Macromedia Premiere Elements - 15.0 User Guide

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Chapter 1: What's new

What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Chapter 2: Workspace

Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Audio View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3: Creating a video project

Creating video collage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Creating a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Create a video story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Save and back up projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Adjust project settings and presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing a project’s files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Undoing changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Creating instant movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Working with scratch disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Viewing clip properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Previewing movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Chapter 4: Importing and adding media

Supported devices and file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Add media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Guidelines for adding files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Creating specialty clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

5.1 audio import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Set duration for imported still images with Adobe Premiere Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Work with aspect ratios and field options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Working with offline files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 5: Arranging movie clips

Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Create a picture-in-picture overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Group, link, and disable clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Working with clip and timeline markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Chapter 6: Editing clips

Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Trim clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Split clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Replace footage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

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Change clip speed and duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Freeze and hold frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Adding Transitions between video clips - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Working with source clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Chapter 7: Applying transitions and special effects

Apply an Effects Mask to your video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Mark and extract favorite moments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Transition basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Adjusting transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Applying transitions to clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Effects reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Time remapping - Guided edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Create a black and white video with a color pop - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Transparency and superimposing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Effects basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Add an HSL Tuner effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Applying and removing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Creating a Picture in Picture - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Adding sound effects to a video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Working with effect presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Add a Split Tone Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Create a Vignetting effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Create special transitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Finding and organizing effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Adding Scores to your movie - Guided edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Adding music scores to video clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Applying effects using Adjustment layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Add FilmLooks effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Adding Title to your movie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Adjust temperature and tint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Reposition, scale, or rotate clips with the Motion effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Chapter 8: Creating titles

Creating titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Adding shapes and images to titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Arranging objects in titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Adding color and shadows to titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Motion Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Adding Narration to your movie - Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Exporting and importing titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Editing and formatting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Designing titles for TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

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Applying styles to text and graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Adding a video in the title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Chapter 9: Mixing audio

Music Remix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Using soundtracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Create narrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Mix audio and adjust volume with Adobe Premiere Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Chapter 10: Creating disc menus

Types of discs and menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Working with menu markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Creating disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Previewing menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Chapter 11: Saving and sharing your movies

Common settings for sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Export and share your videos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Supported file types for saving and exporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Archiving projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Compression and data-rate basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

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Chapter 12: Keyboard shortcuts

Customizing shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Using default shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261

Chapter 13: Glossary

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

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Chapter 1: What's new

What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Your life is full of family activities and special events—and you shoot videos to capture them all. Adobe Premiere Elements 15 simplifies the organizing and editing so you can have fun creating and sharing great-looking movies. Find clips fast, add style with effects and music, and share on disc, HDTV, Facebook, and YouTube.

Adobe Premiere Elements includes Elements Organizer, which helps you organize your assets. For information about new features in Elements Organizer, see What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15.

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Video Collage

Bring collages to life!

Collages are a creative way to share your memories and tell a story visually. Photo collages have been around for long; we now bring you video collages. With the new Video Collage feature in Adobe Premiere Elements 15, create dynamic collages with photos and videos. Choose from various designs and layouts, arrange the media as per your needs, and finally choose how you want the videos in the collage to be played. Your video collages are perfect for sharing on Facebook, YouTube, and other social sites.

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For more information, see Creating video collage.

Haze Removal

Hazy landscapes? Make every shot look sharp in seconds!

Cut through the haze and fog in your videos with the Haze Removal feature in Adobe Premiere Elements 15. Take landscape videos without having to worry about the haze on even a clear day - select the video and process it with the Auto Haze Removal feature. For more enhancements, including varying levels of sensitivity to haze, try it manually.

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For more information, see Haze Removal .

Music Remix

Remix music to the perfect length!

Remix any audio clip or mp3 file to match the length of your v ideo. Just drag the trimming handles, and your audio clip is automatically adjusted to your target duration.

Adobe Premiere Elements 15 creates a natural sound, so you never lose the soul of your audio.

For more information, see Music Remix.

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Adjustment Layer Guided Edit

Easily create a signature look!

This guided edit helps you to apply same adjustments or effects to multiple clips in one go and create similar effects acro

ss these clips. To use this guided edit, go to Guided mode > Video Adjustments > Add an Adjustment Layer.

For more information, see Adding an Adjustment Layer - Guided Edit .

Touch-based editing

Organizer and Quick Edit mode are now touch-friendly!

Edit and organize videos with your fingertips. Now, you can simply tap to find, sort, and enhance your videos in the Organizer and Quick Edit mode in your touch-screen devices.

eLive Search

Need help? Find your answers directly from the eLive room. Adobe Premiere Elements 15 enables you to search for eLive content, Help pages, and troubleshooting knowledgebase articles from within eLive room.

For more information, see eLive .

Enhanced Guided Edit interface

Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Visually reimagined for you!

Selecting which Guided Edit to use is now easier with the new interface. In Guided mode, you can now choose the type of adjustment you want to apply to your video - Basics, Video Adjustments, Audio Adjustments, or Fun Edits. Choose one of the types of edits and view a graphical listing of all the Guided Edits available in that category.

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For more information, see Guided mode .

Face Detection

Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Identify faces (close-up, single face, and group) in a clip with the help of the Face filter. The Face filter is enabled by default and enhances several workflows, such as Favorite Moments trimming and Video Story workflow, to give you much better output. You can disable the Face filter from Auto Analyzer Options under Preferences.

Pan & Zoom

Quick pan-and-zoom movies of people!

Face frames have been added in the Pan & Zoo m wor kflow for images only to automatically det ect faces prese nt in your image for better results. Now with Face Detection, it automatically highlights your favorite people.

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For more information, see .

Favorite Moment Trimming

Favorite Moments with favorite people

Now with Face Detection, Favorite Moments automatically finds the people in your videos and brings them front and center in fun, quick movies. With the Face filter enabled, the Favorite Motions trimming workflow now generates output that focuses on the movements as well as on People and give priority to close-ups and single/multiple faces.

For more information, see .

Smart Trim

Easier to trim what you don't need and keep the people!

Now with Face Detection, Smart Trim gives priority to footage of people when suggesting places to trim, so you’ get a great movie of friends and family. With the addition of the Face Filter in Adobe Premiere Elements, you now have the option to use the interest slider along with the quality slider in the Smart Trim workflow. The combination of quality and interest sliders now give you much better output.

For more information, see Trim cli ps.

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Chapter 2: Workspace

To ols

The Tools panel 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.

Video tools

Favorite Moments

A video usually has various favorite moments. Adobe Premiere Elements helps you mark and extract all your favorite moments in a video as a single collated clip or individual clips. You can use the extracted clips of favorite moments for editing or sharing.

For more information, see .

Freeze Frame

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 midaction, frozen on the screen.

For more information, see Freeze and hold frames.

