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Getting Started tutorials
Getting started tutorials
Knowing your devices
You can take photos or videos with a variety of devices and bring them into Elements. Here are some guidelines that are good to follow:
Read the documentation that came with your device.
Switch on the camera.
Follow any instructions that appear on the computer to install drivers and other software. If your camera or computer is not responding, try using a card reader instead.
Installing Premiere Elements
How do I install Premiere Elements?
How do I convert a trial version into a full version?
Organizing videos
I have imported thousands of videos. How can I organize them?
Is there a way I can mark or tag people in videos?
How can I add information about places in my videos?
In videos of birthdays and other events, can I add event information?
Importing videos
How do I import videos from Elements
Organizer?
What methods are available to import videos?
How do I import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives?
How do I import photos from my digital camera or mobile phone?
How do I add files from my hard drive?
How do I capture live video from camcorders and webcams?
Editing videos
How do I trim clips to remove unwanted sections from the footage? How do I split video clips?
How do I add special effects to my videos? How to I apply transitions between video clips?
Creating titles
How do I create titles?
How do I apply styles to title text and graphics?
Saving and Sharing
What are the various ways to share my movies?
How do I publish my movies to a DVD?
How do I
share my movies on YouTube?
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What's new
What's new
Quick and Expert views for new and advanced users New features in the Quick view
Time remapping New special effects Instant movies Tracks in timeline
Drag media to timeline
Split icon on current-timeline indicator Adjust panel
Applied Effects panel Transition contextual control Minor changes
New features in the Expert view Project Assets panel Keyframes
New options in the Tools panel Split toning
HSL tuner
Quick and Expert views for new and advanced users
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In Adobe Premiere Elements 11, Quick and Expert views provide new and advanced users with their own workspaces. If you are a new hobbyist user, explore the Quick view first. As you gain confidence with the application, use the powerful tools in the Expert view to do amazing things with your videos.
The Quick view aggregates basic features that hobbyists commonly use to quickly edit video footage and share with others. Use the options on the action bar to accomplish common editing tasks. For more information about various options, see Quick view.
Quick view
The Expert view provides advanced features and tools that professionals use to accomplish intricate video editing tasks. Use the options in the action bar to accomplish advanced tasks. Compared to the Quick view, the Transitions panel, and the Effects panel in the Expert view contain more options organized under various categories. For more information about various options, see Expert view.
Expert view
New features in the Quick view
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Time remapping
You can now play sections of your footage at variable speeds, such as slow motion, fast motion, reverse motion, or a combination of speeds.
Variable speeds help create sophisticated effects in which subjects appear to smoothly pass through different speeds, for example motion effects in movies. With Time Remapping, you can depict a swift punch in slow motion to emphasize its force of impact.
Use Time Remapping to add a time zone to a section and specify a variable speed for the time zone. When you play the footage, the time zone plays the section at the specified speed instead of its normal speed.
1. Select a clip and click Tools from the Action bar. The Tools panel is displayed.
2. From the list of options, choose Time Remapping. Adobe Premiere Elements switches to the Time Remapping mode.
Time Remapping mode
3. Drag the CTI over the footage to the point where you want to add a time zone.
4. Do one of the following:
Click the Add button on the current-time indicator. A time zone (green color) is applied to the footage.
Click the Add Time Zone button on the action bar. A time zone (green color) is applied to the footage.
Time zone applied to footage
5. Drag the sides to the left or right to adjust the time zone.
6. Set the speed of the time zone. Select a variable speed from the speed slider or specify a time in the Duration box. Note: The speed slider is displayed only when the time zone is selected.
Speed slider
7. Click Done. When you click the Play button, the section where you added the time zone plays at the specified speed.
You can add multiple time zones to your footage. To add another time zone, place the CTI at the point where you want the new time zone. Then, add the time zone in the normal way. Use the Previous Edit Point and Next Edit point buttons to quickly navigate to the start and end points of time zones.
Select Easing In and Easing Out to eliminate abrupt changes in speed at the start and end of a time zone. In addition, you can click render for a smooth video playback.
When you play a footage at variable speeds, the accompanying audio may not remain in sync. To remove audio playback, select the Remove Entire Clip's Audio box.
To play a section of footage in reverse speed, click the Reverse button on the action bar after you add a time zone to the section. The color of the time zone changes from green to brown.
Reverse time zone
The reverse time zone plays the section in three phases. In the first phase, the reverse time zone plays the section in the forward direction at normal speed.
In the second phase, it plays the same section in reverse motion. You can use the speed slider or the Duration box to modify the playback speed for this phase.
In the third phase, the reverse time zone replays the section in normal playback. To remove all time zones you added to your footage, click Reset.
New special effects
Vignetting
Apply the Vignetting effect to reduce the brightness or saturation of your clip at the periphery compared to the center.
Vignetting adaptively adjusts the exposure of your clip, preserving the original contrast and creating a more visually pleasing effect.
For example, you can apply the Vignetting effect to the following clip:
Original image
To apply a Vignetting effect, select the clip in the Quick view timeline and apply the effect from the Adjust category in the Effects panel.
Vignetting effect applied to clip
FilmLooks
You can now add one or more of the effects under the FilmLooks category of the Effects panel to let your footage resemble a movie. For example, add the Dreamy effect to your clip to make it appear as a dream sequence. For step-by-step guidance, see Add FilmLooks effects.
Original image
Here's how the clip looks when you apply the Dreamy special effect:
Dreamy effect applied to clip
Temperature and tint
Using the Temperature And Tint video effect, you can introduce warmth or coldness to your image. You can also control the amount of green and red tones in your image. Use the Temperature slider controls to change the amount of orange or blue tone. Increasing the amount of orange introduces warmth to your image. Increasing the amount of blue introduces coldness to your image. Use the Tint slider control to add more red or green tone to your image. For step-by-step guidance, see Adjust temperature and tint.
Opacity blending modes
Premiere Elements support layer blend modes that change the way layers react with each other. You often use some of the common modes in every day work. For example, if your image is too dark, you can quickly make it brighter by duplicating the photo layer in the layers palette. Later, you change the duplicate layer mode to screen.
Use the Opacity filter to select blending modes for various layers of your video. Adobe Premiere Elements 11 supports 27 blending modes. Select a blending mode from the list and apply it to your image. Use the sliders to increase or decrease its effect.
Instant movies
Use the Instant Movie option on the action bar to quickly create a movie by selecting a movie template and making small edits to your clips. Instant Movie also lets you add theme-based effects, titles, transitions, and audio to your movie. You can change settings as desired. For more information, see Creating instant movies.
Tracks in timeline
The Quick view timeline includes the following tracks for your clip:
Title: Add a title for your clip on this track
Video: Edit your video on this track
Sound: Add audio files for your clip to this track
Narration: Add a narration for your clip to this track
Note: The Expert view timeline provides more tracks for video and audio in addition to the narration and sound tracks.
Drag media to timeline
Drag a clip from the Explorer window to the Quick view timeline to edit the clip. Use the trim handles to trim the clip on the timeline. The trim handles appear when you select the clip on the timeline. If you have multiple clips in the Quick view timeline, you can rearrange clips.
Split icon on current-timeline indicator
Remove unwanted portions of your video clip directly on the timeline. Use the Split icon on current-time indicator to split your clip and remove the unwanted portion.
Adjust panel
Use the options in the Adjust panel to adjust the inherent properties of your clip, for example color and lighting. You can also use the Smart Fix tool to enhance the quality of your video footage. To display the Adjust panel, select the clip and then click Adjust on the right.
Adjust panel
If you add a title to your clip, use the Adjust panel to alter its properties, if necessary.
Applied Effects panel
View and modify the properties of effects already applied to your clip using the options in the Applied Effects panel.
Applied Effects panel
To display the Applied Effects panel, select the clip to which effects are applied, and click Applied Effects on the right.
Transition contextual control
Tweak the transitions in your clip using the options in the Transition contextual control.
