Macromedia Premiere Elements - 11.0 User Guide

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Help and tutorials

Getting Started tutorials

Getting started tutorials

Knowing your devices

You can take photos or videos with a variety of devices and bring them into Elements. Here are some
guidelines that are good to follow:

Read the documentation that came with your device.
Switch on the camera.
Follow any instructions that appear on the computer to install drivers and other software.
If your camera or computer is not responding, try using a card reader instead.

Installing Premiere Elements

How do I install Premiere Elements?
How do I convert a trial version into a full version?

Organizing videos

I have imported thousands of videos. How can I
organize them ?

Is there a way I can mark or tag people in videos?
How can I add information about places in my

videos?
In videos of birthdays and other events, can I add

event information?

Importing videos

How do I
import
videos
from
Elements

Organizer?
What methods are available to import videos?
How do I import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives?
How do I import photos from my digital camera or mobile phone ?
How do I add files from my hard drive?
How do I capture live video from camcorders and webcams?

Editing videos

How do I trim clips to remove unwanted sections from the footage?
How do I split video clips?
How do I add special effects to my videos?
How to I apply transitions between video clips?

Creating titles

How do I create titles?
How do I apply styles to title text and graphics?

Saving and Sharing

What are
the various
ways to
share my
movies?

How do I
publish my
movies to a
DVD?

How do I
share my movies on YouTube ?

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What's new

What's new

Quick and Expert views for new and advanced users
New features in the Quick view

Time remapping
New special effects
Instant movies
Tracks in timeline
Drag media to timeline
Split icon on current-timeline indicator
Adjust panel
Applied Effects panel
Transition contextual control
Minor changes

New features in the Expert view

Project Assets panel
Keyframes
New options in the Tools panel
Split toning
HSL tuner

Quick and Expert views for new and advanced users

In Adobe Premiere Elements 11, Quick and Expert views provide new and advanced users with their own workspaces. If you are a new hobbyist
user, explore the Quick view first. As you gain confidence with the application, use the powerful tools in the Expert view to do amazing things with
your videos.

The Quick view aggregates basic features that hobbyists commonly use to quickly edit video footage and share with others. Use the options on the
action bar to accomplish common editing tasks. For more information about various options, see Quick view.

Quick view

The Expert view provides advanced features and tools that professionals use to accomplish intricate video editing tasks. Use the options in the
action bar to accomplish advanced tasks. Compared to the Quick view, the Transitions panel, and the Effects panel in the Expert view contain
more options organized under various categories. For more information about various options, see Expert view.

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Expert view

New features in the Quick view

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Time remapping

You can now play sections of your footage at variable speeds, such as slow motion, fast motion, reverse motion, or a combination of speeds.
Variable speeds help create sophisticated effects in which subjects appear to smoothly pass through different speeds, for example motion effects

in movies. With Time Remapping, you can depict a swift punch in slow motion to emphasize its force of impact.
Use Time Remapping to add a time zone to a section and specify a variable speed for the time zone. When you play the footage, the time zone

plays the section at the specified speed instead of its normal speed.

1. Select a clip and click Tools from the Action bar. The Tools panel is displayed.

2. From the list of options, choose Time Remapping. Adobe Premiere Elements switches to the Time Remapping mode.

Time Remapping mode

3. Drag the CTI over the footage to the point where you want to add a time zone.

4. Do one of the following:
Click the Add button on the current -time indicator. A time zone (green color) is applied to the footage.

Click the Add Time Zone button on the action bar. A time zone (green color) is applied to the footage.

Time zone applied to footage

5. Drag the sides to the left or right to adjust the time zone.

6. Set the speed of the time zone. Select a variable speed from the speed slider or specify a time in the Duration box.

Note: The speed slider is displayed only when the time zone is selected.

Speed slider

7. Click Done. When you click the Play button, the section where you added the time zone plays at the specified speed.

You can add multiple time zones to your footage. To add another time zone, place the CTI at the point where you want the new time zone. Then,
add the time zone in the normal way. Use the Previous Edit Point and Next Edit point buttons to quickly navigate to the start and end points of time
zones.

Select Easing In and Easing Out to eliminate abrupt changes in speed at the start and end of a time zone. In addition, you can click render for a
smooth video playback.

When you play a footage at variable speeds, the accompanying audio may not remain in sync. To remove audio playback, select the Remove
Entire Clip’s Audio box.

To play a section of footage in reverse speed, click the Reverse button on the action bar after you add a time zone to the section. The color of the
time zone changes from green to brown.

Reverse time zone

The reverse time zone plays the section in three phases. In the first phase, the reverse time zone plays the section in the forward direction at
normal speed.

In the second phase, it plays the same section in reverse motion. You can use the speed slider or the Duration box to modify the playback speed
for this phase.

In the third phase, the reverse time zone replays the section in normal playback. To remove all time zones you added to your footage, click Reset.

New special effects

Vignetting

Apply the Vignetting effect to reduce the brightness or saturation of your clip at the periphery compared to the center.
Vignetting adaptively adjusts the exposure of your clip, preserving the original contrast and creating a more visually pleasing effect.

For example, you can apply the Vignetting effect to the following clip:

Original image

To apply a Vignetting effect, select the clip in the Quick view timeline and apply the effect from the Adjust category in the Effects panel.

Vignetting effect applied to clip

FilmLooks

You can now add one or more of the effects under the FilmLooks category of the Effects panel to let your footage resemble a movie. For example,
add the Dreamy effect to your clip to make it appear as a dream sequence. For step-by- step guidance, see Add FilmLooks effects.

Original image

Here's how the clip looks when you apply the Dreamy special effect:

Dreamy effect applied to clip

Temperature and tint

Using the Temperature And Tint video effect, you can introduce warmth or coldness to your image. You can also control the amount of green and
red tones in your image. Use the Temperature slider controls to change the amount of orange or blue tone. Increasing the amount of orange
introduces warmth to your image. Increasing the amount of blue introduces coldness to your image. Use the Tint slider control to add more red or
green tone to your image. For step-by-step guidance, see Adjust temperature and tint.

Opacity blending modes

Premiere Elements support layer blend modes that change the way layers react with each other. You often use some of the common modes in
every day work. For example, if your image is too dark, you can quickly make it brighter by duplicating the photo layer in the layers palette. Later,
you change the duplicate layer mode to screen.

Use the Opacity filter to select blending modes for various layers of your video. Adobe Premiere Elements 11 supports 27 blending modes. Select
a blending mode from the list and apply it to your image. Use the sliders to increase or decrease its effect.

Instant movies

Use the Instant Movie option on the action bar to quickly create a movie by selecting a movie template and making small edits to your clips.
Instant Movie also lets you add theme- based effects, titles, transitions, and audio to your movie. You can change settings as desired. For more
information, see Creating instant movies.

Tracks in timeline

The Quick view timeline includes the following tracks for your clip:

Title: Add a title for your clip on this track
Video: Edit your video on this track
Sound: Add audio files for your clip to this track
Narration: Add a narration for your clip to this track

Note: The Expert view timeline provides more tracks for video and audio in addition to the narration and sound tracks.

Drag media to timeline

Drag a clip from the Explorer window to the Quick view timeline to edit the clip. Use the trim handles to trim the clip on the timeline. The trim
handles appear when you select the clip on the timeline. If you have multiple clips in the Quick view timeline, you can rearrange clips.

Split icon on current-timeline indicator

Remove unwanted portions of your video clip directly on the timeline. Use the Split icon on current-time indicator to split your clip and remove the
unwanted portion.

Adjust panel

Use the options in the Adjust panel to adjust the inherent properties of your clip, for example color and lighting. You can also use the Smart Fix
tool to enhance the quality of your video footage. To display the Adjust panel, select the clip and then click Adjust on the right.

Adjust panel

If you add a title to your clip, use the Adjust panel to alter its properties, if necessary.

Applied Effects panel

View and modify the properties of effects already applied to your clip using the options in the Applied Effects panel.

Applied Effects panel

To display the Applied Effects panel, select the clip to which effects are applied, and click Applied Effects on the right.

Transition contextual control

Tweak the transitions in your clip using the options in the Transition contextual control.

Transition contextual control

The control automatically appears when you apply a transition to your clip for the first time.

Minor changes

Vibrance and Auto Tone are now available as two separate controls.

New features in the Expert view

In addition to the new features in the Quick view, the Expert view includes the following additional features:

Project Assets panel

Preview media files for your projects using the Project Assets panel.
Use the panel options to view the files as a list or grid.
The grid view displays a thumbnail for each media file. The files that your current project uses are indicated with a green icon.

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Keyframes

Animate effects by making an effect start and stop at specific times. Use keyframes to adjust the values of the effect over time.
After applying an effect to your clip, access the Applied Effects panel to apply a keyframe to animate the effect at a specific point.
To apply a keyframe, first click the toggle button to set the animation on. Use the reset button to remove all keyframes you applied to your clip.

You can also use the Adjust panel to apply keyframes.

New options in the Tools panel

The Tools panel in the Expert view provides the following new options:

Time Stretch: Changes the playback speed and duration of a clip without changing the In or Out points.
Audio Mixer: Lets you adjust the volume and balance for your different audio tracks.

Split toning

Use the Split toning effect to tint the highlights in your image with a particular color and the shadows with a different color. You can achieve best
results, if the highlights and shadows in your image are of opposite colors. Use the Hue and Saturation control sliders to adjust the hue and
saturation for both highlights and shadows.

1. Select the image in the Expert view timeline.

Original image

2. Click Effects on the Action bar and choose the Color Correction category from the drop-down list in the Effects panel.

3. Drag the Split Tone effect to the image on the Expert view timeline.

4. Use the Hue and Saturation slider controls in the Applied Effects panel to adjust the hue and saturation for the highlights and

shadows in the image.

Split Tone effect applied

HSL tuner

Adjust the hue, saturation, and luminance of specific colors in your image or video using the HSL tuner.

Use the HSL tuner slider controls to increase or decrease the hue, luminance, or saturation for the following colors:

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Aqua
Blue
Purple
Magenta

The HSL tuner enables you to provide a movie-type look to your video. For step-by-step guidance, see Add an HSL Tuner effect .

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Workspace

Workspace

Welcome screen
Quick view
Expert view
Add Media panel
Quick view timeline
Expert view timeline
Action bar
Adjust panel
Applied Effects panel
Publish and Share panel

The Adobe Premiere Elements workspace presents a simplified interface for enthusiasts. It organizes features into the Quick view and Expert view
based on their complexity.

The Quick view aggregates basic features that enthusiasts commonly use to quickly edit video footage and share with others. It optimizes common
tasks that you perform with clips, such as editing clips, creating menus for DVDs and Blu -ray discs, and sharing movies.

The Expert view includes advanced features and tools, such as Audio Mixer, Time Stretch, that professionals use to perform intricate video editing
tasks.

Welcome screen

When you first launch Adobe Premiere Elements, the Welcome screen opens.

Welcome screen

Click Video Editor to open an existing project or create a project in the workspace.
Access the Elements Organizer to organize, tag, and perform basic editing tasks on your media before importing them into Adobe Premiere

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Customize launch options

By default, the Welcome screen opens when you launch Adobe Premiere Elements for the first time.
Click the Settings button on the Title bar to specify the window or application that you want displayed on subsequent launches of Adobe Premiere

Elements.
Select one of the following launch options:

Welcome Screen: Launches the Welcome screen each time you open Adobe Premiere Elements. This option is enabled by
default.

Organizer: If you use Elements Organizer to organize your media before editing them in Adobe Premiere Elements, choose
this option.

Video Editor: Select this option if you want the Adobe Premiere Elements workspace to open every time you launch Adobe

Premiere Elements.

Quick view

Use the options in the Quick view to add titles, effects, and transitions, background music, and graphics to your clips. Pan or zoom your clip, if
necessary, or use Smart Trim for a crisper video. Use Instant Movie to automate movie creation steps.

The Quick view contains the Add Media panel, Quick view timeline, Action bar, Adjust panel, Applied Effects panel, and the Share panel.

Expert view

In addition to the panels available in the Quick view, the Expert view contains the Project assets panel.
This panel contains the media files you import into your Premiere Elements project. Use the panel options to organize the files as a list or in a grid.

The grid view displays a thumbnail for each file. If you add any media asset to the timeline, a green icon appears below the thumbnail for the
asset.

Add Media panel

The Add Media panel lets you add media files from various sources to the Quick view timeline so you can rearrange and edit them.

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Add Media panel

Use the Add Media panel to add media files from sources, such as video cameras, flip videos, webcams, digital still cameras, WDM devices,
mobile phones, and folders on your hard disk.

Quick view timeline

The Quick view timeline contains the following tracks:

Video: Edit your video clips and images in this track
Titles: Add text titles to your clips here
Sound: Add background music and other sounds to your movie
Narration: Include recorded narrations for your movie here

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The Quick view timeline displays each clip as a series of frames that span the entire clip length. You can trim unwanted portions within individual
frames and rearrange them. You can also swap the position of a clip with another to make a coherent movie sequence.

Expert view timeline

For more advanced editing, use the Expert view timeline. The Expert view timeline graphically represents your movie project as video and audio
clips arranged in vertically stacked tracks. When you capture video from a digital video device, the clips appear sequentially as they occur.

Expert view timeline

The Expert view timeline uses a time ruler to display the components of your movie and their relationship to each other over time. You can trim
and add scenes, indicate important frames with markers, add transitions, and control how clips are blended or superimposed. Compared to the
Quick view, the Expert view timeline has more tracks.

Action bar

The Action bar contains options that provide easy access to common features you use for editing tasks. Use the options to add titles, transitions,
special effects, graphics, music, and markers to your clips.

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Action bar

The Action bar contains the following options:

Organizer: Opens Elements Organizer to let you organize and manage your media files
Instant Movie: Automatically guides you through the movie creation process. It lets you quickly select movie templates and edit clips. Instant

Movie also lets you add theme-based effects, titles, transitions, and audio to your movie. You can change settings as desired.
Tools: Provides options that let you add cool effects to your video. For example, use Time Remapping and Smart Mix to add sophisticated motion

effects to your video. You can choose Smart Trim to let Premiere Elements automatically edit your footage for a crisper video.
Transitions: Provides transitions you can use between your movie clips. The Transition contextual control appears automatically when you apply a

transition for the first time. Use it to modify the transition properties. To open the Transition contextual control later, double-click the transition. The
Expert view provides more transition effects compared to the Quick view.

Titles and Text: Contains pre-formatted title templates you can use in your movie. The Title contextual control appears automatically when you
apply a title to your movie for the first time. Use it to modify the title properties. To open the Title contextual control later, double- click the title. The
Expert view provides more title templates compared to the Quick view.

Effects: Shows special effects and presets you can apply to clips in your movie. To edit a special effect after applying it, click Applied Effects to
modify the properties in the Applied Effects panel. Compared to the Quick view, the Expert view provides more effects that are organized under
various categories.

Music: Lets you add theme music to your movie. You can select multiple music clips from here, and they are played in the order selected. Click
Use Smart Sound to choose third-party music plug-ins for your movie.

Graphics: Lets you add graphic images, such as clip art and callouts (thought bubbles or speech balloons) to specific portions in your clips.

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The Adjust panel lets you adjust the inherent properties of your clip, for example color and lighting. You can also use the Smart Fix tool to enhance
the quality of your video footage.

Adjust panel

To display the Adjust panel, select the clip and then click Adjust on the right. If you add a title to your clip, use the Adjust panel to alter its
properties, if required.

Applied Effects panel

The Applied Effects panel lets you view the properties of effects already applied to your clip. The panel provides various options that enable you to
modify the applied effects.

Applied Effects panel

To display the Applied Effects panel, select the clip to which effects are applied, and click Applied Effects on the right.

Publish and Share panel

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Use the Share panel to save and share (export) your finished project.

Publish and Share panel

You can save your project for viewing on the web, a mobile phone, a computer, DVD, Blu-ray disc, and more.

Web DVD: For high-quality video that can be viewed online or on your computer
Disc: For copying your movie to DVDs, Blu- ray or AVCHD discs
Online: For video that can be uploaded to video sharing websites, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo
Computer: For video that can be viewed on computers
Mobile phones and players: For video that can be played on mobile phones and other devices

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Creating a video project

Creating a project

Projects
Review project presets and settings
Start a new project
Open a project

Projects

Premiere Elements creates a project file for every new project that you want to publish or save to work on it later. You can also create a project
before importing media.

The project file references the media that you add to a project including videos, images, titles, and themes.
Project files are small in size. They include title files and references to the source files that you capture or import. Because the project files store

references, avoid moving, renaming, or deleting the source files so that Premiere Elements can locate them.

Review project presets and settings

When you create a project, you can review the default preset and settings by clicking the Change Settings button in the New Project dialog. Adobe
Premiere Elements automatically adjusts your project settings based on the type of media you import.

1. In Premiere Elements, select File > New Project.

2. Click Change Settings.

Start a new project

1. Do one of the following:
From the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and select New Project.
If Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New Project.

2. (Optional) To change the project settings, click Change Settings, select a different preset, and click OK.

Note: After you change your project settings, you cannot modify them later.

If you do not change the project settings, Adobe Premiere Elements uses the settings of your previous project. Alternatively, it
creates an NTS/PAL AVCHD full HD project based on your region settings.

You can import a clip whose settings do not match the settings of an empty project. Adobe Premiere Elements overwrites the
project settings with the settings of your clip when you drop it on to the Expert view timeline.

By default, the folder where you save your project also stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video. These
files are large, so save them to your largest, fastest hard drive. To store the files separately from projects, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch
Disks.

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Open a project

You can open only one project at a time. To ensure that Premiere Elements can open an existing project, ensure that both the project file (.PRE)
and the source files are accessible on your computer.

Do one of the following:

In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and then click Existing Project. Choose the project name. (If the project isn’t listed,
choose Open, select the project file, and click Open.)

If Premiere Elements is open, choose File > Open Project or Open Recent Project; then select the project file, and click Open.
In Windows®, double-click the project file.

Note: Premiere Elements can open projects you create in earlier versions. However, previous versions cannot open projects
you create in later versions. If you have multiple versions of Premiere Elements installed, open a project from within the
software. Alternatively, right-click/ctrl-click the file and choose the application.

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Saving and backing up projects

Save a project
Back up a project with Auto Save
Open an Auto Save project

Save a project

Saving a project saves your editing decisions, references to source files, and the most recent arrangement of panels. Protect your work by saving
often.

To save the currently open project, choose File > Save.
To save a copy of a project, choose File > Save As, specify a location and filename, and click Save.
To save a copy of a project and continue working in the original project, choose File > Save A Copy. Specify a location and

filename, and click Save.

To specify where Premiere Elements stores project-related files, such as captured video and audio, and previews, set up a
scratch disk.

Back up a project with Auto Save

To revisit editing decisions or recover from a crash, enable the Auto Save option. This option automatically saves backup project files to the Adobe
Premiere Elements Auto-Save folder at a specified time interval. For example, you can set Premiere Elements to save a backup copy every 15
minutes.

Automatic saving serves as an alternative to the Undo command, depending on the project changes between each save. Because project files are
smaller compared to source video files, archiving multiple versions of a project consumes less disk space.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Auto Save.

2. Do one of the following, and then click OK:
Select Automatically Save Projects, and enter the duration in minutes after which Adobe Premiere Elements saves the

project.
Type a number for the Maximum Project Versions to specify how many versions of each project file you want to save. For

example, if you type 5, Premiere Elements saves five versions of each project you open.

Note: Each time you open a project, save it at least once before the Auto Save option takes effect.

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Open an Auto Save project

1. Do either of the following:
Start Adobe Premiere Elements. In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and then click Existing Project.
In Adobe Premiere Elements, choose File > Open Project.

2. In the project folder, open the file in the Adobe Premiere Elements Auto-Save folder. (If no files are available, the Auto Save

preference is possibly turned off.)

Note: When you start Premiere Elements after a crash, a message prompts whether you want to open the last saved version
of your project.

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Project settings and presets

About project settings and presets
Dynamic sequence preset
Create or change project presets
Check your project’s settings

About project settings and presets

Project settings determine the properties of your video and audio project assets. For example, they determine their format (DV, HDV, AVCHD),
source (hard disk or Flash memory camcorder), and aspect ratio (standard or widescreen video). Project setting also specify the frame rate, audio
sample rate, upper or lower field first, and bit depth for your project.

When you start a new project, Premiere Elements applies a project preset to it. A project preset is a collection of preconfigured project settings.
You can use the default project preset for the television standard for the Premiere Elements version installed on your computer.

NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is the television standard for the Americas, the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
PAL (Phase Alternating Line) is the standard format for Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, China,

and other parts of Asia.
Because you can’t change the project preset after starting a project, verify the format of your source footage before selecting a project preset.