Motion Tracking

Motion Tracking gives you the ability to track moving objects in a video clip. You can attach clipart like still images, graphics, or video clips to these objects.

For more information, see Apply motion tracking in video clips .

Movie menu

You can create a menu-based DVD or Blu-ray Disc by using one of the predesigned menu templates included with Premiere Elements. A menu can include sound and motion. Some templates contain drop zones, where you can drag and drop a still image or video to personalize the menu background.

For more information, see Creating disc menus.

Pan & Zoom

Using the pan and zoom tool in Adobe Premiere Elements, you can create video-like effects from images or movie clips. For movie clips, the effect works best when there is minimal movement of objects within the clip.

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Workspace

When working with the pan and zoom tool, you select objects and the order in which they are panned and zoomed into. Adobe Premiere Elements provides you with customization options using which you can apply the effect according to your requirements.

For more information, see .

Smart Trim

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.

For more information, see About Smart trimming.

Time Remapping

Add a slow or fast motion effect to your videos for that wow factor. For more information, see .

Audio tools

Audio Mixer

Use the Audio Mixer to adjust audio balance and volume for different tracks in your project. You can adjust the balance and level of audio contained within your video clips, and within soundtrack and narration audio.

For more information, see Adjust volume and mix audio in the Audio Mixer.

Narration

You can choose to record a narrative for your video from within Premiere Elements. Using your computer’s microphone, you can narrate clips while previewing them in the Monitor panel. Your narration is then added to the Narration soundtrack visible in either the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

For more information, see Create narrations.

Smart Mix

SmartMix enables automatic adjustment of the volume of the background music. For best results, place dialog clips on the Audio 1 track or the Narration track (Foreground tracks) and music on the Soundtrack track (Background tracks). Premiere Elements analyzes clips on all Foreground tracks for dialogs. Keyframes are then smartly/automatically created to lower the volume level to ensure that the dialog in the Foreground track is audible. SmartMix adjustments apply to all audio clips on the Expert view timeline, not just on the selected clip. When you use SmartMix on an audio track, keyframes you applied previously on the Soundtrack are deleted.

For more information, see SmartMix.

Audio View

When editing your videos, you may need to work with the audio tracks to enhance the experience. Editing audio tracks for your clips is now easier and more accessible. With the Audio View, you can focus on editing your audio tracks while your timeline remains intact. For easier access, the categorized into video and audio categories.

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When you want to focus on audio tracks, click Show Audio View at the top of the Expe rt v iew timeli ne (or p ress Shift+A).

The Audio view enables or disables audio functionalities for users who are focussed on audio such that all the tools are handy and available to use, with minimum impact to the timeline.

In Audio View, all audio tracks appear expanded while the video tracks are collapsed. This means that it is now easier to focus on editing your audio tracks while your timeline remains intact.

Master volume

The master volume control appears on the right side of the track. If your project includes particularly loud audio clips on multiple tracks, clipping (a staccato distortion) may occur. To avoid clipping,drag the level control down to reduce the volume of the entire project.

Note: You cannot keyframe these controls.

Audio recording

Click Add Narration to directly record onto a track. The Narration dialog is displayed and the recorded clip is placed on the target track. The Narration dialog can also be invoked from the

To o ls panel. Using the Narration option from the

Tools panel will place the narration clip on the Voice track. You can than choose to move it to another track if required.

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Solo track playback

Click Solotrack to play a particular track without having to remove clips that overlap the track. When you select Solo for a particular track, the other tracks are muted and will not feature in the output.

Note: Enable Solo track for multiple tracks if you want to play them simultaneously.

Display style for video and audio tracks

Select a display style for video and audio tracks that best suit you, from the right-click menu options.

Note: By default, audio tracks are displayed as Half waveform while video tracks are displayed as First and last thumbnails.

Stand-alone audio clips are displayed in green while audio clips that are linked to a video clip are displayed in blue. When you unlink an audio track from its video, it is displayed in green.

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Disable audio and video tracks

You can now choose to disable specific audio, video, voice, and music tracks by clicking the corresponding toggle icons. Tracks that are disabled will not be present in the final output that you create using the

Export and share your videospanel.

Video and audio categories

For easier access, the To ol s , , and that are available to you from the action bar, are now categorized into video and audio categories.

Note: When in Audio View, the Action bar opens up with Audio categories selected. You can choose to switch to Video categories and continue using the Video feature if required.

Beginning Premiere Elements 14, the Audio Meter will no longer be available. The Master Meter instead provides the functionality of the Audio Meter.

Workspace

The Adobe Premiere Elements workspace presents an easy-to-use interface for video enthusiasts. It organizes features into Quick and Expert views based on their complexity. Also available to you is the Guided view and the elive tab for additional resources.

Quick

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 Bluray discs, and sharing movies.

Use the Quick view options 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.

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

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.

Workflow initiation

The Quick view timeline includes invocation points to get you started with your video creation process. Click any one of the invocation points to launch the desired workflow.

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Drop Files Here: Click Drop Files Here on the timeline to open the Add Media panel. Select an option of your choice to add media to the timeline.

Drop Title: Click Drop Title on the timeline to open the Text and Titles panel. Select a title of your choice and drop it onto the timeline to get started.

Record Narration: Click Record Narration to launch the narration recorder. When recording is complete, the narration is dropped onto the track.

Drop Audio Clips: Click Drop Audio Clips to open the Music panel. Select an audio clip of your choice and drop it onto the track.

The invocation points continue to be available for the entire editing process. Use them as per your convenience and create great videos quickly.

For more information on using the Quick view timeline, see Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline.

Guided

The Guided view helps you edit movies by guiding you sequentially through a series of steps.

The Guided view provides instructions on how to perform various tasks in both Quick and Expert views. To start exploring and using the available Guided Edits, click the Quick tab or the Expert tab and then click the Guided tab.

For more information, See Guided mode .

Expert

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

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.

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.

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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. The right-click options for the timeline are organized into easily accessible categories. Compared to the Quick view, the Expert view timeline has more tracks.

For more information on using the Expert view timeline, see Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline.

eLive

The eLive tab helps access a stream of resources right from your workspace to get creative ideas for your videos and become more proficient with Adobe Premiere Elements.

Welcome screen

When you first launch Adobe Premiere Elements, the Welcome screen is displayed. The product Welcome screen includes options to launch all three products - Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements, and Elements Organizer. A link to the trial version is available if any of the products is not installed on your computer.

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Click Video Editor to create a new project, with default settings, in the workspace. To open an existing project, click the arrow next to Video Editor.

Access the Elements Organizer to organize, tag, and perform basic editing tasks on your media before importing them i

nto Adobe Premiere Elements.

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 la

unches 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

enab

led by default.

• Organizer: If you use Elements Organizer to organize your media before editing them in Adobe Premiere Elements,

choose this option.

• Vid eo Edito r: Select this option if you want the Adobe Premiere Elements workspace to open every time you launch

Adobe Premiere Elements.

