Product Comparison

Features: • New • Improved • Included
  Creator 2012 Pro Creator 2012 Creator 2011 Pro Creator 2011 Creator 2010 Pro Creator 2010 Creator 2009 Ultimate Creator 2009 Easy Media Creator 10 Easy Media Creator 9 Easy Media Creator 8 Easy DVD Copy MyDVD Video Lab 10 MyDVD 10 Premier RecordNow Music Lab 10 RecordNow Music Lab 10 Premier Easy VHS to DVD Roxio Burn

Blu-ray Disc Plug-in

                                    
Author High Definition Blu-ray Video Discs Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required         Plug-In required Plug-In required        
Edit HD video directly on BD-RE discs, saving time and money Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required             Plug-In required Plug-In required        

SmartSound Sonicfire® Pro

                                    
Create professional custom soundtracks for movies and slideshows                            
Enjoy tracks from a new music library                                
Easily find musical styles and variations to fit the mood of your movies                            
Customize the length, arrangement and instrument mix                            
Set the length to exactly fit your video                            
Change the tempo and pitch                            
Smartsound Sonicfire® Pro Easy Livin' Library for high impact video background music                            

iZotope Music and Speech Cleaner™

                                    
Remove noise from analog or digital recordings                                  
Solve most simple noise problems with the Learn Noise button                                  
Powerful fine tuning offers even better sound results                                  
Remove hiss, room noise, rumble, electrical hum & other background noise from most digital media files                                  

HDR Express™ by Unified Color

                                    
Create true HDR color photos with ease                                  
Automatically merge multiple exposures into one HDR image                                  

Roxio Burn

                                    
Burn and copy discs directly from the desktop                        
Secure discs with encryption and passwords                                

BackOnTrack 4

                                    
Bare Metal Recovery so the exact disk image can be restored in case of hardware failure or theft                            
Back up your hard disk, files, settings and programs                          
Recover your PC in case of system or disk crash, virus attack or other catastrophic failure                            
Back up your files              

3D

                                    
Turn your 2D videos into ‘Hollywood-style’ 3D movies                            
Create 3D DVDs                            
Create 3D pictures even from standard cameras                            
Transform your regular 2D photos into ‘3D works of art’                            
Play back 3D movies on your PC                            

Burn + Copy

                                    
Burn and copy* discs directly on your desktop with the new Roxio Burn desktop widget                        
Industry leading burning tools that are easy to use  
Create virtual disc drives and load disc images    
Burn up to 50GB of data content on to one Blu-ray Disc        
Copy discs in a few clicks  
Copy Blu-ray Discs*        
Span large files and projects across multiple CDs or DVDs  
Encrypt and compress your data CDs and DVDs              
Backup your favorite audio, movies or TV shows from any iPod® to your PC*          
Copy and entire 9GB DVD movie onto a standard 4.7GB DVD*        
Create video compilations and share them on DVDs or portable devices      

Video + Movies

                                    
New device profiles for video conversion including iPad® , iPhone® and Androidâ„¢ smartphones                                
DivX Plus® for sharing and converting high quality DivX® video and viewing on certified devices                                
‘Professional-quality’ background music tracks for slideshows and videos 100 tracks 50 tracks                                
Video Effects - Nature: Spice up your videos with 8 amazing video effects found in nature and beyond: fire, fog, rainfall, snow storm, smoke, fireworks, fairy dust and sparks.                                
Video Effects - Enhance & Style: Add more style and character to your videos. Includes 6 video effects: Aged Film, Skew, Destabilize, Interference, Newsprint, Visual Harmonizer.                                  
Upload photos to Facebook®, YouTube™ and other sharing sites                            
Stabilize shaky videos shot with cell phones, digital cameras and other handheld devices                            
Rotate video with one click                            
Import MKV Internet movies                            
Edit ‘like a pro’ with flexible video editing tools          
Create movies from your photos and videos automatically with Cinemagic          
Easily capture standard definition video        
Import video from HDV camcorders          
Import video from high-def AVCHD™ camcorders                
Accelerated video encoding** with support for ATI® Stream, NVIDIA® CUDA™                  
Save web video for convenient offline playback on DVD, mobile phone or iPod®                  
AVCHD™ Archive makes it simple to back up an entire camera of HD video directly to disc                  
Speed up video processing and preserve quality of original with Smart Encoding                  
Quickly and easily upload video to YouTube™              
Pause/resume during video conversion                  
Schedule a long video conversion project overnight                  
Preview video quality before committing to large conversion project                  
Create movies with custom sound tracks, titles, transitions and effects using advanced video editing tools          
Add titles and scrolling credits to your video production          
Trim and cut video clips      
Timeline and storyboard views help you lay out your project          
Automatically fix video color, contrast and brightness          
Overlay multiple images, text or video clips; create picture-in-picture effects          

