I don't think Cyberlink Labelprint for printing/burning CD covers/labels is user friendly.
Written: Mar 10 '09 (Updated May 29 '09)
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Pros: Burns Lightscribe/Labelflash CD labels with templates,titles,songs,footers,jpegs
Prints CD covers with titles,songs,footers,jpegs
Cons: Black patches block text
CD case insert smaller than case
Only_imports_song_info_in_mp3_format_and_failed_to_import typed_song_titles_anyways_unless_burnt_on_as CD_text_in_iTunes
No undo_button
The Bottom Line: I don't recommend this program because it is not user friendly, but it did basically get the job done. Try other programs as well as iTunes printed CD covers instead.
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| cptcanuck2's Full Review: CyberLink LabelPrint for PC |
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Here is a screen shot of the program when I 1st open it: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/3431939474/ .
I write this review because I disagree with the paulphoto's review saying "Cons: None that's worth mentioning". As he admits, he did not use the program to burn Lightscribe CD labels, where I found most of my major cons. paulphoto even says "In its editor mode (step three), LabelPrint does not have an undo operation key." For most of us error prone people, having no undo button is a con worth mentioning. CyberLink LabelPrint 2 is out now; hopefully, it is better. I don't know.
In 2008, I bought 6 CDs from iTunes, Puretracks.com (U.S. & Canada), & Zik.ca (by Quebec music store Archambault, Canada only), and I bought 3 more CDs from iTunes in March, 2009. In 2008, I bought a new HP Pavilion a6302f Vista PC. The computer came with Lightscribe technology, including CyberLink LabelPrint, which has the combined ability to print CD case inserts and burn Lightscribe/Labelflash CD labels (I don't have a Labelflash drive though). I recommend having a program with this combined ability, since often you will want to use the same images from your CD cover on your burned Lightscribe CD label.
I insist you review all of my work using CyberLink LabelPrint & the new Lightscribe CD burning technology at my Flickr account by "CaptainCanuck2": http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/sets/72157604784024179/ .
CyberLink LabelPrint can print CD sticker labels. I have Lightscribe, so I don't intend to use this function (paulphoto's review covers this); however, some computer experts warn that because a playing CD spins very rapidly, any off centering of a sticker label will create a wobble, or the sticker can come off in the CD drive.
I've only used three CD case insert printing programs: CyberLink LabelPrint and two web based programs, iTunes, and the "Disc Sleeve Designer" program at http://www.lightscribe.com/ideas/index.aspx?ID=945 , not very practical, only prints the front of the CD cover with no image importing. Unfortunately, iTunes does not provide CD Lightscribe or LabelFlash templates to burn yet.
And, I've only used two CD label burning programs: CyberLink LabelPrint, which will get the job done, and Lightscribe Template Labeler, which can print a title and/or footer and 1-4 images on a Lightscribe template, but it doesn't fit a list of songs like CyberLink LabelPrint does. Both programs came with my computer.
To try different programs, I recommend CNET's download.com (to make sure they are safe too); however, these trial programs leave watermarks until you agree to pay for the full version program.
It takes me about 2 hours to print the CD case insert and burn the CD label using CyberLink LabelPrint, so long that I don't have time to buy a lot of internet music now. The legal music sites are partly to blame too. Many of them don't even provide a high resolution jpeg artist CD cover. http://amiestreet.com/ , which sells amateur music from free to $0.99/song, is one of the few that does. iTunes provides a high resolution CD cover by copying and pasting or by printing out a CD cover by going iTunes > playlist > file > print. Nor do a lot of the sites provide all of the song information with mp3 music files to import into CyberLink LabelPrint. iTunes will provide all song information, but you either must convert the songs to mp3 in iTunes one by one, or select the "Include CD text" option, which is unselected by default (sic), when burning a CD.
CyberLink LabelPrint will only import song information in mp3 format anyways, not the very common WMA format; I tried. After I burnt a CD, ripped it into mp3 format, and typed/pasted in all the song information, CyberLink LabelPrint imported the artists' names but failed to import the song titles??? You can see this on my 2nd screen shot of the program when I select Lightscribe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/3431939596/in/photostream/ . The only fix to this bug I found was if I burned a CD in iTunes with the "Include CD text" option checked, and only then for some strange reason did CyberLink LabelPrint succeed in importing all the song titles (See "Using iTunes & CyberLink LabelPrint Together below).
Paste all text; it takes 25 minutes to burn a Lightscribe CD label, 5 minutes to burn the CD, and 1 hour to listen to the music, too long to chance making an often "invisible" spelling mistake with all the strange song and band names. Also, if your music files have DRM, you don't get an unlimited number of music file burns.
