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General information
What is Disc Cover? What does it do?
Disc Cover is a Mac OS X software to create labels and covers for CDs, DVDs and more. Variety of professionally made designs will help you to start designing quickly. The program imports data and images from iTunes, iPhoto, iDVD, Finder and many other sources.
On what Macs does Disc Cover work?
It will run on Mac OS X v.10.4 and higher.
What if I don't have any of my own images?
Don't worry. Disc Cover contains over 24,000 high-quality images sorted into categories. Among them there are vector images scalable to any size, photo objects with transparent background, which can be applied to any picture to create mixed designs. You'll surely find something to your taste. The download edition contains a limited number of images — around 1,000 clipart images.
How to start and create documents
Where Can I Find the Registration Code?
Owners of the download version of the program are getting the registration (license) code in the purchase confirmation e-mail.
Owners of the boxed version receive the code inside the product package. The code is printed on the back side of CD's envelope.
The license code you gave me isn't being accepted by my program. How can I register it?
Please carefully Copy&Paste your license code into the License dialog. Or, if you have boxed edition, enter it manually — be attentive: don't use 'O' character, type only 0 (zero) digit in the license code. Please pay attention that there is also no capital letter 'I', but only 1 (one) digit in the license code.
Does Disc Cover have any templates?
Disc Cover has about 130 professionally designed templates. The template collection is separated into several categories. You can add your own templates in it.
My logo is an .eps file. How can I add it to my document?
You can simply drag-and-drop the logo file into Disc Cover. Or you can do the following: Save your logo as PDF from the application, used for its creation (or other graphical package). Then in Disc Cover, choose the Insert->Image->From File command to insert this PDF image into the document. The quality will not be lost.
Can I add my own artwork to the images supplied in the application?
Yes. Select Custom Folder in the collection switch. Navigate to the folder you wish and its contents will be displayed in the left part of the document window, same as a built-in clipart collection.
Can I use text symbols as clipart?
You have discovered a new source of good-looking clip arts! You can use symbols from the Mac OS X symbol fonts. In the Font Panel select Show Characters from the pop-up menu. You'll get Character Palette window. Toggle on the text editing mode and double-click on the symbol, it will be pasted in the text.
How can I make all objects the same color as that one?
It's easy! Select the required object. Its color buttons in the Inspector window will get its color. Drag&Drop the color with the mouse to assign it to other objects.
Can I export my document to PDF or other file format?
Disc Cover can export to PDF, TIFF and JPEG file formats.
Will Disc Cover be helpful for me if I do not use iTunes, iPhoto and iDVD?
Yes. You can add images to your documents from a folder on your hard disk. Names of image files may be used as captions. The program can import a track list from your MP3 collection.
Printing
What printer is best for printing my documents?
You can use Disc Cover with most inkjet and laser printers — and get great results even with inexpensive models. Click here to read our advice. Another important thing is paper — it must match your printer to ensure best results.
Program registration
Does the licensed version turn off the line "Trial Version"?
This line will disappear immediately after you purchase the full licensed version of the software and register it with the license code.
How to use Art Text with Disc Cover. Art Text License.
A license of Disc Cover allows you to use Art Text without purchasing an Art Text license. Such use of Art Text
complies with these rules:
- Art Text should be opened from registered Disc Cover. Use for this the “Art Text” tool bar button with “a” icon.
- The graphics created in Art Text can be used only in Disc Cover. To send an image from Art Text to Disc Cover, click the “Link Back” button in the main window of Art Text.
- Art Text opened as a stand-alone application works in the demo mode. A watermark is placed over the exported image. To use Art Text as a stand-alone application, you should purchase a license.
Troubleshooting
How can I uninstall Disc Cover?
1) Quit Disc Cover application.
2) Delete Disc Cover from Application folder.
3) Delete Disc Cover folder from (Your Macintosh HD)/Library/Application Support/BeLight Software.
4) Delete "Disc Cover.pkg" file from the (Your Macintosh HD)/Library/Receipts folder.
5) Delete com.belightsoft.DiscCover.plist file from ~(Your Home)/Preferences/ folder.
The application quits. What should I do?
Please send detailed description to our Technical Support of how it quits and what you did before
this (to make it possible for us to repeat the problem. Besides that, send us log-file, which contains details on how the application quits. Find it following the path:
~(Your Home)/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/DiscCover.crash.log
What if I have technical questions?
If you have technical questions, please fill in the technical
support form on the site. Technical support is provided free of charge
for registered users by email.
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