Transition contextual control
The control automatically appears when you apply a transition to your clip for the first time.
Minor changes
Vibrance and Auto Tone are now available as two separate controls.
New features in the Expert view
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In addition to the new features in the Quick view, the Expert view includes the following additional features:
Project Assets panel
Preview media files for your projects using the Project Assets panel. Use the panel options to view the files as a list or grid.
The grid view displays a thumbnail for each media file. The files that your current project uses are indicated with a green icon.
Keyframes
Animate effects by making an effect start and stop at specific times. Use keyframes to adjust the values of the effect over time. After applying an effect to your clip, access the Applied Effects panel to apply a keyframe to animate the effect at a specific point.
To apply a keyframe, first click the toggle button to set the animation on. Use the reset button to remove all keyframes you applied to your clip.
You can also use the Adjust panel to apply keyframes.
New options in the Tools panel
The Tools panel in the Expert view provides the following new options:
Time Stretch: Changes the playback speed and duration of a clip without changing the In or Out points.
Audio Mixer: Lets you adjust the volume and balance for your different audio tracks.
Split toning
Use the Split toning effect to tint the highlights in your image with a particular color and the shadows with a different color. You can achieve best results, if the highlights and shadows in your image are of opposite colors. Use the Hue and Saturation control sliders to adjust the hue and saturation for both highlights and shadows.
1. Select the image in the Expert view timeline.
Original image
2. Click Effects on the Action bar and choose the Color Correction category from the drop-down list in the Effects panel.
3. Drag the Split Tone effect to the image on the Expert view timeline.
4. Use the Hue and Saturation slider controls in the Applied Effects panel to adjust the hue and saturation for the highlights and shadows in the image.
Split Tone effect applied
HSL tuner
Adjust the hue, saturation, and luminance of specific colors in your image or video using the HSL tuner.
Use the HSL tuner slider controls to increase or decrease the hue, luminance, or saturation for the following colors:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Aqua
Blue
Purple
Magenta
The HSL tuner enables you to provide a movie-type look to your video. For step-by-step guidance, see Add an HSL Tuner effect.
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Workspace
Workspace
Welcome screen
Quick view
Expert view
Add Media panel
Quick view timeline
Expert view timeline
Action bar
Adjust panel
Applied Effects panel
Publish and Share panel
The Adobe Premiere Elements workspace presents a simplified interface for enthusiasts. It organizes features into the Quick view and Expert view based on their complexity.
The Quick view aggregates basic features that enthusiasts commonly use to quickly edit video footage and share with others. It optimizes common tasks that you perform with clips, such as editing clips, creating menus for DVDs and Blu-ray discs, and sharing movies.
The Expert view includes advanced features and tools, such as Audio Mixer, Time Stretch, that professionals use to perform intricate video editing tasks.
Welcome screen
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When you first launch Adobe Premiere Elements, the Welcome screen opens.
Welcome screen
Click Video Editor to open an existing project or create a project in the workspace.
Access the Elements Organizer to organize, tag, and perform basic editing tasks on your media before importing them into Adobe Premiere 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 launches of Adobe Premiere Elements.
Select one of the following launch options:
Welcome Screen: Launches the Welcome screen each time you open Adobe Premiere Elements. This option is enabled by default.
Organizer: If you use Elements Organizer to organize your media before editing them in Adobe Premiere Elements, choose this option.
Video Editor: Select this option if you want the Adobe Premiere Elements workspace to open every time you launch Adobe
Premiere Elements.
Use the options in the Quick view to add titles, effects, and transitions, background music, and graphics to your clips. Pan or zoom your clip, if necessary, or use Smart Trim for a crisper video. Use Instant Movie to automate movie creation steps.
The Quick view contains the Add Media panel, Quick view timeline, Action bar, Adjust panel, Applied Effects panel, and the Share panel.
In addition to the panels available in the Quick view, the Expert view contains the Project assets panel.
This panel contains the media files you import into your Premiere Elements project. Use the panel options to organize the files as a list or in a grid. The grid view displays a thumbnail for each file. If you add any media asset to the timeline, a green icon appears below the thumbnail for the asset.
Add Media panel
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The Add Media panel lets you add media files from various sources to the Quick view timeline so you can rearrange and edit them.
Add Media panel
Use the Add Media panel to add media files from sources, such as video cameras, flip videos, webcams, digital still cameras, WDM devices, mobile phones, and folders on your hard disk.
Quick view timeline
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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
Quick view timeline
The Quick view timeline displays each clip as a series of frames that span the entire clip length. You can trim unwanted portions within individual frames and rearrange them. You can also swap the position of a clip with another to make a coherent movie sequence.
Expert view timeline
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For more advanced editing, use the Expert view timeline. The Expert view timeline graphically represents your movie project as video and audio clips arranged in vertically stacked tracks. When you capture video from a digital video device, the clips appear sequentially as they occur.
Expert view timeline
The Expert view timeline uses a time ruler to display the components of your movie and their relationship to each other over time. You can trim and add scenes, indicate important frames with markers, add transitions, and control how clips are blended or superimposed. Compared to the Quick view, the Expert view timeline has more tracks.
The Action bar contains options that provide easy access to common features you use for editing tasks. Use the options to add titles, transitions, special effects, graphics, music, and markers to your clips.
Action bar
The Action bar contains the following options:
Organizer: Opens Elements Organizer to let you organize and manage your media files
Instant Movie: Automatically guides you through the movie creation process. It lets you quickly select movie templates and edit clips. Instant Movie also lets you add theme-based effects, titles, transitions, and audio to your movie. You can change settings as desired.
Tools: Provides options that let you add cool effects to your video. For example, use Time Remapping and Smart Mix to add sophisticated motion effects to your video. You can choose Smart Trim to let Premiere Elements automatically edit your footage for a crisper video.
Transitions: Provides transitions you can use between your movie clips. The Transition contextual control appears automatically when you apply a transition for the first time. Use it to modify the transition properties. To open the Transition contextual control later, double-click the transition. The Expert view provides more transition effects compared to the Quick view.
Titles and Text: Contains pre-formatted title templates you can use in your movie. The Title contextual control appears automatically when you apply a title to your movie for the first time. Use it to modify the title properties. To open the Title contextual control later, double-click the title. The Expert view provides more title templates compared to the Quick view.
Effects: Shows special effects and presets you can apply to clips in your movie. To edit a special effect after applying it, click Applied Effects to modify the properties in the Applied Effects panel. Compared to the Quick view, the Expert view provides more effects that are organized under various categories.
Music: Lets you add theme music to your movie. You can select multiple music clips from here, and they are played in the order selected. Click Use Smart Sound to choose third-party music plug-ins for your movie.
Graphics: Lets you add graphic images, such as clip art and callouts (thought bubbles or speech balloons) to specific portions in your clips.
The Adjust panel lets you adjust the inherent properties of your clip, for example color and lighting. You can also use the Smart Fix tool to enhance the quality of your video footage.
Adjust panel
To display the Adjust panel, select the clip and then click Adjust on the right. If you add a title to your clip, use the Adjust panel to alter its properties, if required.
Applied Effects panel
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The Applied Effects panel lets you view the properties of effects already applied to your clip. The panel provides various options that enable you to modify the applied effects.
Applied Effects panel
To display the Applied Effects panel, select the clip to which effects are applied, and click Applied Effects on the right.
Publish and Share panel
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Use the Share panel to save and share (export) your finished project.
Publish and Share panel
You can save your project for viewing on the web, a mobile phone, a computer, DVD, Blu-ray disc, and more.
Web DVD: For high-quality video that can be viewed online or on your computer
Disc: For copying your movie to DVDs, Blu-ray or AVCHD discs
Online: For video that can be uploaded to video sharing websites, such as Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo
Computer: For video that can be viewed on computers
Mobile phones and players: For video that can be played on mobile phones and other devices
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Creating a video project
Creating a project
Projects
Review project presets and settings Start a new project
Open a project
Premiere Elements creates a project file for every new project that you want to publish or save to work on it later. You can also create a project before importing media.
