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Photo CD Burner Recommend!
--- Guide: How to put photo on CD, burning photo to CD.

• Easy to use multi-CD/DVD Photo CD/DVD backup system!
• Backs up your JPG, BMP, TIF, PNG and raw formatted photos.
• Finds all your photos where ever they may be.
• Prints out a very handy photo key list so you can match up the photos to the CD.
• CDs created will play back in DVD players that have support for "JPEG Photo CD" .
• Literally back up all your photos in 5 clicks, including the one to launch the software!
• No typing necessary!

Step 1
Find your photos. Simply check or uncheck the ones you want as it instantly finds all your photos. If you are allergic to folders, this is your ticket to convenience!
Click 'Next' once it finds them all.


Step 2: Insert blank CDs or DVDs.
Click 'Next' to start burning.
Once it burns a CD, a sound will play alerting you that another CD or DVD needs to be entered.


Step 3
After its done backing up to CD or DVD, it will ask you if you want to print out a "key" list so that you can match up the photos to the CD they were burned on.
Click 'Next' to start printing.
This makes it easy years from now to find that one photo you need!


Step 4
Of course, you need to purchase the software to get all the benefits.
It's only $14.95 which is a small price to pay for archiving your memories! Buy the great Photo CD Burner now for just $14.95.

Q: What file formats are supported?
The software automatically supports the following image formats:
jpg, jpeg, jpe (JPEG)
png
bmp (Windows Bitmap)
jfif, tif, tiff
pef, ref, raf, dcr, crw, nef, x3f (RAW digital camera formats)

Q: Why isn't it finding my photos?
Not all images on your computer are your photos and so we have to be selective in the photos we show initially. However, if you know the directory that your pictures are in, you can always add that directory.
On the second screen of the wizard, select "Edit"
Click "Add" and navigate to the directory you'd like to add. (Note that the search will include all sub-folders)
Click "OK"
Make sure that "Custom Folders" is checked.
If you aren't sure, try selecting a root drive such as "C" or "D".

Q: How can I backup photos and images sent to me by email?
You will need to add your email attachment directory to the "Custom Folders" and make sure that "Custom Folders" is checked. Click "Edit" to add the directory. Check for more information depending on email program that you use.
Outlook or Outlook Express - Unfortunately, Outlook does store images in an accessible format. You'll need to go into Outlook and right click on each image to save it in another location.
Eudora - Photos will be stored in a sub-folder called "Attach". The normal path is "C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora\Attach"

Q: What are the different search options on the second screen?
"My Pictures" checkbox - This will add all photos found under your My Pictures directory. (This will not add pictures from other users on your machine.)
"CD/DVD Drives" checkbox - This will add any photos found on any CD or DVD drives on your computer.
"Cameras/Removable Drives" checkbox - This will add any photos found on any USB drives, cameras or removable devices that appear as a hard drive under "My Computers". (If your digital camera has a special way of connecting to it, it may not appear here.)
"Networked Drives (Mapped)" checkbox - If you have any networked/mapped drives, this will search them. To add a networked drive, double click "My Computer", select "Map Network Drive" from the "Tools" menu. Follow the instructions to add a mapped network drive.
Remove Unchecked - Removes any images in the list that are not checked. This is helpful to cull the list.
Refresh - Causes the software to re-scan your computer for images. If any photos were removed, it will ask if you want to re-add them.

Q: How do I remove a folder of photos or images I don't want?
The software is really designed to back everything up and err on the side of over-doing it. However, you can select an image that is in a folder you don't want. After selecting it, uncheck the folder checkbox underneath the preview image area. This is a handy way to remove whole directories of images you don't want. You can clear them out of the list by then clicking "Remove Unchecked"

Q: It fails to find a supported CD/DVD burner!
This is the worst problem to get with this software, because it is essentially useless if it cannot find a supported CD or DVD burner! There are a couple of things you can try, though.
If it is a USB or external burner, make sure it is plugged in and connected first!
Try switching burning engines. Click the Window's "Start" button, followed by "Programs", followed by "Acoustica Photos Forever", followed by "Config" and followed by "Use-IMAPI". If that doesn't work, go to the same area but this time choose "Use-Goldenhawk"