If you specify lower quality settings for output (such as streaming web video), do not change your project settings. Change your export settings
instead.

Dynamic sequence preset

When you add a movie clip to the Expert view timeline, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically changes your project settings in the background
to match the clip properties. They include dimension, fps, pixel aspect ratio, and field order.

Create or change project presets

Adobe Premiere Elements includes default project presets for media from common sources, including DV camcorders, cameras, DVD discs, and
mobile phones. You cannot create a custom project presets or change a project preset after selecting a preset and starting a project.

To change the project preset when starting a new project, click the Change Settings button in the New Project dialog. Select the preset that
matches your footage.

If you add a movie clip whose preset does not match the project’s preset to the Expert view timeline, a message appears. Click Yes to let Adobe
Premiere Elements change the project’s settings to use the closest available preset. For more information, see Dynamic Sequence Preset.

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Select a project preset

By default, Premiere Elements uses an AVCHD preset for the television standard you specify when you install the program. Select a new preset to
create projects in a different format, television standard, or frame aspect ratio.

The preset you select becomes the default, which is used for all new projects, until you select another preset. If you choose a preset temporarily,
change it when you’ve finished using it.

1. Start Premiere Elements.

2. In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor, and then click New Project. (Or, choose File > New > Project.)

3. In the New Project dialog box, click Change Settings.

4. Select the preset that matches the format and standard of the footage you want to edit. For example, to edit most HDV footage

from 1080i camcorders, choose HDV 1080i 30 or HDV 1080i 25.

5. Click OK.

6. Provide a name and location for your project, and click OK.

Change the settings of an open project

After you create a project, you can only make minor display-related changes to the project settings.

Note: You cannot change the Editing mode and the format of Preview files after you create a project.

1. Choose Edit > Project Settings > General.

2. In the Project Settings dialog box, specify project settings for General, Capture, and Video Rendering.

3. Click OK.

Check your project’s settings

Project presets include project settings under three categories: General, Capture, and Video Rendering. After you start a project, you can’t change
most of the settings, such as frame rate, size, and aspect ratio. However, you can review the settings to ensure that the media you want to add to
the project is compatible.

Open the project in Premiere Elements, and choose Edit > Project Settings > [category].

Note: Third-party products, such as PCs, capture cards, and hardware bundles sometimes include custom presets. See the third-party
documentation for details.

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NTSC vs PAL presets

NTSC presets conform to the NTSC standard, where each video frame includes 525 horizontal lines displayed at 29.97 frames per second. The
Standard NTSC preset applies to footage that has a 4:3 aspect ratio. The Widescreen NTSC preset applies to footage that has a 16:9 aspect ratio.

PAL presets conform to the PAL standard, where each video frame includes 625 lines displayed at 25 frames per second.

General settings

General settings (Edit > Project Settings > General) control the fundamental characteristics of a project. They include the editing mode used to
process video, frame size, aspect ratios, count time (Display Format), and playback settings (Timebase). These settings match the most common
source media in your project. For example, if most of your footage is DV, use the DV Playback editing mode. The quality of your video can
deteriorate if you change these settings arbitrarily.

General settings include the following options.
Editing Mode Identifies the television standard and format for the project. You cannot change the Timebase, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio,

Fields, and Sample Rate preview settings. The editing mode determines these settings.

Note: The Editing Mode setting represents the specifications of the source media, not the final output settings. Specify output settings when you
export a project.

Timebase Specifies the time divisions used to calculate the time position of each edit (PAL: 25, NTSC: 29.97).
Playback Settings This button is available if you use a DV preset, a DV editing mode, or install a plug-in that provides additional playback

functions. For a DV editing mode, this option indicates where you want your previews to play. For information on the playback settings for
third-party plug-ins, see the developer documentation.

Frame Size Specifies the frame pixels for your project playback. In most cases, the frame size for your project matches the frame size of your
source media. You can’t change the frame size to compensate for slow playback. However, you can adjust the playback settings: Right-click/ctrl­click the monitor and choose Playback Settings. Adjust the frame size of the output by changing the Export settings.

Pixel Aspect Ratio Sets the aspect ratio for pixels. The video format (PAL or NTSC) determines this ratio. If you use a pixel aspect ratio that is
different from your video, the video can appear distorted when you render it and play.

Fields Specifies the field dominance, or the order in which the two interlaced fields of each frame are drawn. Premiere Elements captures DV
footage with fields, even if the footage was recorded as progressive scan.

Display Format (video) Specifies the way time appears throughout the project. The time display options correspond to standards for editing video
and motion-picture film. For DV NTSC video, choose 30-fps Drop-Frame Timecode. For DV PAL video, choose 25-fps Timecode.

Title Safe Area Specifies the frame edge area to mark as a safe zone for titles, so that titles aren’t cut off by TVs that zoom the picture. A
rectangle with crosshairs marks the title-safe zone when you click the Safe Zones button in the monitor. Titles require a wider safe zone than
action.

Action Safe Area Specifies the frame edge area to mark as a safe zone for action so that TVs that zoom the picture do not exclude the action. A
rectangle marks the action -safe zone when you click the Safe Zones button in the monitor.

Sample Rate Identifies the audio sample rate for the project preset. In general, higher rates provide better audio quality in projects, but they
require more disk space and processing. Record audio at a high-quality sample rate, and capture audio at the rate at which it was recorded.

Display Format (audio) Specifies whether audio time display is measured by using audio samples or milliseconds. By default, time is displayed in
audio samples. However, you can display time in milliseconds for sample-level precision when you are editing audio.

Capture settings

Capture settings (Edit > Project Settings > Capture) control how video and audio are transferred directly from a deck or DV camcorder. (Other
Project Settings panels do not affect capturing.)

Video Rendering settings

Video Rendering settings control the picture quality, compression settings, and color depth that Premiere Elements uses when you play video from
the Expert view timeline.

To access Video Rendering settings, choose Edit > Project Settings > Video Render. These settings include the following options:

Maximum Bit Depth Allows Premiere Elements to use up to 32-bit processing, even if the project uses a lower bit depth. Selecting this option

increases precision but decreases performance.

File Format Specifies the format of the preview video.
Compressor Identifies the codec (compressor/decompressor) that Premiere Elements applies to generate movie previews. The project preset

defines the codec. You cannot change it because it must conform to the DV standard.

Note: If you don’t apply effects to your clip or change its frame/time characteristics, Adobe Premiere Elements uses the clip’s original codec for
playback. If your changes necessitate frame recalculation, Adobe Premiere Elements applies the codec identified here.

Optimize Stills Select this option to use still images efficiently in projects. For example, you can use an image that has a duration of 2 seconds in
a 30-fps project. Premiere Elements creates a 2-second frame instead of 60 frames, each with a duration of 1/30 second. Deselect this option if
projects encounter playback problems when displaying still images.

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Viewing a project’s files

Project Assets panel overview
Rename a source file in a project
Find an item in a project
Locate missing files for a project
Delete a clip

Project Assets panel overview

The Project Assets panel lets you preview source material for your projects. Select the Expert view and then click Project Assets.
You can view the contents of a project using the list view or the grid view. Use the panel options menu to switch between the views.
The grid view displays a snapshot of the video you imported into the project. The Project Assets panel indicates files that you use in the Expert

view timeline with a green icon. Use the Search box to search for files within the panel.

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Display and arrange media items

In the Project Assets panel, you can display items in the List view. The List view lets you view more items simultaneously, search, and sort items
by properties such as media type and duration.

To sort items in List view, click the column heading by which you want to sort the items. (For example, click Media Type to sort
items by type.) If folders are expanded, items sort from the top level and down the Project Assets panel hierarchy. To reverse
the sort order, click the column heading again.

To see more of the column headings in List view, drag the right side of the Project Assets panel to the right. Alternatively, drag
the scroll bar at the bottom of the panel to the right.

Organize clips in folders

The Project Assets panel can include folders into which you can organize project contents in the same way as folders in Windows Explorer.
Folders can contain media files or subfolders. Consider using folders to organize media types, such as DV captures, Adobe Photoshop Elements
still images, and audio files.

In the Project Assets panel, do any of the following:

Note: To access the Project Assets panel, select Project Assets in the Expert view.

To add a folder, click the New Folder icon at the bottom of the Project Assets panel. In the list view, if you click New Folder
multiple times in a row, each new folder is nested inside the previous new folder.

To move an item into a folder, drag the item to the Folder icon. You can move folders into other folders to nest them.
To display the contents of a folder, double- click the folder. Alternatively, in List view, click the triangle beside the Folder icon to

expand the folder.
To navigate to parent folders, click the appropriate icon. You can click and hold this button to see a list of all the folders above

the one currently listed. You can also jump to a folder by highlighting it and releasing the mouse button.

Rename a source file in a project

To rename a clip, select it, choose Clip > Rename, type the new name, and press Enter. (The change affects only references
used in the project; the name of the original source file in the Project workspace and Windows remains the same.)

To rename an original source file, close Premiere Elements, and rename the file in Windows. The next time you open the
project, Premiere Elements asks you to locate the file.

You can also rename a selected clip by clicking its name once to select the text, typing the new name, and pressing Enter.

Find an item in a project

Right-click an item in the Expert view timeline, and select Reveal In Project.

To find an item on the hard drive, right-click the clip, choose Properties, and note the path at the top of the Properties panel.

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Locate missing files for a project

Premiere Elements doesn’t store original source files in a project—it references the name and location of each source file when you import it. If
you later move, rename, or delete a source file in Windows, the Where Is The File dialog box opens when you next open the project.

In addition to source files, a project also references preview files. Preview files allow you to preview effects in real time without having to render
them—a process that can take hours. Preview files can be re-created if necessary.

Note: After you create the final movie, you can delete source files if you do not plan to reuse them. If you plan to re-edit the movie in the future,
archive the project with the Project Archiver before deleting source files.

In the Where Is The File dialog box, choose one of the following options:
Display Only Exact Name Matches Displays only the files that match the name of the missing file when the project was last closed. If you know
that the name of a file has changed, deselect this option.

Select Replaces the missing file with the original or replacement file.
Find Starts the Windows XP Search feature.
Skip Previews Ignores missing preview files so you aren’t asked to find them.
Skip Replaces the missing file with an offline file. The offline file acts as a placeholder for related clips in the Project Assets panel and the Expert

view timeline.

Skip All Replaces all missing clips with offline files without asking you for confirmation.

Delete a clip

Because Premiere Elements doesn’t store media files in the project, deleting a clip from a project removes all instances from a movie. However,
Premiere Elements does not delete the clip’s source file from the Windows desktop. To conserve disk space, delete the source file.

To delete a media file from the Project workspace, do one of the following:

Select the file in the panel and click the Delete icon.
Right-click/ctrl- click it in the Expert view timeline, and choose Delete. You can also delete by selecting the file and pressing the

Delete key. The file is deleted from the Elements Organizer, but it is not deleted from your hard disk.

To identify unused items in a project, see the Video Usage and Audio Usage columns in List view. To display these
columns, scroll to the right. A green check mark (list view) and a green dot (grid view) indicates that the asset is being used
in the project.

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Viewing clip properties

See an overview of basic clip properties
View comprehensive file information
Customize List view properties
View details about effect properties

See an overview of basic clip properties

To view the basic properties of a clip, right-click/ctrl-click the clip in the Project Assets panel, choose Properties.

View comprehensive file information

Premiere Elements includes tools that you can use to evaluate a file in any supported format stored inside or outside a project. For example, you
can determine whether a clip you exported has an appropriate data rate for Internet distribution. Video file properties can include file size, number
of video and audio tracks, duration, average frame rate, audio sample rate, video data rate, and compression settings. In addition, they include
information about dropped frames in captured clips.

Use the Get Properties feature to check for dropped frames in a clip you captured. Use the Data Rate Analysis graphs to evaluate how well the
output data rate matches the requirements of your delivery medium. The graphs depict the render keyframe rate, the difference between
compression keyframes and differenced frames (frames that exist between keyframes). They also depict the data rate levels at each frame.

Do one of the following:

If the clip is in the Expert view timeline, select it and choose File > Get Properties For > Selection.
If the clip is not in the project, choose File > Get Properties For > File. Locate the clip you want to analyze and then click

Open.

Customize List view properties

You can customize the List view to display only the information you want to see. You can also rename columns, add columns of your own,
rearrange columns, and change the width of columns.

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Specify which properties appear in List view

The Name property appears by default, and displays the clip name on disk. You cannot remove the Name property using the Edit Columns dialog
box. You can change the name the clip uses inside the project.

1. Open the Project Assets panel.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click in the Media view, and choose Edit Columns. Ensure that you click an area outside the rows containing
the assets.

3. Select any of the following properties you want to appear in Media view, and click OK:

Used Displays a check mark if the clip is used in the project.
Media Type Media, such as Movie or Still Image.
Frame Rate The frame rate of the clip, such as 29.97 fps.
Media Duration Length of the captured media on disk, expressed in the Display Format specified in the General section of the

Project Settings dialog box.

Note: In Premiere Elements, all durations in a panel include the frames that the In point and Out point specify. For example,
setting the In point and Out point to the same frame results in a duration of one frame.

Video Duration The duration of the clip the Video In point and Out point define. Incorporating any adjustments applied in
Premiere Elements, such as changing the clip speed.

Audio Duration The duration of the clip the Audio In point and Out point define. Incorporating any adjustments applied in
Premiere Elements, such as changing the clip speed.

Video Info The frame size and aspect ratio of the clip, and whether an alpha channel is present.
Audio Info The audio specifications of the clip.

Video Usage The number of times the video component of a clip is used in the movie.

Audio Usage The number of times the audio component of a clip is used in the movie.
Status Specifies whether a clip is online or offline. If a clip is offline, this option also indicates why.
Client Field for adding a client’s name or other details.

Adjust columns in List view

Use the List view to quickly evaluate, locate, or organize clips based on specific properties.

1. Open the Project Assets panel.

2. Do any of the following:

To change the width of a column, position the pointer over a dividing line between column headings until the Column
Resize icon appears. Then, drag horizontally.

To create a column, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, click Add and select a column name (after which the
new column appears). Type a name and choose a type for the new column, and click OK. Text columns can contain any
text you enter. Boolean columns provide a check box.

To display a column, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, and then click the box next to the column name you
want to display.

To sort columns in ascending or descending order, click their heading.
To rearrange columns, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, select a column name, and click Move Up, or Move

Down.

Note: Premiere Elements locks some column attributes. You can’t locate or change these attributes in the Edit Columns
dialog box. For example, you can change the names of columns you added, but not the names of columns built in
Premiere Elements.

View details about effect properties

1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

2. Click the Applied Effects button and view the properties in the Applied Effects panel.

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Undoing changes

Undo changes incrementally
Undo any previous change

Undo changes incrementally

If you change your mind about an edit or effect, Premiere Elements provides several ways to undo your work. You can undo only those actions
that alter video content; for example, you can undo an edit, but you cannot undo scrolling a panel.

To undo or redo the most recent change, choose Edit > Undo. (You can sequentially undo a series of recent changes.)
To undo a change, and all successive changes that occurred since you last opened a project, delete it from the History panel.
To stop a change that Premiere Elements is processing (for example, when you see a progress bar), press Esc.
To undo all changes made since you last saved the project, choose File > Revert.

To undo changes made before you last saved a project, try opening a previous version in the Adobe Premiere Auto -Save folder. Then choose
File > Save As to store the project outside the Adobe Premiere Auto-Save folder. The number of changes you can undo depends on the Auto
Save preference settings.

Undo any previous change

The History panel records the changes you make to a project. Each time you add a clip, insert a marker, or apply an effect, the History panel adds
that action to its list. The tool or command you used appears in the panel along with an identifying icon. You can use the panel to quickly undo
several changes. When you select a change in the panel, the project returns to the state of the project at the time of that change. The more recent
changes turn gray and disappear when you make your next change.

The History panel records changes only for the current session. Closing a project or choosing the Revert command clears the History panel. While
the panel lists most changes, it does not list individual changes within some panels, nor does it list program-wide changes, such as Preferences
settings.

To display the History panel, choose Window > History.
To select a change in the History panel, click it.
To delete a selected change, click and then click OK.
To move around in the History panel, drag the slider or the scroll bar in the panel. Or, choose Step Forward or Step Backward

from the History panel menu.
To clear all changes from the History panel, choose Clear History from the History panel menu, and then click OK.

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Creating instant movies

Create an Instant Movie from the workspace
Edit an Instant Movie

Instant Movie lets you quickly create a professional-looking, edited movie, complete with titles, soundtrack, effects, and transitions by using a
simple (and quick) step-by-step process. When you create an Instant Movie, Adobe Premiere Elements analyzes your clips (if they have not
already been analyzed). It applies Smart Tags as necessary, edits the clips, and applies a theme of your choice. You can personalize the theme by
using your own title and ending credits. In addition, you can supply your own music or effects.

The analysis option is enabled by default. If you have disabled analysis, smart tags are not used.
Movie themes create movies with a specific appearance. For example, the Wedding Doves theme adds an elegant introduction and conclusion,

flying white doves overlay, and wedding background music. The Comic Book theme creates a fun kids party video by adding stylish effects, such
as Color Emboss and large artistic fonts in the title. Each theme uses a unique editing style for selecting, trimming, and sequencing clips.

The default duration for a theme is approximately 4-6 minutes. You can use Instant Movie on all of the clips in your movie. Alternatively, use it on
a subset to create a montage or special feature at the beginning or end of a DVD.

You can choose various themes. You can apply all of the properties in a theme, or choose to add only a subset. Likewise, you can add a theme to
an entire sequence in the Quick view timeline/Expert view timeline. Alternatively, you can choose to add it to only a single clip.

Create an Instant Movie from the workspace

1. From the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, select the clips that you want to include in your movie.

2. From the Action bar, click Instant Movie.

3. Choose a theme for your movie or download a template. To download and online template for your instant movie:

a. Right-click/Ctrl-click the movie theme template.
b. Click Download Now to download selected template. Click Download All to download all the templates.
c. (Optional) Click the Download In Background button to let the content download in the background while you continue to

work in Adobe Premiere Elements.

To preview a movie theme, move the mouse cursor over the theme’s thumbnail to see a description, and click the Play button
to watch a preview. Click Next.

4. Specify the properties for the movie, as desired:

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Opening and Closing Titles: Opening and closing titles can be multiple lines. However, for best results, keep the opening

title to one line.

InstantMovie: Specifies whether you want to perform an auto edit, which automatically trims the clips and adds them to

the project based on their Smart Tags. And whether to analyze clips and apply Smart Tags to them.
Apply To: Specifies whether to apply the theme to the entire project or to the selected clips in the Quick view

timeline/Expert view timeline.
Music: Specifies whether to use the theme music, your own music (click Browse to locate and open it), or no music. You

can select multiple music clips, and they are played in the order selected. Drag the slider between Music/Sound FX and
My Clips to set the amount of soundtrack and audio effects used versus the sound from your clips. InstantMovie syncs
with the beats of the music, so changing the song can significantly change the results. In addition, changing the song
changes the duration of the movie to match the duration of the new song.

Speed And Intensity: Enables you to control the speed of cuts and amount of effect. Click the triangle beside the Speed
And Intensity option and use the slider to adjust the speed of cuts and amount of effect.

Duration: Specifies the length of the finished movie. Match Music creates a movie to the length of the theme music. This
parameter lets you specify the exact length of time by dragging hours, minutes, and seconds. Use All Clips ensures all the
selected clips are used and bases the length of time on their duration.

Note: If you specify a duration that is longer than the theme music, the music will loop. If the duration is shorter than the
length of the theme music, the music ends with the last clip.

Sequence: Specifies whether clips are arranged according to the Time/Date stamp or according to the theme’s editing
rules.

Theme Content: Specifies which aspects of the theme are included in the final movie. Select or deselect any of the
options. If some of your clips have effects already applied, you can choose to keep the applied effects, or remove them
and apply the theme’s effects instead.

Render Preview: If this option is enabled, the instant movie is rendered after it is created and placed on the timeline.
Rendering improves the frame rate of the movie for playback.

Edit an Instant Movie

When you create an Instant Movie, Adobe Premiere Elements combines all the clips into a single clip. You can break apart this combined clip if
you want to edit or replace the individual clips. Use the Replace Clip command to quickly replace one clip with another without having to trim and
edit the new clip to fit. Alternatively, change the effects or overlays applied to the clip.

Because Instant Movie is created using beat detect on the added music clip, changing the Audio clip may not produce a well-synced video.

