Others like photo-centric Painter Essentials 6, Corel AfterShot 3, and FotoMagico 5 help justify the cost of the bundle, but most users will already own similar (or superior) tools for such tasks.Īfter adding MultiCam Capture to the Toast 16 lineup, Roxio has gone a step further in this version, beefing the up software with editing capabilities as well in both the Titanium and Pro versions. Some additions make sense, like MyDVD (introduced in Toast 14), which supports slightly more advanced disc authoring options like custom menus and chapter stops. Over the last several releases, Roxio hedged its optical media investment by bundling Toast with a suite of like-minded creative software.
It’s worth noting that Blu-ray support is no longer activated when installing the Pro version the option is now tucked away in the Help menu instead.Ī darker, more responsive user interface, and no more usability bugs, Toast 17 Pro makes the venerable disc authoring software ready for macOS Mojave and beyond. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, although I’d love to see at least the Pro version adopt the same kind of comprehensive Blu-ray and DVD authoring tools found in Adobe Encore, which was discontinued in 2012. I’m not sure if Roxio’s engineers got tired of me bringing it up in reviews or the bug was finally squashed in the move to 64-bit, but there’s no longer any lag or spinning beach ball when clicking between tabs.Īside from the aforementioned fresh coat of paint, the core Toast application is otherwise largely the same as it’s been for years. Toast 17 addresses a long-standing annoyance I’ve had across multiple versions of the application when switching to the Video tab from other modes (Data, Audio, Copy, or Convert). The streamlined Toast 17 installer now downloads as a smaller file, then grabs remaining content from the internet as installation takes place.