Once inside the Premiere Elements workspace, you have se veral options to get started with your video project. All your to

ols and features are organized into easily accessible panels and UI elements. Learn about the various options available

to you.

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Start screen

The Premiere Elements start screen makes it easier for you to initiate popular workflows. You have three new options to start creating your videos. Hover your mouse over the options to learn more about it.

Click one of the options to start creating your video.

Add Media

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

Create a template-based movie

Use readily available templates and start creating stunning videos. Clicking Create a template based movie, opens the Create drop-down list. Select Video Story, Instant Movie, or Video Collage to start the desired creation workflow.

Tell your story using titles

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Enhance your movies with ready-to-use and customizable motion titles. Start by including motion title templates that are preloaded with animated graphic presets, text, and background styles that can all be edited to suit your requirements.

Clicking Tell your story using titles opens the Motion Titles selection panel from the action bar. Select and drag a t

emplate of your choice and start creating your movie.

Learn video editing

Use Guided edits to perform video-editing tasks with ease. From trimming unwanted footage to animating graphics in y

our video clips, guided edits help you enhance your video clips. Clicking Learn video editing opens the Guided Edit

launch panel. Pick the desired creation workflow and start creating your movie.

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.

Use the Add Media panel to add media files from sources, such as video cameras, flip, webcams, digital still cameras, mob

ile phones, and folders on your hard disk.

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Action bar

The Action bar contains the following options:

Undo Reverses the action performed.

Redo Repeats the action performed.

Organizer Opens Elements Organizer to let you organize and manage your media files.

Tool bar

All the editing controls and tools in Premiere Elements are grouped in the right panel and categorized in three categories based on their functionality:

Fix

Adjust 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.

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

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. For more information, see

Edit

Applied Effects 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.

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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. For more information, see

Tra nsi tio ns 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. For more information, see

Add

Titles 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. For more information, see

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. For more information, see

Graphics Spruce up your videos with graphic elements, such as clip art and callouts (thought bubbles or speech

balloons) that you can add to portions in your video clips.

Creating titles.

Create panel

Video Story Create a structured story of your life events and spice it up with a magical touch.

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.

Video Collage Create lively collages with photos & videos to share your memories in different styles.

For more information, see Create a video story, Creating instant movies, and Creating video collage.

Export & Share panel

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

The Export & Share (previously called Publish +Share) panel contains everything you need, to save and share your finished project. You can save your project for viewing on the web, mobile phone, computer, DVD, and Blu-ray disc, among others. The Export & Share option includes all the available export formats in a single panel. Individual tabs on the Export & Share panel represent the various media options that you can choose from.

For more information, see Export and share your videos.

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Chapter 3: Creating a video project

Creating video collage

Collages are creative way to share your memories and tell the story at once. Photo Collages are the most popular creations in this category and we are now bringing you Video Collage in Premiere Elements. However, it is not limited to video memories - you can use your photos and videos to create fun and animated video collages. Choose from a list of templates and quickly put together your memories to share with your family and friends.

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Create a video collage

Follow these easy steps to create video collage:

1 Add media and select a template

2 Customize video collage

3 Save and export video collage

Add media and select a template

1 To create a video collage, do one of the following:

• Elements Organizer: Select the media you want to include in the collage and then selectCreate > Video Collage.

• Premiere Elements: Select Create > Video Collage and then select the media you want to include in the collage.

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2 Select a layout from the list of templates. Each template is a unique combination of number of grids and effect

applied on those grids. For example, you can select a template with 3 grids and Slide In effect or a template with 5 grids and Rotate effect. Hover the mouse over a template to see the name of the effect, click

to see the preview.

3 Add media, that you want to use in your video collage, to Media bin. You can add photos and videos from Elements

Organizer as well as from your computer's hard drive.

Elements Organizer Select Elements Organizer as the media source to open the Organizer window within Video Collage workspace. Select the media you want to add and click Add Files.

Files and folders Select Files and folders to choose and add media from your computer's hard drive.

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4 Drag and drop media from Media bin to the collage. You can preview the media in the Media bin before adding them

to the collage. You can also drag media directly from organizer to the collage.

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A Preview video B Preview image

5 Customize the video collage by using contextual controls.

Note: The default effect on an image is pan & zoom.

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Customize video collage

A Resize handles B Pan/Move tool C Zoom slider D Delete E Swap media F Trim medi a G Mute clip audio

Resize handles Resize the grid and media by dragging the handles.

Pan/Move tool

Pan: To move the media within the grid, drag the pan tool.

Move: T

Zoom slider Drag the slider left to zoom out or right to zoom in.

Delete Delete the grid and media.

Note: Once delete

Swap Media Replace the media in the current grid with the media in other grids. To swap the media, click Swap Media

o move the grid's content with the grid, click outside the pan tool and drag the selection.

d, you cannot add the grid. However, you can undo the delete operation and get the grid back.

and drag the media to the grid with which you want to swap the media. The trimmed setting of the swapped video is also swapped. To replace the media with the one in the media bin, drag the media from the media bin to the grid.

Trim Media (Vid eo on ly ) Trim the clip to change the duration of your video or to define the frames you want to use.

Mute/Unmute clip audio (Video only) Mute/Unmute audio of the clip in the current grid.

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Video Collage settings

A Temp lates B Playback Settings C Add Music

Te mp l at es Change the template of your video collage with one of the templates available. To change the template,

double-click a template or select a template and click Apply.

Playback Settings Specify the playback settings for the collage.

One after another Play media one after another.

All together Play all media together.

Add music Add background music to your collage from the Premiere Elements music library. To add music, double-

click a music score or select a music score and click Apply. To remove background music from your video collage, select No Background Music.

Preview video collage

Click to see the preview of your video collage instantly.

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Click Render for smooth playback.

Note: It might take some time to load the preview of your video collage.

Save and export video collage

Save a Video Collage Project

To save a video collage, do one of the following:

• In the Taskbar, click Save.

• Choose File >Save.

The Video Collage Project is saved with a .vc filename extension.

Note: A file with .vct extension is also created at the same location. This file is required to open the video collage. Do not delete this file.

Open a Video Collage Project

To open a video collage project, do one of the following:

• Choose File > Open Project from the Premiere Elements workspace.

• Choose File > Open Video Project from the Video Collage workspace.

Browse for the .vc file and click Open.

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Note: Do not place a file with the name placeholder.png at the location where your video collage is saved as this causes Video Collage workspace to not load properly and you get the media offline error message.

Export a Video Collage

Once you have finalized your video collage, the next step is to share your creation. There are a couple of ways to export and share your video collage.

Export to timeline

Click Export to timeline to export your video collage as a video clip to the timeline. Select this option if you want to make some edits and adjustments to your collage before sharing it.

