Paul,

First you have to think/decide what type of DVD you want. For instance, will this DVD that contains your pictures be played back on:

1. A home entertainment DVD (the kind hooked to your TV)?
or
2. A computer, either at your home or another persons?


Each is a different method.

#2 is the easy one. You simply record or "burn" the image/picture files to a DVD. That makes it essentially a data DVD and the image files on it are similar to "Word Docs". When you want to view them, you load the DVD on anyone's computer and double click the file you want to see.

Now, an interesting thing about this type of DVD is that some (very few) home entertainment DVD players will also play these DVD's. To know if yours will, you'd have to view your DVD manual for supported files or types.

Here's a link of how to copy the image files to this type of DVD:
http://download.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/user_guide/power2go/55/ENU/Power2GO_UG.pdf (you may have to log in to view it) Here it is below:

"Chapter 2: Burning

Burn a Data Disc
The Data Disc option allows you to burn data files to a CD-R/RW,
DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM, or Blu-ray disc. Data files can
include images and any other document files. You can also create a
bootable CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc, which you can use to boot your
computer from your CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc drive if your operating
system ever fails.

Burn a Data Disc in Power2Go Express Mode
To burn a data disc in Power2Go Express mode, do this:
1. Open Windows Explorer, then locate the files you want to burn.
2. Drag the files to the Data icon.
• To modify your burning configuration, double-click the Data
icon. For more information, see Burn a Data Disc in
Power2Go Mode on p.32.
3. Click Rec on the Data icon. Power2Go burns the disc."


Now back to the top of this discussion. Option #1 is a bit more complicated. This method creates a DVD that can have menus and sometimes music. It's very much like the DVD's you rent and can be played back on just about all home entertainment DVD's and sometimes computers.

For that, again refer to the manual. Instead of making a data DVD, you'll be creating an "Authored" Video/Picture/Photo DVD:

"Burn a Video/Photo Disc
The Video/Photo Disc option allows you to burn movie files to CD/
DVD. You can also burn a slide show to disc or include a slide show
along with your movie.
Burn a Video/Photo Disc in Power2Go Express Mode
To burn a video/photo disc in Power2Go Express mode, do this:
1. Open Windows Explorer, then locate the files you want to burn.
Note: You can drag image files to burn a slide show, video files to
burn a video disc, or both image and video files to burn a disc
with both a video and a slide show.
2. Drag the files to the Video/Photo icon.
• To modify your burning configuration, double-click the
Video/Photo icon. For more information, see Burn a Video/
Photo Disc in Power2Go Mode on p.40.
Note: Slide shows created in Express mode have a default slide
duration of 3 seconds.
3. Click Rec on the Video/Photo icon. Power2Go burns the disc."


A lot of people also wonder what type of blank DVD to use. Well almost all the time the DVD -R standard seems to more compatible especially with older playback DVD machines.