The project file references the media that you add to a project including videos, images, titles, and themes.
Project files are small in size. They include title files and references to the source files that you capture or import. Because the project files store references, avoid moving, renaming, or deleting the source files so that Premiere Elements can locate them.
Review project presets and settings
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When you create a project, you can review the default preset and settings by clicking the Change Settings button in the New Project dialog. Adobe Premiere Elements automatically adjusts your project settings based on the type of media you import.
1. In Premiere Elements, select File > New Project.
2. Click Change Settings.
Start a new project
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1. Do one of the following:
From the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and select New Project. If Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New Project.
2. (Optional) To change the project settings, click Change Settings, select a different preset, and click OK.
Note: After you change your project settings, you cannot modify them later.
If you do not change the project settings, Adobe Premiere Elements uses the settings of your previous project. Alternatively, it creates an NTS/PAL AVCHD full HD project based on your region settings.
You can import a clip whose settings do not match the settings of an empty project. Adobe Premiere Elements overwrites the project settings with the settings of your clip when you drop it on to the Expert view timeline.
By default, the folder where you save your project also stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video. These files are large, so save them to your largest, fastest hard drive. To store the files separately from projects, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
Open a project
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You can open only one project at a time. To ensure that Premiere Elements can open an existing project, ensure that both the project file (.PRE) and the source files are accessible on your computer.
Do one of the following:
In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and then click Existing Project. Choose the project name. (If the project isn't listed, choose Open, select the project file, and click Open.)
If Premiere Elements is open, choose File > Open Project or Open Recent Project; then select the project file, and click Open. In Windows®, double-click the project file.
Note: Premiere Elements can open projects you create in earlier versions. However, previous versions cannot open projects you create in later versions. If you have multiple versions of Premiere Elements installed, open a project from within the software. Alternatively, right-click/ctrl-click the file and choose the application.
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Saving and backing up projects
Save a project
Back up a project with Auto Save
Open an Auto Save project
Save a project
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Saving a project saves your editing decisions, references to source files, and the most recent arrangement of panels. Protect your work by saving often.
To save the currently open project, choose File > Save.
To save a copy of a project, choose File > Save As, specify a location and filename, and click Save.
To save a copy of a project and continue working in the original project, choose File > Save A Copy. Specify a location and filename, and click Save.
To specify where Premiere Elements stores project-related files, such as captured video and audio, and previews, set up a scratch disk.
Back up a project with Auto Save
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To revisit editing decisions or recover from a crash, enable the Auto Save option. This option automatically saves backup project files to the Adobe Premiere Elements Auto-Save folder at a specified time interval. For example, you can set Premiere Elements to save a backup copy every 15 minutes.
Automatic saving serves as an alternative to the Undo command, depending on the project changes between each save. Because project files are smaller compared to source video files, archiving multiple versions of a project consumes less disk space.
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Auto Save.
2. Do one of the following, and then click OK:
Select Automatically Save Projects, and enter the duration in minutes after which Adobe Premiere Elements saves the project.
Type a number for the Maximum Project Versions to specify how many versions of each project file you want to save. For example, if you type 5, Premiere Elements saves five versions of each project you open.
Note: Each time you open a project, save it at least once before the Auto Save option takes effect.
Open an Auto Save project
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1. Do either of the following:
Start Adobe Premiere Elements. In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and then click Existing Project. In Adobe Premiere Elements, choose File > Open Project.
2. In the project folder, open the file in the Adobe Premiere Elements Auto-Save folder. (If no files are available, the Auto Save preference is possibly turned off.)
Note: When you start Premiere Elements after a crash, a message prompts whether you want to open the last saved version of your project.
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Project settings and presets
About project settings and presets
Dynamic sequence preset
Create or change project presets
Check your project's settings
About project settings and presets
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Project settings determine the properties of your video and audio project assets. For example, they determine their format (DV, HDV, AVCHD), source (hard disk or Flash memory camcorder), and aspect ratio (standard or widescreen video). Project setting also specify the frame rate, audio sample rate, upper or lower field first, and bit depth for your project.
When you start a new project, Premiere Elements applies a project preset to it. A project preset is a collection of preconfigured project settings. You can use the default project preset for the television standard for the Premiere Elements version installed on your computer.
NTSC (National Television Standards Committee) is the television standard for the Americas, the Caribbean, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan.
PAL (Phase Alternating Line) is the standard format for Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, South Pacific, China, and other parts of Asia.
Because you can't change the project preset after starting a project, verify the format of your source footage before selecting a project preset.
If you specify lower quality settings for output (such as streaming web video), do not change your project settings. Change your export settings instead.
Dynamic sequence preset
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When you add a movie clip to the Expert view timeline, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically changes your project settings in the background to match the clip properties. They include dimension, fps, pixel aspect ratio, and field order.
Create or change project presets
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Adobe Premiere Elements includes default project presets for media from common sources, including DV camcorders, cameras, DVD discs, and mobile phones. You cannot create a custom project presets or change a project preset after selecting a preset and starting a project.
To change the project preset when starting a new project, click the Change Settings button in the New Project dialog. Select the preset that matches your footage.
If you add a movie clip whose preset does not match the project's preset to the Expert view timeline, a message appears. Click Yes to let Adobe Premiere Elements change the project's settings to use the closest available preset. For more information, see Dynamic Sequence Preset.
Select a project preset
By default, Premiere Elements uses an AVCHD preset for the television standard you specify when you install the program. Select a new preset to create projects in a different format, television standard, or frame aspect ratio.
The preset you select becomes the default, which is used for all new projects, until you select another preset. If you choose a preset temporarily, change it when you've finished using it.
1. Start Premiere Elements.
2. In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor, and then click New Project. (Or, choose File > New > Project.)
3. In the New Project dialog box, click Change Settings.
4. Select the preset that matches the format and standard of the footage you want to edit. For example, to edit most HDV footage from 1080i camcorders, choose HDV 1080i 30 or HDV 1080i 25.
5. Click OK.
6. Provide a name and location for your project, and click OK.
Change the settings of an open project
After you create a project, you can only make minor display-related changes to the project settings.
Note: You cannot change the Editing mode and the format of Preview files after you create a project.
1. Choose Edit > Project Settings > General.
2. In the Project Settings dialog box, specify project settings for General, Capture, and Video Rendering.
3. Click OK.
Check your project's settings
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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 frame includes 625 lines displayed at 25 frames per second.
General settings
General settings (Edit > Project Settings > General) control the fundamental characteristics of a project. They include the editing mode used to process video, frame size, aspect ratios, count time (Display Format), and playback settings (Timebase). These settings match the most common source media in your project. For example, if most of your footage is DV, use the DV Playback editing mode. The quality of your video can deteriorate if you change these settings arbitrarily.
General settings include the following options.
Editing Mode Identifies the television standard and format for the project. You cannot change the Timebase, Frame Size, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Fields, and Sample Rate preview settings. The editing mode determines these settings.
Note: The Editing Mode setting represents the specifications of the source media, not the final output settings. Specify output settings when you export a project.
Timebase Specifies the time divisions used to calculate the time position of each edit (PAL: 25, NTSC: 29.97).
Playback Settings This button is available if you use a DV preset, a DV editing mode, or install a plug-in that provides additional playback functions. For a DV editing mode, this option indicates where you want your previews to play. For information on the playback settings for third-party plug-ins, see the developer documentation.
Frame Size Specifies the frame pixels for your project playback. In most cases, the frame size for your project matches the frame size of your source media. You can't change the frame size to compensate for slow playback. However, you can adjust the playback settings: Right-click/ctrl- click the monitor and choose Playback Settings. Adjust the frame size of the output by changing the Export settings.
Pixel Aspect Ratio Sets the aspect ratio for pixels. The video format (PAL or NTSC) determines this ratio. If you use a pixel aspect ratio that is different from your video, the video can appear distorted when you render it and play.