Q: After burning, the CD/DVD appears blank!
Due to ASPI layer system conflicts, you may need to quit Photos Forever in order to see the photos you have just burned. This should only happen when using the Goldenhawk burning engine.
What does reordering do?
Reordering is a very handy way of making sure that your photos are easily identifiable. For example, you may have 10 folders filled with images from your digital camera and they may be titled "dig-camera001" thru "dig-camera200". However, when you print out the thumbnails, it will show the name as 'era001' thru 'era200'. And since the images were in different folders, they could have the same name. The reordering makes it very easy to reference a picture on a CD. So if you send to a photo lab or a friend, you can say print picture "93" and not have to worry that they print the wrong one! In addition, to renaming the photos, when this option is chosen, there are no folders on the destination CD or DVD.

Q: Include "Photos Forever" installer?
This is a handy way of distributing the software to friends and family that may want to try it out. And it provides for an easy way of making a backup copy of a CD. It will create a file called "Photos-Forever.exe" on your new CD. Run this and it installs Photos Forever again. If you then select "CD/DVD drives" and uncheck everything else, it will allow you to make another backup/copy of the CD or DVD! (Note that if you are running it in un-registered mode, you are not allowed to uncheck this option.)

Q: Changing the size of the printed photos
After successfully burning the CDs and DVDs, you will have a chance to print out all the images for reference! You can adjust the size of each image. For many people, a 1/2 inch image is pretty useless. It is fine for those of us with 20/20, etc. The good thing about printing 1/2 inch images is that you can get alot of them on a single page. You can get about 180 1/2 inch images on a sheet of 8 1/2 X 11 " paper. You can print them up to 3" each, but be prepared to print a lot of paper and use a lot of ink.
A magnifying glass may come in handy for identifying a specific picture!

Q: Burn failures - what to do?
There are many many reasons why a burn can fail. Here are some things to check:
Try a different blank CD or DVD.
Do a test first
Try a different brand of blank CD or DVD. Sometimes Sony CDRs work better with Sony burners or TDK's get along better with Samsung burners, etc.
Turn off or shut down other CD burning programs or programs that have CD burning capability such as iTunes, Roxio, Nero, Acoustica MP3 CD Burner, etc.
Try burning at a slower speed.
If you have more than one CD burner, try the other one.
Shut down all programs running and leave your computer alone during burning.

Q: Get organized! Make a binder of your archived photos
When you backup your photos and print out your images, don't just shove them in your desk! The whole process could be invalidated. You really should print a label for each CD or DVD with Acoustica CD Label Maker, DVD Label Maker and use a 3-hole punch for the key list print out. Get a 3 ring binder with 3-ring CD inserts. If you want to be really good, make sure to print on ligin-free paper so that it lasts a long time! Store the binder in a safe place, perhaps, even a safe or a safety deposit box in a bank, if you're really good!

Q: I am having trouble entering in my registration information
Make sure to use the exact information in your registration email. You will have the following info in your registration email:
Email/ID : example@example.com
Serial Code : XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
Enter your Email or ID into box 1 and your serial code into box 2. Don't include the dashes when typing in the serial code. An easy way to get the serial code in is to copy and paste. Go to your email, click the mouse down on the first character in your serial code and drag to the right so that it is highlighted. Then select "Copy" from the "Edit" menu. Run Photos Forever and click "Buy" and then click the mouse in the first edit box on line #2. Right click and select "Paste". (Make sure your Email/ID was entered in line #1) Click "Register" and you're done!

Q: Photo CDs - Print your photos professionally
Printing out your photos on your own computer and printer for real world use can be hard, time consuming and EXPENSIVE! Why not print them at a professional photo machine. Create a CD with Photos Forever and you can take the CD to most stores with self service photo processing, such as Longs, Walmart, Target, CostCo and a host of others. They make beautiful prints and you only have to print the ones you want!!

Q: Playing a slideshow on your DVD player
Some DVD players can play "JPEG Photo CDs". If your photos are in the JPG format (most are), then you can simply put your CD in your "JPEG Photo" DVD player and it will start a slideshow!