Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 gives you creative inspiration and all the tools you need to enhance your digital lifestyle. Create, share and enjoy your movies, memories and music as only you can. A 3 step wizard lets you auto-edit your movie and easily lets youupload to YouTube in one click. Capture and edit High-Definition video and add surround sound playback. Record internet radio, batch convert files, backup your iPod and more. Enhance photos and video taken on your mobile devices and use them in projects with your other media. Embrace the next-generation experience of Windows Vista with Creator 10. Enjoy the new cool-looking, transparent glass user interface, streamlined work flow and easy access to essential tasks. Handy gadgets let you capture Internet audio or convert video to a format of your choice directly from your Windows Vista desktop. Record or edit audio tracks, add multiple sound layers and apply filters or effects, and convert audio files into other formats with Sound Editor. Now includes support for VST effects. The VideoWave timeline now supports up to 32 overlay, audio and text effect tracks, giving you the freedom and flexibility to make very complex productions. Add a Smart Sound soundtrack to your movie or slideshow that perfectly matches the mood and length of your project. Turn a camera phone picture into a keepsake with the Mobile Photo Doctor. Easily frame any photo to fit perfectly on your cell phone screen without bars or borders using Mobile Photo Fit. Auto-sync digital media on your PC and mobile devices. Set up custom profiles for easy transfer of music, photos and video from your mobile phone to PC and back.

Amazon.com:
The new Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 puts everything you need to express yourself digitally at your fingertips. Transform raw vision into sophisticated movies, stunning photo slideshows. Even advanced creative work is a snap, like timeline video editing or photo touchups and object cloning. Now you can auto-fix camera phone photos. Post video to YouTube with one click. Encode HD video faster. Burn or copy the latest HD DVD or Blue-ray discs. Share and enjoy your creations at home, on-the-go or on the web. It's the best software for all your digital media needs. Fully certified for Windows Vista and supports Windows XP too!

Roxio Central component provides a link to the many digital media components, applications and utilities offered in Easy Media Creator 10.

Media Manager includes dozens of tools to help you keep track of and work with your photos, videos and music.

Edit just about any video type.

Imagine great things. Now create them.

Suite and complete.
Creator 10 puts everything you need to express yourself digitally at your fingertips. Capture, organize, edit, enhance, protect, share and enjoy your photos, video and music as only you can.

Unrivaled, easy control.
Transform raw vision into sophisticated movies, stunning photos and more with Creator 10. Even advanced creative work is a snap, like timeline video editing or photo touch-up and object cloning.

Results that rock!
Imagine great things. Then create breathtaking vacation slideshows, mesmerizing wedding videos. Give a calendar or a music mix CD to a friend that cost you nothing but a few mouse clicks. Creator 10 makes it fun and easy with professional-looking DVD menus or templates.

Top 10 cool things you can do now with Creator 10 1. Copy* your favorite audio, movies and TV shows from any iPod to your PC. 2. Add perfect soundtracks to slideshows and movies--no looping. 3. Send videos to YouTube with one click. 4. Auto-fix your camera phone photos with the Mobile Photo Doctor. 5. Show off mobile phone pictures without bars or borders. 6. Auto-sync digital media on your PC and mobile devices. 7. Convert audio and video files to the format of your choice--right on your Windows Vista desktop. 8. Save tons of time by ripping CDs from multiple drives. 9. Control lots of gigs: save data to HD DVDs and copy with one click. 10. Automatically catalog the contents of your CDs and DVDs.

Key New Features and Enhancements
Easy Media Creator 10 combines over 40 components and many new features and enhancements into a comprehensive suite of best-of-breed digital media applications. Here is a quick breakdown of what's new in Creator 10:

Embracing Vista
The now fully certified Easy Media Creator 10, is the ideal complement and enhancement to Microsoft Vista. The product now sports a stunning new 'Aero' User Interface design in keeping with the visual appeal of the latest Operating System. Perhaps more importantly, Easy Media Creator offers new features and capabilities that are specifically designed to naturally extend the digital-media functionality of Vista. Creator now also includes new Vista gadgets, which make it convenient for users to quickly convert audio and video files to a favorite file type directly on the Vista desktop. In the case of the audio gadget, users can also use it to capture audio from various sources including streaming Web audio.

Mobile Companion
Easily Media Creator 10 adds a number of features to allow users to maximize the use of their multi-media enabled devices. This includes a feature for quickly fixing photos snapped using a device's built-in digital cameras called Mobile Photo Doctor. In addition, Mobile PhotoFit ensures digital photos are displayed accurately based on the capabilities of the device and a synchronizing tool enables users to prepare content for automatic transfer the next time a device is connected.