Fields Specifies the field dominance, or the order in which the two interlaced fields of each frame are drawn. Premiere Elements captures DV footage with fields, even if the footage was recorded as progressive scan.
Display Format (video) Specifies the way time appears throughout the project. The time display options correspond to standards for editing video and motion-picture film. For DV NTSC video, choose 30-fps Drop-Frame Timecode. For DV PAL video, choose 25-fps Timecode.
Title Safe Area Specifies the frame edge area to mark as a safe zone for titles, so that titles aren't cut off by TVs that zoom the picture. A rectangle with crosshairs marks the title-safe zone when you click the Safe Zones button in the monitor. Titles require a wider safe zone than action.
Action Safe Area Specifies the frame edge area to mark as a safe zone for action so that TVs that zoom the picture do not exclude the action. A rectangle marks the action-safe zone when you click the Safe Zones button in the monitor.
Sample Rate Identifies the audio sample rate for the project preset. In general, higher rates provide better audio quality in projects, but they require more disk space and processing. Record audio at a high-quality sample rate, and capture audio at the rate at which it was recorded. Display Format (audio) Specifies whether audio time display is measured by using audio samples or milliseconds. By default, time is displayed in audio samples. However, you can display time in milliseconds for sample-level precision when you are editing audio.
Capture settings
Capture settings (Edit > Project Settings > Capture) control how video and audio are transferred directly from a deck or DV camcorder. (Other Project Settings panels do not affect capturing.)
Video Rendering settings
Video Rendering settings control the picture quality, compression settings, and color depth that Premiere Elements uses when you play video from the Expert view timeline.
To access Video Rendering settings, choose Edit > Project Settings > Video Render. These settings include the following options:
Maximum Bit Depth Allows Premiere Elements to use up to 32-bit processing, even if the project uses a lower bit depth. Selecting this option increases precision but decreases performance.
File Format Specifies the format of the preview video.
Compressor Identifies the codec (compressor/decompressor) that Premiere Elements applies to generate movie previews. The project preset defines the codec. You cannot change it because it must conform to the DV standard.
Note: If you don't apply effects to your clip or change its frame/time characteristics, Adobe Premiere Elements uses the clip's original codec for playback. If your changes necessitate frame recalculation, Adobe Premiere Elements applies the codec identified here.
Optimize Stills Select this option to use still images efficiently in projects. For example, you can use an image that has a duration of 2 seconds in a 30-fps project. Premiere Elements creates a 2-second frame instead of 60 frames, each with a duration of 1/30 second. Deselect this option if projects encounter playback problems when displaying still images.
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Viewing a project's files
Project Assets panel overview
Rename a source file in a project
Find an item in a project
Locate missing files for a project
Delete a clip
Project Assets panel overview
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The Project Assets panel lets you preview source material for your projects. Select the Expert view and then click Project Assets. You can view the contents of a project using the list view or the grid view. Use the panel options menu to switch between the views.
The grid view displays a snapshot of the video you imported into the project. The Project Assets panel indicates files that you use in the Expert view timeline with a green icon. Use the Search box to search for files within the panel.
Display and arrange media items
In the Project Assets panel, you can display items in the List view. The List view lets you view more items simultaneously, search, and sort items by properties such as media type and duration.
To sort items in List view, click the column heading by which you want to sort the items. (For example, click Media Type to sort items by type.) If folders are expanded, items sort from the top level and down the Project Assets panel hierarchy. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.
To see more of the column headings in List view, drag the right side of the Project Assets panel to the right. Alternatively, drag the scroll bar at the bottom of the panel to the right.
Organize clips in folders
The Project Assets panel can include folders into which you can organize project contents in the same way as folders in Windows Explorer. Folders can contain media files or subfolders. Consider using folders to organize media types, such as DV captures, Adobe Photoshop Elements still images, and audio files.
In the Project Assets panel, do any of the following:
Note: To access the Project Assets panel, select Project Assets in the Expert view.
To add a folder, click the New Folder icon at the bottom of the Project Assets panel. In the list view, if you click New Folder multiple times in a row, each new folder is nested inside the previous new folder.
To move an item into a folder, drag the item to the Folder icon. You can move folders into other folders to nest them.
To display the contents of a folder, double-click the folder. Alternatively, in List view, click the triangle beside the Folder icon to expand the folder.
To navigate to parent folders, click the appropriate icon. You can click and hold this button to see a list of all the folders above the one currently listed. You can also jump to a folder by highlighting it and releasing the mouse button.
Rename a source file in a project
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To rename a clip, select it, choose Clip > Rename, type the new name, and press Enter. (The change affects only references used in the project; the name of the original source file in the Project workspace and Windows remains the same.)
To rename an original source file, close Premiere Elements, and rename the file in Windows. The next time you open the project, Premiere Elements asks you to locate the file.
You can also rename a selected clip by clicking its name once to select the text, typing the new name, and pressing Enter.
Find an item in a project
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Right-click an item in the Expert view timeline, and select Reveal In Project.
To find an item on the hard drive, right-click the clip, choose Properties, and note the path at the top of the Properties panel.
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Locate missing files for a project
Premiere Elements doesn't store original source files in a project—it references the name and location of each source file when you import it. If you later move, rename, or delete a source file in Windows, the Where Is The File dialog box opens when you next open the project.
In addition to source files, a project also references preview files. Preview files allow you to preview effects in real time without having to render them—a process that can take hours. Preview files can be re-created if necessary.
Note: After you create the final movie, you can delete source files if you do not plan to reuse them. If you plan to re-edit the movie in the future, archive the project with the Project Archiver before deleting source files.
In the Where Is The File dialog box, choose one of the following options:
Display Only Exact Name Matches Displays only the files that match the name of the missing file when the project was last closed. If you know that the name of a file has changed, deselect this option.
Select Replaces the missing file with the original or replacement file. Find Starts the Windows XP Search feature.
Skip Previews Ignores missing preview files so you aren't asked to find them.
Skip Replaces the missing file with an offline file. The offline file acts as a placeholder for related clips in the Project Assets panel and the Expert view timeline.
Skip All Replaces all missing clips with offline files without asking you for confirmation.
Because Premiere Elements doesn't store media files in the project, deleting a clip from a project removes all instances from a movie. However, Premiere Elements does not delete the clip's source file from the Windows desktop. To conserve disk space, delete the source file.
To delete a media file from the Project workspace, do one of the following:
Select the file in the panel and click the Delete icon.
Right-click/ctrl-click it in the Expert view timeline, and choose Delete. You can also delete by selecting the file and pressing the Delete key. The file is deleted from the Elements Organizer, but it is not deleted from your hard disk.
To identify unused items in a project, see the Video Usage and Audio Usage columns in List view. To display these columns, scroll to the right. A green check mark (list view) and a green dot (grid view) indicates that the asset is being used in the project.
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Viewing clip properties
See an overview of basic clip properties View comprehensive file information Customize List view properties
View details about effect properties
See an overview of basic clip properties
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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
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Premiere Elements includes tools that you can use to evaluate a file in any supported format stored inside or outside a project. For example, you can determine whether a clip you exported has an appropriate data rate for Internet distribution. Video file properties can include file size, number of video and audio tracks, duration, average frame rate, audio sample rate, video data rate, and compression settings. In addition, they include information about dropped frames in captured clips.
Use the Get Properties feature to check for dropped frames in a clip you captured. Use the Data Rate Analysis graphs to evaluate how well the output data rate matches the requirements of your delivery medium. The graphs depict the render keyframe rate, the difference between compression keyframes and differenced frames (frames that exist between keyframes). They also depict the data rate levels at each frame.
Do one of the following:
If the clip is in the Expert view timeline, select it and choose File > Get Properties For > Selection.
If the clip is not in the project, choose File > Get Properties For > File. Locate the clip you want to analyze and then click Open.
Customize List view properties
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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.
