Steinberg WaveLab 3 Operation Manual

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8.The next step is to decide which audio tracks you want to import.
This can be done in one of three ways:
• Select the option “Retrieve selected tracks” to the top right, and then select as 
many tracks as you wish from the visual menu.
You can use [Ctrl] or [Shift] to make multiple selections, or use the Select All button. It’s 
possible to select tracks from several groups this way, as long as you keep pressing [Ctrl] 
or [Shift] when selecting groups and...

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11.Optionally, activate “Create peak file”.
When this is activated, a peak file is created for each track as they are saved to disk. A peak 
file is a small file with the extension “.gpk” automatically created by WaveLab each time a 
file is modified or opened in WaveLab (if it hasn’t been previously). The peak file contains 
information about the waveform, and determines how it is drawn in the wave window.
With this option activated, the importing of the...

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Creating labels 

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Introduction
The Label Editor allows you to design and print custom labels for your CD 
and DVD-Audio projects. You can design separate layouts for front, inside, 
back and disk labels. Both text information and a wide 
range of image file 
formats can be imported and edited in various ways.
For DVD-Audio projects, you can create labels from within the Audio Mon-
tage, or you need to start the Label Editor and create them from scratch.
About variables and templates
Every...

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3.A dialog appears, allowing you to select a template for your project.
To the right in the dialog there is a list of available templates, divided into three groups “Audio”, 
“Data” and “Audio + Data”. By clicking on the corresponding tab the available templates for 
the selected project type are shown in the list. To the left in the dialog, preview images of the 
front, back and the disk labels are shown.
4.Select a template, and click OK.
The Label Editor window opens,...

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Using the Label Editor
Overview
The Label Editor always displays one of the three available views or 
pages: the front, back or disk case label. You switch between these 
pages by selecting the corresponding tabs below the toolbar. The layout 
is completely independent for each page.
• Please note that the front label can be either single- or double-sided. 
This option is set in the Page Layout dialog on the Printing menu.
The Label Editor window displays a frame with the...

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Basic object handling in the Label Editor
The Label Editor tools
Tools can be selected in three ways:
• From the Tools menu
• By clicking the corresponding icon on the toolbar
• By right-clicking in the background area (not an object), and selecting from the 
speed menu that appears
The following tools are available:
Tool Description
Selection tool Used to select, resize or move objects.
Zoom Object & 
Zoom In/OutThis is used to zoom in on a selected object, keeping it in...

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Selecting objects
Click an object with the Selection tool to select it. 
• Selected objects are indicated by a dotted outline, and square “handles”, which 
can be used to scale the size of the object. 
• To select several objects, hold down [Shift] or [Ctrl] and click. Selected objects 
can be de-selected by [Shift]-clicking.
•
When several objects are selected, one of the objects will always have “focus”. The 
focus is indicated by red handles on this particular object....

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Inserting new objects
Inserting new objects is done by selecting the corresponding tool, and 
clicking and dragging in the layout. When you release the mouse button, 
a dialog appears, allowing you to define basic properties for the inserted 
object. Note that this does not apply to image objects, where instead a 
standard file dialog appears.
• The Edit Properties dialog is also selectable from the Objects menu and by 
right-clicking objects and selecting from the speed...

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• By selecting “Edit Position and Size…” from the Objects (or context) menu and 
adjusting the position numerically in the dialog that appears. Note that this adjusts 
the position of the object with focus.
You specify the position from the left side and the top of the layout frame, in cm/mm. 
Click “Apply” to apply the position change without closing the dialog.
About the grid, rulers and magnetize options
On the Options menu, you will find two items, “Show Grid” and...