Export & Share

The Export & Share option includes all the available export formats in a single panel. Individual tabs on the Export & Share panel represent the various media options that you can choose from. You can export your video collage for viewing on the web, mobile phone, computer, and more. For more information, see

Note: A video collage cannot be exported to a disc, or as an audio or image file. However, you can export your video collage to timeline and then use the Export & Share option to burn a DVD.

Export and share your videos.

Video Collage project settings

Video Collage supports composition in 4K or HD resolution. You can create video collage in any of the project settings, however, to get the proper output on timeline create video collage with empty timeline or follow these steps:

1 Create new project with HD 1920*1080 or 4K settings.

2 Create video collage, customize it, and export it to timeline.

If you create a video collage with empty timeline, the project settings are automatically switched to corresponding video collage project (HD/4K).

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Projects

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

The project file references the media that you add to a project. The types of media could include videos, images, titles, and themes among others.

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.

For more information on importing media, see Add media.

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View available project presets and settings

When you create a project, you can view 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.

To view available project presets and settings:

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

2 Click Change Settings.

For more information, see Adjust project settings and presets.

Start a new project

1 Do one of the following:

• From the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and select New Project.

• If Adobe 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.

f you do not change the project settings, Adobe Premiere Elements uses the settings of your previous project.

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ernatively, 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 ov

erwrites 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 a

udio and video. These files are large, so save

projects, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

them to your largest, fastest hard drive. To store the files separately from

Open a project

You can open only one project at a time. To ensure that Adobe 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 Adobe 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: Adobe Premiere Elements can open projects you create in earlier versions. However, previous versions c

annot open projects you create in later versions. If you have multiple versions of Adobe 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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Create a video story

You can use your photos and videos to create an impactful story of a life event. The Video Story option from the Create menu helps you present your photos and videos of an event (for example, a wedding) in a story format through a structured step-by-step workflow. You are guided through a sequence of organizing your assets in chapters and adding narration, captions, music, and other elements.

With options such as selecting a mood from built-in choices (for example, Sentimental and Classic), you can magically transform your video story into an extraordinary experience.

Create a video story

Follow these steps to create a video story:

1 Click Create > Video Story.

Click Make your Video Story from the Premiere Elements start screen.

2 Adobe Premiere Elements displays tips for creating a video story. You can click the left and right arrows and view

the tips.

• When you have viewed the tips and want to start creating the video story, click Skip.

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• Click Exit to quit the Video Story workflow and return to the application workspace.

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lose and relaunch the application if you want to view the tips again.

3 Choose a category to start creating the video story. Click General to create the video story with a general theme. If

the theme is not present on the computer, you will see an Online Content Download that displays content being downloaded for that theme.

4 Click the left/right buttons to browse through the various available themes. The image displayed provides a preview

of the selected theme.

Select Use media from my timeline to access videos and photos from your timeline or click Get Started.

The Use media from my timeline option brings all the videos and photos from your timeline to the story asset view in

the Video Story workflow.

5 Click a media source from the available import options to import story assets to include in your story. The available

media sources from which you can import photos, videos, and audio files are listed below. Click to import media from one of these media sources:

• Elements Organizer: Import videos and photos from Elements Organizer.

• Videos from Flip Or Cameras: Import videos from FLIP, AVCHD cameras, or other memory/disk devices.

• Photos From Cameras or Devices: Import photos from digital cameras, phones, or removable drives.

• Files And Folders: Import videos, photos, and audio files from the hard drive of your computer.

Select the media from the Add Media dialog box and click Open.

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6 Click a video to launch a preview of the video clip. Click to select a file and press Delete to remove a file from the

story assets. Press Ctrl + A to select all the clips and then Delete to remove them from the selected story asset. The file is not removed from the location in which it is saved.

Click Next. All the files present in Story Assets are included and can be accessed while creating the Story Overview.

7 Now, you can organize the videos and photos in chapters to arrange them in a more structured way. The story is

made up of multiple chapters.

Organize the videos and photos to structure and manage your video story as chapters. Drag-and-drop story assets

rom the left pane to the appropriate chapter. For example, drag-and-drop the video footage of pre-party behind the

f scenes to the Party Preparations feature chapter. Other functions you can perform in the Story Overview view are:

• Add Media: Click Add Media in the Story Assets pane to import more videos and photos.

• Story Title and Story Credits: A Story Title video features as the title chapter. Your video story starts from this

video. Similarly, the Story Credits video is the last video of the video story. You can add as many video clips to the other chapters, but only one video can be added to each Story Title and Story Credits chapters.

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8 You can manage the chapters in the Story Overview view. Add, hide, or delete to organize the flow of your story:

ess Ctrl + S to save while working on your video story to save your work incrementally.

• Hide Chapter: Click Hide to hide the Story Title and Story Credits chapters. You cannot hide other chapters.

• Add chapter: Click Add Chapter on the Action bar to add another chapter or click Add chapter in the Story

Overview panel. You can reorder the clips within a chapter and also reorder chapters to change the flow of stor

the

• Preview video clips: Click the play button on a video clip added to the chapters to launch a preview of the clip.

• Undo and Redo: Click Undo or Redo from the Action bar to recall or repeat an action.

Click Next. The Auto Analyzer analyzes and processes the clips.

To rearrange the order in which clips are played, drag-and-drop the clips inside the chapter to change the order in which they are played in a chapter.

9 The chapters are displayed in a linear view in Detail View. Detail View lets you edit the chapters by helping preview

the videos, render the videos, mark favorite moments, add captions and narration to the chapters, and so on.

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For a quick editing to hide, delete, and overall view of the organization of clips in various chapters, switch to Overview from the top pane.

Previe w Chapt er: You can click play in t he St ory Ch apters pane to previe w a chapte r. For more i nfor mation, read the section Preview a chapter.

If your video story inlcudes image assets, Premiere Elements automatically uses Pan and Zoom for these assets. You can choose to disable Pan and Zoom for all or some of the images in your video story.

10 You can perform the following functions in Detail View:

• Story Title: Edit the title for your video story. Every chapter has a title that can be edited.

• Story Chapters: You can change the order in which chapters appear. Drag-and-drop a chapter to change its order

in the Story Chapters pane.

• Story Assets: Click to add media to a chapter.

• Mark Favorite Moments: Hover your mouse over a video clip. Click the star icon to launch favorite moments.

You can mark your best moments in a video clip. For more info, see

• Remove videos and photos: Click to select a photo or video and click delete to remove a photo or video from the

chapter.

• Add Chapter: Click Add Chapter on the Action bar to add a chapter to the video story.

• Add Caption: Click Add Caption to launch the Caption view to add or edit a caption in the chapter. For more

details, read the section

Add captions and narration to the workflow.

• Add Narration: Click Add Narration to add or edit narration to the chapter. For more details, read the section

Add captions and narration to the workflow.

• Chapter Mood: Click Chapter Mood to select a chapter mood for the chapter. For more details, read the section

Change the Mood setting of the chapter.

11 You can perform various operations on chapters in Overview View, such as:

• Hide Chapter: Click to hide a chapter from the movie. You can hide only the first and last (Story Title and Story

Credits) chapters.