Note: In Premiere Elements, all durations in a panel include the frames that the In point and Out point specify. For example, setting the In point and Out point to the same frame results in a duration of one frame.
Video Duration The duration of the clip the Video In point and Out point define. Incorporating any adjustments applied in Premiere Elements, such as changing the clip speed.
Audio Duration The duration of the clip the Audio In point and Out point define. Incorporating any adjustments applied in Premiere Elements, such as changing the clip speed.
Video Info The frame size and aspect ratio of the clip, and whether an alpha channel is present. Audio Info The audio specifications of the clip.
Video Usage The number of times the video component of a clip is used in the movie.
Audio Usage The number of times the audio component of a clip is used in the movie.
Status Specifies whether a clip is online or offline. If a clip is offline, this option also indicates why. Client Field for adding a client's name or other details.
Adjust columns in List view
Use the List view to quickly evaluate, locate, or organize clips based on specific properties.
1. Open the Project Assets panel.
2. Do any of the following:
To change the width of a column, position the pointer over a dividing line between column headings until the Column Resize icon appears. Then, drag horizontally.
To create a column, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, click Add and select a column name (after which the new column appears). Type a name and choose a type for the new column, and click OK. Text columns can contain any text you enter. Boolean columns provide a check box.
To display a column, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, and then click the box next to the column name you want to display.
To sort columns in ascending or descending order, click their heading.
To rearrange columns, right-click/ctrl-click and choose Edit Columns, select a column name, and click Move Up, or Move Down.
Note: Premiere Elements locks some column attributes. You can't locate or change these attributes in the Edit Columns dialog box. For example, you can change the names of columns you added, but not the names of columns built in Premiere Elements.
View details about effect properties
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1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.
2. Click the Applied Effects button and view the properties in the Applied Effects panel.
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Undoing changes
Undo changes incrementally Undo any previous change
Undo changes incrementally
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If you change your mind about an edit or effect, Premiere Elements provides several ways to undo your work. You can undo only those actions that alter video content; for example, you can undo an edit, but you cannot undo scrolling a panel.
To undo or redo the most recent change, choose Edit > Undo. (You can sequentially undo a series of recent changes.)
To undo a change, and all successive changes that occurred since you last opened a project, delete it from the History panel.
To stop a change that Premiere Elements is processing (for example, when you see a progress bar), press Esc.
To undo all changes made since you last saved the project, choose File > Revert.
To undo changes made before you last saved a project, try opening a previous version in the Adobe Premiere Auto-Save folder. Then choose File > Save As to store the project outside the Adobe Premiere Auto-Save folder. The number of changes you can undo depends on the Auto Save preference settings.
Undo any previous change
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The History panel records the changes you make to a project. Each time you add a clip, insert a marker, or apply an effect, the History panel adds that action to its list. The tool or command you used appears in the panel along with an identifying icon. You can use the panel to quickly undo several changes. When you select a change in the panel, the project returns to the state of the project at the time of that change. The more recent changes turn gray and disappear when you make your next change.
The History panel records changes only for the current session. Closing a project or choosing the Revert command clears the History panel. While the panel lists most changes, it does not list individual changes within some panels, nor does it list program-wide changes, such as Preferences settings.
To display the History panel, choose Window > History.
To select a change in the History panel, click it.
To delete a selected change, click and then click OK.
To move around in the History panel, drag the slider or the scroll bar in the panel. Or, choose Step Forward or Step Backward from the History panel menu.
To clear all changes from the History panel, choose Clear History from the History panel menu, and then click OK.
List of changes in the History panel
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Creating instant movies
Create an Instant Movie from the workspace
Edit an Instant Movie
Instant Movie lets you quickly create a professional-looking, edited movie, complete with titles, soundtrack, effects, and transitions by using a simple (and quick) step-by-step process. When you create an Instant Movie, Adobe Premiere Elements analyzes your clips (if they have not already been analyzed). It applies Smart Tags as necessary, edits the clips, and applies a theme of your choice. You can personalize the theme by using your own title and ending credits. In addition, you can supply your own music or effects.
The analysis option is enabled by default. If you have disabled analysis, smart tags are not used.
Movie themes create movies with a specific appearance. For example, the Wedding Doves theme adds an elegant introduction and conclusion, flying white doves overlay, and wedding background music. The Comic Book theme creates a fun kids party video by adding stylish effects, such as Color Emboss and large artistic fonts in the title. Each theme uses a unique editing style for selecting, trimming, and sequencing clips.
The default duration for a theme is approximately 4-6 minutes. You can use Instant Movie on all of the clips in your movie. Alternatively, use it on a subset to create a montage or special feature at the beginning or end of a DVD.
You can choose various themes. You can apply all of the properties in a theme, or choose to add only a subset. Likewise, you can add a theme to an entire sequence in the Quick view timeline/Expert view timeline. Alternatively, you can choose to add it to only a single clip.
Create an Instant Movie from the workspace
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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.
InstantMovie: Specifies whether you want to perform an auto edit, which automatically trims the clips and adds them to the project based on their Smart Tags. And whether to analyze clips and apply Smart Tags to them.
Apply To: Specifies whether to apply the theme to the entire project or to the selected clips in the Quick view timeline/Expert view timeline.
Music: Specifies whether to use the theme music, your own music (click Browse to locate and open it), or no music. You can select multiple music clips, and they are played in the order selected. Drag the slider between Music/Sound FX and My Clips to set the amount of soundtrack and audio effects used versus the sound from your clips. InstantMovie syncs with the beats of the music, so changing the song can significantly change the results. In addition, changing the song changes the duration of the movie to match the duration of the new song.
Speed And Intensity: Enables you to control the speed of cuts and amount of effect. Click the triangle beside the Speed And Intensity option and use the slider to adjust the speed of cuts and amount of effect.
Duration: Specifies the length of the finished movie. Match Music creates a movie to the length of the theme music. This parameter lets you specify the exact length of time by dragging hours, minutes, and seconds. Use All Clips ensures all the selected clips are used and bases the length of time on their duration.
Note: If you specify a duration that is longer than the theme music, the music will loop. If the duration is shorter than the length of the theme music, the music ends with the last clip.
Sequence: Specifies whether clips are arranged according to the Time/Date stamp or according to the theme's editing rules.
Theme Content: Specifies which aspects of the theme are included in the final movie. Select or deselect any of the options. If some of your clips have effects already applied, you can choose to keep the applied effects, or remove them and apply the theme's effects instead.
Render Preview: If this option is enabled, the instant movie is rendered after it is created and placed on the timeline. Rendering improves the frame rate of the movie for playback.
Edit an Instant Movie
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When you create an Instant Movie, Adobe Premiere Elements combines all the clips into a single clip. You can break apart this combined clip if you want to edit or replace the individual clips. Use the Replace Clip command to quickly replace one clip with another without having to trim and edit the new clip to fit. Alternatively, change the effects or overlays applied to the clip.
Because Instant Movie is created using beat detect on the added music clip, changing the Audio clip may not produce a well-synced video.
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Working with scratch disks
About scratch disks
Types of scratch disks
Set up a scratch disk
Maximizing scratch disk performance
About scratch disks
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When you edit a project, Premiere Elements uses disk space to store scratch files for your project. These include captured video and audio, conformed audio, and preview files. Adobe Premiere Elements uses conformed audio files and preview files to optimize performance, allowing real-time editing, high processing quality, and efficient output. All scratch disk files are preserved across work sessions. If you delete conformed audio files, Premiere Elements automatically recreates them. If you delete preview files, they are not be recreated automatically.
By default, scratch files are stored where you save the project. The scratch disk space required increases as your movie becomes longer or more complex. If your system has access to multiple disks, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks. Specify the disks Premiere Elements uses for these files. For best results, set up your scratch disks at the very beginning of a project, before capturing or editing.
Types of scratch disks
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While performance can be enhanced by setting each scratch disk type to a different disk, you can also specify folders on the same disk. Select Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks to set the following scratch disk options.