DVD Creation + Playback

                                    
Burn videos on Blu-ray Disc Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required Plug-In required         Plug-In required        
Turn your home videos into striking DVDs complete with animated menus and fully orchestrated music          
Burn up to 60 min of HD video on a standard DVD, and watch it using a Blu-ray player                
Dozens of standard and high resolution menu styles        
Create compilation DVD discs containing DVD video, plus other video formats      
Control end-of-play action and link menu elements to specific files        
Add menu overlay – change size, orientation, transparency and more        
Plug in your digital camcorder and burn directly to DVD        
Play any VCD, SVC or DVD-video disc including Hollywood DVDs        
Play AVCHD™ video              

Music + Audio

                                    
Easily convert audiobook CDs for convenient playback on iPods® and other portable devices complete with chapters                
Create smooth party mixes with synchronized beat matching between tracks                    
Auto-trim silence in recorded music tracks to eliminate annoying gaps          
Create music playlists with cross-fades and export to portable devices          
Import and capture music from virtually any source, including CDs, LPs, tapes and the internet*        
Capture music from internet radio and automatically build a music library*                        
Digitize your analog LPs and cassettes, clean up noise and scratches, then add them to your MP3 player        
Rip music from CDs or concert DVDs to almost any format        
Rip soundtracks from DVDs*          
Automatically add title, artist and genre information to your music tracks—even those captured from Internet radio or streaming music services        
Span hundred of songs and compilation across multiple audio CDs          
Edit your audio tracks, enhance them, remove unwanted noise and more with the full-featured Sound Editor        
Convert audio files from almost any format to any other format          
Burn your preferred songs on MP3 CDs        
Burn music onto DVDs for hours of playback time on any DVD player            

Photo

                                    
Create photo and video slideshow with any music to share on DVD. English Only English Only                        
Make every picture ‘perfect’ with powerful FaceFilter Studio 2™ portrait enhancement tools from Reallusion.          
Upload photos to Facebook®                            
Create dazzling standard or high-definition slideshow photo stories          
Add royalty-free soundtracks to your slideshows          
Easily correct color and exposure          
Fix red eye, erase wrinkles and blemishes, crop and straighten photos          
Edit multiple images and layers at the same time          
Adjust photos to match your mobile device's screen resolution          
Add effects like transparency and edge fading, and change color tone          
Add attractive mats and frames to your photos          
Auto-fix your camera phone photos          
Show off any picture on your mobiles phone, full screen, without borders or bars          
Create panoramic images          

Mobile Device Support

                                    
Synchronize digital media from your PC to mobile devices        
Queue up files for later transfer to a mobile device once it's connected to your PC        
Create a custom profile for your mobile phone        
Easily transfer photos and media from phone to PC via Bluetooth® or USB cable        
Send audio mixes to iPod®, PSP® and other players to enjoy on the move          
Convert audio and video files to popular formats to play on mobile devices          

Disc Label Creation

                                    
Create personalized disc labels, DVD case inserts and booklets  
Choose from ‘professional-quality’ templates or create your own  
Add a photo index to your disc label or insert to locate your photos  
Calibrate your printer to take the guesswork out of printing disc labels  

Customer care and usability improvements

                                    
Sandy Bridge support for better performance with support for Intel® Core™                        
Built-in Learning Center with dozens of video tutorials and printable step-by-step instructions walk you through every project English Only English Only                        
Clean and intuitive user interface          

*Does not rip or copy encrypted or copy protected content. The user should gain permission from the copyright owner before downloading or uploading content to the Internet.

**Results are based on tests conducted by Roxio on PC systems with and without the ATI Stream and nVidia CUDA technologies enabled. Performance results will vary depending on tested video content, CPU, and Graphic card model used.