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• Edit Chapter: Click to edit the chapter.

• Delete Chapter: Click to delete a chapter from the video story.

• Story Title: Edit the story title for your video story. Every chapter has a title that can be edited.

• Remove videos and photos: Click the delete icon to remove a photo or video from the chapter.

• Add Chapter: Click Add Chapter on the Action bar to add a chapter to the video story.

12 Click Preview Movie to preview the video story you have created.

13 Click Publish Movie to publish the video story. Select from the Publish+Share option.

Add captions and narration to the workflow

You can add captions and narration to the chapters of your video story to add depth and context. Follow these steps to add a caption or narration to a chapter:

1 Select a chapter in Detail View.

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ou cannot add captions and narration to the first and last (Story Title and Story Credits) chapters.

2 Click Add Caption or Add Narration from the Action bar.

3 Move the CTI to the frame in the video clip where you want to add or edit a caption.

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Click Add/Edit caption to add or edit the captions.

4 Alternatively, in the previous step, click Add Narration to add narration.

Click Record to start recording.

Change the Mood setting of the chapter

You can choose a predefined mood by clicking the Settings icon next to the Chapter Mood drop-down. In Detail View, select a chapter and select the Chapter mood from the drop-down list.

You can click Settings to change the music track and the look, or edit the speed of the video clip.

Note: As per the mood of the chapter, some portions of your clip are already automarked. You may tweak them if required.

Save and back up projects

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.

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• To s ave a copy o f a p roj ect a nd c ont inue wor kin g in t he or igi na l proj ec t, c hoos e Fi le > S ave A Cop y. S peci fy a l oc ati on

and filename, and click Save.

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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. B

ecause 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

ves 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.

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

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: Wh version of your project.

en you start Premiere Elements after a crash, a message prompts whether you want to open the last saved

Adjust project settings and presets

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About project settings and presets

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

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When you start a new project, Adobe 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 of the television standard for the Adobe 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.

PA L (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.

Select presets and change settings

Adobe Premiere Elements includes default project presets for media from common sources like cameras, DVD discs, and mobile phones among others.

You can select from a list of available presets, however, you cannot create custom presets. The presets for any project can only be selected at the time of creating the project. You cannot change the preset for a project after it has been created.

To select a project preset when starting a new project, click Change Settings in the New Project dialog and 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 is displayed. Click Yes to let Adobe Premiere Elements change the project settings to use the closest available preset. For more information, see Dynamic Sequence Preset.

Select a project preset

By default, Adobe 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 Adobe 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.

5 Click OK.

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

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Change settings for an existing 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 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.

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 fra

me 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 E 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/ctrl-click the monitor and choose Playback Settings. Adjust the frame size of the output by changing the Export settings.

diting Mode setting represents the specifications of the source media, not the final output settings. Specify

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.

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Fields Specifies the field dominance, or the order in which the two interlaced fields of each frame are drawn.

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. (Other Project Settingspanels 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.

Viewing a project’s files

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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 th

t you use in the Expert view timeline with a green icon. Use the Search box to search for files within the panel.

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. Folders can contain media files or subfolders. Consider using folders to organize media types, such as still images, audio files, and video clips.

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

te: 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

ew 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 mous 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 remains the same in the Project workspace an on your computer.)

• To rename an original source file, close Adobe Premiere Elements before you rename it. The next time you open the

project, Adobe Premiere Elements asks you to locate the file.

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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.

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 from your computer, 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 Adobe Premiere Elements doesn’t store media files in the project, deleting a clip from a project removes all instances from a movie. However, Adobe Premiere Elements does not delete the clip’s source file from your computer. 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

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

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o 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

s being used in the project.

Undoing changes

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Undo changes incrementally

If you change your mind about an edit or effect, Adobe 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 un do or redo the mo st re cent chan ge, cho ose Ed it > Undo. ( You can sequential ly undo a se ries of recent change s.)

• To und o a c hange, and all suc ces sive c hanges t hat occ urr ed s inc e you l ast ope ned a projec t, d ele te i t from the History

panel.

• To stop a change that Adobe 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

hanges 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 c

lears 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.

Creating instant movies

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 necessar y, 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

Movie themes create movies with a specific appearance. For example, the Wedding Doves theme adds an elegant i

ntroduction 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.

have disabled analysis, smart tags are not used.

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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:

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

opening title to one line.

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• 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

usic. 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 r

esults. 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

ting rules.

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• 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

imeline. Rendering improves the frame rate of the movie for playback.

ou can also click Instant Movies from the Premiere Elements start screen to begin creating an instant movie.

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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 an Instant Movie is created using beat detect on the added music clip, changing the Audio clip may not produce a w

ell-synced video.

Working with scratch disks

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About scratch disks

When you edit a project, Adobe 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, Adobe 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 13 > 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 13 > Preferences > Scratch Disks to set the following scratch disk options.

Captured Video Folder or disk for video 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: Adobe 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.

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 13 > 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.

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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 another.

• Defragment scratch disks regularly by using the disk defragmenting tool available on your computer or use a

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 Adobe Premiere Elements always requires access to scratch disk fi Scratch disk files are preserved for each project, even when you close the project. Adobe 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.

les.

Viewing clip 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

Adobe 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 t

o 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

hen click Open.

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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.

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.

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n Adobe 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 Adobe 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 Adobe 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

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• 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: Adobe Premiere Elements locks some column attributes. You can’t locate or change these attributes in the

dit Columns dialog box. For example, you can change the names of columns you added, but not the names of

E columns built in Adobe 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.

Previewing movies

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.

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.

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• To change the quality of the playback, right-click/ctrl-click inside the monitor panel. Select Playback Quality >

ighest. The CPU usage and RAM consumption of your computer increases when you change the setting to

H 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.

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 13 > Preferences

> G

eneral.

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.

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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.

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.

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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: M that the device is properly connected to your computer, typically throug h an IEEE 1394 port. Se t the dev ice to out put 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.

2 In the Realtime Playback section, select these options:

ake sure that the TV or video monitor is connected to the camcorder or analog-digital converter. In addition, ensure

• 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.

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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 Click OK.

6 In the Project Settings dialog box, click OK.

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 re 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 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 a

der it. Rendering processes the layers and effects and saves the preview

ea 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.

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Position the pointer over the work area bar to display a

end timecode, and duration.

tool tip that shows the work area bar’s start timecode,

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.)

ou 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.

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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.

Chapter 4: Importing and adding media

Supported devices and file formats

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 supports WDM, and AVCHD formatted video.

Files that you add to a project are visible in the Project A automatically adds them to Elements Organizer.

note:

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

ssets panel in the Expert view. Adobe Premiere Elements

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)

• Window s Media (. w mv, .asf ) - Wi ndows o n ly

note:

To import video from mobile phones (.3gp and .mp4), you must have the most recent version of QuickTime

stalled on your computer.