Captured Video Folder or disk for video files and stop-motion still image files that you capture using the Capture panel. Captured Audio Folder or disk for audio files that you capture using the Capture panel.
Video Previews Folder or disk for video preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area, export to a movie file, or export to a DV device. If the previewed area includes effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Audio Previews Folder or disk for audio preview files. These files are created when you choose Timeline > Render Work Area command. They are also created when you choose Clip > Audio Options > Render And Replace, export to a movie file or DV device. If the previewed area includes effects, the effects are rendered at full quality in the preview file.
Media Cache Folder or disk for audio peak files, audio conform files, video index files, and other files Premiere Elements creates to improve performance when reading media files.
DVD Encoding Folder or disk for encoded video and audio files that are generated when you create a DVD.
Note: Premiere Elements places preview files, encoded files, media cache files, and other types within subfolders of the folders you specify for these types. Each subfolder is named for the type of scratch files it contains.
Set up a scratch disk
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You set up scratch disks in the Scratch Disks panel of the Preferences dialog box. To verify the amount of free disk space on the selected volume, see the box to the right of the path. If the path is too long to read, place the pointer over the path, and the full path appears in a tool tip.
1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks / Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
2. For each scratch disk type, specify a disk location for Premiere Elements to store the corresponding files. Choose one of these options from the pop-up menu:
My Documents Stores scratch files in the My Documents folder.
Same As Project Stores scratch files in the same folder where the project is stored.
Custom Indicates that the current path isn't in the pop-up menu. The current path isn't changed until you click Browse to specify any available disk location.
Maximizing scratch disk performance
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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 Defragmenter tool in Windows or a third-party utility. To use the Disk
Defragmenter tool, choose Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Defragmenter. For more instructions, see the documentation provided with Windows or the third-party utility.
Specify your fastest hard disks for capturing media and storing scratch files. You can use a slower disk for audio preview files and the project file.
Specify only disks attached to your computer. The throughput from a hard disk on a network is too slow. Avoid using removable media as scratch disks because Premiere Elements always requires access to scratch disk files. Scratch disk files are preserved for each project, even when you close the project. Premiere Elements reuses these files when you reopen the project associated with them. If scratch disk files are stored on removable media and the media is removed from the drive, the scratch disk is not available to Premiere Elements.
You can divide a single disk into partitions and set up each partition as a virtual scratch disk. However, partitioning doesn't improve performance because the single drive mechanism is a bottleneck. For best results, set up scratch disk volumes on actual separate drives.
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Importing and adding media
Adding media into Adobe Premiere Elements
Add media from Elements Organizer
Import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives Capture video from DV/HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices Import photos from your digital camera or mobile phone
Add files from your hard drive
You can add media to Premiere Elements using one of these methods:
capturing from live or recorded sources
importing files from other types of storage
adding from the Project Assets panel
recording narrations from a microphone
When you add media files to Premiere Elements, they are added to the Quick view timeline and the Expert view timeline. In addition, they are added to the Project Assets panel in the Expert view.
A thumbnail, called a clip, represents each file in the Project Assets panel. Clips, whether they contain audio, video, or images, are the building blocks of your movies.
To add new media into Premiere Elements, click Add Media.
Add Media panel
Use any of the following options in the Add Media panel to add media files:
Elements Organizer ISelect this option to add media from Elements Organizer. From the Elements Organizer application, drag video and images to the Quick view/Expert view timeline or the Project Assets panel.
Videos From Flip Or Cameras Add media from devices that store video files in Flash memory or on a disk. Such devices include Flip and other compact video cameras, AVCHD, DVD, DSLR and other cameras, and mobile phones.
DV Camcorder Capture video from a DV camcorder through FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB. This option opens the Capture window. HDV Camcorder Capture video from an HDV camcorder through FireWire (IEEE 1394). This option opens the Capture window.
DVD Camera Or Computer Drive Import video from your DVD drive, or a DVD in a camcorder through USB. You can import media files in AVCHD format from a DVD Camcorder. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements - Video Importer window.
Webcam Or WDM Capture video from a webcam or WDM-compatible capture device. This option opens the Capture window.
Photos From Cameras Or Devices Import photos from a camera or mobile phone through USB. This option opens the Adobe Premiere Elements
- Media Downloader window. It also imports media from devices that store video files in Flash memory, or on a disk
Files And Folders Import videos, photos, and audio files from your personal computer's hard drive.
Add media from Elements Organizer
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1. Click Add Media, and select Elements Organizer. The Elements Organizer application launches.
2. In the Import panel of the Organizer workspace, locate the album or folder containing your media.
3. From the Media view, drag one or more media files to the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline in Adobe Premiere Elements. Alternatively, you can drag a media file to the Project Assets panel.
Import from DVDs, camcorders, phones, and removable drives
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Many types of devices other than DV camcorders, HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices record and store video.
Using the video importer, you can import video clips from tapeless camcorders, FLIP and AVCDHD camera, removable memory devices, and mobile devices.
You can also import files from removable media, such as DVDs, memory cards, and multimedia cards. These files are copied to the hard drive location you specify. The files are also added to the Project Assets panel.
You can add clips directly to the Quick view/Expert view timeline without first creating a project. When you add a clip to either timeline, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically changes your project settings to match the clip properties.
However, if you add a clip to an existing project whose preset does not match the clip's preset, a message appears. Click Yes to let Adobe Premiere Elements change the project's settings to use the closest available preset.
Note: Image files cannot be imported using this option. To import images, use the Photos From Cameras Or Devices option in the Add Media panel.
1. Do one of the following:
Place the DVD into your computer's DVD drive.
Connect your card reader such as SD card or memory stick to your computer.
Connect the digital camera, mobile phone, or other device to your computer using the USB 2.0 port.
USB 2.0 port
Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.
2. Click Add Media.
3. Click the device from which you want to import:
Videos From Flip Or Camera
DVD Camera Or Computer Drive
The Video Importer dialog box appears.
Note: Video Importer cannot import media from external hard drives. If you want to import media from an external hard drive, use the Files And Folders option in the Add Media panel.
4. In the Source Menu, select the device from which you want to download movie clips.
The contents of the device or disk are displayed in the panel below the Source menu. The number of files, and the size of the content is displayed at the bottom of the panel containing the content.
5. Do one of the following:
To import all the content displayed in the panel, click Check All.
To import a few clips, click deselect All, and select only those clips that you want to import.
Note: To preview the contents of a clip, click the clip. Click the Play button in the Preview panel.
6. To specify a location for the saved files, do one of the following:
To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create and name a new folder.
7. Select a naming convention for the downloaded files using the Presets menu. Filename Retains the filenames the camcorder assigns.
Folder Name - Number If your folder name is Wedding Pics, the clips are assigned the names Wedding Pics-001, Wedding Pics-002, and so on.
Date - filename Adds a timestamp to the filename the camcorder assigns. The timestamp is the current date and time - the date and time on which the movies were transferred to your computer.
Note: To rename files, delete them from the Project Assets panel in the Expert view, and reimport them.
Custom Name - Number Enter a custom name in the Name field. For example, if you enter My Holiday in the field, the clips are named My Holiday-001, My Holiday-002, and so on.
8. (Optional) If you want to delete the selected files in the camera after import, select the option After Copying Delete Originals.
9. (Optional) If you do not want the imported clips added to the Quick view/Expert view timeline after import, deselect Add To Timeline. The imported clips are added only to the Project panel.
10. (Optional) If you want to create an InstantMovie using the selected clips, select Create InstantMovie.
11. Click Get Media. You can click Cancel in the Progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.
Note: If you don't intend to use all the files you add, you can delete them from the Project Assets panel. Deleting files from the panel doesn't delete them from your hard drive. This practice is recommended for large VOB files.
Capture video from DV/HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices
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Devices, such as DV camcorders, HDV camcorders, webcams, and WDM devices capture live video.
