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Copying jpeg images to a CD

Feb 12, 2011 7:26AM PST

I am trying to copy my edited photos to a CD in order to have them printed elsewhere. When I open the copied CD on my computer, the photos were seen. However, when I took it for printing, I was told that there were no images on it. Is anyone able to help me with my predicament, please?

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In one sentence.
Feb 12, 2011 7:29AM PST

Put the files onto the CDR with simple software like CDBURNERXP to a CLOSED SINGLE SESSION.

There are tutorials on this at the CDBURNERXP site so I'll stop here.
Bob

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Copying photos (jpeg) to a CD
Feb 12, 2011 9:20AM PST

Hello Bob,

Thank you for responding. I have no problem in burning the CD, but the images that I have copied cannot be opened by the printers (Walmart Photoshop), even though their only requirement is that they be in a jpeg format. When I insert the copied CD into my computer, I have no difficulty in opening the images.

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"I was told that there were no images on it."
Feb 12, 2011 9:25AM PST

"I was told that there were no images on it." tells me that the CD is not a simple single closed ISO or such session.

Your post did not detail the steps how the CDR was made or if the images are .XYB or .HJG.

Sorry but the story sounds like the old drag the files to a CDR recording method which rarely works as you have found out.
Bob

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Closed sessions
Feb 12, 2011 8:02PM PST

When you are copying data to a CD your burner can offer you to "Close the session after burning". If you do not select this, then the CD remains 'open' to you to add more data to it when you wish. However that open session CD cannot be read by any computer other than the one it was used on.

By selecting to close the session after burning, you cannot then add more data to that session. However, closing the session allows other computers to read the CD and see the contents.

One more thing. Closing the session might mean there is still space on the CD that is unused. If the CD is used again to burn data to it, that becomes a "new session" and the old session becomes unreadable.

So, if you want to take this CD to some other computer, first of all you must close the session on it. You don't say what software you used to copy these images to this CD but that same software should be able to close that session for you.

Mark

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Copying photos to CD
Feb 12, 2011 10:54PM PST

Hello Mark,

This is the first time I tried to copy pictures stored in My Pictures on to a CD. I am familiar with creating data CDs from my office computer, using Windows XP. My home computer has Vista. Although you may have identified the problem, I will try to explain the steps I followed so that you get a better idea about where I have been.

After editing the photos in My Pictures using Photoshop I highlighted those to be printed. Then I clicked at the top of the page where it says "Burn" and the photos were copied on to the CD. However, I did not see "Close" anywhere so I assumed that the job was done. I now understand from your comments that I should have "Closed" the job.

Please comment, and if there is a better way to copy the images, let me know. For your informaiton, the photos were shot at the highest resolution in my camera, if that makes a difference.

Thank you for your time.

Don

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I'd try CDBURNERXP again.
Feb 13, 2011 3:03AM PST

Burning a CD from Photoshop sounds like a neat feature but why not do this the old fashioned way?

Use a CD recording program (nod to CDBURNERXP) and create a DATA CD and put the files you want on it.

Since these are FILES there will be no loss of information and you can share what the file names are so we can check if you did something like save as RAW or a format the shop can't use.
Bob

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I agree with Bob
Feb 13, 2011 5:29AM PST

I wasn't aware that applications like Photoshop had CD burning features, but it is more complicated than that.

If your Vista does not have any specialised CD burning software installed, (on retail systems there is often software like Roxio or Nero pre-installed), then the free CDBurnerXP utility seems to be a good choice. Don't worry about the XP in the title, it also works for Vista and Windows 7.

I doubt you can use CDburnerXP, or the existing software you may already have, to close the session on your existing disk, so preparing a new CD may be the best way to go.

And make sure to select the "Close session after burning" option.

Good luck.

Mark

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Copying images to CD
Feb 13, 2011 10:25PM PST

Hello Mark, and Bob,

Thank you for all your help. I will take your advice about using some CD burning software. My laptop does not seem to have an active version of a CD burning software, as the trial version of Roxio has now expired.

Don