Enhancing Audio
For audiophiles, Easy Media Creator makes improvements to AutoMix a feature that automatically generates a collection of songs that sound great together based on a single Ôseed' song selected by the user. The resulting collection can be saved to the Hard Drive as a playlist, used to create a music CD, DVD, or sent to a mobile player. DVD Music Album, the feature that allows users to create 50-hour music DVDs complete with on-screen navigation has been enhanced with a range of new professionally-designed menu templates. Easy Media Creator also now offers a Batch Audio Converter that saves users time by automatically converting a wide range of audio file types into a single desired format (such as .MP3). The program also provides users with the ability to use disc drives in parallel so they can very quickly rip their entire CD collection. In addition, Creator's Sound Editor now supports VST plugins to allow users to enhance their audio editing and mixing capabilities.

Data Protection
Creator 10 lets users backup files to predefined archive categories such as Email, Financial, Music, and Photos or create their own custom categories. Special features allow users to backup only files that have changed since the last known backup or automatically prompt for a backup when an external Hard Drive is connected. Creator supports a range of backup devices and media including Blu-ray Discs and HD DVD discs. Large files can be automatically spanned across multiple discs as required. Finding a file that's stored on a disc is now a whole lot easier thanks to the new Disc Gallery feature that creates a catalog on the user's PC of all the offline content stored on CDs and DVDs. In addition, Creator now includes a feature to enable users to archive non-protected iPod music and video files to a PC even if that PC is not paired with the device.

After you have created a video using the video creation tools in Creator 10, you can easily upload it to YouTube.

There are dozens of menu styles to choose from for any event or occasion, including all new professionally designed styles with matching chapter/scene menus.

Video Editing and Publishing
Beyond the unrivaled editing power offered in the 32-track timeline, complete with batch video-segment removal, timeline markers and automatic tools for correcting color and removing background noise, users can now easily add the perfect sound track with the SmartSound feature. SmartSound provides a variety of built-in sound tracks to suit any mood. Users simply select the music they like and it is automatically added and adjusted to fit the length of their production. Video output options have also been enhanced. Creator supports quick output of video content to popular user-generated content site YouTube. The suite also provides new menu styles, menu navigation, and Fit-to-Disc auto encoding for when users author DVDs.

Creator 10 Key Components


Core, feature-rich applications provide a wealth of hands-on control.

• Roxio Central
  Roxio Central is the streamlined central launch area where users can enter an application, a task assistant, or quickly complete a popular digital media activity such as copy a disc.
• Media Manager
  Media Manager is the component that enables users to easily browse, manage, share and protect their media files.
• Creator Classic
  Offers reliable data burning with powerful advanced features such as disc spanning, compression, encryption and parallel burning.
• Video Copy & Convert
  Allows users to backup non-encrypted DVD-Videos or convert video files into preferred formats for use on an iPod, PSP, Windows Media portable device or mobile phone.
• PhotoSuite
  For editing and enhancing photos, creating delightful photo projects and gifts.
• VideoWave
  Powerful 32 track video editor with HD support and studio quality tools, effects, and transitions.
• MyDVD
  For authoring professional-looking DVDs and VCDs
• CinePlayer
  Full featured video player.
• Music Disc Creator
  Create audio CDs with DJ-style fades, MP3 mix discs, or music DVDs with up to 50 hours of music.
• Sound Editor
  Record, convert and edit audio files.
• Label Creator
  Create personalized disc labels, case covers and inserts.

Music Disc Creator helps you create audio CDs with DJ-style fades, MP3 mix discs, or music DVDs with 50 hours of music, on-screen menus and shuffle play.

PhotoSuite provides picture perfect photo editing and enhancements, and helps you to create delightful projects.

CinePlayer is the easiest way to enjoy your music, photos, video and DVDs.

Vista Gadgets (accessible from Vista Sidebar)
Vista gadgets provide the ease of doing things directly on the desktop

• Audio/Video Converter Gadget
  Drag and drop audio and video files for automatic conversion to a preferred format and to a preferred location (folder or portable device.)
• Easy Audio Capture Gadget
  Instantly capture any audio playing on your computer, including streaming radio.

Task Assistants (accessible from Roxio Central)
Task Assistants guide users quickly through the completion of a rich project.