Using the Capture window, you capture live video from these devices and copy the video clips to the hard drive location you specify. You can add these clips to Adobe Premiere Elements by dragging them from Windows Explorer to the Quick view/Expert view timeline. You can also drag the clips to the Project Assets panel in the Expert view.
Alternatively, use the File And Folders option in the Add Media panel to add the clips to the Quick view/Expert view timeline. 1. Do one of the following:
Turn on the webcam to capture live footage
Connect the DV camcorder, HDV camcorder, or the WDM device to your computer using the FireWire (IEEE 1394) port.
FireWire port
Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.
2. Click Add Media.
3. From the Add Media panel, select the option for the device using which you want to capture video:
DV Camcorder
HDV Camcorder
Webcam Or WDM
The Capture window appears.
4. In the Capturing Source menu, select the device from which you want to capture video clips. The video that the device captures is displayed in the panel below the Capturing Source menu.
5. Click the Capture button.
6. Specify a name for the captured video.
7. To specify a location for the video, do one of the following:
To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create and name a new folder.
8. Click Add Media and select Files And Folders.
9. Browse to the location where you saved the video files and add them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline.
Note: You can also use Windows Explorer to locate the saved video files and drag them to Adobe Premiere Elements.
Import photos from your digital camera or mobile phone
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1. Connect the digital camera, or mobile phone to your computer.
Note: Install any drivers your device requires. Consult the manual.
2. In Adobe Premiere Elements, select Add Media > Photos From Cameras Or Devices, and then click Advanced Dialog.
Adobe Premiere Elements - Photo Downloader (Advanced Dialog view)
3. Choose the drive or device from the Get Photos From pop-up menu. Thumbnails of all importable files appear in the dialog box.
4. To specify a location for the saved files, do one of the following:
To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.
To specify a different location, click Browse (Windows)/Choose (Mac OS) and choose a folder. Alternatively, click Make New Folder (Windows)/New Folder (Mac OS) to create a folder and name it.
To create one or more subfolders for grouping files by criteria, click the triangle next to the Create Subfolder field. Choose one of the options from the pop-up menu for naming the subfolder.
To rename the files in the folder consistently, click the triangle next to the Rename Files field. Choose an option from the pop-up menu for naming the files. The filename defaults to the folder name you enter. When the files are added to the folder and the Project Assets panel, the filenames are in increments of 0001. For example, if you enter summer, the filenames are changed to summer0001.vob, summer0002.vob, and so on.
5. Select files to add to the Project Assets panel. A check mark below the file's thumbnail indicates that the file is selected. By default, all files are selected. Click an option to remove the check mark and exclude a file. You can also select or deselect all files by using the Check All button or the Uncheck All button.
6. If you are using metadata, you can select Preserve Current Filename In XMP.
7. Click the triangle next to Apply Metadata, select a template, and fill in the Creator and Copyright fields.
8. Click Get Media. You can click Cancel in the Progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.
Note: If you don't intend to use all the files you add, you can delete them from the Project Assets panel. Deleting files from the panel doesn't delete them from your hard drive.
Add files from your hard drive
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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 Premiere Elements or Adobe Photoshop Elements are displayed.
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Add numbered image files as a single clip
1. Make sure that each still-image filename has the correct filename extension. All filenames in the sequence must contain an equal number of digits before the extension—for example, file000.bmp, and file001.bmp.
2. Do one of the following:
Click Add Media and choose Files And Folders.
Choose File > Add Media From > Files And Folders.
3. Locate and select the first image in the sequence. From the Files Of Type menu, select Numbered Stills, and click Open.
Premiere Elements interprets all of the numbered files as a single sequence.
Note: For information on changing the duration of images, see "Set duration for imported images" in Help.
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5.1 audio import
Drag clips to the Monitor window
Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 facilitates importing and playing clips with 5.1 audio in the same format as the project preset. You can create movies combining AVCHD video and stereo audio and 5.1 audio and stereo audio. You can move clips from track to track in the Expert view timeline regardless of whether the audio is 5.1 or stereo. If you import 5.1 audio file to the stereo channel, it is converted to 5.1 and the other way round. To create a 5.1 channel track, drag a 5.1 onto the empty area on the Expert view timeline of a stereo project. Alternatively, drag a channel audio video clip or a 5.1 channel audio only clip. A 5.1 channel track in a stereo project is created. To create a stereo track in a 5.1 channel project, drag-and-drop a stereo clip into the empty area on Expert view timeline. A stereo track in a 5.1 channel project is created.
1. Do one of the following:
From the Welcome screen, click New Project.
If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New > Project.
2. Click Change Settings to change the preset used. Select Full HD 1080i 30 5.1 channel from the AVCHD folder, and click OK.
3. In the New Project dialog box, specify a name and location for the project, and click OK.
In the Expert view timeline, you can see 5.1 beside the Audio tracks. You can now include clips to your project. However, the audio is mapped to a channel type depending on how you insert the media file.
Drag clips to the Monitor window
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When you drag clips onto the Monitor window, the audio is mapped to the channel type of Audio 1 track.
However, when you drag onto the Monitor window, you are presented with the following additional options. The audio mappings change depending on the option you select.
Insert After This Scene Audio is mapped to the Audio one track, and the clip is inserted in the Video 1/Audio 1 track. The clip is inserted at the end of the existing clip.
Split And Insert Audio is mapped to the Audio 1 track, and the clip is inserted in the Video 1/Audio 1 track. The current clip is split at the point where the CTI is pointing. The clip is inserted.
Place On Top If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track, and mapped to the corresponding track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe Premiere Elements places the video on the CTI, in a track above the existing video. The new video file overlaps the existing video clip.
Picture In Picture If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track, and mapped to the corresponding track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe Premiere Elements places the existing and the inserted videos simultaneously. The user can see both the videos.
Place On Top, And Apply Videomerge If there is an empty track above Video 1/Audio 1, the selected clip is inserted on that track and mapped to the corresponding track's channel type. If there is no empty track, a new track is created matching the channel type of the selected clip. Adobe Premiere Elements places the video on the CTI, in a track above the existing video and applies Videomerge effect on the new video. The underlying and the top videos can be seen.
Replace Clip The clip is replaced and the mapping matches the channel type of the replaced clip's track.
Note: When you drop an audio-only clip into the Monitor window, it is placed on the Soundtrack track and mapped to stereo.
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Creating specialty clips
Add color bars and a 1-kHz tone
Create and add a black video clip Create a colored matte for a background Change the tone level of clips
You generate Specialty clips by using panel options in the Project Assets panel. They reside in the Project Assets panel along with your added clips.
You can create universal counting leaders, color bars, a 1-kHz tone, black video, and colored backgrounds for your project. Use Specialty clips for calibration of your video or simply as footage.
Add color bars and a 1-kHz tone
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You use the color bars and 1-kHz tone clips in tandem at the beginning of a video. Color bars are multicolored vertical bars at the beginning of broadcast videos that help broadcasters calibrate the color for a video.
The 1-kHz tone is a short tone (1-kHz frequency) that broadcasters use to adjust audio levels. Broadcasters set it at a specific level for reference, and then decrease or increase their audio levels to match this frequency. Because some audio workflows are calibrated at a specific tone level, you can customize the tone level to match your audio workflow.
1. Click Project Assets.
2. In the Project Assets panel, click New Item from the panel options and choose Bars And Tone.
A Bars And Tone clip is placed in the Project Assets panel and in the Expert view timeline.
Create and add a black video clip
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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
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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
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1. Select a clip using one of the following methods:
To set the level for all new clip instances, click New Item from the panel options in the Project Assets panel. Then, select the Bars And Tone option.
To set the level for only one clip instance, select the clip in the Expert view timeline.
2. Choose Clip > Audio Options > Audio Gain.
3. In the Clip Gain dialog box, do one of the following, and click OK:
Drag the value control left to decrease, or right to increase, volume.
