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Macromedia Premiere Elements - 15.0 User Guide

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Contents

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
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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
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Creating disc menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
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Chapter 11: Saving and sharing your movies
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Archiving projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
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Chapter 13: Glossary
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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.
What's new

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 .
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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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What's new
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.
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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.

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.
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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.
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.
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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.
To o ls , , and that are available to you from the action bar, are now
Workspace
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
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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.
Workspace
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.
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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.
Workspace
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
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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.
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Expert view timeline

Workspace

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
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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.
Workspace
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.
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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.
Workspace
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.
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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.
Workspace
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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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Too l ba rTool bar Create panelCreate panel Export & Share panelExport & Share panel
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Workspace

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.
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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
Workspace
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.
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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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Workspace

Action bar

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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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Workspace
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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
Creating a video project
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.
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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.
Creating a video project
A Preview video B Preview image
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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

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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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Creating a video project
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.
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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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