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Working with scratch disks

About scratch disks
Types of scratch disks
Set up a scratch disk
Maximizing scratch disk performance

About scratch disks

When you edit a project, Premiere Elements uses disk space to store scratch files for your project. These include captured video and audio,
conformed audio, and preview files. Adobe Premiere Elements uses conformed audio files and preview files to optimize performance, allowing
real-time editing, high processing quality, and efficient output. All scratch disk files are preserved across work sessions. If you delete conformed
audio files, Premiere Elements automatically recreates them. If you delete preview files, they are not be recreated automatically.

By default, scratch files are stored where you save the project. The scratch disk space required increases as your movie becomes longer or more
complex. If your system has access to multiple disks, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences >
Scratch Disks. Specify the disks Premiere Elements uses for these files. For best results, set up your scratch disks at the very beginning of a
project, before capturing or editing.

Types of scratch disks

While performance can be enhanced by setting each scratch disk type to a different disk, you can also specify folders on the same disk. Select
Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks to set the following scratch disk options.

Captured Video Folder or disk for video files and stop-motion still image files that you capture using the Capture panel.
Captured Audio Folder or disk for audio files that you capture using the Capture panel.
Video Previews Folder or disk for video preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area, export to a movie

file, or export to a DV device. If the previewed area includes effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Audio Previews Folder or disk for audio preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area command. They

are also created when you choose Clip > Audio Options > Render And Replace, export to a movie file or DV device. If the previewed area includes
effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.

Media Cache Folder or disk for audio peak files, audio conform files, video index files, and other files Premiere Elements creates to improve
performance when reading media files.

DVD Encoding Folder or disk for encoded video and audio files that are generated when you create a DVD.

Note: Premiere Elements places preview files, encoded files, media cache files, and other types within subfolders of the folders you specify for
these types. Each subfolder is named for the type of scratch files it contains.

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Set up a scratch disk

You set up scratch disks in the Scratch Disks panel of the Preferences dialog box. To verify the amount of free disk space on the selected volume,
see the box to the right of the path. If the path is too long to read, place the pointer over the path, and the full path appears in a tool tip.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

2. For each scratch disk type, specify a disk location for Premiere Elements to store the corresponding files. Choose one of
these options from the pop-up menu:

My Documents Stores scratch files in the My Documents folder.
Same As Project Stores scratch files in the same folder where the project is stored.
Custom Indicates that the current path isn’t in the pop-up menu. The current path isn’t changed until you click Browse to

specify any available disk location.

Maximizing scratch disk performance

If your computer has only one hard disk, consider leaving all scratch disk options at their default settings.
If it has more than one, choose large, secondary hard drives for scratch disks and not the main load drive. In Premiere

Elements, you can place each type of scratch file onto its own disk. For example, you copy video to one disk and audio to
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Defragment scratch disks regularly by using the Disk Defragmenter tool in Windows or a third-party utility. To use the Disk

Defragmenter tool, choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. For more instructions,
see the documentation provided with Windows or the third-party utility.

Specify your fastest hard disks for capturing media and storing scratch files. You can use a slower disk for audio preview files
and the project file.

Specify only disks attached to your computer. The throughput from a hard disk on a network is too slow. Avoid using
removable media as scratch disks because Premiere Elements always requires access to scratch disk files. Scratch disk files
are preserved for each project, even when you close the project. Premiere Elements reuses these files when you reopen the
project associated with them. If scratch disk files are stored on removable media and the media is removed from the drive, the
scratch disk is not available to Premiere Elements.

You can divide a single disk into partitions and set up each partition as a virtual scratch disk. However, partitioning doesn’t
improve performance because the single drive mechanism is a bottleneck. For best results, set up scratch disk volumes on
actual separate drives.

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Importing and adding media

Adding media into Adobe Premiere Elements

Add media from Elements Organizer
Import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives
Capture video from DV/HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices
Import photos from your digital camera or mobile phone
Add files from your hard drive

You can add media to Premiere Elements using one of these methods:

capturing from live or recorded sources
importing files from other types of storage
adding from the Project Assets panel
recording narrations from a microphone

When you add media files to Premiere Elements, they are added to the Quick view timeline and the Expert view timeline. In addition, they are
added to the Project Assets panel in the Expert view.

A thumbnail, called a clip, represents each file in the Project Assets panel. Clips, whether they contain audio, video, or images, are the building
blocks of your movies.

To add new media into Premiere Elements, click Add Media.

Add Media panel

Use any of the following options in the Add Media panel to add media files:
Elements Organizer ISelect this option to add media from Elements Organizer. From the Elements Organizer application, drag video and images

to the Quick view/Expert view timeline or the Project Assets panel.
Videos From Flip Or Cameras Add media from devices that store video files in Flash memory or on a disk. Such devices include Flip and other

compact video cameras, AVCHD, DVD, DSLR and other cameras, and mobile phones.

DV Camcorder Capture video from a DV camcorder through FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB. This option opens the Capture window.
HDV Camcorder Capture video from an HDV camcorder through FireWire (IEEE 1394). This option opens the Capture window.
DVD Camera Or Computer Drive Import video from your DVD drive, or a DVD in a camcorder through USB. You can import media files in

AVCHD format from a DVD Camcorder. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements - Video Importer window.

Webcam Or WDM Capture video from a webcam or WDM- compatible capture device. This option opens the Capture window.
Photos From Cameras Or Devices Import photos from a camera or mobile phone through USB. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements

- Media Downloader window. It also imports media from devices that store video files in Flash memory, or on a disk

Files And Folders Import videos, photos, and audio files from your personal computer’s hard drive.

Add media from Elements Organizer

1. Click Add Media, and select Elements Organizer. The Elements Organizer application launches.

2. In the Import panel of the Organizer workspace, locate the album or folder containing your media.

3. From the Media view, drag one or more media files to the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline in Adobe Premiere
Elements. Alternatively, you can drag a media file to the Project Assets panel.

Import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives

Many types of devices other than DV camcorders, HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices record and store video.
Using the video importer, you can import video clips from tapeless camcorders, FLIP and AVCDHD camera, removable memory devices, and

mobile devices.
You can also import files from removable media, such as DVDs, memory cards, and multimedia cards. These files are copied to the hard drive

location you specify. The files are also added to the Project Assets panel.
You can add clips directly to the Quick view/Expert view timeline without first creating a project. When you add a clip to either timeline, Adobe

Premiere Elements automatically changes your project settings to match the clip properties.
However, if you add a clip to an existing project whose preset does not match the clip’s preset, a message appears. Click Yes to let Adobe

Premiere Elements change the project’s settings to use the closest available preset.

Note: Image files cannot be imported using this option. To import images, use the Photos From Cameras Or Devices option in the Add Media
panel.

1. Do one of the following:

Place the DVD into your computer’s DVD drive.
Connect your card reader such as SD card or memory stick to your computer.
Connect the digital camera, mobile phone, or other device to your computer using the USB 2.0 port.

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Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.

2. Click Add Media.

3. Click the device from which you want to import:

Videos From Flip Or Camera
DVD Camera Or Computer Drive
The Video Importer dialog box appears.

Note: Video Importer cannot import media from external hard drives. If you want to import media from an external hard
drive, use the Files And Folders option in the Add Media panel.

4. In the Source Menu, select the device from which you want to download movie clips.
The contents of the device or disk are displayed in the panel below the Source menu. The number of files, and the size of the

content is displayed at the bottom of the panel containing the content.

5. Do one of the following:

To import all the content displayed in the panel, click Check All.

To import a few clips, click deselect All, and select only those clips that you want to import.

Note: To preview the contents of a clip, click the clip. Click the Play button in the Preview panel.

6. To specify a location for the saved files, do one of the following:

To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make

New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create and name a new folder.

7. Select a naming convention for the downloaded files using the Presets menu.

Filename Retains the filenames the camcorder assigns.
Folder Name - Number If your folder name is Wedding Pics, the clips are assigned the names Wedding Pics- 001, Wedding

Pics-002, and so on.
Date - filename Adds a timestamp to the filename the camcorder assigns. The timestamp is the current date and time - the

date and time on which the movies were transferred to your computer.

Note: To rename files, delete them from the Project Assets panel in the Expert view, and reimport them.

Custom Name - Number Enter a custom name in the Name field. For example, if you enter My Holiday in the field, the clips
are named My Holiday-001, My Holiday- 002, and so on.

8. (Optional) If you want to delete the selected files in the camera after import, select the option After Copying Delete Originals.

9. (Optional) If you do not want the imported clips added to the Quick view/Expert view timeline after import, deselect Add To
Timeline. The imported clips are added only to the Project panel.

10. (Optional) If you want to create an InstantMovie using the selected clips, select Create InstantMovie.

11. Click Get Media. You can click Cancel in the Progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.

Note: If you don’t intend to use all the files you add, you can delete them from the Project Assets panel. Deleting files from the panel doesn’t
delete them from your hard drive. This practice is recommended for large VOB files.

Capture video from DV/HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices

Devices, such as DV camcorders, HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices capture live video.
Using the Capture window, you capture live video from these devices and copy the video clips to the hard drive location you specify.
You can add these clips to Adobe Premiere Elements by dragging them from Windows Explorer to the Quick view/Expert view timeline.
You can also drag the clips to the Project Assets panel in the Expert view.
Alternatively, use the File And Folders option in the Add Media panel to add the clips to the Quick view/Expert view timeline.

1. Do one of the following:

Turn on the webcam to capture live footage
Connect the DV camcorder, HDV camcorder, or the WDM device to your computer using the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port.

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Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.

2. Click Add Media.

3. From the Add Media panel, select the option for the device using which you want to capture video:

DV Camcorder
HDV Camcorder
Webcam Or WDM
The Capture window appears.

4. In the Capturing Source menu, select the device from which you want to capture video clips.
The video that the device captures is displayed in the panel below the Capturing Source menu.

5. Click the Capture button.

6. Specify a name for the captured video.

7. To specify a location for the video, do one of the following:

To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make

New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create and name a new folder.

8. Click Add Media and select Files And Folders.

9. Browse to the location where you saved the video files and add them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline.

Note: You can also use Windows Explorer to locate the saved video files and drag them to Adobe Premiere Elements.

Import photos from your digital camera or mobile phone

1. Connect the digital camera, or mobile phone to your computer.

Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.

2. In Adobe Premiere Elements, select Add Media > Photos From Cameras Or Devices, and then click Advanced Dialog.

Adobe Premiere Elements - Photo Downloader (Advanced Dialog view)

3. Choose the drive or device from the Get Photos From pop-up menu. Thumbnails of all importable files appear in the dialog
box.

4. To specify a location for the saved files, do one of the following:

To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make

New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create a folder and name it.
To create one or more subfolders for grouping files by criteria, click the triangle next to the Create Subfolder field. Choose

one of the options from the pop-up menu for naming the subfolder.
To rename the files in the folder consistently, click the triangle next to the Rename Files field. Choose an option from the

pop-up menu for naming the files. The filename defaults to the folder name you enter. When the files are added to the
folder and the Project Assets panel, the filenames are in increments of 0001. For example, if you enter summer, the
filenames are changed to summer0001.vob, summer0002.vob, and so on.

5. Select files to add to the Project Assets panel. A check mark below the file’s thumbnail indicates that the file is selected. By
default, all files are selected. Click an option to remove the check mark and exclude a file. You can also select or deselect all
files by using the Check All button or the Uncheck All button.

6. If you are using metadata, you can select Preserve Current Filename In XMP.

7. Click the triangle next to Apply Metadata, select a template, and fill in the Creator and Copyright fields.

8. Click Get Media. You can click Cancel in the Progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.

Note: If you don’t intend to use all the files you add, you can delete them from the Project Assets panel. Deleting files from the panel doesn’t
delete them from your hard drive.

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Add files from your hard drive

Click Add Media, and then click Files And Folders. Locate and select the files that you want, and click Open. To add an entire
folder, select it and click Import Folder.

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Drag files or folders from Windows Explorer to the Project Assets panel.

Drag files from Windows Explorer directly to the Quick view or Expert view timeline.

Note: You can also use the Elements Organizer to access files that are stored on your hard drive. Files that you added to the Elements Organizer
from either Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop Elements are displayed.

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Add numbered image files as a single clip

1. Make sure that each still-image filename has the correct filename extension. All filenames in the sequence must contain an
equal number of digits before the extension—for example, file000.bmp, and file001.bmp.

2. Do one of the following:

Click Add Media and choose Files And Folders.
Choose File > Add Media From > Files And Folders.

3. Locate and select the first image in the sequence. From the Files Of Type menu, select Numbered Stills, and click Open.

Premiere Elements interprets all of the numbered files as a single sequence.

Note: For information on changing the duration of images, see “Set duration for imported images” in Help.

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5.1 audio import

Drag clips to the Monitor window

Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 facilitates importing and playing clips with 5.1 audio in the same format as the project preset. You can create
movies combining AVCHD video and stereo audio and 5.1 audio and stereo audio. You can move clips from track to track in the Expert view
timeline regardless of whether the audio is 5.1 or stereo. If you import 5.1 audio file to the stereo channel, it is converted to 5.1 and the other way
round. To create a 5.1 channel track, drag a 5.1 onto the empty area on the Expert view timeline of a stereo project. Alternatively, drag a channel
audio video clip or a 5.1 channel audio only clip. A 5.1 channel track in a stereo project is created. To create a stereo track in a 5.1 channel
project, drag-and-drop a stereo clip into the empty area on Expert view timeline. A stereo track in a 5.1 channel project is created.

1. Do one of the following:

From the Welcome screen, click New Project.
If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New > Project.

2. Click Change Settings to change the preset used. Select Full HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel from the AVCHD folder, and click OK.

3. In the New Project dialog box, specify a name and location for the project, and click OK.
In the Expert view timeline, you can see 5.1 beside the Audio tracks. You can now include clips to your project. However, the

audio is mapped to a channel type depending on how you insert the media file.

Drag clips to the Monitor window

When you drag clips onto the Monitor window, the audio is mapped to the channel type of Audio 1 track.
However, when you drag onto the Monitor window, you are presented with the following additional options. The audio mappings change depending

on the option you select.
Insert After This Scene Audio is mapped to the Audio one track, and the clip is inserted in the Video 1/Audio 1 track. The clip is inserted at the

end of the existing clip.
Split And Insert Audio is mapped to the Audio 1 track, and the clip is inserted in the Video 1/Audio 1 track. The current clip is split at the point

where the CTI is pointing. The clip is inserted.
Place On Top If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track, and mapped to the corresponding

track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe Premiere Elements
places the video on the CTI, in a track above the existing video. The new video file overlaps the existing video clip.

Picture In Picture If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track, and mapped to the corresponding
track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe Premiere Elements
places the existing and the inserted videos simultaneously. The user can see both the videos.

Place On Top, And Apply Videomerge If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track and mapped
to the corresponding track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe
Premiere Elements places the video on the CTI, in a track above the existing video and applies Videomerge effect on the new video. The
underlying and the top videos can be seen.

Replace Clip The clip is replaced and the mapping matches the channel type of the replaced clip’s track.

Note: When you drop an audio-only clip into the Monitor window, it is placed on the Soundtrack track and mapped to stereo.

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Creating specialty clips

Add color bars and a 1 -kHz tone
Create and add a black video clip
Create a colored matte for a background
Change the tone level of clips

You generate Specialty clips by using panel options in the Project Assets panel. They reside in the Project Assets panel along with your added
clips.

You can create universal counting leaders, color bars, a 1-kHz tone, black video, and colored backgrounds for your project. Use Specialty clips for
calibration of your video or simply as footage.

Add color bars and a 1-kHz tone

You use the color bars and 1-kHz tone clips in tandem at the beginning of a video. Color bars are multicolored vertical bars at the beginning of
broadcast videos that help broadcasters calibrate the color for a video.

The 1-kHz tone is a short tone (1-kHz frequency) that broadcasters use to adjust audio levels. Broadcasters set it at a specific level for reference,
and then decrease or increase their audio levels to match this frequency. Because some audio workflows are calibrated at a specific tone level,
you can customize the tone level to match your audio workflow.

1. Click Project Assets.

2. In the Project Assets panel, click New Item from the panel options and choose Bars And Tone.

A Bars And Tone clip is placed in the Project Assets panel and in the Expert view timeline.

Create and add a black video clip

You add black video clips to separate multiple movies or to create pauses in a movie. You can also use a black video clip for a title.

1. Click Project Assets.

2. In the Project Assets panel, click New Item from the panel options and choose Black Video.

Create a colored matte for a background

You can create a clip consisting of a full-frame matte of solid color, which you can use as a solid background for titles or animated clips.

Brightly colored mattes can serve as temporary backgrounds to help you see transparency more clearly while you adjust a key effect.

1. Click Project Assets.

2. In the Project Assets panel, click New Item from the panel options and choose Color Matte.

3. Choose a color in the Adobe Color Picker dialog box, and click OK.

A color matte clip is placed into both the Project Assets panel and the Expert view timeline.

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Change the tone level of clips

1. Select a clip using one of the following methods:

To set the level for all new clip instances, click New Item from the panel options in the Project Assets panel. Then, select
the Bars And Tone option.

To set the level for only one clip instance, select the clip in the Expert view timeline.

2. Choose Clip > Audio Options > Audio Gain.

3. In the Clip Gain dialog box, do one of the following, and click OK:

Drag the value control left to decrease, or right to increase, volume.
Highlight the value control and type a number to increase or decrease volume. Positive numbers increase it. Negative

numbers decrease it.
The Normalize option adjusts the peak amplitude in the selected clips to the user-specified value. For example, this option

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Guidelines for adding files

Guidelines for adding video files
Guidelines for adding audio files
Guidelines to add image files
Guidelines for adding an animation or still-image sequence

Guidelines for adding video files

You can add various video file formats to your project. Imported video and sequence files can have frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096 pixels.
Before you add video files that you did not capture yourself, make sure you can view the video outside Premiere Elements. Usually,

double-clicking a video file opens a playback application, such as Windows Media Player and QuickTime player. (Be sure to use the most
up-to-date version of Windows Media Player.) If you can play back your file in the player application, you can usually use that file in Premiere
Elements.

Note: To play back VOB (Video Object) files, use the DVD player that came with your DVD burner.

When adding video files, consider the following:
MPEG file compatibility An MPEG file can be imported or played in Premiere Elements if it meets the following criteria:

The file must be in a format that Premiere Elements supports.
The compressor used to create the file must be compatible with the Premiere Elements decompressor.

The compatibility requirements for playing compressed files are less stringent than the requirements for editing them. MPEG files that play in
Windows Media Player and QuickTime can be imported or played in Premiere Elements if they meet the compatibility requirements.

Note: The first time you import an MPEG-2 file, Premiere Elements automatically activates the components if you are connected to the Internet. If
you are not connected to the Internet, you are prompted to activate the MPEG-2 component. The instructions appear in the Activating Component
dialog box.

Type 1 AVI file render requirements Render these files before you can preview them from your DV camcorder. To render a Type 1 AVI clip, add
it to the Quick view/Expert view timeline. Build a preview file of that section of the Quick view/Expert view timeline by pressing Enter. If the clip
must be rendered, a red line appears above the clip in the Quick view/Expert view timeline.

DVD file protection If the DVD is a motion-picture disc that uses copy protection, you cannot add the files.

Guidelines for adding audio files

When you add audio files to a project, they are conformed to the audio sample rate specified in the Project Settings dialog box. During that
process, you’ll see a progress bar in the lower- right corner of the application window. You can play back conformed audio instantly at high quality
because it’s consistent with all other audio in the project.

By default, conformed audio is stored at the location C:\Users\<username>.<domain>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\. You can change the
default location of the media cache by choosing one of the following options:

(Windows) Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
(Mac OS) Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

Note: After you conform an audio clip, you don’t have to conform it again unless you delete the corresponding file in the Media Cache folder. If
you delete conformed audio files, Premiere Elements regenerates them when you open related projects.

When adding audio files, consider the following:
Stereo and mono files You can add many of the stereo audio files that you can open in another audio player, such as Windows Media Player, to

your project. To create a stereo version of a mono file, the mono channel is copied to both the left and right channel in the new stereo track. In this
case, both channels contain the same information.

5.1 surround sound files Importing clips containing 5.1 audio adds a 5.1-channel audio track to your project.
mp3 and WMA files Formats such as mp3 and WMA are compressed using a method that reduces some of the original audio quality. To play

back compressed audio, Premiere Elements (like most video editing applications) must decompress and possibly alter the file’s sample rate.
Compressing can degrade the audio quality.

CD files If you want to add audio from a CD, copy, or rip, the audio tracks to your hard drive using another application. Windows Media Player,
included with Windows XP, can perform this task. You can also use Adobe Audition to rip the CD at various quality settings and perform complex
audio-processing functions on the file. If you plan to air or distribute your movie, ensure that you own the copyright, or have licensed the copyright
to your CD audio.