Supported image formats

• Adobe Photoshop® (.psd)

• Adobe Premiere Elements title (.prtl)

• Bitmap (.bmp, .dib, .rle)

• CompuServe GIF® (.gif)

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• 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)

• MP3® Audio (.mp3)

• MPEG® Audio (.mpeg, .mpg, .mpa, .mpe, .m2a)

• QuickTime (.mov,.m4a)

• Windows Media (.wma) - Windows only

• Window s WAVE (. wav)

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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.

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Activate a component for import

Some file formats such as MPEG-2 and MPEG4(SP) 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.

Add media

You can add media to Adobe 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 Adobe Premiere Elements, they are added to the Quick view timeline and the Expert view tim

eline. 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 i

mages, are the building blocks of your movies.

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To add new media into Adobe Premiere Elements, click Add Media and select any of the following options:

Add media from Embedded Elements Organizer

Add media from the albums in Elements Organizer. Drag video and images to the Quick view/Expert view timeline or the Project Assets panel, from Elements Organizer.

Add media from files and folders

Import videos, photos, and audio files from your computer’s hard drive.

Import photos from your digital camera, phones, or removable drive

Import photos from a camera, mobile phone, or through USB. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements - Photo Downloader window. It also imports media from devices that store video files in Flash memory, or on a disk.

Import from Flip, AVCHD, cameras, phones, or removable drives

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.

Capture video from webcams and WDM devices

Capture video from a webcam or WDM-compatible capture device. This option opens the Capture window. WDM devices are Windows Driver Model compatible devices that help recording video clips on Windows devices.

Import from Flip, AVCHD, cameras, phones, or removable drives

Import video from your DVD based AVCHD cameras or your computer's DVDdrive. You can import media files in AVCHD format from a DVD Camcorder. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements - Video Importer window.Note: DVD drive is not detected in Mac OS.

Add media from Embedded Elements Organizer

1 Click Add Media, and select Elements Organizer. The embedded Elements Organizer is launched.

2 In the Embedded EO workspace, locate the album containing your media.

3 Drag one or more media files to the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline in Adobe Premiere Elements. You

can also select the clips and click Add Media. This will add the clips to the timeline

Add media from files and folders

• 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.

• 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 Adobe Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop Elements are displayed.

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.

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• Choose File > Add Media From > Files And Folders.

3 Locate and select the first image in the sequence. Right-click on the Project Assets panel and select Get Media from

> F

iles and Folders. Select the Numbered Stills check box and click Open.

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

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

Import photos from your digital camera, phones, or removable drive

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

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nstall 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.

3 Choose the drive or device from the Get Photos From drop-down 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 drop-down 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 drop-down menu for renaming 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.jpg, summer0002.jpg, 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 the respective thumbnail 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.

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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.

Import from Flip, AVCHD, cameras, phones, or removable drives

Many types of devices other than webcams and WDM devices record and store video.

Using the video importer, you can import video clips from tapeless camcorders, FLIP and AVCDHD camera, r

emovable memory devices, and mobile devices.

You can also import files from removable media, such as DVDs, memory cards, and multimedia cards. These files are co

pied to the hard drive location you specify. The files are also added to the Project Assets panel.

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n Mac OS, Video Importer does not list external DVD drives. Use internal Superdrive in this case.

You can add clips directly to the Quick view/Expert view timeline without first creating a project. When you add a clip

o 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 Y

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

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mage 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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nstall 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 si

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

5 Do one of the following:

• To impor t 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.

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o 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.

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• 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.

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f 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 webcams and WDM devices

Devices such as 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 y

ou specify. You also have the option to capture the clips directly to the timeline by selecting Capture to Timeline check

box

You can add these clips to Adobe Premiere Elements by 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

eline.

tim

1 Do one of the following:

• Turn on the webcam to capture live footage

• Connect the WDM device to your computer using the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port.

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nstall any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.

2 Click Add Media. You also have the option to capture the clips directly to timeline by selecting the Capture to

Time l ine ch eck box .

3 From the Add Media panel, select 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.

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ou can extract frames using full motion from the integrated camera's webcam feed.

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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 the button next to the Save to textbox and choose a folder. Alternatively, click

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

8 Click Add Media and select Files And Folders. You also have the option to capture the clips directly to the timeline

by selecting the Capture to Timeline check box

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

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

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Guidelines for adding files

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 Adobe Premiere E

lements. 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 Me dia Player.) If you can play back your file in the player application, you can usually use that file in Premiere Elements.

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o 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 Adobe Premiere Elements if it meets the following criteria:

• The file must be in a format that Adobe 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 f meet the compatibility requirements.

note: 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.

iles that play in Windows Media Player and QuickTime can be imported or played in Premiere Elements if they

The first time you import an MPEG-2 file, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically activates the components if

Type 1 AVI file render requirements

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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 13 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

Note: After you conform an audio clip, you don’t have to confirm it again unless you delete the corresponding file in the Media Cache folder. If you delete conformed audio files, Adobe 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, 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.

Guidelines to add image files

By default, Adobe 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 Adobe 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.

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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 Adobe 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 Adobe 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.

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. Adobe 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: Cha that are part of a sequence.

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

henever possible:

nging the default duration of still images in the Preferences dialog box does not affect the duration of still images

• 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 pa

n Adobe Premiere Elements. Then, choose Edit > Edit Original to open the file in Photoshop with the original

i layers intact.

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Creating specialty clips

Guidelines for adding files Guidelines for adding files

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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 p

roject. 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 s

pecific 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 A

ssets 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.

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.

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• Highlight the value control and type a number to increase or decrease volume. Positive numbers increase it.

gative numbers decrease it.

• The Normalize option adjusts the peak amplitude in the selected clips to the user-specified value. For example,

this option adjusts the gain of a clip with a peak amplitude of -6 dB to +6 dB. Ensure that Normalize All Pe T

o is set to 0.0 dB.

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5.1 audio import

Adobe Premiere Elements 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. H

owever, 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 m

appings 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.

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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

reo.

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Set duration for imported still images with Adobe Premiere Elements

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 f

ames for a 29.97 frame-per-second (fps) NTSC project, each still image has a duration of about one second. For

r 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 13 > 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 affec 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.

t the duration of still images already in the Quick

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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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 di stort ion doe sn’t o ccur. If a cli p appe ars di stort ed i n Prem iere E lem ents, you ca n manual ly c hange its pixe l aspe ct ratio. It's important to reconcile pixel aspect ratios before reconciling frame aspect ratios. Misinterpretation of a source clip’s aspect ratio causes incorrect frame aspect ratio.

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.

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.

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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.

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

’s pixel aspect ratio to D1/DV NTSC (0.9). For a footage with D1 or DV resolution 720 x 576, Premiere

video Elements sets its pixel aspect ratio to D1/DV PAL (1.067). However, it helps to see the Project Assets panel or Interpret Footage dialog box to ensure that all files are interpreted correctly.

