Digital Workshop

Has anyone tried to put an Opus program together to make CD Business cards? Can we tell Opus to write to CD other than using the program?
Cheers

I've written data to CD business cards using Nero. It wasn't a problem.

I haven't tried it withe the Opus CD-R wizard, but it should technically be possible.

HOWEVER -- are you aware that the manufacturers of some CD burners specifically void the warranty if you burn "non-standard" CDs and in the case of my 2 burners, specifically mention business card CDs as being non-standard.

HTH

I have made standard size CD-ROM masters and then given them to a replication house which made business card size CD-ROMs. I've burned my own business card CD-ROMs with an HP burner, and a Sony burner on my two PCs.

The real issue is the amount of content you can place on smaller than standard CD-ROMs. Typically, the business card size is less than 50MB in capacity. Depending on the shape, they can go up to 100 MB (small round shaped). Since 1 minute of MPEG-1 video is about 11MB, you are not going to have much of a true multi-media presentation if you use the smaller than standard size CD-ROMs.

The other problem -- awareness. People don't believe the smaller, or odd shaped CD-ROMs will fit or work in their PCs. I had someone request more "coffee coasters" once. We explained they were CD-ROMs, but he refused to believe they where CD-ROMs. The public is reluctant to accept anything smaller than the standard sized CDs. I've seen them in the shape of cars, houses, logos, and even US states.

Stick with standard size for best acceptance, capacity, and results.

I've done a Christmas CD for the past two years using Opus Pro for the multi-media and Paint Shop Pro for my art. I burned them to business card CDs the first year and didn't have any problems at all. This year I burned them to 3 inch CDs and full sized CDs. The 3" CD are about the size of Christmas ornaments and went over well. http://holidaycdrom.com/sizes.shtml