Internet files You can download music from the Internet for your projects. WMA (Windows Media Audio) and AAC (QuickTime) files can have
pre-encoded settings that don’t allow you to play them in Premiere Elements.

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Guidelines to add image files

By default, Premiere Elements scales images to fit the project frame size. You can override this behavior and instead add your files at the size at
which they were created. You can also set the default duration for all images that you add by changing the value in General Preferences.

You can add still images with frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096 pixels. Create files with frame size equal to or more than the frame size of your video.
Choosing the appropriate frame size ensures that you don’t enlarge the image in Premiere Elements. When you scale up an image, it often
becomes pixelated. Create it at a larger frame size than the project. For example, if you plan to scale an image 200%, create the image at double
the project frame size before you add it.

You can also add animations, which are saved as a sequence of numbered still -image files.

When adding still-image files, consider the following:

Photoshop Elements files Premiere Elements works well with images and video templates you create in Photoshop Elements.
JPEG files If you are having trouble importing JPEG files to Premiere Elements, open them in Photoshop Elements and resave them. Then try to

import them again.
TIFF images You can add files from Photoshop 3.0 or later. However, Premiere Elements doesn’t support 16-bit TIFF images created in

Photoshop or other applications. Empty (transparent) areas of nonflattened Photoshop files appear transparent in Premiere Elements because the
transparency is stored as an alpha channel.

RGB mode When you are editing or creating your still images, make sure that you do all of your work in RGB mode. For more information,
consult your product’s user guide about color management. RGB mode produces colors that are suitable for video.

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Guidelines for adding an animation or still-image sequence

The frames in an animation are drawn as graphics and, therefore, are not scenes of live action, as in conventional digital video. Premiere Elements
can also add a sequence of numbered still-image files and automatically combine them into a single clip; each numbered file represents one
frame. Some applications, such as Adobe After Effects®, can generate a numbered sequence of still images. Images in a still-image sequence
cannot include layers. Flatten images that are part of a sequence. For information on layers and flattening, see the documentation for the
application that created the file.

Note: Changing the default duration of still images in the Preferences dialog box does not affect the duration of still images that are part of a
sequence.

When creating three-dimensional images or animations for use in Premiere Elements, use the following guidelines whenever possible:

Use broadcast-safe colors. Most applications that create animations (such as Adobe After Effects) allow you to check for
broadcast-safe colors. See your application’s documentation for more information.

Use the pixel aspect ratio and frame size specified in the project settings in Premiere Elements.
Use the appropriate field settings to match your project.
You can use an Adobe application (such as Photoshop) to generate the sequence. Select Embed Project Link to open the

sequence in the application that was used to create it. For example, select a PSD file in the Project Assets panel in Premiere
Elements. Then, choose Edit > Edit Original to open the file in Photoshop with the original layers intact.

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Set duration for imported still images

Change the default duration for still images
Set a unique duration for a still image

When you add a still image, you can assign a specific duration to it. The duration specifies how much time the image occupies in the Quick
view/Expert view timeline. You can set a default duration for all still images that you add, and you can change their duration in the Quick
view/Expert view timeline.

The frame rate of your project determines the amount of time that a certain number of frames occupies. If you specify 30 frames for a 29.97
frame-per-second (fps) NTSC project, each still image has a duration of about one second. For PAL, if you specify 25 frames for a 25-fps project,
each still image in the Quick view/Expert view timeline has a duration of one second.

Change the default duration for still images

1. Do one of the following:

On Windows, select Edit > Preferences > General. On Mac OS, select Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences >
General.

Right-click/ctrl- click in the Project Assets panel and choose Still Image Duration.

2. For Still Image Default Duration, specify the number of frames you want as a default duration.

Note: Changing the default duration of still images does not affect the duration of still images already in the Quick
view/Expert view timeline or Project Assets panel. To apply the new default length to all still images in your project, delete
them from the Project Assets panel and reimport them into your project.

Set a unique duration for a still image

Do one of the following:

In the Expert view, position the Selection tool over either end of the image, and drag.
Select the clip and choose Clip > Time Stretch. Enter a new duration and click OK.

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Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements

You can access all images in a Photoshop Elements catalog directly from the Elements Organizer workspace of Premiere Elements. You can also
add, edit, and manage your images, and then drag them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline of Adobe Premiere Elements for use in your
project.

Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements are designed to work together, whether you purchase the products separately or bundled in
one package. These programs seamlessly combine digital photography and video editing, letting you create exciting video projects. The two
programs support many of the same file types, which makes the transfer of most files between them easy and efficient. For example, you can
catalog PSD files in Photoshop Elements and then add them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline directly from the Elements Organizer in
Premiere Elements.

Note: The Photoshop Elements Organizer shows clips of audio AVI files with broken video thumbnail icons. However, they play correctly. The
Photoshop Elements Editor can import individual video frames from ASF, AVI, MPEG, and Windows Media files. (Choose File > Import > Frame
From Video.)

Here are a few ways you can share files between Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements:

Organize your photos, video clips, and audio clips in either Premiere Elements or Photoshop Elements. Find the assets using
Elements Organizer in either application and add them to a project.

Capture video in Premiere Elements and open it from the Elements Organizer and create and edit still images from the video.
(Windows only) Create a slideshow in Photoshop Elements 6.0 or later with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration,

graphics, and titles. Import the slideshow into Premiere Elements to edit further or burn to DVD. Alternatively, import individual
photos into Premiere Elements and create the slideshow there.

Note: The Send To Adobe Premiere Elements command in Photoshop Elements works only when you use Photoshop
Elements 6.0 or later with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 or later.

Customize menu templates in Photoshop Elements, and then use them in your Premiere Elements project. (Menu templates
are PSD files stored in the Premiere Elements application folder.)

Create a Photoshop Elements file with your video project’s settings, enhance it in Photoshop Elements, and then use it in
Premiere Elements.

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Supported devices and file formats

MP3® Audio (.mp3)

Supported devices
Supported file types for import

Verify whether Adobe Premiere Elements supports the file format and the device from which you import the file.

Supported devices

For a list of supported devices, see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/873/cpsid_87347.html.

Supported file types for import

In addition to capturing footage, you can import image, video, and audio files. You can add files from folders on your computer, accessory hard
drives, and mobile phones. You can also add files from DVDs, Blu -ray discs, CDs, digital cameras, other devices, or the Internet. Adobe Premiere
Elements 11.0 supports DV, HDV, WDM, and AVCHD formatted video.

Files that you add to a project are visible in the Project Assets panel in the Expert view. Adobe Premiere Elements automatically adds them to
Elements Organizer.

Note: Some file formats require activation of components before you can add them to a project.

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Supported video formats

Adobe Flash® (.swf)
AVI Movie (.avi)
AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts, .m2t)
DV Stream (.dv)
MPEG Movie (.mpeg, .vob, .mod, .ac3, .mpe, .mpg, .mpd, .m2v, .mpa, .mp2, .m2a, .mpv, .m2p, .m2t, .m1v, .mp4, .m4v, .m4a,

.aac, 3gp, .avc, .264)
QuickTime Movie (.mov, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4a, .m4v)
TOD (.tod)
Windows Media (.wmv, .asf) - Windows only

Note: To import video from mobile phones (.3gp and .mp4), you must have the most recent version of QuickTime installed on
your computer.

Supported image formats

Adobe Photoshop® (.psd)
Adobe Premiere Elements title (.prtl)
Bitmap (.bmp, .dib, .rle)
CompuServe GIF® (.gif)
JPEG® (.jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .gif)
Pixar Picture (.pxr)
Portable Network Graphic (.png)
RAW (.raw, .raf, .crw, .cr2, .mrw, .nef, .orf, .dng)

Supported audio formats

Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)
Dolby® AC-3 (.ac3)
Macintosh® Audio AIFF (.aif, .aiff)

MPEG® Audio (.mpeg, .mpg, .mpa, .mpe, .m2a)
QuickTime (.mov,.m4a)
Windows Media (.wma) - Windows only
Windows WAVE (.wav)

Note: Dolby AC-3 is imported as a stand-alone.ac3 file or as part of an encoded audio file in a .vob (DVD) or .mod (JVC®
Everio) file, but exported as Dolby Digital Stereo only.

Activate a component for import

Some file formats such as MPEG-2, MPEG4(SP), and AMR require component activation before you can add them to a project. If you are
connected to the Internet, component activation occurs automatically. If you are not connected to the Internet, the Activating Component dialog
box appears.

1. When the Activating Component dialog box appears, connect to the Internet.

2. In the Activating Component dialog box, click Copy to copy the serial number.

3. Click the URL to go to the activation website.

4. Paste the serial number into the ID box on the website.
The website displays a key for unlocking.

5. Copy the key, paste it in the Activating Component dialog box, and then click OK.

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Working with aspect ratios and field options

Understanding aspect ratios
Capturing or adding various aspect ratios
View a project’s aspect ratio
Adjust pixel aspect ratio for a still image or source clip
Use square-pixel files in a D1 or DV project
Set field options for imported interlaced video

Understanding aspect ratios

The aspect ratio specifies the ratio of width to height. Video frames have an aspect ratio (frame aspect ratio) as do the pixels that make up the
frame (pixel aspect ratio). Some video camcorders can record various frame aspect ratios, and the NTSC and PAL video standards use different
pixel aspect ratios. If an image of a circle appears oval-shaped, there can be a mismatch between the aspect ratios of the image and your project.

Premiere Elements automatically attempts to detect and compensate for the pixel aspect ratio of source clips so that distortion doesn’t occur. If a
clip appears distorted in Premiere Elements, you can manually change its pixel aspect ratio. It's important to reconcile pixel aspect ratios before
reconciling frame aspect ratios. Misinterpretation of a source clip’s aspect ration causes incorrect frame aspect ratio.

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Frame aspect ratio

Frame aspect ratio describes the ratio of width to height in the dimensions of an image. For example, DV NTSC has a frame aspect ratio of 4:3 (or

4.0 width by 3.0 height). For comparison, a typical widescreen frame has a frame aspect ratio of 16:9; many camcorders that have a widescreen
mode can record using this aspect ratio. Many films are shot using even wider aspect ratios.

A 4:3 frame aspect ratio (left), and a wider 16:9 frame aspect ratio (right)

When you add clips into a project with a different frame aspect ratio, decide how to reconcile the different values. You can show a widescreen
movie with a 16:9 frame aspect ratio on a standard TV with a 4:3 frame aspect ratio in two ways. Use the Letterboxing technique to fit the entire
width of the 16:9 frame into a black 4:3 frame. Black bands appear above and below the widescreen frame.

Alternatively, use the Pan and scan technique to fill the 4:3 frame with only a selected area of the 16:9 frame. Although this technique eliminates
the black bars, it also eliminates part of the action. Premiere Elements automatically letterboxes any 16:9 footage that you add into a 4:3 aspect
ratio project.

Pixel aspect ratio

Pixel aspect ratio describes the ratio of width to height in a single pixel of a frame. Pixel aspect ratios vary because different video systems make
different assumptions about the number of pixels required to fill a frame. For example, many computer video standards define a frame that has a
4:3 aspect ratio as 640 x 480 pixels. Pixels that are square, which have an aspect ratio themselves of 1:1, perfectly fill the horizontal and vertical
space the frame defines. However, video standards such as DV NTSC (standard for DV camcorders in the U.S.) define a 4:3 aspect ratio frame as
720 x 480 pixels. Consequently, to fit all of these pixels in the frame, the pixels must be narrower than the square pixels. These narrow pixels are
called rectangular pixels, and they have an aspect ratio of 0.9:1, or 0.9 as they are commonly called. DV pixels are vertically oriented in systems
producing NTSC video and horizontally oriented in systems producing PAL video. Premiere Elements displays a clip’s pixel aspect ratio next to the
clip’s image thumbnail in the Project Assets panel.

If you display rectangular pixels on a square-pixel monitor, images appear distorted, for example, circles distort into ovals. However, when
displayed on a broadcast monitor, the images appear correctly proportioned because broadcast monitors use rectangular pixels. Premiere
Elements exports clips of various pixel aspect ratios without distortion. It automatically adjusts the pixel aspect ratio of your project to the pixel
aspect ratio of the clips. You can encounter a distorted clip if Premiere Elements interprets pixel aspect ratio incorrectly. Correct the distortion by
manually by specifying the source clip’s pixel aspect ratio.

Pixel and frame aspect ratios
A. Square pixels and 4:3 frame aspect ratio B. Nonsquare pixels and 4:3 frame aspect ratio C. Nonsquare pixels displayed uncorrected on a
square-pixel monitor

Capturing or adding various aspect ratios

Premiere Elements attempts to automatically compensate for pixel aspect ratios and preserve the frame size of added images. Images that you
add are treated in the following ways:

Add video with D1 resolution 720 x 486 or DV resolution 720 x 480. Premiere Elements automatically sets the video’s pixel
aspect ratio to D1/DV NTSC (0.9). For a footage with D1 or DV resolution 720 x 576, Premiere Elements sets its pixel aspect
ratio to D1/DV PAL (1.067). However, it helps to see the Project Assets panel or the Interpret Footage dialog box to ensure
that all files are interpreted correctly.

Premiere Elements automatically assigns pixel aspect ratios to files by using the Interpretation Rules.txt file in the Premiere
Elements/Plug-in folder. If a specific type of image is consistently misinterpreted (distorted), modify the entries in the
Interpretation Rules.txt file. If you want to override the pixel aspect ratio interpretation for files already in a project, use the
Interpret Footage command.

To change the size of a clip in Premiere Elements, select the clip and change the Scale property of the Motion effect. The
Motion effect is available in the Properties view with the clip selected in the Expert view timeline.

View a project’s aspect ratio

The preset you choose when you start a project sets the pixel aspect ratio for the project. You can’t change the aspect ratio after it is initially set.

Choose Edit > Project Settings > General.

Adjust pixel aspect ratio for a still image or source clip

To combine diverse footage within a project and generate an output without distorting source images, ensure that all files are interpreted correctly.

Important: When you set the pixel aspect ratio of a file, use its original ratio, not the ratio of the project and final output.

1. In the Expert view, click Project Assets.

2. Select the still image or source clip.

3. Choose File > Interpret Footage.

4. In the Pixel Aspect Ratio section, select Use Pixel Aspect Ratio From File to use the original ratio of the file. Alternatively,
choose one of the following from the Conform To menu:
Square Pixels Uses a 1.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 640 x 480 or 648 x 486 frame size. You
can also use this setting if the file was exported from an application that supports only square pixels.

D1/DV NTSC Uses a 0.9 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 480 or 720 x 486 frame size. This
setting lets you maintain a 4:3 frame aspect ratio for the clip. Use this setting for clips exported from an application that works
with nonsquare pixels, such as a 3D animation application.

Note: For more information about D1, see the Glossary in Premiere Elements Help.

D1/DV NTSC Widescreen Uses a 1.2 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 480 or 720 x 486
frame size. This setting lets you maintain a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.

D1/DV PAL Uses a 1.0666 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 576 frame size and you want it to
maintain a 4:3 frame aspect ratio.

D1/DV PAL Widescreen Uses a 1.4222 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip has a 720 x 576 frame size and
you want it to maintain a 16:9 frame aspect ratio.

Anamorphic 2:1 Uses a 2.0 pixel aspect ratio. Use this setting if your source clip was amorphically transferred from a film
frame with a 2:1 aspect ratio.

HD Anamorphic 1080 Uses a 1.333 pixel aspect ratio.

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Use square-pixel files in a D1 or DV project

You can use square -pixel footage in a DV project and generate output that does not appear distorted. Premiere Elements either “upsamples”
(increases) or “downsamples” (decreases) the resolution of a file that does not match the project frame size. Downsampling results in a
higher-quality image. Create files that are larger than the project’s frame size so that Premiere Elements need not upsample and enlarge them.

Prepare the file by using one of the following methods, and then capture or add the file to Premiere Elements:

If your final output is DV (NTSC), create and save it at a 720 x 540 frame size. Saving at this frame size prevents upsampling
or 640 x 480 to prevent field distortion on a field-rendered file.

If your final output is DV (PAL), create and save it at a 768 x 576 frame size. Saving at this frame size prevents upsampling
and field distortion on a field-rendered file.

If your final output is D1 (NTSC), create and save it at a 720 x 540 frame size.
The frame size of a square-pixel image can match the frame size of your project (for example 720 x 480). However, if they

have different pixel aspect ratios, redesign the image using a different frame size (such as 720 x 540). Redesigning is
necessary when the application you use to prepare the file doesn’t support nonsquare pixels.

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Set field options for imported interlaced video

In most video, each frame consists of two fields. One field contains the odd-numbered lines in the frame, and the other contains the
even-numbered lines. The fields are interlaced, or combined, to create the complete image. Adobe Photoshop Elements includes a reverse field
order preset for video imported from a hard disk or Flash memory camcorder that uses upper fields first. You can capture source footage with
upper fields first. For this footage, ensure that your project uses either the Standard or Widescreen preset from the Flash Memory Camcorders
presets folder.

Ordinarily, interlacing isn’t apparent to a viewer. However, each field captures the subject at a different time. Due to the time difference, playing a
clip in slow- motion or creating a freeze frame makes the two fields discernible. You observe the same behavior when you export a frame as a still
image. To avoid this situation, you can deinterlace the image. Deinterlacing eliminates one field and either duplicates or interpolates the lines of
the remaining field.

Reversing the field dominance, the order in which the fields are recorded and displayed, can cause playback problems. When the field dominance
is reversed, motion appears jerky because the fields no longer appear in chronological order. Fields are reversed when the original videotape’s
field dominance is the opposite of the field dominance of the video-capture card used to capture the clip. Fields are also reversed when the field
dominance of the original videotape and the video-editing software are opposite to each other. Reversing can also happen when you set an
interlaced clip to play backward.

To avoid these complications, you can deinterlace the image. Deinterlacing eliminates one field and either duplicates or interpolates the lines of
the remaining field. You can also set field options for an interlaced clip so that the clip’s picture and motion quality are preserved in certain
situations. These include changing the clip speed, exporting a filmstrip, playing a clip backward, or freezing a video frame.

1. Select a clip in the Expert view timeline, and choose Clip > Video Options > Field Options.

2. Select Reverse Field Dominance to change the order in which the clip’s fields appear. This option is useful when the field
dominance of the clip doesn’t match your equipment or when you play a clip backward.

3. For Processing Options, select one of the following choices, and click OK.

None Does not process the clip’s fields.
Interlace Consecutive Frames Converts pairs of consecutive progressive-scan (noninterlaced) frames into interlaced fields.

This option is useful for converting 60 fps progressive-scan animations into 30-fps interlaced video because many animation
applications don’t create interlaced frames.

Always Deinterlace Converts interlaced fields into whole progressive-scan frames. Premiere Elements deinterlaces by
discarding one field and interpolating a new field based on the lines of the remaining field. It keeps the field specified in the
Field Settings option in the Project Settings. If you specified No Fields, Premiere Elements keeps the upper field unless you
selected Reverse Field Dominance, in which case it keeps the lower field. This option is useful when freezing a frame in the
clip.

Flicker Removal Prevents thin horizontal details in an image from flickering by slightly blurring the two fields together. An
object as thin as one scan line flickers because it can appear only in every other field.

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Working with offline files

About offline files
Edit an offline file
Replace an offline file with a file on your computer

About offline files

An offline file is a placeholder for a source file that Premiere Elements cannot currently find on your hard drive. Offline files remember information
about the missing source files they represent. If an offline file appears in the Quick view/Expert view timeline, a “Media Offline” message appears
in the monitor and in the Quick view/Expert view timeline.

Edit an offline file

1. In the Expert view, click Project Assets.

2. In the Project Assets panel, double-click the offline file. Where Is The File [name of the file] dialog box appears. Locate the
source file, select the file, and click Select.

3. Right-click/Ctrl-click the file and select Edit Original to edit the file.

Replace an offline file with a file on your computer

1. In the Expert view, click Project Assets.

2. In the Project Assets panel, select one or more offline files.

3. Choose Edit > Locate Media.

4. Locate and select the actual source file, and click Select.

Note: If you selected more than one offline file, the Attach Which Media dialog box appears in turn for each file you selected.
Pay attention to the offline filename in the title bar of the dialog box so that you relink the correct source file to each offline file.

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Arranging movie clips

Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline

Quick view timeline overview
Adding clips in the Quick view timeline
Move a clip in the Quick view timeline
Copy and paste clips in the Quick view timeline
Zoom in or out of the Quick view timeline
Delete a clip in the Quick view timeline

The video tutorial provides an overview of using the Quick view timeline in Adobe Premiere Elements 11.

