How do I burn photos to DVD/CD?

[Jennifer1969]

Hi,
I would like to know how to burn some photos to a DVD or CD disc. Which is
the better to use - CD or DVD? And do I have to download an application to do
this? I do have a DVD/CD burner, I just need some advice. It is the first
time to burning photos to disc. I have Nero StartSmart installed.
All replies are appreciated.
Thank you,
Jennifer

 

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"Jennifer1969" <Jennifer1969@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9C5F152-D151-4238-9226-4B3DE76EEDC2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I would like to know how to burn some photos to a DVD or CD disc. Which is
> the better to use - CD or DVD? And do I have to download an application to
> do
> this? I do have a DVD/CD burner, I just need some advice. It is the first
> time to burning photos to disc. I have Nero StartSmart installed.
> All replies are appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Jennifer

Totally depends on what you want to do with the photos once they are on
media.

If for storage it really doesn't matter. You can create either a data CD or
data DVD to store the images for safekeeping. Your Nero software can do
that.

If you want to show the pictures on a television as a slide show type movie
then you should create a DVD movie of the pictures (not all DVD players will
play a video CD.) To create a movie of the images you can use Photo Story 3
(free download from
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx)
or Windows Movie Maker (included on XP and Vista OS) or any other video
creating program (one may have come with Nero but I am not sure but web site
indicates you do have something to create movies.) Once you have the movie
you then publish that movie to a DVD authoring program which can be played
by most standalone DVD players. This is where your Nero product probably
comes in.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Since you have Nero Smart, I was suggest reading the Help file for that
program.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Jennifer1969" <Jennifer1969@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news9C5F152-D151-4238-9226-4B3DE76EEDC2@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I would like to know how to burn some photos to a DVD or CD disc. Which is
> the better to use - CD or DVD? And do I have to download an application to
> do
> this? I do have a DVD/CD burner, I just need some advice. It is the first
> time to burning photos to disc. I have Nero StartSmart installed.
> All replies are appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Jennifer