• LP & Tape Assistant
  For digitizing LPs & tapes.
• Quick Music DVD
  For producing 50-hour music disc on a standard DVD that plays in any DVD player.
• Audio Tag Editor
  Automatically adds artist, album, song title or other track information to songs.
• Plug & Burn
  Turns camcorder DV tapes into a finished DVD in one simple step.
• CineMagic
  Automatically edits raw video into a finished production.
• MyDVD Express
  Creates great looking DVDs with your pictures and videos.
• Slideshow Assistant
  Transforms still photos into fantastic slideshows complete with pan & zoom motion effects, titles and soundtrack.
• Batch Audio Converter
  Batch converts selected audio files or an entire library into a preferred format.
• Multi CD Ripper
  Rip audio CD tracks to hard disk from multiple drives at the same time.
• Photo Assistants
  Turn photos into calendars, cards, panoramas, posters and other memorable projects.
• Express Labeler
  Personalize your CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs with labels and case covers Ð supports print to disc technology and laser labeling.
• AutoMix
  Creates a perfect playlists based on songs that are similar to selected Ôseed' song.

Innovative Utilities and Features (accessible from Roxio Central)
Creator 10 includes innovative utilities that help users do even more with their media and digital devices.

• Disc Image Loader
  Mount up to 23 disc image files as virtual drives, as if they were physical discs in a drive.
• Media Import
  Easily import and capture audio, video and photos from both digital and analog devices.
• Disc Gallery
  Catalogs all the files stored on discs so users can instantly find an offline file

Great Menu and Project Themes (accessible from MyDVD, DVD Music and Photo projects)
Creator 10 includes innovative utilities that help users do even more with their recorder and media, as well as with other peripheral devices, such as cameras and camcorders.

• DVD Menu Themes
  15 new high quality menu themes for DVD-Video creation
• DVD Music Disc Themes
  10 new themes to fit any mood
• Photo Projects Themes
  Standout projects with 34 new templates.

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Rating: - Keep Away from Easy Media Creator
After about six months of limited use, Easy Media Creator stopped working on BOTH of my computers. Technical support is absolutely TERRIBLE. They do not read what I tell them and my issue has not been resolved. I have wasted HOURS trying their suggestions and nothing works. They keep sending me instructions for Vista, even though I tell them over and over again that I use XP. I am just going to uninstall for the last time and buy PowerDirector. They refuse to refund my money.

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Rating: - Good deal
* I had to upgrade because of Windows Vista. Great deal versus buying the latest Roxio 11 ...

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Rating: - A poorly written overbloated program
I have purchased and used Easy Creator from version 7 to version 10. Version 7 was a very good program, but I can't say the same for the overbloated vesions 9 and 10. The code is badly written. They take forever to install and longer to remove if you have to uninstall. The disks that you make for backups on read/write disks are not backward compatable. If you run Norton Utilities, it tanks Easy Creator and requires a reinstall to get it going. Other things interfere with it starting up but I can't say what they are. They just happen. Yesterday, when I went to use the program, It informed me that all the hard drives were locked and it wouldn't open. So I had to spend and hour or so to do a repair installation. I haven't tried Nero, but that will be my next purchase when I find the time to unistall Easy Creator from my computer. It is obvious that Roxio has put too much junk into one program that most of rarely, if ever, needed or used and I fail to understand why they can't make their programs backward compatable. Buy at your own risk. I have a copy of version 9 and version 10 to sell.Roxio Easy Media Creator Suite 10 [OLD VERSION]Roxio Easy Media Creator Deluxe Suite 9 [OLD VERSION]

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Rating: - Don't make the same mistake I did
* I have never written a bad review before, but when a program malfunctions on 3 yes THEEE computers I feel it's my duty to share my experience. First I tried to install on my computer at work. It would not install, so I figured it was a conflict with other programs on this computer (Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc). I found out later that it created a problem with one of the CD burners on this computer and it no longer recognizes cds.

I then tried to install it in my bosses computer since she does not have the large programs on hers. Install went though, but program did not recognize either of the two CD burners and I could not get it to work. Found out later it caused a problem with BOTH CDs on her computer, neither work anymore.

I was told that perhaps the problem was because of the multiple CD's on these two computers so I Installed it on the office laptop since it only had one cd burner. Installed just fine, actually got to use it, liked the program, I felt it would do what I needed. Left computer on and went home for the day. Next day I come in to find blue and black lines across the screen of the laptop. Rebooted, several times, still have blue and black lines. Computer is now completely un-useable.

My boss ended up paying a computer guy $160 to come to our office to fix and restore all three computers that were in perfect running condition until I tried to install Roxio. I end with these words, don't buy this product!

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Rating: - Easy Media Creator 10 crashed my computer
Easy Media Creator 10 crashed my computer. I mistakenly used it before downloading the update that Roxio offers. BAD mistake. Will not use this program again!