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• 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 th 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 ratio after it is initially set.

Choose Edit > Project Settings > General.

a project sets the pixel aspect ratio for the project. You can’t change the aspect

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.

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n 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.

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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.

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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.

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

psampling 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

psampling 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).

owever, 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.

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.

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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

inte rla ced fie lds . Th is opt ion is use ful for conv ert ing 60 f ps p rog ressive -sc an ani mat ions i nto 30-f ps i nterl ace d vi deo 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 f ield unless you se lected R everse Field Domi nanc e, in whi ch case it keeps the lower field. This option is u seful 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.

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.

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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

sets 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,

rration, 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 late w

ith Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 or later.

• Customize menu templates in Photoshop Elements, and then use them in your Premiere Elements project. (Menu

emplates 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 Elemen

ts.

Working with offline files

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.

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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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Chapter 5: Arranging movie clips

Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline

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 in

dicator 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.

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, o

r even split it before inserting.

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.

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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.

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. H

wever, you can avoid this action by manually copying clips on multiple tracks. When you paste a clip in the Quick

o 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.

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• To zoom in or out as you add a clip, drag a clip to the Quick view timeline. Hold down the mouse button, and

press the semicolon (;) key to increase the zoom factor. Press the Minus (–) key to decrease the zoom factor.

• 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).

To zoom out so that the entire movie is visible in the Quick view timeline, press the Yen sign (¥) key. Make sure that

the Quick view timeline is active before pressing the Yen sign (¥) key.

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

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.

Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline

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.

A Current-time indicator B Time r uler 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 s

ound 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 (s

uch 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 t

racks 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 b

ecause 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.

Ti p: Y

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

A Video 2 track B Audio 2 track C Video1 t rack D Audio 1 track E Narration track F Soundtrack

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.

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• Click the time display (at the bottom of the Monitor panel), type a valid time, and then press Enter. (You need

t type leading zeros, colons, or semicolons. However, Adobe Premiere Elements interprets numbers under 100

no 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 L

ft 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 inser 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.

tion. For example, when you add background music that

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.

f you drag a clip into the blank space above the topmost video track (for video) or below the lowest audio track (for

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

au 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, r

emain 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.

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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 indi

cator.

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 cl

If the incoming clip is shorter in duration, a warning mes action or use black frames to fill the excess duration.

age appears giving you the choice to cancel the replace

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.

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.

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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

ress Ctrl/Cmd. When the pointer changes to the Overlay icon, release the mouse butto

• 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 cli

ps, 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: Whe is deleted from the Expert view timeline, the preceding and following transitions are deleted.

n a clip is deleted from the Quick view timeline, a transiti

on that follows the clip is also deleted. When a clip

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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 c button.

urrent-time indicator to the gap and click the Zoom In

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 y

u delete a duplicate clip in the Project Assets panel, all instances of it in the Expert view timeline are deleted.

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. I

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 a

e 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 posi

or the Expert view timeline.

tioning the cursor over a clip in the Quick 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).

Resize the track header section of the Expert view timeline

In the Expe

rt 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

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.

a track

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.

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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.

Displaying thumbnail images 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.

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

across the duration of the clip gives you a sense of the progression of the clip. However,

Create 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.

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

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.

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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: I

f 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.

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.

Group, link, 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.

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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.

All editing tasks (such as moving, trimming, or changing the clip speed) act on both parts of a linked clip. You can t

emporarily 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

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

of a linked clip

• 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 c

lip name in the Expert view timeline.

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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.

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 view timeline.

Working with clip and timeline markers

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 unn

umbered 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 t

he actual start and end points of a clip. Markers are only for reference and do not affect clips in the finished movie.

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 Moni

When you select a clip in the Expert view timeline, it displ within the clip in the Expert view timeline. However, timeline markers appear in the time ruler.

tor panel displays only the clip markers within the clip.

ays only timeline markers. Clip markers appear as icons

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Note: For information on adding, moving, and deleting markers in a clip or movie, see Wor king with cli p and timel i ne

markers in Adobe Premiere Elements Help.

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 p

articular 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 c

an 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 m

akes 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.

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 th

e 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.

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ou 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.

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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 t 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 pa

Timeline markers can specify a URL and web-page frame. When you include the movie in a frame-based web page, the b

owser displays each specified link in the specified frame.

As the movie plays, your web page can change as each marker is re 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 ma

er’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:

imeline markers to specify chapter links. Encore

ached. For example, in a family web page, as your

• 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.

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 r

emain in their original position in the time ruler. However, clip markers shift with the clip.

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.

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ou can’t move a clip marker in the Expert view timeline. Instead, open the clip in the Preview window and drag

he marker in the Preview window time ruler.

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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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Chapter 6: Editing clips

Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer

You can stabilize shaky video footage using the Shake Stabilizer option. Shake Stabilizer removes the jitter caused by camera movements, transforming shaky, handheld footage into steady, smooth shots.

Shake Stabilizer is available in both Quick and Expert views. H Expert view. The Expert view offers advanced options that help fine-tune the results you achieve with Shake Stabilizer.

It is recommended that you take small sections of the clip that has unwanted shake and then apply Shake Stabilizer. You c

an trim or split a clip to break it into smaller sections.

For information about how to trim a clip, see Trimming clips . For information about how to split a clip, see Split a clip.

owever, for best results, use Shake Stabilizer from the

Apply Shake Stabilizer from the Quick view

1 Click Quick to switch to the Quick view. From the timeline, select the video clip on which you want to run Shake

Stabilizer.

2 Click Adjust to open the Adjust panel. Click Shake Stabilizer.

3 Based on your requirements, select a mode to run Shake Stabilizer:

• Quick: Select this mode if you want to quickly analyze a clip and stabilize the shakes. This mode is optimized for

performance as it analyzes alternate frames. It takes less time, but the results might not be optimized.

• Detailed: Select this mode to analyze each frame and achieve better results. The Detailed mode takes more time.

4 The Applied Effects panel is opened, and Shake Stabilizer is added as one of the effects.

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While stabilizer is processing the frames, you can continue working on the project.

5 You can click Cancel to stop processing the frames. Click Stabilize to start processing again.

Apply Shake Stabilizer from the Expert view

The Expert view is the recommended view for performing shake stabilization on a video clip. You can configure the advanced options available in this view to enhance the shake removal from the clip.

1 Click the Expert tab to switch to the Expert view. To stabilize motion in a particular video clip, select the clip in the

timeline.

2 Click Adjust to open the Adjust panel. Click Shake Stabilizer.

3 Click Quick or Detailed to select the mode for running Shake Stabilizer. Refer to the Apply Shake Stabilizer from

the Quick viewsection for more information about the modes.

4 The Applied Effects panel is opened and Shake Stabilizer is added as one of the effects.

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While Shake Stabilizer is processing the frames, you can continue working on the project.

5 Click Advanced to view the available advanced options. You can select options to avoid extreme cropping or to

adjust other parameters.