To burn superimposed Lightscribe templates and/or jpegs on a CD label, multiple burns must be done. I superimposed a jpeg of a dj and a Lightscribe template of musical notes, which you can see at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/2858460740/in/set-72157604784024179/ . As can be seen, the musical notes which I burned 2nd are perfectly symmetrical about the center of the jpeg that I burned 1st. My guess is don't take the CD out between burns to ensure perfect positioning.
CyberLink LabelPrint would not fit artist names on my compilation CDs; however, it does fit song titles, a title, and a footer onto the CD labels.
There are Lightscribe templates both with my CyberLink LabelPrint and Lightscribe Template Labeler programs and on the Lightscribe website; however, because of the limited supply of these, it's like using MS Word clip art. Not very exclusive and likely not what you want, so you will want to use Google Image Search more often. From my Lightscribe Template Labeler program, I saved a Lightscribe musical instrument template to my desktop and imported it into CyberLink LabelPrint to add the song titles. The result burned on a CD label looks awesome on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/2859067065/in/set-72157604784024179/ .
As I point out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/2858460740/in/set-72157604784024179/ , a big problem from what you can see with my CD label is black patches in a jpeg can block song information. CyberLink LabelPrint is not user friendly because it does not let me either move the text around or just fade the immediate background to the text, so that I don't have to fade the whole jpeg. From experience, any fading of the jpeg leads to a far worse looking CD case cover or CD label. So much so, that in the future, I will only fade jpegs for the inside of the CD case cover, so I can write all the song information there, just like iTunes does. It looks better if you just let parts of the text get blocked by black patches as long as you can still identify the songs. Jpeg fading is necessary sometimes yet CyberLink LabelPrint does not do it, so I use the free OpenOffice.org Writer program to snap pictures into collages, fade the collage before using Snipping Tool or a screen shot that I paste into MS Paint to make 1 jpeg out of the collage.
As well, the CD case insert printed out is a bit smaller than the CD case, forcing me to waste time using trial and error to trim the white borders around the insert. iTunes' CD case insert is a bit larger than the CD case, so I like how you more easily cut it out, fold it in half, and slide it into the CD case. It fits better, is more durable, and you can insert notes into the fold, but the double sided unfolded CyberLink LabelPrint CD case insert is satisfactory.
If you are burning CD labels or printing CD stickers, you need a CD labeling program; however, if you are happy using a felt pen on a CD-R, you can make your own CD case inserts. I tested it using the free OpenOffice.org Writer program. In landscape mode, I was able to place the front and the back of my CD case insert side by side, and type titles over them. This would print out like the iTunes CD cover that you just fold in half.
Using CyberLink LabelPrint & iTunes Together:
Go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/26170476@N08/2859066943/in/set-72157604784024179/ to see my work and notes on this. Go iTunes > paid playlist > file > print, and iTunes prints out an awesome CD case insert with all the artist CD covers and song information. Way to go iTunes. iTunes will even print a CD cover from a) an imported CD or b) from a playlist combining my puretracks.com mp3 purchases & my iTunes purchases or burn & rip the music together. iTunes still won't accept my puretracks.com WMA DRM song files at all. Puretracks.com like many legal music sites sells music in either WMA or mp3 or both formats, so I'll have to do a separate burn for my WMA DRM song files with Windows Media Player and make my own CD cover for it with OpenOffice.org Writer and/or CyberLink LabelPrint.
I have learned that my audio CDs and thus my mp3 files had no song information after ripping because the "Include CD text" option is left unchecked by default in the "Burn Settings" window when you press "Burn Disc" in iTunes. Why is such an important feature unchecked by default? Good question considering how time consuming and error prone typing/pasting all the song information is.
To get iTunes songs in mp3 format with song titles that CyberLink LabelPrint will import, you can:
a) burn a CD with the "Include CD text" option checked, and rip the songs into mp3, or
b) Skip burning a CD by clicking on each song and going iTunes > right click each individual song > Create mp3 Version. You will get mp3 versions with all the song information, including CD cover art, automatically.
My blog on burning a CD in iTunes: http://www.myspace.com/cptcanuck2 > "How to burn a CD & make a CD cover in iTunes"
Using CyberLink LabelPrint & Lightscribe:
Only newer computers are capable of burning CD/DVD labels. You need a Lightscribe burning drive, a Lightscribe program, and special Lightscribe CDs/DVDs, all of which have the Lightscribe logo. For now Lightscribe only burns in monochrome colors. CyberLink.com & the Help section of CyberLink LabelPrint mentions a 2nd similar technology called LabelFlash.
Note: this review is backed up with links and pictures at http://www.myspace.com/cptcanuck2 > "Review for CyberLink LabelPrint CD Labeling Program".
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