#cd burning tutorial

WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE CD

YouTube

YouTube to MP3 Website

iTunes

a disc burner

blank CD-R discs

Plastic Cases

WHAT YOU NEED FOR COVER ART:

images (Google images, instagram, etc.)

A CD cover template (Included in Post)

Photoshop or Gimp (I will not be showing Gimp today.)

LET'S GET STARTED:

First thing's first! Why are you making this CD? Is it for a friend? yourself? and if it's character CD's then what character do you want?

Once you find out what character you want to use, (In this tutorial I will be using Young!Xehanort) Look up songs on YouTube that you think would fit the character.

Once you have compiled the url's for the music, go to: https://ytmp3.cc/

That's the website I use to download YouTube music! Completely free and no signing up required!

Okay. You've got all your music downloaded! Now what?

Well now you get iTunes! You could also use Windows Media Player if you have a PC but I prefer iTunes because it's easier to use!

So download iTunes onto your PC if you don't have it already!

Once installed, Open iTunes and select: Music Playlist in the left side. then right click and select "New Playlist"

Name your playlist to "(Character name) Mixtape" then Drag and drop your MP3 files to the playlist NAME! It won't work if you open the playlist and try to drag and drop it there.

Okay! You've got your playlist. Before you burn your disc, Open Photoshop.

Use this template:

and import your character images to the appropriate boxes!

Here is an example of my cover art for Xehanort! As you can see, I already used the "Type" Tool to write the title! Now use the Type Tool to type out the Track List for the Inside Cover.

Like that! I use 10 tracks for each CD but you can go more depending on how much a CD can take!

Save the Template by pressing "SAVE AS" Then renaming it to "(Character name) Cover Art" And save it as .PNG file type!

Print it out and cut it out but leave the cover art pictures together so you can fold it together!

NOW WE CAN BURN THE CD!!

go back to ITunes and click on the 3 blue dots.

Then click on Burn Playlist to disc

Now Insert the blank disc into the CD/DVD drive

and it will burn the CD automatically!

Once it's done, click the eject button

then your CD is done!

IMPORTANT NOTE: ITUNES WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BURN MUSIC FROM APPLE MUSIC! HENCE WHY YOU NEE TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC VIA YOUTUBE!

TIP: FOR EXTRA SECURITY USE A GLUE STICK TO GLUE THE TWO ART SIDES TOGETHER SO THAT THEY WON'T FOLD OVER ONTO ITSELF!!