Quick view timeline overview

The Quick view timeline provides a stage on which you can quickly arrange your clips into a movie. It displays each clip as a series of frames that
span the entire clip length. Move the slider to the right to zoom out and see your entire video. Move the slider to the left to zoom in and see a clip
in more detail. The Quick view timeline has the following tracks:

Title: Add a title for your clip on this track
Video: Edit your video on this track
Sound: Place background music and other sounds
Narration: Add a narration for your clip to this track

Use the Quick view timeline to quickly assemble your clips into a movie. Click the scissor icon on the current-time indicator to split a clip and
remove an unwanted portion. You can also use the panels in the Action bar to add titles, transitions, special effects, and music to your clips.

Quick view timeline

Adding clips in the Quick view timeline

Drag clips directly to the Quick view timeline from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS). You can also use the Add Media panel to add clips to the
Quick view timeline from various sources.

After adding clips, use the Quick view timeline to rearrange them. You can insert a clip before another, after another, or even split it before
inserting.

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Place a clip in the Quick view timeline

1. Drag a clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Quick view timeline. When you drag the clip over the Quick view
timeline, a vertical green line indicates the drop zone where you can place the clip. When the pointer changes to the insert
icon, release the mouse button.

2. Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Monitor panel. The clip is automatically placed in the Quick
view timeline.

Insert a clip before another in the Quick view timeline

Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) on to a clip in the Quick view timeline.

The new clip appears in front of the one on which you dropped it, and subsequent clips shift to the right.

Insert a clip after another in the Quick view timeline

1. In the Quick view timeline, select the clip after which you want to insert the new clip.

2. Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Monitor panel or the Quick view timeline.

The new clip appears to the right of the selected clip, and subsequent clips shift to the right.

Move a clip in the Quick view timeline

1. Drag a clip from a location in the Quick view timeline to a different location before or after another clip. Place the clip in the
drop zone (indicated by a vertical green line) when the pointer changes to the insert icon.

2. Release the mouse button.
The clip moves to its new location and all subsequent clips shift to the right.

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Copy and paste clips in the Quick view timeline

You can rearrange clips in a movie by copying and pasting them within your project. You can copy and paste multiple clips at a time, and either
insert them between existing clips or overlay existing frames. The clips maintain their relative spacing in time.

Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 pastes clips to the Video 1 or Audio 1 track at the location of the current- time indicator. However, you can avoid
this action by manually copying clips on multiple tracks. When you paste a clip in the Quick view timeline, the current-time indicator moves to the
end of a clip. This feature enables easy and efficient handling of consecutive paste operations.

1. In the Quick view timeline, select one or more clips in the movie. To select only the audio or video of linked clips, Alt-click the
desired clip.

2. Choose Edit > Copy.

3. In the Quick view timeline, position the current-time indicator at the point you want to paste, and do one of the following:

To overlay the clips and replace existing footage on the track, choose Edit > Paste.
To insert the pasted clips and shift existing footage, choose Edit > Paste Insert.

You can also copy a clip’s attributes—motion, opacity, volume, and other effects—and paste them into another clip.

Zoom in or out of the Quick view timeline

When you zoom in on the Quick view timeline, it is magnified around the current-time indicator, letting you examine smaller increments of media.
You can also zoom in as you add a clip, magnifying the location around the pointer rather than the current-time indicator. This technique lets you
see the exact placement of the insertion point before you release the mouse.

In contrast, zooming out displays more of the Quick view timeline, giving you a visual summary of the movie.

In the Quick view timeline, do one of the following:

To zoom in or out as you add a clip, drag the clip to the Quick view timeline. Hold down the mouse button, and press the
Equals (=) key to increase the zoom factor or press the Minus (–) key to decrease it.

To zoom in on the Quick view timeline, drag the Zoom slider to the right, or click the Zoom In button.
To zoom out of the Quick view timeline, drag the Zoom slider to the left, or click the Zoom Out button.

To toggle between viewing the entire movie in the Quick view timeline and the previous zoom level setting, click the Fit To Visible Timeline
icon. Alternatively, press the Backslash (\) key. Make sure that the Quick view timeline is active before pressing the Backslash (\) key. You can
also zoom in and out by pressing the Equals (=) or Minus (-) keys on the keyboard (not the numeric keypad).

Note: The steps described to zoom in and zoom out of the Quick view timeline also apply to the Expert view timeline.

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Delete a clip in the Quick view timeline

1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click the clip and choose one of the following:

Delete and close gap Deletes the clip and removes the gap by adjusting the position of one or more clips
Delete audio Removes the audio from your movie.

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Arranging clips in the Expert view timeline

Expert view timeline overview
Add clips to the Expert view timeline
Replace a clip in the Expert View timeline
Select, move, align, and delete clips in the Expert view timeline
Create a duplicate clip in the Expert view timeline
View the duration of selected clips in the Expert view timeline
Customize Expert view timeline tracks

The video tutorial provides an overview of using the Expert view timeline in Adobe Premiere Elements 11.

Expert view timeline overview

The Expert view timeline graphically represents your movie project as video and audio clips arranged in vertically stacked tracks. When you
capture video from a digital video device, the clips appear sequentially as they occur.

The Expert view timeline uses a time ruler to display the components of your movie and their relation with each other over time. You can trim and
add scenes, indicate important frames with markers, add transitions, and control how clips are blended or superimposed.

The zoom controls on the Expert view timeline let you zoom out to see your entire video, or zoom in to see clips in more detail. You can also
change how the clips appear in the tracks, and resize the tracks and the header area.

Expert view timeline
A. Current-time indicator B. Time ruler C. Zoom control D. Video track E. Audio track

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Tracks in the Expert view timeline

Tracks let you layer video or audio and add compositing effects, picture-in-picture effects, overlay titles, soundtracks, and more. With multiple
audio tracks, you can add a narration to one track and background music to another track. The final movie combines all the video and audio
tracks.

By default, the Expert view timeline contains three tracks for video (or images) and audio, a narration track, and a sound track. You can drag
linked clips (clips that include both audio and video) to a track.

For linked clips, the video and audio components appear together (video directly above audio) in their respective tracks (such as Video1 and
Audio1). To see all of the tracks, you may have to scroll up or down the Expert view timeline.

A new track is inserted if you drag and release a clip above the topmost video track. There is no limit to the number of tracks a project can
contain. You can add or delete tracks at any time, even before adding clips.

A movie must contain at least one of each type of track (the track can be empty). The video track order is important because any clip located in
Video 2 also overlays the Video 1 track. Audio tracks are combined in playback so the track order is not relevant.

Default tracks
A. Video 2 track B. Audio 2 track C. Video1 track D. Audio 1 track E. Narration track F. Soundtrack

You can specify the default number and type of tracks in new movies.

Expert view timeline tools

Use the tools at the top of the Expert view timeline to play a clip, stop playback, or change playback speed. Use the panels in the Action bar to
add titles, transitions, special effects, and music. You can also add markers, detect musical beats, open the Audio Mixer, or add narration.

Move through the Expert view timeline

When placing and arranging clips in the Expert view timeline, move the current-time indicator to the appropriate location. In the time ruler, the
current-time indicator corresponds to the frame displayed in the Monitor panel.

A vertical line extends from this current-time indicator through all the tracks. Zooming in and out of the Expert view timeline can help you identify
the exact location for placing a clip or performing an edit.

In the Expert view timeline, do any of the following:

Drag the current-time indicator.
Click the time ruler where you want to position the current-time indicator.
Press Shift while dragging the current-time indicator to snap it to the edge of the closest clip or marker.
Drag the time display (below the Monitor panel) to the desired time value.
Click the time display (at the bottom of the Monitor panel), type a valid time, and then press Enter. (You need not type leading

zeros, colons, or semicolons. However, Adobe Premiere Elements interprets numbers under 100 as frames.)

You can use the Home or End keys on the keyboard to skip between the beginning and end of the movie. The Page Up and Page Down keys
move the current-time indicator to the previous and next clips respectively. The Right or Left Arrow keys move the current-time indicator
forward or back by a frame. Pressing Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+Left Arrow moves the current -time indicator forward or back by five frames
each time.

Add clips to the Expert view timeline

When you insert a clip into the Expert view timeline, adjacent clips on all tracks shift to accommodate the new clip. By shifting all clips together,
the audio and video of the existing clips remain in sync.

Sometimes, you don’t want all clips to shift with each insertion. For example, when you add background music that superimposes the entire movie,
you don’t want clips to shift.

To shift specific clips togather, press the Alt key as you insert. At a time, you can shift specific clips simultaneously on a maximum of two tracks.
These include the track receiving the insertion and the track containing the linked audio or video (if any). The affected tracks shift together,
remaining aligned. The clips on other tracks are unaffected.

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Insert a clip, shift clips in the Expert view timeline

Do one of the following:

Drag the clip from the Project Assets panel to the desired location in the Expert view timeline. When the pointer changes to the
Insert icon, release the mouse.

Move the current-time indicator to the desired location in the Expert view timeline. Then select the clip in the Project Assets
panel and choose Clip > Insert.

Insert a clip, shift clips on only the target and linked tracks

Alt-drag the clip from the Project Assets panel to the desired location in the Expert view timeline. When the pointer changes to the Insert icon,

release the mouse.
If you drag a clip into the blank space above the topmost video track (for video) or below the lowest audio track (for audio), Adobe Premiere

Elements creates a new track for the clip. If the clip contains both audio and video, it creates both a new video and new audio track.

Overlay a clip in the Expert view timeline

The easiest way to replace a portion of a video is to overlay it with other footage. When you overlay a clip, the clip you add replaces any existing
frames starting at the location you designate.

If the new clip is 40 frames long, it overlays 40 frames of the existing clip. The frames following the overlay, if any, remain at the same location in
the track. Overlays do not change the length of the movie unless the overlay extends beyond the end of the movie.

Do one of the following:

Ctrl-drag/Cmd-drag the clip from the Project Assets panel to the first frame you want to overlay. When the pointer changes to
the Overlay icon, release the mouse.

Move the current-time indicator to the first frame you want to overlay, select the clip in the Project Assets panel, and then
choose Clip > Overlay.

Place one clip above another in the Expert view timeline

You can place one clip above another without replacing a section of the lower clip as is done with an overlay. You can use clips stacked in this
way, for example, with various keying effects.

1. In the Expert view timeline, drag the current-time indicator to a location above a video clip where you want to overlay another
clip.

2. Shift-drag a clip from the Project Assets panel, and drop it on to the Monitor panel.

3. Choose Place On Top.

Adobe Premiere Elements drops the second clip into the first available video track at the location of the current-time indicator.

Replace a clip in the Expert View timeline

To replace a clip in the middle of the Expert view timeline, without altering the length or changing the effects or overlays, use the Replace Clip
command. This option is useful when editing expanded instant movies.

1. From the Project Assets panel, select the clip you want to use.

2. In the Expert view timeline, right-click/ctrl- click the clip you want to replace and choose Replace Clip From Project Assets.
If the incoming clip is longer in duration, it is trimmed from the end to match the existing duration of the outgoing clip.
If the incoming clip is shorter in duration, a warning message appears giving you the choice to cancel the replace action or

use black frames to fill the excess duration.

Select, move, align, and delete clips in the Expert view timeline

After you’ve added a clip to your movie, you may need to rearrange clips, copy and paste scenes, and delete other clips. Several techniques let
you select individual clips, a range of clips, or only the audio or video portion of a linked clip.

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Select clips in the Expert view timeline

Using the mouse cursor, do any of the following:

To select a single clip, click the clip in the Expert view timeline. If the clip is linked or grouped, clicking one clip selects the
other linked or grouped clips.

To select only the audio or video portion of linked clips, Alt-click the desired clip.
To select a single clip within a group, Alt-click the desired clip.
To select multiple clips, Shift-click each clip you want to select. (Shift-click a selected clip to deselect it.)
To select sequential clips, drag a rectangle (marquee selection) that includes the clips you want to select.
To add a range of clips to the current selection, Shift-drag a marquee around the clips.

Selecting a range of clips by dragging a marquee

Move a clip in the Expert view timeline

You can easily rearrange clips in the Expert view timeline by dragging. By using the same techniques you use to add a clip, you can choose to
insert or overlay clips when you move them.

To move a clip and insert it so all tracks shift after insertion, drag the clip to the desired location. When the pointer changes to
the Insert icon, release the mouse button.

To move a clip and overlay another clip in the movie, drag the clip to the first frame you want to overlay, and then press
Ctrl/Cmd. When the pointer changes to the Overlay icon, release the mouse button.

To move only one clip of a linked pair, Alt-select the clip you want to move. Drag it to the desired location. If you want to shift
clips only on the target tracks, release the mouse button when the pointer changes to the Insert icon. If you want to overlay
another clip, press the Ctrl key, and when the pointer changes to the Overlay icon, release the mouse.

Align clips by using the Snap option

The Snap option, which is enabled by default, makes it easier to align clips with each other or with particular points in time. You can move a clip
with the Snap option selected. The clip automatically aligns with the edge of another clip, a marker, the start and end of the time ruler, or the
current-time indicator.

Snapping also helps ensure that you don’t inadvertently perform an insert or overlay edit when dragging. As you drag clips, a pop-up window
displays the distance, in frames, that you have moved them. A negative number indicates you’ve moved them toward the beginning of the movie.

Choose Timeline > Snap. A check mark indicates that the option is enabled.

Delete a clip in the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline

Deleting a clip from a movie doesn’t delete it from the project. The clip is still available in the Project Assets panel.

1. In the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline, select one or more clips. (Alt-click to select only the audio or video portion
of a clip.)

2. Do one of the following:

To delete clips and leave a gap of the same duration, called clearing, choose Edit > Delete.
To delete a clip and close the resulting gap, called a ripple deletion, choose Edit > Delete And Close Gap, or press the

Delete or Backspace key.

Note: When a clip is deleted from the Quick view timeline, a transition that follows the clip is also deleted. When a clip is
deleted from the Expert view timeline, the preceding and following transitions are deleted.

Delete empty space between clips in the Expert view timeline

You can quickly delete empty space between clips in the Expert view timeline by using the Delete And Close Gap command. Alternatively, press
the Delete or Backspace key. Both techniques shift adjacent clips over to fill the gap.

In the Expert view timeline, do one of the following:

Right-click the empty space, and choose Delete And Close Gap.
Select the space you want to delete, and press the Delete or Backspace key.

Note: If the gap is small and difficult to select, move the current-time indicator to the gap and click the Zoom In button.

Create a duplicate clip in the Expert view timeline

Each time you drag a source clip from the Project Assets panel to the Expert view timeline, you create a clip instance. This instance shares the
source clip’s default In and Out points. If you delete the source clip in the Project Assets panel, all instances of the clip in the Expert view timeline
are deleted.

To create clip instances with different default In and Out points, duplicate the source clip in the Project Assets panel. If you delete a duplicate clip
in the Project Assets panel, all instances of it in the Expert view timeline are deleted.

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1. In the Project Assets panel, select a clip and choose Edit > Duplicate.

2. To rename the duplicate clip, select it in the Project Assets panel, and do one of the following:

Choose Clip > Rename and type a new name.
Click the text and type a new name.

You can also create a duplicate clip by copying and pasting, or Ctrl-dragging a clip in the Project Assets panel.

View the duration of selected clips in the Expert view timeline

The Info panel shows you the total duration of multiple clips selected in either the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline. This information
is often useful when editing a movie. For example, you may want to find music to fit a scene or replace a few clips with different footage.

If you select clips in the Project Assets panel, the Information panel displays the total duration of all the clips you select. If you select clips in the
Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, the Information panel displays the total duration of the selected clips.

The duration is calculated from the In point of the first selected clip to the Out point of the last selected clip. If the clips are not contiguous in the
tracks, the duration may be longer than the total duration of the clips.

1. Make sure that the Info panel is visible. If not visible, choose Window > Info.

2. In the Project Assets panel, Quick view timeline, or the Expert view timeline, select the desired clips. The Info panel displays
the number of items selected and the total duration of those items.

You can view the duration of a single clip in a tool tip by positioning the cursor over a clip in the Quick view timeline or the
Expert view timeline.

Customize Expert view timeline tracks

You can customize Expert view timeline tracks to suit the needs of your project.

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Add a track to the Expert view timeline

1. Choose Timeline > Add Tracks.

2. In the Add Tracks dialog box, type the number of tracks you want to add in the Add field for video or audio tracks.

3. To specify the placement of added tracks, choose an option from the Placement pop-up menu for each type of track added,
and click OK.

Resize tracks

Tracks have three preset sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. The Large view is helpful for viewing the clip thumbnails and adjusting effects, such as
the opacity or volume of a clip. You can also resize tracks manually and resize the width of the track header area to accommodate long track
names. If your movie contains several tracks, you can adjust the relative proportion the tracks to favor the tracks you need to see.

By default, track names are hidden. To view track names, resize the track header section.

Resize the height of a track

In the Expert view timeline, do one of the following:

Right-click/ctrl- click an empty track of the Expert view timeline, and choose Track Size. Then choose Small, Medium, or Large.
In the track header area of the Expert view timeline, position the pointer between two tracks so that the Height Adjustment icon

appears. Then, drag up or down to resize the track below (for video) or the track above (for audio).

Changing track height in the Expert view timeline

Resize the track header section of the Expert view timeline

In the Expert view timeline, position the pointer over the right edge of the track header (where track icons are listed) so that the Resize icon
appears. Then, drag the right edge. (The icons at the top of the track header limit its minimum width. The maximum width is about double the
minimum width.)

Rename a track

1. In the Expert view timeline, right-click/ctrl- click the track’s name (for example, Video 1) and choose Rename.

2. Type a new name for the track and press Enter, or click outside the box.

Delete empty tracks from the Expert view timeline

Do one of the following:

Choose Timeline > Delete Empty Tracks.
Right-click/ctrl- click in an empty track in the Expert view timeline and choose Delete Empty Tracks.

Customize how clips display in the Expert view timeline

You can display clips in the Expert view timeline in different ways, depending on your preference or the task at hand. You can choose to display a
thumbnail image at the beginning of the clip. Alternatively, you can display a thumbnail image at the head and tail or along the entire duration of
the clip (default view). For an audio track, you can choose to display or hide the audio waveform of the audio contents.

Set Display Style buttons let you set how tracks are displayed in the Expert view timeline.

Displaying thumbnail images across the duration of the clip gives you a sense of the progression of the clip. However, do not confuse the
boundary between thumbnails as the actual boundary between frames. Think of the thumbnails as a storyboard or sketch of the clip’s content.

Click the Set Video Track Display Style button or the Set Audio Track Display Style button at the left corner of the track. Each time you click, the
track’s display style toggles to a different view.

To see more volume detail when viewing an audio waveform in the Expert view timeline, increase the track height.

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Creating a picture-in-picture overlay

Create a picture-in-picture overlay in the Quick view
Create a picture-in-picture overlay in the Expert view
Delete a picture-in-picture overlay

You can place one video clip in a small frame over a background video clip that covers the entire screen. This effect is called a picture-in- picture
overlay.

Picture-in- picture overlay

Note: For information about superimposing one clip over another by creating transparent backgrounds, see About superimposing and
transparency.

Create a picture-in-picture overlay in the Quick view

1. Place the CTI on the clip in the Quick view timeline that you want to use as the background clip.
The selected clip appears in the Monitor panel.

2. Do one of the following:

From the Graphics panel, drag an image on to the background clip in the Monitor panel. If necessary, adjust the duration
of the overlay in the Picture In Picture dialog box.

From Windows Explorer, drag a clip or image on to the background clip in the Monitor panel, and select Picture In Picture.
If necessary, adjust the duration of the overlay in the dialog box.

3. To adjust the position of the superimposed clip, drag it to the desired location in the Monitor panel.

Note: If the superimposed clip is longer than the background clip, it appears over successive clips in the Quick view timeline for its entire
duration. The clip also appears superimposed over those clips during playback.

Create a picture-in-picture overlay in the Expert view

1. Place the CTI on the clip in the Expert view timeline that you want to use as the background clip.
The selected clip appears in the Monitor panel.

2. Do one of the following:

From the Graphics panel, drag an image on to the background clip in the Monitor panel.
From Windows Explorer, drag a clip or image on to the background clip in the Monitor panel, and select Picture In Picture.
From the Project Assets panel, drag a clip or image on to the background clip in the Monitor panel, and select Picture In

Picture

3. To adjust the position of the superimposed clip, drag it to the desired location in the Monitor panel.

Note: If the superimposed clip is longer than the background clip, it appears over successive clips in the Expert view timeline for its entire
duration. The clip also appears superimposed over those clips during playback.

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Delete a picture-in-picture overlay

1. Depending on the view you are in, make sure that the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline is active.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click the superimposed clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

3. Select Delete.

The superimposed clip disappears from the Quick view timeline (or the Expert view timeline) and the Monitor panel.

