BeLight Software Disc Cover 2 - TechRadar UK

Steve Jobs might dream of a digital utopia where Mac users do everything over the internet, but for many of us burning DVDs and CDs is still the most practical solution.

Making a DVD of your home movies to share with friends is an enormous pleasure, and burning a playlist from iTunes onto CD is essential party cargo.

Disc Cover is perfect for giving your discs that finishing touch by designing great looking disc labels, which you can then print out and stick on.

Useful templates

We confess that the program was already our favourite disc-labelling design tool, but version 2 boosts usability and features.

Disc Cover 2 now looks much more like one of Apple's own iLife apps. The Template Assistant offers gorgeous 3D previews of the 130 templates on offer, and the Inspector panel for customising page elements is just like the one in Pages.

Once you've chosen a template, you can customise it with your own pictures and text. Drag text boxes around and the text reflows nicely. It integrates well with the iLife apps, too. You can import track data from iTunes and photos from either iPhoto or Aperture.

Still a market leader

Our favourite feature is still its ability to analyse your contents list and search for related pictures of artists on the internet for you to drag and drop into your projects.

Most of the templates come with elements that include DVD and CD case covers, on-body printing and tray insert. Support is included for most printer manufacturers you'll ever come across, from HP and Epson to Avery and Imation.

Disc Cover can feel a little slow sometimes, especially when zooming into image-rich designs, but it's a real improvement on the previous version, confirming its position as the leader in its field.