How to Convert Photographic Slides to a CD
You can convert photographic slides to a CD using your computer to burn the slides onto a data CD. You simply need a scanner to convert the photographic slides into a digital format that can be stored on CDs. CDs are very useful for storing photographic slides because of their high storage capacity of 700 megabytes per CD.
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Instructions
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Mac
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Use a scanner to save digital images of your photographic slides onto your computer. Save your photographic slides in a compressed format, such as JPEG, in order to fit more photographic slides onto one CD.
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Click on "Finder" icon in your toolbar and then click "File," "New Burn Folder."
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Name the burn folder after the photographic slides you are converting to CD.
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Double-click this burn folder to open it.
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Drag the digital images of your photographic slides you created into this burn folder.
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Click "Burn" and insert a blank CD-R (CD Recordable) into your computer.
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Eject the CD-R when your computer is finished burning the photographic slides to the CD.
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Use a scanner to save digital images of your photographic slides onto your computer. Save your photographic slides in a compressed format, such as JPEG, in order to fit more photographic slides onto one CD.
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Insert a blank CD-R (CD Recordable) into your computer.
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Click the option labeled "Burn Files to Data Disc" from the pop-up window that appears after inserting the CD into your computer.
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Name the CD after the photographic slides you are converting to CD.
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Click the "Mastered" formatting setting and click "Next" to confirm this choice.
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Drag the digital images of your photographic slides you created into the burn folder that appears.
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Click "Burn to Disc."
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Eject the CD-R when your computer is finished burning the photographic slides to the CD.
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References
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