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Grouping, linking, and disabling clips

Group and ungroup clips
Link video and audio clips
Synchronize linked clips
Enable and disable clips

Group and ungroup clips

In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, you can group clips so that you can move, disable, copy, or delete them together. When
you group a linked clip with other clips, both the audio and video portions of the linked clip are included in the group.

To group clips, select multiple clips, and choose Clip > Group.
To ungroup clips, click any clip in the group to select the group, and choose Clip > Ungroup.
To select one or more clips in a group of clips, Alt-click a single clip in a group. Shift+Alt-click to select additional clips in a

group.

Link video and audio clips

Most video includes a soundtrack. In the Project Assets panel, clips that contain both video and audio appear as a single item. When you add the
clip to a movie in the Expert view timeline, the video and audio appear on separate tracks with the video directly above the audio.

The video and audio remain linked. When you drag the video portion in the Expert view timeline, the linked audio moves with it, and vice versa.
For this reason, audio/video pairs are called linked clips. In the Expert view timeline, the names of linked clips are underlined and identified with a
[V] for video or [A] for audio.

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Linked clips share same name with either [V] or [A] appended and are underlined.

All editing tasks (such as moving, trimming, or changing the clip speed) act on both parts of a linked clip. You can temporarily override the link by
pressing the Alt key when you initiate editing tasks. You can also place the video or audio portion separately.

Link and unlink video and audio clips

You can link a video clip and an audio clip so that they act as a unit. When you select, trim, split, delete, move, or change the speed of one, you
affect the other clip as well. You can temporarily override the link as needed. In the Expert view timeline, the names of linked clips are underlined
and identified with a [V] for video or [A] for audio.

To link video and audio clips, Shift-click a video and audio clip to select them both, and then choose Clip > Link Audio And
Video.

To unlink video and audio clips, select a linked clip and choose Clip > Unlink Audio And Video. (Though the audio and video
are unlinked, they are both still selected. Reselect either clip to use it separately.)

To select linked clips individually, Alt-click the desired clip. After selecting it, you can move or trim the clip independently of its
linked clip.

To quickly delete an audio or video clip without unlinking it, right-click/ctrl-click the clip and choose either Delete Audio or Delete Video from the
menu.

Delete only the audio or video portion of a linked clip

In the Expert view timeline, do one of the following:

Right-click/Ctrl-click the linked clip and choose Delete Audio or Delete Video.
Alt-click the audio or video portion to select it alone, and press the Delete or Backspace key.

Select a linked click and choose Clip > Unlink Audio And Video. Reselect either clip and choose Edit > Clear or Edit > Delete

And Close Gap.

The clips shift over to fill the gap left by the deleted clip.

Synchronize linked clips

Adobe Premiere Elements automatically places video and its audio on separate tracks in the Expert view timeline. However, it links the clips so
that they remain in sync as you trim or move them.

If you Alt-drag one of the clips out of sync, Adobe Premiere Elements displays the number of offset frames next to the clip name in the Expert
view timeline.

Even if you unlink the clips, Adobe Premiere Elements keeps track of the offset, and displays it again if you relink them. You can have Adobe
Premiere Elements automatically resynchronize the clips. Depending on the clips, you can choose between two methods of synchronizing.

In the Expert view timeline, right-click/ctrl- click the offset number of the clip you want to move and choose one of the following:
Move Into Sync Shifts the video or audio clip to synchronize them. Adjacent clips are overwritten as necessary to accommodate the shifting clips.
If you have trimmed either clip, Adobe Premiere Elements aligns them as originally shot. Consequently, their In or Out points may not match.

Slip Into Sync Performs a slip edit to synchronize the video and audio. A slip edit maintains the position and duration of the clips in the tracks. It
uses the trimmed frames as needed to shift the contents of the clips until aligned as originally shot.

The distance between the In and Out points and their location in the tracks remains the same. However, the position of the In and Out points in
the original clip shifts. This option is available only if the clip contains sufficient trimmed frames to compensate for the offset.

The clip you right-click/ctrl-click moves or adjusts to align with the other clip, which remains in place.

Enable and disable clips

Occasionally, you might want to disable a clip while you try a different editing idea or to shorten the processing time. Disabling a clip hides it when
you view the movie in the Monitor panel or when you export the movie. You can still move or change a disabled clip.

Select one or more clips in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, and choose Clip > Enable.
The check mark next to the command disappears when you disable a clip, and the clip appears dimmed in the Quick view timeline and the Expert

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Working with clip and timeline markers

About clip and timeline markers
Add clip and timeline markers
Insert comments, chapter information, or URL links in a timeline marker
Move and delete markers
Go to a clip or timeline marker in the Expert view timeline

About clip and timeline markers

You can place markers to indicate important points in a clip or movie. Markers can help you position, arrange, and synchronize clips. They even let
you add comments to the Expert view timeline.

A movie or a clip can contain up to 100 numbered markers (labeled from 0 to 99). Moreover, it can have unlimited unnumbered markers. You can
also add menu markers for use in creating a disc menu in Adobe Premiere Elements.

Working with clip and timeline markers is much like working with In and Out points. However, In and Out points set the actual start and end points
of a clip. Markers are only for reference and do not affect clips in the finished movie.

Markers in the Expert view timeline

A. Timeline Marker B. Menu marker C. Markers menu D. Beat marker
Note: The Detect Beats button creates markers at the major beats in your soundtrack so that you can synchronize clips to beats.

Markers you add to a clip placed in a movie appear only in that instance of the clip. Markers you add to a source clip appear in each instance of
the clip that you subsequently add to the movie. Adding markers to a source clip doesn’t affect instances of the clip already in a movie.

When you select a clip in the Project Assets panel, the Monitor panel displays only the clip markers within the clip.
When you select a clip in the Expert view timeline, it displays only timeline markers. Clip markers appear as icons within the clip in the Expert view

timeline. However, timeline markers appear in the time ruler.

Note: For information on adding, moving, and deleting markers in a clip or movie, see Working with clip and timeline markers in Adobe Premiere
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Add clip and timeline markers

You can add markers to a clip in the Project Assets panel, to an instance of a clip in the Expert view timeline, or to the time ruler. Markers are of
two types: clip markers and timeline markers.

In general, you add clip markers to signify important points within an individual clip (for example, to identify a particular action or sound). You add
timeline markers to the time ruler to mark scenes, title locations, or other significant points within the movie. Timeline markers can include
comments and URLs to link web pages.

You can number markers or use unnumbered markers. Use numbered markers if you plan to use many markers. You can quickly jump, say, from
marker number 5 to marker number 40 if the markers are numbered. If they are unnumbered, you can only jump between adjacent markers.

If you want to use markers to log comments, numbering them makes them easy to reference. For example, you can log comments, such as
“Check the color at marker 12,” or “See comments at marker 42” for a collaborator.

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Add a marker to a source clip or clip instance

1. Do one of the following:
To add a marker to a source clip, double-click the clip in the Project Assets panel.
To add a marker to a clip instance, double-click the clip in the Expert view timeline.

The clip opens in the Preview window.

2. Move the current-time indicator in the Preview window to the frame where you want to set the marker.

3. Choose Clip > Set Clip Marker, and select either Unnumbered, Next Available Numbered, or Other Numbered.

4. If you chose Other Numbered, type a number in the Set Numbered Marker field, and click OK.

If you added the marker to the source clip, it is saved in the clip and is visible in all subsequent instances of the clip in the Expert view timeline.
If you added the marker to the clip instance, it is visible only in the particular instance of the clip in the Expert view timeline.

Add a marker to the Expert view timeline

1. Click an empty space in a video or audio track in the Expert view timeline. The Expert view timeline becomes active and any

previous selected clip is deselected.

2. Move the current-time indicator in the Expert view timeline to the frame where you want to set the marker.

3. Right-click/ctrl- click in the timeline ruler or the Monitor panel, or choose Timeline > Set Timeline Marker, and choose one of

the following:

Unnumbered Sets an unnumbered marker.
Next Available Numbered Sets a numbered marker using the lowest unused number.
Other Numbered Opens a dialog box in which you can specify any unused number from 0 to 99.

You can insert markers while a movie or clip plays. Click the Set Unnumbered Marker icon in the Monitor panel, or press
the asterisk key, at the locations you want to mark.

The marker appears in the time ruler of the Expert view timeline, at the location of the current -time indicator.

Insert comments, chapter information, or URL links in a timeline marker

In addition to indicating important frames of a movie, timeline markers can also contain comments, chapter numbers, or URLs. You can include
comments, chapter numbers, or web links only in timeline markers, not clip markers.

If you import your movie into Adobe® Encore®, you can use timeline markers to specify chapter links. Encore automatically converts timeline
markers with text or numbers in the Chapter field to chapter points. It also places the contents of the Comment field into the Description field of the
chapter point.

For your online movie, if you can design frame-based web pages, use timeline markers to change other parts of the web page.
Timeline markers can specify a URL and web-page frame. When you include the movie in a frame-based web page, the browser displays each

specified link in the specified frame.
As the movie plays, your web page can change as each marker is reached. For example, in a family web page, as your vacation movie plays, you

can populate the other frames of the web page with commentary and still images about the vacation. This technique requires careful planning to
coordinate the frames and content. You must export the movie using a file type that supports web markers: QuickTime or Windows Media.

You can set the markers to be longer than one frame in duration. In the Expert view timeline, the right side of a timeline marker’s icon extends to
indicate its duration.

1. In the time ruler in the Expert view timeline, double-click a timeline marker to open the Marker dialog box.

2. Do any of the following:
To create a comment, type a message in the Comments field.
To change the duration of the marker, drag the duration value or click the value to select it, type a new value, and press

Enter.
To create a chapter point for Adobe Encore, enter the chapter name or number in the Chapter box.
To create a web link, enter the web address and frame number in the URL and Frame Target boxes. The frame number

must match a frame in the web page containing the movie.

3. To enter comments or specify options for other timeline markers, click Previous or Next.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 until you are finished modifying timeline markers, and click OK.

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Move and delete markers

You can drag markers in the Expert view timeline. To change the existing clip markers in the movie, open an instance of the clip in the Preview
window and make changes. You can’t manipulate clip markers directly in the Expert view timeline.

Timeline markers are not attached to the frames they mark. When you insert a clip, the existing timeline markers remain in their original position in
the time ruler. However, clip markers shift with the clip.

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Move a marker

In the time ruler of the Expert view timeline, drag the marker to a new position. Dragging beyond either edge of the time ruler scrolls the time

ruler.

Note: You can’t move a clip marker in the Expert view timeline. Instead, open the clip in the Preview window and drag the marker in the Preview
window time ruler.

Delete a timeline marker

1. In the Expert view timeline, move the current -time indicator to the timeline marker.

To place the current-time indicator precisely on a marker. Either zoom in completely on the time ruler so you can see its
exact location or choose Timeline > Go To Timeline Marker, and choose Next, Previous, or Numbered from the menu.

2. Choose Timeline > Clear Timeline Marker, and choose an option from the menu.

Timeline Marker At Current Time Indicator Deletes the timeline marker at the current time. (If the option is not available,
you have not placed the current-time indicator precisely on the marker.)

All Markers Deletes all timeline markers from the movie.
Numbered Deletes a numbered timeline marker from a list of numbered markers.

Note: You can’t remove a timeline marker by dragging it away from the time ruler.

Delete a clip marker

1. Select the clip in the Expert view timeline.

2. Move the current-time indicator to the clip marker.

To place the current-time indicator precisely on a marker, zoom in completely on the time ruler so you can see its exact
location. Alternatively, choose Clip > Go To Clip Marker, and choose Next, Previous, or Numbered from the menu.

3. Choose Clip > Clear Clip Marker, and choose an option from the menu:

Current Marker Deletes the marker at the current time. (If the option is not available, you may not have placed the
current-time indicator precisely on the marker.)

All Markers Deletes all clip markers from the clip.
Numbered Deletes a numbered clip marker from a list of all numbered markers.

Clear all markers

1. Do one of the following:
To clear all clip markers from a clip, select the clip in the Expert view timeline.
To clear all timeline markers from the Expert view timeline, make sure that no clips are selected in the movie.

2. Choose either Clip > Clear Clip Marker > All Markers or Timeline > Clear Timeline Marker > All Markers.

Go to a clip or timeline marker in the Expert view timeline

1. Do one of the following:
To move to a clip marker in a clip, select the clip in the Expert view timeline.
To move to a timeline marker in a movie, make sure that no clips are selected in the Expert view timeline.

2. Choose either Clip > Go To Clip Marker or Timeline > Go To Timeline Marker, and choose Next, Previous, or Numbered from

the menu.

To help position clips at a marker, make sure that the Snap command is selected in the Timeline menu. (A check mark
indicates it is selected.) Then, clips will snap to the markers as you drag them into position in the Expert view timeline.

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Previewing movies

Preview a movie in the Monitor panel
Preview in full-screen mode
Preview on a TV monitor
Render an area for preview
Delete preview files

Preview a movie in the Monitor panel

You can preview all or part of a movie at any time in the Monitor panel. To preview a movie, Adobe Premiere Elements must first prepare the clips
on all the tracks for viewing, applying effects, motion, opacity, and volume settings. Video quality and frame rate are dynamically adjusted to let
you preview the movie in real time. Movies that use only cuts between clips generally preview at normal quality and frame rate. Complex movies
(with effects and layered video and audio) may require rendering before you can preview them.

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Monitor panel
A. Current time B. Playback controls

Do any of the following in the Monitor panel:

To preview the movie, click the Play button, or press the spacebar.

Note: To set the current-time indicator to the beginning of the movie, press the Home key.

To change the quality of the playback, right-click/ctrl-click inside the monitor panel. Select Playback Quality > Highest. The
CPU usage and RAM consumption of your computer increases when you change the setting to Highest.

To pause the preview, click the Pause button, or press the spacebar.
To control the speed of the preview, drag the shuttle slider to the right. The clip plays faster the further you drag the shuttle

slider.
To play in reverse, drag the shuttle slider to the left. The clip rewinds faster the further you drag the shuttle slider.
To go forward one frame, click the Frame Forward button. To go forward five frames, Shift-click the Frame Forward button.
To go backward one frame, click the Frame Back button. To go backward five frames, Shift -click the Frame Back button.
To jump to a different frame, click the current-time display, and type the new time. (Colons or semicolons aren’t required.

However, Adobe Premiere Elements interprets numbers under 100 as frames.)
To go to the end of the previous clip (the cut or edit point), click the Go To Previous Edit Point button.
To go to the beginning of the next clip, click the Go To Next Edit Point button.

Preview one clip from the Quick view timeline

Double-click the clip in the Quick view timeline.

Scroll the Expert view timeline during preview

You can set an option to automatically scroll the Expert view timeline from right to left, when a sequence is larger than the visible timeline. This
way you don’t have to zoom out to see the entire sequence.

1. On Windows®, select Edit > Preferences > General. On Mac® OS, select Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences >

General.

2. Choose an option from the Timeline Playback Auto-Scrolling menu.

No Scroll Doesn’t scroll the Expert view timeline.
Page Scroll Scrolls the visible section of the Expert view timeline one page at a time.
Smooth Scroll Scrolls the Expert view timeline while the current-time indicator stays in the center of the visible timeline.

View safe zones in the Monitor panel

You can view safe zone margins (guides) in the Monitor panel to determine if any text or objects in your project fall outside the safe zone. When
text or objects fall outside the safe zone, they may be clipped when played back on certain screens. Safe zone margins are for your reference and
are not included in previews or export.

Safe zones in the Monitor panel
A. Action- safe margin B. Title-safe margin

Right-click/ctrl- click in the Monitor panel, and choose Safe Margins. A check mark next to the name indicates the safe zone margins are on.

The standard action- and title-safe margins are 10% and 20%, respectively. However, you can change the dimensions of the safe zones in the
Project Settings dialog box.

Preview in full-screen mode

To see the greatest detail in a clip or movie, preview it in full -screen mode. This mode fills the computer screen with video, suggesting how clips
and movies appear on TV screens. Full-screen previews also let you easily share your work with others in the room.

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Preview a movie in full-screen mode

Click the Play Full Screen button in the upper-right corner of the application. The preview pane fills the screen, and playback starts

automatically.

Pause, reverse, and advance a full-screen preview

In addition to playing and pausing a full-screen preview, you can reverse or advance in single -frame increments.

1. To display the control bar, move the pointer to the bottom of the screen.

In full-screen preview, move the pointer across the screen to display the player controls.

2. Click the Pause, Frame Back, or Frame Forward buttons.

Exit full-screen mode

1. To display the control bar, move the pointer to the bottom of the screen.

2. To the right of the control bar, click Exit.

Preview on a TV monitor

You can preview the movie on a TV or video monitor by using many camcorders or analog-digital converters (digitizers). The Project Settings
dialog box contains options for previewing through a DV device. It is important to have the hardware correctly configured before choosing these
settings.

Note: Make sure that the TV or video monitor is connected to the camcorder or analog-digital converter. In addition, ensure that the device is
properly connected to your computer, typically through an IEEE 1394 port. Set the device to output analog audio and video to the monitor. Some
devices will detect a monitor automatically, while others require you to choose a menu option. (See the documentation provided with the device for
more information.)

1. Choose Edit > Project Settings > General, and click the Playback Settings button.

2. In the Realtime Playback section, select these options:
Select the Desktop Video Display During Playback option if you want to preview through the Monitor panel and your TV

monitor. Deselect this option if playback through the Monitor panel is jerky.
For External Device, choose the option that matches the camcorder or analog-digital converter you’re using to drive your

TV monitor.
For Aspect Ratio Conversion, choose Hardware (If supported).
Choose External Device Audio to monitor sound as well as video through the TV monitor. This option keeps the two in

sync on playback.

Note: Realtime Playback plays previews instantly in fully rendered final quality. With render-free editing, you can review
editing decisions as you make them and experiment more freely. For best playback frame rates, use a Pentium® 4, 3-GHz
system or better.

3. In the Export section, for External Device, choose whether to export to the specified device. This option doesn’t affect

playback.

4. In the Desktop Display Mode section, choose Accelerated GPU Effects if your display adapter supports DirectX®. Otherwise,

choose Compatible or Standard, whichever gives best playback results on your system.

5. Leave the remaining Playback Settings as set by Adobe Premiere Elements, and click OK.

6. In the Project Settings dialog box, click OK.

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Render an area for preview

More complex movies and InstantMovies (with effects and layered video and audio) require more processing time to display properly. If Adobe
Premiere Elements can’t display an area at full speed and quality, it adds a thin, red line in the time ruler of the Expert view timeline.

To preview one of these areas, you can first render it. Rendering processes the layers and effects and saves the preview into a file, which Adobe
Premiere Elements can use each time you preview that section of the movie. Once rendered, a section doesn’t require re-rendering, unless
changes are made to it. (In the Expert view timeline, rendered areas are marked with a green line.)

Note: If you make significant changes to a rendered area, the preview file is no longer useful, and the green line changes to red. To preview

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complex effects at the full frame rate, you’ll have to re-render the area.

You designate the area to render by using the work area bar in the Expert view timeline.

Set the area to be rendered

Drag the textured center of the work area bar over the section you want to preview. Make sure that you drag the work area
bar from its center. Otherwise, move the current-time indicator.

If the textured center is not visible, Alt-drag the work area bar over the section you want to preview.
Position the current -time indicator, and press Alt+[ to set the beginning of the work area.
Position the current -time indicator, and press Alt+] to set the end of the work area.
Alt-double-click the work area bar to resize it to the width of the movie.
Double-click the work area bar to resize it to the width of the time ruler, or the length of the entire movie, whichever is shorter.

Position the pointer over the work area bar to display a tool tip that shows the work area bar’s start timecode, end
timecode, and duration.

Render a preview

Set the work area bar over the area you want to preview, and click the Render button or choose Timeline > Render Work Area. (The rendering

time depends on your system’s resources and the complexity of the segment.)

You can also render a preview by setting the work area bar and pressing Enter (Windows) or Home (Mac).

Delete preview files

When you play a movie, Adobe Premiere Elements combines the tracks and effects in the background, while playing the movie in the Monitor
panel.

If you render the movie, Adobe Premiere Elements creates preview files and saves them on your hard disk. Once rendered, Adobe Premiere
Elements doesn’t process the tracks and effects again and can play the preview files directly. Similarly, preview files can save time when you
export the movie because Adobe Premiere Elements can use the information stored in the preview files rather than render again.

With the Expert view timeline or Quick view timeline active, choose Timeline > Delete Rendered Files. When prompted, click OK.

Note: It is important to delete preview files using the Delete Render Files command rather than deleting them directly in Windows. Projects refer
to preview files in the same way they refer to source media. If you move or delete preview files without using the command, the next time you
open the project, Adobe Premiere Elements prompts you to locate the files.

