Discus starts fast - ready in under a second when launched from hard disk. And doesn't modify your system in any way - it can be run entirely from CD without installation. A professional tool must be powerful yet easy to use. That's why has been created an intuitive fully integrated interface. All icons are large which makes Discus easy on the eye and faster to operate. A list of most recently used files with graphical preview makes it easy to access commonly used projects.A language selection button allows instant switching between the many operating languages Discus supports.

A selection bar at the bottom of the screen allows for quick selection of a background canvas image.Background thumbnails load instantly so you can browse through a thousand choices in seconds.You can adjust the lightness and darkness of the canvas images with the slider control.A Photoshop style navigation window is located in the right corner, along with buttons for fast jumping between zoom levels.

Sixteen paint tools cover most painting needs. Use paintbrushes, rubber stamps, erasers, polygons, ovals, ring fragments, rectangles, lines, bucket fill, and copy/move.The paint layer is automatically located between the canvas and photo layers.A convenient color palette is available, along with seven user defined colors.Geometric shapes can be filled with colors, patterns, and a very powerful gradient fill feature.

A wide range of bitmap images can be imported: BMP, TIFF, PSD, TGA, PICT, GIF, JPEG, PNG are fully supported.Photos can be stacked and rearranged in stacking order using the powerful and convenient layer palette at the bottom of the screen.Individual photos can be adjusted for size, aspect ratio, corner roundness, edge feather, angle of rotation, darkness/lightness, and opacity. Photos can be flipped and color inverted.The crop feature allows non-destructive cropping of the image.A preference determines whether imported images are embedded or linked.Multiple photos can be selected and aligned.

Choose from 8 text layouts including circular and spiral text. What would take hours in a high end desktop publishing product takes seconds in Discus.To allow your text to stand out against a busy background, use the glow, drop shadow, or outline effects.Discus has a lightning fast font browser; see all of your fonts in large size thumbnails for easy reference.Discus has a unique topopgraphic kerning algorithm that automatically compresses the space between letters based on shape, which allows for more text to fit in the cramped space of a CD label.Import track names from iTunes and Toast for quick song list generation.

With a click on the checkboxes on the right, determine if you want to print the top label, bottom label, or both.Change paper templates without redesigning; just click on the "Select template" button to choose among hundreds of papers and CD printers supported.For direct CD printers, slider controls allow adjustment of outer and inner diameter.Nudge buttons allow the entire printout to be moved up/down/left/right in tiny increments for perfect printing.