The options available in the Advanced tab are displayed. You can configure these options to fine-tune the Shake Stabilizer effect applied on your video clips.

a Motion: Controls the intended result for the footage. Smooth Motion retains the original camera movement but

makes it smoother. When selected, smoothness is enabled to control how smooth the camera movement becomes. The No Motion option attempts to remove all camera motion from the shot. This setting is used for footage where at least a portion of the main subject remains within the frame for the entire range being stabilized.

b Smoothness: Use the slider to increase or decrease smoothness in the video clip. Lower values are closer to the

camera’s original motion while higher values are smoother. Values above 100 require more cropping of the image. Enabled when the Result is set to Smooth Motion.

c Video Frame: Defines how the video frames should be stablilized. See Vid eo Fr am e s et ti ng sfor more information.

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d Boost Stabilization: When selected, Shake Stabilizer starts again to find elements to track. When you select this

option, an analyze and fix workflow on the clip is initiated. The analysis is slow but produces the best results.

e Rolling Shutter Ripple: The stabilizer automatically corrects the rippling associated with stabilized rolling shutter

footage. Automatic Reduction is the default. Use Enhanced Reduction if the footage contains larger ripples.

f Crop Vs Smooth: When cropping, this option controls the trade-off between smoothness and scaling of the

cropping rectangle as it moves over the stabilized image. Lower values are smooth, however, more of the image is viewed. At 100%, the result is the same as the Stabilize Only option with manual cropping. See Defining Video Frame for information about the Stabilize Only option.

g Synthesis Edge Feather: Selects the amount of feather for the synthesized pieces. It is enabled only when using

Video Frame to Stabilize, Synthesize Edges. It is enabled only when using the Stabilize, Synthesize Edges framing. Use the feather control to smooth over edges where the synthesized pixels join up with the original frame. See Defining Video Frame for information about the Stabilize, Synthesize Edges option.

You can click Cancel to cancel the effect from being applied on the clip. Click Stabilize to again start stabilizing the cl

ip.

Video Frame settings

The Video Frame option controls how the edge appears in a stabilizing result. This can be set to one of the following:

• Stabilize Only: Displays the entire frame, including the moving edges. Stabilize Only shows how much work is being

done to stabilize the image and these are clearly visible around the edges.

• Stabilize, Crop: Crops the moving edges without scaling.

• Stabilize, Crop, Auto-scale (default): Crops the moving edges and scales up the image to refill the frame.

• Stabilize, Synthesize Edges: Fills in the blank space created by the moving edges with content from frames earlier

d later in time.

Recommendations for using Shake Stabilizer

• Shake Stabilizer is a memory-intensive and time-consuming operation. While it lets you use the application during

processing, it makes the application slow. Once Shake Stabilizer completes the stabilizing stage, the application returns to the normal state. It is recommended to first identify the shaky portion of the footage and then split to extract those portions and run Shake Stabilizer only on those extracted clips.

• If you are applying Shake Stabilizer from the Expert view, try the Quick mode first. The Quick mode is faster but

ght introduce some unwanted crop in the output. If you are not satisfied with the results, try the Detailed mode

or better results, enable Boost Stabilization under the Advanced section while using the Detailed mode.

• Make sure that project settings and clip settings always match.

• In some cases, the clip mismatches with the current project but matches with one of the application's project

ettings preset. In this case, Shake Stabilizer requires clip dimensions to match project settings. Create a ne

roject to solve this problem.

• Another possibility is that the clip mismatches with the current project and also does not match with any of the

application's project settings preset. To fix this issue, export the clip to one of the standard formats and th

eate new project using that clip.

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Trim clips

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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.

A In point B Trimmed frames C Out point

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. Y

ou 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 enables you to efficiently handle blurred, shaky, and unwanted low-quality 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 a

utomatically. 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 ca

n 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: Wh 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 Quality slider to specify the Quality level. The values set here determine the trimmable sections. If you

• Use the Interest slider to specify the Interest level. The value set here determine the focus on face data and audio.

Premiere Elements analyzes the clip, and highlights the sections of the clip that need trimming. The highlighted sec sections. The combination of quality and interest sliders give you a much better output.

en you are in the manual Smart Trim mode, you see the message, Smart Trim Mode: Trim or Delete The

t set the options here, default settings are used.

do no

tions depend on the values set for the Quality Level options. Striped patterns are used to highlight the trimmable

3 (Optional) View the bad-quality tags that Adobe Premiere Elements 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 Ctrl-A. 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 blu

e-striped sections.

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o 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:

Tri m 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.

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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) Click the Smart Trim Options button on top. In the Smart Trim Options dialog:

• Use the Quality slider to specify the Quality level. The values set here determine the trimmable sections. If you

do no

t set the options here, default settings are used.

• Use the Interest slider to specify the Interest level. The value set here determine the focus on face data and audio.

5 Click Save.

Premiere Elements analyzes the clip and highlights the sections of the clip that need trimming. The Automatic Sma

rt Trim confirmation dialog is displayed.

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f 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 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 factors that Premiere Elements uses. The interest factors

include face data and audio. If you move the slider to the extreme right, more focus is there on face data and audio.

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 unchanged

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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 trimming, the Monitor panel displays the frames of both clips side by side.

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.

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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- O ut ico n 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.

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ou 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: Y

ou 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- O ut ico n to retrieve frames from the end of a clip.

2 Drag the edge to the desired frame.

Note: T

o 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.

Last updated 10/4/2016

Macromedia Premiere Elements - 15.0 User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Legal notices

Contents

Chapter 1: What's new

What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Video Collage

Haze Removal

Music Remix

Adjustment Layer Guided Edit

Touch-based editing

eLive Search

Enhanced Guided Edit interface

Face Detection

Pan & Zoom

Favorite Moment Trimming

Smart Trim

Chapter 2: Workspace

To ols

Video tools

Favorite Moments

Freeze Frame

Motion Tracking

Movie menu

Pan & Zoom

Smart Trim

Time Remapping

Audio tools

Audio Mixer

Narration

Smart Mix

Audio View

Workspace

Quick

Guided

Expert

eLive

Welcome screen

Customize launch options

Start screen

Add Media panel

Action bar

Tool bar

Edit

Create panel

Export & Share panel

Chapter 3: Creating a video project

Creating video collage

Add media and select a template

Customize video collage

Video Collage settings

Preview video collage

Save and export video collage

Save a Video Collage Project

Open a Video Collage Project

Export a Video Collage

Export to timeline

Export & Share

Video Collage project settings

Creating a project

Projects

View available project presets and settings

Start a new project

Open a project

Create a video story

Create a video story

Add captions and narration to the workflow

Change the Mood setting of the chapter

Save and back up projects

Save a project

Back up a project with Auto Save

Open an Auto Save project

Adjust project settings and presets

About project settings and presets

Dynamic sequence preset

Select presets and change settings

Select a project preset

Change settings for an existing project