the settings. The Album CD Options Menu dialog box (Fig 7.7.3) will be displayed again.

Preview Album CD:

  1. To preview the album, click Preview Album CD. Once done with the preview, close the album and the Album CD Options Menu dialog box (Fig 7.7.3) will be displayed again.

  2. Click Next. The Burn CD Information dialog box will be displayed (Fig 7.7.6).

Fig 7.7.6 Burn CD Information Dialog Box

 

Burn CD:

  1. Launch your CD writing software, eg Easy CD Creator, or Nero.

  2. Using your CD writing software, navigate to the folder that you have exported your album to (eg C:\AlbumCD) and copy the 2 folders and 2 files (FlipAlbumCD, MacCDViewer.app, Autorun, start) onto the CDR.

Note: You may not want to copy the folder MacCDViewer.app onto the CDR if your recipients of the album CDs are using PCs and not Macs.

 

Burn to CD:

 

You will see the Burn to CD button only if FlipAlbumŪ 6 Suite/Pro detects that your PC has Nero Burning ROM 5.5 or higher installed (Fig 7.7.6). By clicking the button, you will be able to directly create an album CD. You will be prompted with Fig 7.7.7 to remind you to put an empty CD-R/RW disc into the CD Writer.

 

Fig 7.7.7 Insert CD-R/RW Disc Prompt

 

AlbumCD for Mac:

 

With FlipAlbumŪ 6 Suite/Pro, the album CDs you create can now run on the Mac as well. The Mac user simply needs to pop the album CD into the CD ROM drive, double click the CD icon, and launch the MacCDViewer to view the album(s).

 

Note: Not all the features found on the PC version of FlipAlbumŪ 6 Suite/Pro are supported in the Mac. The features not supported in the Mac will either be ignored or not displayed. These include:

  1. Files formats like TIF, WMF, ICO, PCX, PCD, PSD, MP3, AVI, MPG will be ignored.

  2. Bookmarks and markers will not be displayed.

  3. Set link function not supported.

  4. No page audio.

  5. No book binders.

  6. No Window Frame mode not supported.

  7. Cropped shape effect not supported.

  8. Hidden entries in Overview, Contents and Index Pages will not be hidden.

  9. Book starting with non-standard flipping direction (ie from left to right) not supported.

  10. Cover overhang will not be displayed.

  11. Cannot activate slideshow.

  12. Default margins of 2% will be used even if margins are set to zero.

 

Note: There may also be incompatibility between the fonts used in the PC and Mac. As such, font substitution may take place when the AlbumCD is run on a Mac. You may want to use normal size fonts and avoid annotating the whole page.

 

To assist you in understanding the process of burning the album to the CDR, two typical CD writing software, namely Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 and Nero 6 will be used as examples.

 

Note: FlipAlbumŪ 6 Suite/Pro do not come with the programs required to write onto CDs. The CD writing software is generally provided with CD writers. For further information, please contact the manufacturer of your CD writer.

 

Roxio Easy Media Creator 7

  1. Launch Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.

  2. Click "Copy files to disk" on the opening dialog box. The Creator Classic dialog box will be displayed.

  3. At Select Source pane, navigate to the folder (eg C:\AlbumCD) you have exported your album to.

  4. Click Edit and click Select All to highlight the 2 folder and 2 files.

  5. Drag and drop the folders and files to the Data Disk Project pane (Fig 7.7.8).

  6. Click File and click Burn.

  7. The Roxio Creator Classis - Burn Progress dialog box will be displayed. Click Burn to start writing.

Fig 7.7.8 Roxio Easy Media Creator Dialog Box

 

Nero 6

  1. Launch Nero 6. The New Compilation dialog box will be displayed.

  2. Click CD ROM (ISO) on the left hand pane.

  3. Click New button.

  4. Click Window on the menu bar and click Horizontal.

  5. Navigate to the folder (eg C:\AlbumCD) you have exported your album to in the Explorer pane.

  6. Click Edit and click Select All to highlight the 2 folder and 2 files.

  7. Drag and drop the folders and files to the ISO1 Explorer pane (Fig 7.7.9).

  8. Click File and click Write CD. The Write CD dialog box will be displayed.

  9. Click the Write button to start.

Fig 7.7.9 Nero 6 Dialog Box