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Editing clips

Trimming clips

About trimming and retrieving clips
About Smart trimming
Trim a clip from the Quick view timeline
Trim in the Expert view timeline
Trim in the Preview window

About trimming and retrieving clips

When you build a movie, you rarely use an entire clip. To define the frames you want to use, set In and Out points. The In point is the first frame
of the clip you want to use. The Out point is the last frame of the clip you want to use.

Setting In and Out points does not delete frames from the hard drive. Instead, it isolates the portion you want included in the movie. In and Out
points act like a window over the clip, showing only the frames from the In point to the Out point. You can move In and Out points as needed to
regain any frames you might have trimmed.

In and Out points serve as a window over a clip
A. In point B. Trimmed frames C. Out point

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You can trim frames from either end of a clip. To trim frames from the middle of a clip, first split the clip (which creates two parts of the original
clip). Then, trim the unwanted frames from the end of the first new clip or the beginning of the second.

You can trim a clip in the Preview window, the Monitor panel, the Quick view timeline, or the Expert view timeline. You can retrieve frames from
source clips (clips not yet placed in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline) using the Preview window. You can retrieve frames from
clips in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

About Smart trimming

You can create a refined good-quality video file by removing unwanted sections. Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 enables you to efficiently handle
blurred, shaky, and unwanted low-quality and low- interest sections of your video file. You can easily and quickly edit and fine-tune the video files.

Smart trimming enables you to trim the low -quality sections of a video file. Smart trim can be done manually and automatically. You can trim clips
from the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

Smart trimming is of two types, manual and automatic. Manual Smart trimming is the default mode. In this mode, you can specify the options that
determine the trimmable sections. In the automatic Smart trim mode, Premiere Elements automatically determines the trimmable sections. You can
choose to delete them or retain them.

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Manual Smart Trim

1. To enable Smart Trim, click Tools on the Action bar and then select Smart Trim from the Tools panel. By default, Manual

Smart Trim Mode is enabled.

Note: When you are in the manual Smart Trim mode, you see the message, Smart Trim Mode: Trim or Delete The
Highlighted Sections, above the Monitor panel. You also see the Smart Trim Options button.

2. (Optional) Click the Smart Trim Options button on top. In the Smart Trim Options dialog, use the slider to specify the Quality

and Interest options. The values set here determine the trimmable sections. If you do not set the options here, default settings
are used.

Premiere Elements analyzes the clip, and highlights the sections of the clip that need trimming. The highlighted sections
depend on the values set for the Quality Level and Interest Level options. Striped patterns are used to highlight the trimmable
sections.

3. (Optional) View the bad-quality tags that Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 applied on the trim sections by hovering the mouse

over the Smart Trim section of the clip.

4. To select trim sections in a clip, do one of the following:
Double-click the clip in the Expert view timeline to select all the trimmable sections in a single clip.
To select all the trimmable sections in multiple clips, drag a marquee around the selected clips in the Expert view timeline.

Right-click/ctrl- click the trim sections, and choose Select All.

To select all the trimmable sections in multiple clips in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, select Ctrl­A. Right-click/ctrl-click a section > Select All.

The selected trim sections are highlighted. When you select a trimmable section, all trimmable sections turn into blue- striped
sections.

Note: To choose selected trim sections from multiple clips, first select the clips, and select the trim sections.

5. Right-click/ctrl- click a trimmable section (the blue-striped region). The following options are displayed:

Trim Enables you to trim the selected trimmable section.
Keep Enables you to retain the selected trimmable section.
Select All Selects all the trimmable sections in the current selection.
Smart Trim Options Displays the Smart Trim options.

6. Select Trim to trim the trimmable region, or select Keep to retain the trimmable section. You can also trim clips using the

Delete key on the keyboard.

7. (Optional) To undo the previous trim action, right- click/ctrl-click the clip in the Expert view timeline, and select Undo Smart

Trim.
To exit the Smart Trim mode, click the Done button.

Automatic Smart Trim

1. To enable automatic Smart Trim, click Tools on the Action bar and then select Smart Trim from the Tools panel.

2. Click the Smart Trim Options button above the Monitor panel.

3. In the Smart Trim Options dialog, select Automatic.

4. (Optional) Use the slider to specify the Quality and Interest options. The values set here determine the trimmable sections. If

you do not set the options, default settings are used.

5. Click Save.

Premiere Elements analyzes the clip and highlights the sections of the clip that need trimming. The Automatic Smart Trim
confirmation dialog is displayed.

Note: If a clip is not selected, striped patterns are used to highlight the Smart Trim sections of the clip.

Smart Trim options

Smart trimming uses quality factors such as brightness, blur, shaky, and contrast and interest factors such as face, motion, and dialog as criteria to
trim the clips. You can set the levels of quality and interest before trimming the clips.
Quality Level Enables you to specify the levels of quality factors that Premiere Elements uses to determine the trimmable sections. The quality
factors include blur, shaky, brightness, focus, and contrast. If you move the slider to the extreme right, all low-quality sections are highlighted as
trimmable sections. As you move the slider toward the left, the trimmable sections reduce. If you move the slider to the extreme left, only low ­quality sections are highlighted for trimming.

Interest Level Enables you to specify the levels of interest that Premiere Elements uses to determine the trimmable sections in a clip. The interest
factors include faces, dialog, close up, camera moves like pan and zoom, and the number of people in a group.

Note: You cannot use Interest as the only factor to determine the trimmable section. Interest and Quality factors work together. Trim sections
reduce when you move the slider from right to left. A clip that is low in quality or interest gets trimmed. A clip that is high in quality or interest

doesn’t get trimmed.

trimming, the Monitor panel displays the frames of both clips side by side.

Smart Trim options

Access Smart Trim options

To access the Smart Trim options, enable Smart Trim and do one of the following:

Click the Smart Trim Options button on the top of the Monitor panel.
Right-click/ctrl- click a trimmable selection, and select Smart Trim Options.

Trim a clip from the Quick view timeline

You can directly trim clips in the Quick view timeline.

1. Select the clip in the Quick view timeline.

2. Position the pointer over the edge of the clip you want to trim until the correct icon appears:
Trim-In icon to trim the beginning of a clip.
Trim-Out icon to trim the end of a clip.

3. Drag the trim handles to the desired frame. The Monitor panel displays the frames as you drag, also showing the frame from

the adjacent clip (if any). Subsequent clips in the track shift in time to compensate for the edit, but their durations remain
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Remove frames from the middle of a clip

You can retain material at the beginning and end of a clip for your movie, but remove material from its middle. Split the clip right before the
unwanted section begins, to create two clips. Then, trim the unwanted material from the beginning of the second clip.

1. In the Quick view timeline, select the clip containing unwanted material. The clip appears in the Monitor panel.

2. Drag the current-time indicator on the Quick view timeline to the frame where the unwanted material begins.

3. Click the Scissor button on the current -time indicator.

The original clip is split into two clips in the Quick view timeline.

4. Double-click the clip to the right of the split. This opens the clip in the Preview window.

5. In the Preview window, drag the current- time indicator to the frame just after the last frame of unwanted material,

6. Click the Set In Point button. This trims the unwanted material from the beginning of the second clip and shortens the clip in

the Quick view timeline, leaving a gap between it and the clip before.
The unwanted material is removed from the beginning of the second clip (or end of the first clip, if you chose to edit that clip).

The gap created between the first and second clips is automatically closed.

7. Right-click/ctrl- click in the gap in the Quick view timeline, and then click Delete And Close Gap.

Retrieve frames in the Monitor panel

1. Double-click a clip in the Quick view timeline.

The start and end points of the clip becomes visible in the Preview window of the Monitor panel.

2. In the Preview window, do one of the following:
To retrieve frames at the beginning of the clip, drag the In point handle to the left.
To retrieve frames at the end of the clip, drag the Out point handle to the right.

Trim in the Expert view timeline

You can remove or regain trimmed frames from either end of a clip by dragging the clip’s edge in the Expert view timeline. To help you locate the
desired frame, the Monitor panel displays it at the changing In or Out point of the clip as you drag. If another clip is adjacent to the edge you’re

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The frame on the left (the Out point) is earlier in time, and the frame on the right (the In point) is later in time. Subsequent clips, as well as blocks
of empty space, in the Expert view timeline shift as you drag the clip’s edge.

A tool tip displays the number of frames you are trimming as you trim them. This window displays a negative value if you drag the clip’s edge
toward the beginning of the movie.

It displays a positive number if you drag toward the end of the movie. You can tell whether you have trimmed a clip by looking for a small gray
triangle in the top corner at either end of the clip in the Expert view timeline. The triangle indicates you have not trimmed that edge.

For linked clips (video that includes a soundtrack), dragging the edge of one clip changes the In or Out points of both clips. Sometimes you want
to trim linked clips independently to create split edits (also known as L-cuts and J-cuts). Pressing Alt when you trim allows you to set the In and
Out points of the video and audio separately.

Trim clips in the Expert view timeline

1. Position the pointer over the edge of the clip you want to trim until the correct icon appears:
Trim-In icon to trim the beginning of a clip.
Trim-Out icon to trim the end of a clip.

2. Drag the edge to the desired frame. The Monitor panel displays the frames as you drag, also showing the frame from the

adjacent clip (if any). Subsequent clips in the track shift in time to compensate for the edit, but their durations remain
unchanged.

Note: You cannot drag the In point of a clip to the left past the edge of an adjacent clip.

Remove frames from the middle of a clip in the Expert view timeline

You can retain content at the beginning and end of a clip for your movie and remove content from its middle. Split the clip before the unwanted
section begins, and then trim the unwanted material from the beginning of the second clip resulting from the split.

1. In the Expert view timeline, drag the current-time indicator to the frame where the unwanted section of a clip begins.

The frame appears in the Monitor panel.

2. Click the Split Clip button on the current-time indicator.

This splits the clip at the point selected.

3. Double-click the clip to the right of the split. This opens the clip in the Preview window.

Note: You can also open the clip to the left and make the following edits by setting a new Out point.

4. In the Preview window, drag the current- time indicator to the frame just after the last frame of unwanted material.

5. Click the Set In Point button. This trims the unwanted material from the beginning of the second clip and shortens the clip in

the Expert view timeline, leaving a gap between it and the clip before.

6. Right-click/ctrl- click in the gap in the Expert view timeline, and then click Delete And Close Gap.

Retrieve frames in the Expert view timeline

1. In the Expert view timeline, position the pointer over the edge of the clip you want to trim until the correct icon appears:
Trim-In icon to retrieve frames from the beginning of a clip.
Trim-Out icon to retrieve frames from the end of a clip.

2. Drag the edge to the desired frame.

Note: To change the In or Out point of only the video or only the audio of a linked clip, press Alt as you drag. You do not
need to hold down the Alt key once you start to drag.

Extend audio before or after linked video

The audio can begin before the video or extend it after the video into the next clip (or vice versa). Trimming linked audio and video separately is
called a split edit . Usually, when you create a split edit in one clip, you must create one in the adjacent clip so they don’t overlap each other.

You can create two kinds of split edits:

A J-cut, or audio lead, in which audio starts before linked video, or video continues after the audio.
An L-cut, or video lead, in which video starts before linked audio, or audio continues after the video.

1. In the Expert view timeline, select the clip.

2. If the clip is adjacent to another, Alt-drag the audio portion down to a separate track so there is empty space next to it.

3. (Optional) Move the current-time indicator to the video frame you want to trim, and make sure Snap is enabled with a check

mark. (If it isn’t, choose Timeline > Snap.)

4. Position the pointer over the edge of the video clip you want to trim, and do one of the following:

If trimming the beginning of the clip, when the Trim-In icon appears, press Alt and drag the edge to the desired frame.
(You can release the Alt key after you begin dragging.) Notice that the video stays aligned with the previous clip.

If trimming the end of the clip, when the Trim-Out icon appears, press Alt and drag the edge to the desired frame. (You
can release the Alt key after you begin dragging.) Notice that subsequent clips in the track shift left.

Alt-dragging a clip temporarily unlinks the clips. When you want to move or edit them together, select them again.

5. If you need to trim an adjacent clip so its audio doesn’t overlap with the linked clips you’ve just trimmed, repeat step 3 on the

adjacent audio clip.

Trim in the Preview window

You can preview any clip and set new In and Out points for it before adding it to the Expert view timeline or the Quick view timeline. You might, for
example, preview your clips to determine their quality and trim unusable parts before arranging them. You can preview and trim clips in the
Preview window.

Trimming a clip in the Preview window sets its In and Out points for all subsequent instances in the Expert view timeline or the Quick view
timeline. It does not change the In and Out points of clip instances that are already in the Expert view timeline or the Quick view timeline. To let all
clip instances use the same In and Out points, set them before placing the clip in either timeline.

Preview window
A. Zoom control B. Clip In point C. Current time D. Playback controls E Current-time indicator F Clip Out point G Clip duration

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Preview a clip in the Preview window

In the Project Assets panel, double-click a clip and do any of the following in the Preview window:

To play the clip, click the Play button.
To step back or forward one frame, click the Step Back button or the Step Forward button.
Scrubbing the Timecode.

Trim a clip in the Preview window

You can trim a clip in the Preview window before placing it in the Expert view timeline. Trimming in the Preview window does not affect instances
of the clip that are already in the Expert view timeline or the Quick view timeline.

Once a clip is in a movie, you can reopen it in the Preview window to change its In and Out points for subsequent instances. You can either regain
frames previously trimmed or trim additional frames.

1. In the Project Assets panel, double-click a clip. The Preview window appears.

2. To trim the clip, do any of the following in the Preview window:
To set a new In point, either drag the In point handle or drag the current-time indicator to the desired location, and click

the Set In button.
To set a new Out point, either drag the Out point handle or drag the current-time indicator to the desired location, and

click the Set Out button.

3. Click the Close button in the Preview window.

Subsequent clip instances you drag to the Expert view timeline assume the In and Out points of the trimmed clip.

Retrieve frames in the Preview window

1. In the Project Assets panel, double-click a clip. The Preview window appears.

2. In the Preview window, do one of the following:
Move the current-time indicator to the frame you want as the first frame of the clip, even if it’s to the left of the current In

point. Click the Set In Point button.
Move the current-time indicator to the frame you want as the last frame of the clip, even if it’s to the right of the current Out

point. Click the Set Out Point button.
Drag the In point or Out point handle to the frame you want.

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Split clips

Split a clip
Split layered clips

You might want to apply different effects to different parts of a clip. For example, to speed up the first part but leave the second part at normal
speed. To do this, you cut a clip into separate pieces, and then apply effects and transitions to those pieces. You can split a clip in a movie by
using the Split Clip button on the current-time indicator. It cuts one or more selected clips at the current-time indicator.

Splitting a clip divides it into two parts, creating a new and separate instance of the original clip. If the clip is linked to another clip, a new instance
of the linked clip is created as well.

The two resulting clips, when combined, represent the original clip. The resulting clips are full versions of the original clip, but with the In or Out
points changed to match the location marked by the tool. You can select and delete these clips.

Note: If you want to change effect settings over time, you don’t have to split the clip. You can apply keyframes to a single clip instead.

Split a clip

You can split a clip at any frame, creating one clip that ends, and another that begins, at that frame. You can edit the two resulting clips as you
would any other clips.

1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

2. Drag the current-time indicator to the frame where you want to create the split.

3. On the current-time indicator, click the Split Clip button.

Two new clips take the place of the original clip: one ending and one beginning at the location of the current-time indicator.

Split layered clips

You can simultaneously split two or more layered clips (clips that overlap in the Expert view timeline).

1. In the Expert view timeline, drag a marquee to select clips, on different tracks, that overlap at a point in time.

2. In the Expert view timeline, drag the current-time indicator to the place where you want to make the split.

3. On the current-time indicator, click the Split Clip button.

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Replace footage

You can replace the source footage for clips in the Available Media. Replacing the source footage for a clip links it to a new source file. When you
replace footage:

Instances of the clip are retained in the Project Assets panel and the Expert view timeline, with the corresponding In and Out
points.

All the applied effects are intact.

However, the clip is linked to the replacement footage instead of its original footage. For example, you can replace footage with a soundtrack in
one language with identical footage with a different-language soundtrack. All the edits that were made to the original footage are retained, although
the source footage is replaced.

1. In the Project Assets panel, select the clip for which you want new source footage.

2. Select Clip > Replace Footage, or right-click/ctrl -click the clip and select Replace Footage.

3. In the Replace Footage dialog box, select the new file and click Open.

The new footage replaces the old footage. All instances of the old footage are linked to the new footage.

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Changing clip speed and duration

Change a clip’s speed
Set the duration of a clip
Reverse the playback of a clip

Change a clip’s speed

To create a fast- or slow-motion effect, change clip speed. Changing clip speed changes the clip’s duration. Speeding up a clip removes frames,
thus shortening the clip duration. In the same way, slowing down a clip repeats frames and thus adds to the length of a clip. For audio clips, a
change in speed also changes pitch. The Time Stretch command includes an option to maintain the original pitch of an audio clip at any speed.

You can change a clip’s speed using the Expert view timeline only. Not the Quick view timeline.

Note: When you change the speed of a clip containing interlaced fields, you may need to adjust how Premiere Elements processes the fields,
especially when the speed drops below 100% of the original speed.

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Change a clip’s speed by using Time Stretch

1. To slow down a clip that has another clip on its right in the Expert view timeline, drag it to an empty track or to the end of the

movie. This way, you can stretch it without bumping into an adjacent clip.

2. Select the clip in the Expert view timeline.

Note: If you haven’t yet inserted the clip into the Expert view timeline, you can select it in the Project Assets panel instead.

3. Choose Clip > Time Stretch. Alternatively, click the Tools panel on the Action bar and choose Time Stretch.

4. In the Time Stretch dialog box, type a percentage for Speed. A value less the 100% slows down the clip; a value greater than

100% increases its speed.

5. (Optional) To keep the pitch of an audio clip unchanged, select Maintain Audio Pitch.

6. Click OK. Preview your changes, and then make adjustments as necessary.

7. If you moved the clip in step 1, drag it back into place in the movie.

Change the speed and duration of multiple clips

You can change the speed and duration of multiple clips when you are in the Expert view.

1. Do one of the following to select multiple clips:
To select non-consecutive clips, Shift-click each clip.
To select consecutive clips, click in the Project Assets panel and drag a marquee around the selected clips.
To select all the clips, press Ctrl -A.

2. Select Clip > Time Stretch to modify the speed and duration of all the selected clips.

Set the duration of a clip

The duration of a video or audio clip is the length of time it plays from its first frame (In point) to its last frame (Out point). The initial duration of a
clip is the same as it was when the clip was imported or captured. Most often, you change a clip’s duration by trimming frames from either end.
But you can also trim the end of a clip by designating a specific duration.

Unlike video, still images are not limited to the length of the original clip. You can set their duration to any length.

1. Select a clip in Project Assets panel or in the Expert view timeline.

2. Choose Clip > Time Stretch.

3. In the Time Stretch dialog box, click the Link button to unlink speed and duration. When linked, changing the duration also

changes the playback speed of the clip.

Note: When you increase the speed beyond a certain limit, the duration changes even if you have unlinked speed and
duration.

4. Type a new duration, and click OK.

Reverse the playback of a clip

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Reversing a clip plays the clip backward, Out point to In point. You can also reverse the clip and change its speed. In the Expert view, you can

reverse a clip using the Expert view timeline. In the Quick view, use the Time Remapping feature to reverse a clip.

1. Select the clip in the Expert view timeline.

2. Choose Clip > Time Stretch.

3. (Optional) To change the speed of the clip, type a percentage for Speed in the Time Stretch dialog box. A value less the

100% slows down the clip; a value greater than 100% increases its speed.

4. Select Reverse Speed, and click OK.

To both reverse the clip and change its speed with one action, type a negative percentage for Speed, where –200 plays
the clip in reverse at double its normal speed and –50 plays the clip in reverse at half its normal speed.

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Freezing and holding frames

Export a video frame
Play and then hold a frame (or hold and then play)

Export a video frame

You can grab a single frame from a video clip to use as a still image in your current movie or to save as a still on your hard drive for use
elsewhere. For example, you can use a still in your movie to show a character start an action, but then stop mid -action, frozen on the screen.

1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

2. In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, drag the current-time indicator to the frame you want to grab.

The Monitor panel shows the frame at the location of the current- time indicator.

3. In the Action bar, click Tools and select the Freeze Frame option from the Tools panel.

The frame appears in the Freeze Frame window.

Note: If you have Adobe Photoshop Elements installed, and want to edit the still image in Photoshop Elements, choose Edit
In Photoshop Elements After Inserting.

4. Do one of the following:
To export the frame as a still image file, click Export. In the Export Frame dialog box, give the image file a name and

location, and click Save.
To insert the frame as a still image directly into the movie at the current-time indicator, click Insert In Movie.

Play and then hold a frame (or hold and then play)

To make the video start out as a still image and then begin to play, click Tools in the Action bar and select the Freeze Frame option. Create a
still image from a frame, and then insert the still image at the location of the original frame.
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Working with source clips

Find the source of a clip
Remove In and Out points from a source clip
Edit a clip in its original application
Edit video frames in Adobe Photoshop Elements
SmartFix

Find the source of a clip

After working with a clip in the Expert view timeline, you may decide to use another instance of its source in another part of the movie. Premiere
Elements can quickly find the source of any clip in a movie and automatically select it in the Project Assets panel.

Do one of the following:

In the Project Assets panel, search the clip by typing its name in the Search box.
Right-click a clip in the Expert view timeline, and choose Reveal In Project.

The clip appears highlighted in the Project Assets panel.

Remove In and Out points from a source clip

1. In the Project Assets panel, double-click the clip.

2. Choose Clip > Clear Clip Marker, and choose an option from the menu:
In And Out resets both the In and Out points.
In resets the In point only.
Out resets the Out point only.

You can also clear an In or Out point from a source clip (not the version in the Expert view timeline) by Alt-clicking the
Set In Point button or the Set Out Point button, respectively, in the Preview window.

Edit a clip in its original application

Some files contain embedded information, called a project link, which indicates the application in which they were created. Adobe Photoshop
Elements, Adobe Audition, and Adobe After Effects® create files with project links. If a file contains a project link, you can use the Edit Original
command to open the file in the original application, where you can make changes as needed. You will not need to render the file before using this
command, unless you have made changes to it in Premiere Elements. When you save the file in the original application, Premiere Elements
automatically incorporates any changes you made there into the current project. You don’t need to import the file again.

You can embed information into your movie that allows other applications, such as Adobe After Effects or Adobe Encore, to use the Edit
Original command to open the movie in Premiere Elements.

1. Select a clip in the Project Assets panel or the Expert view timeline.

2. Choose Edit > Edit Original.

3. When you have finished editing the clip, save and close.

Your changes become incorporated into your project in Premiere Elements.

Note: Typically, audio files are associated with a computer’s default audio player. Selecting Edit Original for an audio file may
therefore open it in an application, such as Windows® Media Player or iTunes®, that is not designed to edit files. You will not
be able to edit audio files in these applications.

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Edit video frames in Adobe Photoshop Elements

If video frames need correction or enhancement, you can automatically open the frames in Adobe Photoshop Elements after you export them as
still images and insert them in your movie.

1. In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline of Adobe Premiere Elements, drag the current-time indicator to the

frame you want to edit.

2. In the Action bar, select Tools and choose Freeze Frame from the Tools panel.

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3. To set Freeze Frame Duration, drag the Seconds value.

4. Select Edit In Photoshop Elements After Inserting, and then click Insert In Movie.

5. In the Photoshop Elements Editor, edit the image (apply filters, styles, effects, brush strokes, and so on).

Note: If you resize the image, it may become distorted in the video frame.

6. If you added image layers, choose Layer > Flatten Image.

7. When you finish making changes, choose File > Save.

8. Accept the default choices for file location and name, and click Save.

9. When Photoshop Elements reports that a file with the same name already exists, click OK to replace the file. Then click OK in

the BMP Option dialog box.
Premiere Elements automatically updates the frame in your movie.

SmartFix

Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 enables auto correction of quality problems in video files that have smart tags associated to them. When you add
such clips to the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, the SmartFix dialog is displayed. Click Yes to confirm the correction of clips.

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Applying transitions and special effects

Transition basics

How transitions work

How transitions work

Using transitions, you can phase out one clip while phasing in the next or you can stylize the beginning or end of a single clip. A transition can be
as subtle as a cross dissolve, or emphatic, such as a page turn or spinning pinwheel. You generally place transitions on a cut between two clips,
creating a double-sided transition. However, you can also apply a transition to just the beginning or end of a clip, creating a single-sided transition,
such as a fade to black.

Page Peel transition between two clips (left), and Cross Dissolve transition at end of clip (right)

When a transition shifts from one clip to the next, it overlaps frames from both clips. The overlapped frames can either be frames previously
trimmed from the clips (frames just past the In or Out point at the cut), or existing frames repeated on either side of the cut. It’s important to
remember that when you trim a clip, you don’t delete frames. Instead, the resulting In and Out points form a window over the original clip. A
transition uses the trimmed frames to create the transition effect. If the clips don’t have trimmed frames, the transition repeats frames.

Transition uses trimmed frames to shift to the next scene.
A. First clip with trimmed frames at end B. Movie containing both clips and transition C. Second clip with trimmed frames at beginning

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Transition repeats frames for clips without trimmed frames.
A. First clip showing last frame repeated B. Movie containing both clips and transition C. Second clip showing first frame repeated

To see if a transition is single-sided or double-sided and if it has repeated frames, double-click it in the Quick view/Expert view timeline, and
view its properties in the Transition contextual control.

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Applying transitions to clips

Video tutorial
Previewing transitions
Specify a default transition
Apply transitions in the Quick view timeline
Apply transitions in the Expert view timeline
Replace a transition
Preview applied transitions

Video tutorial

Previewing transitions

You can access available transitions in the Transitions panel (click Transitions on the Action bar). In the Quick view, all the available transitions
appear as thumbnails in the Transitions panel. The Quick view contains a subset of the transitions available in the Expert view. In the Expert view
timeline, the transitions are organized into categories. You can narrow a search for transitions by choosing a transition type, such as Dissolve, from
the Category menu. You can also search for a transition by typing its name in the search box. The Expert view has more transitions compared to
the Quick view.

Video transitions have animated thumbnail previews that show how they affect clips. Select a transition to set its thumbnail in motion. You can
preview an animated thumbnail transition in the Transition panel without having to apply it to a clip.

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Adobe Premiere Elements includes two audio transitions in the Crossfade category: Constant Power and Constant Gain. Though both provide
fades, they differ slightly. Constant Power creates a smoother-sounding fade, while Constant Gain, though mathematically linear, often sounds
abrupt.

1. In the Quick view or the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. Click the thumbnail for any video transition to set it in motion.

Specify a default transition

The default transition is used in slide shows you create and files you import from Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. It is also used in motion
backgrounds you create for DVD menus. The default transitions are Cross Dissolve for video or still images and Constant Power for audio.
However, you can change these defaults.

1. In the Quick view or the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click the transition you want to be the default and choose Set Selected As Default Transition. (A gray outline

marks the icon of the default transition.)

Apply transitions in the Quick view timeline

In the Quick view timeline, drop zones (indicated by vertical green lines) appear the moment you drag a transition. The drop zone let you easily
apply transitions between clips.

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Apply a double-sided transition in the Quick view timeline

1. In the Quick view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. Drag a transition from the Transitions panel to the drop zone between two clips in the Quick view timeline. An icon of the

transition appears on the right and left bottom corners of the clip to indicate it has been applied. In addition, the Transition
contextual control appears.

3. (Optional) Modify the properties of the clip, for example duration. Click the More button to further customize the transition and

preview the changes.

Apply a single-sided transition in the Quick view timeline

1. In the Quick view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel, select the transition you want to apply.

3. Do one of the following:
If the clip has no clip adjacent to one side of it, drag the transition to the transition rectangle on that side of the clip.
If the clip is adjacent to another clip, drag the transition to the desired edge of the clip. In the Transitions contextual control

set Alignment as Left Clip, Between Clips, or Right Clip.

Applying a transition in the Quick view timeline

Apply transitions in the Expert view timeline

When applying transitions to the Expert view timeline, you can choose from alignment options, Left Clip, Between Clips, or Right Clip.

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Apply a double-sided transition in the Expert view timeline

To apply a transition between two clips in the Expert view timeline the clips must be on the same track, with no space between them.
If a double-sided transition must use repeated frames (rather than trimmed frames), the transition icon contains additional diagonal lines. The lines

span the area where it has used the repeated frames.

1. In the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel select the category containing the transition you want to apply.

3. Drag the transition from the Transitions panel to the cut between two clips in the Expert view timeline, and release the mouse

button when one of the following alignment icons appears:

Start At Cut Aligns the beginning of the transition to the beginning of the second clip.
Center At Cut Centers the transition over the cut.
End At Cut Aligns the end of the transition to the end of the first clip.

Pressing Ctrl while dragging a transition lets you select Start At Cut, Center At Cut, or End At Cut by slowly dragging the
transition left and right over the cut.

Apply a single-sided transition in the Expert view timeline

When you create a single-sided transition, whatever is below the transition in the Expert view timeline appears in the transparent portion of the

transition. For example, If you want the clip to transition to black, it must be on Track 1 or have no clips beneath it. If the clip is on a track above

another clip, the clip on the lower track appears in the transition, so the transition will appear to be double-sided.

1. In the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel select the category containing the transition you want to apply.

3. Do one of the following:
If the clip has no adjacent clip to one side of it, drag the transition from the Transitions panel to the edge of the clip.
If the clip is adjacent to another clip, Ctrl-drag the transition to the edge of the desired clip.

Apply a default transition in the Expert view timeline

1. Do one of the following:
To select non-consecutive clips, Shift-click each clip.
To select consecutive clips, click in the Project Assets panel, and drag a marquee around the selected clips.
To select all the clips, press Ctrl -A.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click the selected clips, and select Apply Default Transition Along CTI.

3. Select one of the following options:
Audio
Video

The transition is applied to all the selected clips.
To apply default transitions between multiple contiguous clips on the same track:

1. Ctrl-click the clips to which you want to add the default transition.

2. Right-click/ctrl- click one of the selected clips.

3. Select Apply Default Transition.

The transition is applied at the cut between each of the contiguous clips.

Replace a transition

You can replace a transition by simply dropping a new transition onto the old one in the Quick view or the Expert view timeline. When you replace
a transition, Premiere Elements maintains the alignment and duration of the original transition; however, it discards the settings of the original
transition and instead uses the default settings of the new transition.

1. In the Quick view/Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel, select the transition you will use to replace the previous one.

3. Drag the transition onto the transition in the Expert view timeline or Quick view timeline.

Preview applied transitions

You can preview transitions you’ve applied from either the Transitions contextual control or the Monitor panel. The Transitions contextual control
provides a preview area where you can display thumbnails of the actual clips or the default thumbnails (the letters A and B). Adjust your transitions
in the Transitions contextual control and preview the transitions as you make adjustments.

If you have a digital camcorder, you probably can connect it to both your computer and TV to see real-time previews on the TV monitor. This
gives you a better sense of how the transition will look in the finished movie.

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Preview in the Monitor panel

In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, move the current-time indicator to the left of the transition, and then click the Play button

in the Monitor panel.

Note: To preview a particular frame of the transition in the Monitor panel, drag the current-time indicator to the desired frame.

View transitions in the Quick view timeline and Expert view timeline

In the Quick view timeline, a transition appears as a rectangle on the clips. In the Expert view timeline, a transition appears just above the cut
between two clips, or just above the In or Out point of a single clip.

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Create special transitions

Create an Image Mask transition
Create a Gradient Wipe transition

Create an Image Mask transition

You can use a black-and-white bitmap image as a transition mask. The first clip replaces the black area in the image, and the second clip
replaces the white areas in the image. If you use a grayscale image for the mask, pixels containing 50% or more gray convert to black, and pixels
containing less than 50% gray convert to white.

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Apply an Image Mask transition

1. In the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel, select the Special Effect menu, and locate the Image Mask transition.

3. Drag the Image Mask transition to a cut between clips in the Expert view timeline.

4. In the Image Mask Settings dialog box, click Select Image.

5. Locate and select the image file you want to use as a transition mask, and click Open. The image appears in the Image Mask

Settings dialog box.

6. Click OK. The Transitions contextual control appears. Adjust the properties of the transition, if necessary, and click Done.

Image serves as mask to create transition

Change the image for an Image Mask transition

1. Double-click the transition in the Expert view timeline. The Transitions contextual control appears.

2. In the Transitions contextual control, click More and then click Custom. The Image Mask Settings dialog box appears.

3. In the Image Mask Settings dialog box, click Select Image.

4. Locate and select the image file you want to use, click Open, and then click OK.

Create a Gradient Wipe transition

Adobe Premiere Elements can use any importable grayscale image as a gradient wipe. In a gradient wipe, the second clip fills the black area of
the grayscale image and then shows through each level of gray as the transition progresses until the white area becomes transparent. When you
create a Gradient Wipe transition, you can specify the softness of the transition’s edges.

Gradient wipe source image (far left) and resulting transition

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Apply a Gradient Wipe transition

1. In the Expert view, click Transitions on the Action bar. The Transitions panel appears.

2. From the Transitions panel, select the Wipe menu, and locate the Gradient Wipe transition.

3. Drag the Gradient Wipe transition to a cut between clips in the Expert view timeline.

4. In the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box, click Select Image.

5. Locate and select the image file you want to use in the transition, and click Open. The image appears in the Gradient Wipe

Settings dialog box.

6. Adjust the softness of the transition’s edges by dragging the Softness slider. As you drag the slider to the right, the first clip

increasingly shows through the second clip. Click OK.

7. Adjust the properties of the transition, if necessary, using the Transitions contextual control and click Done.

Change the image for a Gradient Wipe transition

1. Double-click the transition in the Expert view timeline. The Transitions contextual control appears.

2. In the Transitions contextual control, click More and then click Custom. The Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box appears.

3. In the Gradient Wipe Settings dialog box, click Select Image.

4. Locate and select the image file you want to use, click Open, and then click OK.

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Adjusting transitions

Adjusting transition properties
Adjust transition alignment
Adjust transition duration
Set a default duration for transitions
Adjust the center point of a transition
Copy and paste transitions in the Expert view timeline

Adjusting transition properties

All transitions have properties that you can adjust in the Transitions contextual control. Common properties are the location of the center point, the
start and end values, the border, and the anti-aliasing quality setting. (For some transitions, you can also change the orientation.) The following list
describes the most common controls and options you can use to adjust transition properties.

To open the Transitions contextual control, double-click the a transition in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

Duration Sets the duration of the transition. The default duration is one second.
Alignment Controls how the transition is aligned between clips. By default, transitions are centered between clips.
Start/End Points Set the percentage of the transition that is complete at the start and end of the transition.
Show Actual Sources Displays the starting and ending frames of the clips.
Reverse Plays the transition backward. For example, the Clock Wipe transition plays counterclockwise.
Anti-Aliasing Quality Adjusts the smoothness of the transition’s edges.
Custom Changes settings specific to the transition. Most transitions don’t have custom settings.

Adjust transition alignment

You can change the alignment of a transition placed between two clips in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline using the Transition
contextual control. A transition need not be centered or strictly aligned with a cut. You can drag the transition to reposition it over a cut as desired.
The Transition contextual control also contains options to specify alignment.

Whether clips have trimmed frames determines how you can align a transition between them.

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Determine alignment options

In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view, position the pointer over the cut in a transition and note how the pointer changes:

If both clips contain trimmed frames at the cut, you can center the transition over the cut or align it on either side of the cut so
that it either starts or ends at the cut. A clip that has not been trimmed has a rounded edge in the upper -right corner of the
clip.

If neither clip contains trimmed frames, the transition automatically centers over the cut and repeats the last frame of the first
clip and the first frame of the second clip to fill the transition duration. (Diagonal bars appear on transitions that use repeated
frames.)

If only the first clip contains trimmed frames, the transition automatically snaps to the In point of the next clip. In this scenario,
the first clip’s trimmed frames are used for the transition, and frames are not repeated in the second clip.

If only the second clip contains trimmed frames, then the transition snaps to the Out point of the first clip. In this scenario, the
second clip’s trimmed frames are used for the transition, and frames are not repeated in the first clip.

Adjust alignment for a transition

In the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline, select the transition and do any of the following:

Position the current -time indicator over the transition, and then zoom in so that you can clearly see the transition. Drag the
transition over the cut to reposition it.

Double-click the transition and reposition it using the options in the Transition contextual control.

Adjust transition duration

You can edit a transition’s duration by dragging the end of the transition in either the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline. You can also

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use the Transition contextual control to edit the duration of a transition.

Select the transition in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline and do one of the following:

Position the pointer over the end of the transition until the Trim-In icon or the Trim-Out icon appears. Drag the Trim-In icon or
the Trim-Out icon to the left or right to adjust the duration.

Double-click the transition and radjust the duration using the Transition contextual control.

Note: Lengthening a transition’s duration requires that one or both clips have enough trimmed frames to accommodate a
longer transition.

Set a default duration for transitions

The default duration for transitions is initially set to 30 frames for video and 1 second for audio. You can change the default duration to a value
that better suits your movies. Although the new setting has no effect on transitions already placed in the movie, all transitions you subsequently
place will default to this value.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > General / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > General.

2. Change the value for the Video Transition Default Duration or Audio Transition Default Duration and click OK.

Adjust the center point of a transition

1. Double-click the transition in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

2. In the Transitions contextual control, click More.

3. In the preview area, drag the small circle to reposition the transition center. (Not all transitions have an adjustable center

point.)

Default center (left) and repositioned center (right)

Copy and paste transitions in the Expert view timeline

To copy and paste transitions, select consecutive clips that have a transition before selecting the transition you want to copy.

1. Select the consecutive clips that have a transition applied to them.

2. Select the transition and then select Edit > Copy, or press Ctrl-C.

3. Select the consecutive clips for which you want to apply the copied transition.

4. Select Edit > Paste, or press Ctrl -V.

Note: Video transitions are pasted to video tracks and audio transitions are pasted to audio tracks.

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Effects basics

Video tutorial
About effects
Standard versus fixed effects
Third-party effects

Video tutorial

About effects

After you’ve assembled a movie (arranging, deleting, and trimming clips), you can add polish to it by applying effects to clips. For example, an
effect can alter the exposure or color of footage, manipulate sound, distort images, or add an artistic feel. All effects are preset to default settings
so you can see the results of the effect as soon as you apply it. You can change these settings when you apply an effect to suit your needs.

You can also use effects to rotate and animate a clip, or adjust its size and position within the frame. Premiere Elements also includes several
preset effects that you can use to quickly alter your footage. Most effects have adjustable properties. However, some effects, such as Black &
White, do not have adjustable properties.

When you apply themes or create an instant movie project, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically applies effects to your clips.

Standard versus fixed effects

Standard effects appear in the Effects panel. You can apply any number or combination of standard effects from the Effects panel to each media
file in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline. These effects add special characteristics to your image or audio, or they correct a
problem, such as low light levels in video clips or hiss in audio clips.

Fixed effects are automatically applied to every clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline. They can’t be removed or reordered,
and they don’t affect a clip until you change the effect properties. The following are fixed effects:

Motion Lets you reposition, scale, anchor, and rotate video clips, and remove flicker from them.
Opacity Lets you create fades and dissolves for special effects or transitions.
Volume Lets you control the volume of audio clips.
Balance Lets you adjust the balance of audio clips.

Note: Balance is not available in projects with 5.1 channel.

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Third-party effects

In addition to the dozens of effects included with Premiere Elements, you can use effects from other sources. You can purchase effects (in the
form of plug-ins) from the Adobe Store on the Adobe website and from third-party vendors.

Important: If a project contains effects not included with Premiere Elements, and you want to open it in Premiere Elements on another computer,
you must install those same effects on the other computer. When you open a project that has references to missing effects, Premiere Elements
removes the corresponding effects from the project.

Virtual Studio Technology (VST) effects let you add interesting qualities to audio clips. If you own third-party VST effects, you can apply and edit
them just like standard audio and video effects. Premiere Elements detects any compatible VST plug-ins that you have installed and adds them to
the Effects panel.

Some third -party VST effects provide unique control interfaces. The control layout and processed audio are the responsibilities of the plug-in
developer. Premiere Elements simply presents the effect controls and results.

To use third-party effects, copy the effect plug-in into the Premiere Elements/Plug-ins/[location] folder, and restart the program.

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Finding and organizing effects

Find an effect

Find an effect

Available effects are listed in the Effects panel. In the Quick view, they are organized into two categories: Video Effects and Film Looks. The
Expert view has numerous other categories and several effects grouped under each category.

For example, the Blur And Sharpen category contains effects that alter the clarity or focus of an image, such as Fast Blur and Sharpen.

Effects panel

Click Effects on the Action bar, and do one of the following in the Effects panel:

In the search box, type the name of the effect that you are looking for. The list displays all effects with names that match the
letters and spaces you type. (Clear the text box to see all of the effect categories.)

Choose an effect category (Video, Audio, and so on), and then choose an effect (for example Black and White or Gaussian
Blur).

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