Highlight the value control and type a number to increase or decrease volume. Positive numbers increase it. Negative numbers decrease it.
The Normalize option adjusts the peak amplitude in the selected clips to the user-specified value. For example, this option
adjusts the gain of a clip with a peak amplitude of -6 dB to +6 dB. Ensure that Normalize All Peaks To is set to 0.0 dB.
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Guidelines for adding files
Guidelines for adding video files Guidelines for adding audio files Guidelines to add image files
Guidelines for adding an animation or still-image sequence
Guidelines for adding video files
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You can add various video file formats to your project. Imported video and sequence files can have frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096 pixels.
Before you add video files that you did not capture yourself, make sure you can view the video outside Premiere Elements. Usually, double-clicking a video file opens a playback application, such as Windows Media Player and QuickTime player. (Be sure to use the most
up-to-date version of Windows Media Player.) If you can play back your file in the player application, you can usually use that file in Premiere Elements.
Note: To play back VOB (Video Object) files, use the DVD player that came with your DVD burner.
When adding video files, consider the following:
MPEG file compatibility An MPEG file can be imported or played in Premiere Elements if it meets the following criteria:
The file must be in a format that Premiere Elements supports.
The compressor used to create the file must be compatible with the Premiere Elements decompressor.
The compatibility requirements for playing compressed files are less stringent than the requirements for editing them. MPEG files that play in Windows Media Player and QuickTime can be imported or played in Premiere Elements if they meet the compatibility requirements.
Note: The first time you import an MPEG-2 file, Premiere Elements automatically activates the components if you are connected to the Internet. If you are not connected to the Internet, you are prompted to activate the MPEG-2 component. The instructions appear in the Activating Component dialog box.
Type 1 AVI file render requirements Render these files before you can preview them from your DV camcorder. To render a Type 1 AVI clip, add it to the Quick view/Expert view timeline. Build a preview file of that section of the Quick view/Expert view timeline by pressing Enter. If the clip must be rendered, a red line appears above the clip in the Quick view/Expert view timeline.
DVD file protection If the DVD is a motion-picture disc that uses copy protection, you cannot add the files.
Guidelines for adding audio files
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When you add audio files to a project, they are conformed to the audio sample rate specified in the Project Settings dialog box. During that process, you'll see a progress bar in the lower-right corner of the application window. You can play back conformed audio instantly at high quality because it's consistent with all other audio in the project.
By default, conformed audio is stored at the location C:\Users\<username>.<domain>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Common\. You can change the default location of the media cache by choosing one of the following options:
(Windows) Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
(Mac OS) Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > Scratch Disks.
Note: After you conform an audio clip, you don't have to conform it again unless you delete the corresponding file in the Media Cache folder. If you delete conformed audio files, Premiere Elements regenerates them when you open related projects.
When adding audio files, consider the following:
Stereo and mono files You can add many of the stereo audio files that you can open in another audio player, such as Windows Media Player, to your project. To create a stereo version of a mono file, the mono channel is copied to both the left and right channel in the new stereo track. In this case, both channels contain the same information.
5.1 surround sound files Importing clips containing 5.1 audio adds a 5.1-channel audio track to your project.
mp3 and WMA files Formats such as mp3 and WMA are compressed using a method that reduces some of the original audio quality. To play back compressed audio, Premiere Elements (like most video editing applications) must decompress and possibly alter the file's sample rate. Compressing can degrade the audio quality.
CD files If you want to add audio from a CD, copy, or rip, the audio tracks to your hard drive using another application. Windows Media Player, included with Windows XP, can perform this task. You can also use Adobe Audition to rip the CD at various quality settings and perform complex audio-processing functions on the file. If you plan to air or distribute your movie, ensure that you own the copyright, or have licensed the copyright to your CD audio.
Internet files You can download music from the Internet for your projects. WMA (Windows Media Audio) and AAC (QuickTime) files can have pre-encoded settings that don't allow you to play them in Premiere Elements.
Guidelines to add image files
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By default, Premiere Elements scales images to fit the project frame size. You can override this behavior and instead add your files at the size at which they were created. You can also set the default duration for all images that you add by changing the value in General Preferences.
You can add still images with frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096 pixels. Create files with frame size equal to or more than the frame size of your video. Choosing the appropriate frame size ensures that you don't enlarge the image in Premiere Elements. When you scale up an image, it often becomes pixelated. Create it at a larger frame size than the project. For example, if you plan to scale an image 200%, create the image at double the project frame size before you add it.
You can also add animations, which are saved as a sequence of numbered still-image files.
When adding still-image files, consider the following:
Photoshop Elements files Premiere Elements works well with images and video templates you create in Photoshop Elements.
JPEG files If you are having trouble importing JPEG files to Premiere Elements, open them in Photoshop Elements and resave them. Then try to import them again.
TIFF images You can add files from Photoshop 3.0 or later. However, Premiere Elements doesn't support 16-bit TIFF images created in Photoshop or other applications. Empty (transparent) areas of nonflattened Photoshop files appear transparent in Premiere Elements because the transparency is stored as an alpha channel.
RGB mode When you are editing or creating your still images, make sure that you do all of your work in RGB mode. For more information, consult your product's user guide about color management. RGB mode produces colors that are suitable for video.
Guidelines for adding an animation or still-image sequence
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The frames in an animation are drawn as graphics and, therefore, are not scenes of live action, as in conventional digital video. Premiere Elements can also add a sequence of numbered still-image files and automatically combine them into a single clip; each numbered file represents one frame. Some applications, such as Adobe After Effects®, can generate a numbered sequence of still images. Images in a still-image sequence cannot include layers. Flatten images that are part of a sequence. For information on layers and flattening, see the documentation for the application that created the file.
Note: Changing the default duration of still images in the Preferences dialog box does not affect the duration of still images that are part of a sequence.
When creating three-dimensional images or animations for use in Premiere Elements, use the following guidelines whenever possible:
Use broadcast-safe colors. Most applications that create animations (such as Adobe After Effects) allow you to check for broadcast-safe colors. See your application's documentation for more information.
Use the pixel aspect ratio and frame size specified in the project settings in Premiere Elements.
Use the appropriate field settings to match your project.
You can use an Adobe application (such as Photoshop) to generate the sequence. Select Embed Project Link to open the sequence in the application that was used to create it. For example, select a PSD file in the Project Assets panel in Premiere Elements. Then, choose Edit > Edit Original to open the file in Photoshop with the original layers intact.
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Set duration for imported still images
Change the default duration for still images Set a unique duration for a still image
When you add a still image, you can assign a specific duration to it. The duration specifies how much time the image occupies in the Quick view/Expert view timeline. You can set a default duration for all still images that you add, and you can change their duration in the Quick view/Expert view timeline.
The frame rate of your project determines the amount of time that a certain number of frames occupies. If you specify 30 frames for a 29.97 frame-per-second (fps) NTSC project, each still image has a duration of about one second. For PAL, if you specify 25 frames for a 25-fps project, each still image in the Quick view/Expert view timeline has a duration of one second.
Change the default duration for still images
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1. Do one of the following:
On Windows, select Edit > Preferences > General. On Mac OS, select Adobe Premiere Elements 11 > Preferences > General.
Right-click/ctrl-click in the Project Assets panel and choose Still Image Duration.
2. For Still Image Default Duration, specify the number of frames you want as a default duration.
Note: Changing the default duration of still images does not affect the duration of still images already in the Quick view/Expert view timeline or Project Assets panel. To apply the new default length to all still images in your project, delete them from the Project Assets panel and reimport them into your project.
Set a unique duration for a still image
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Do one of the following:
In the Expert view, position the Selection tool over either end of the image, and drag. Select the clip and choose Clip > Time Stretch. Enter a new duration and click OK.
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Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
You can access all images in a Photoshop Elements catalog directly from the Elements Organizer workspace of Premiere Elements. You can also add, edit, and manage your images, and then drag them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline of Adobe Premiere Elements for use in your project.
Adobe Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements are designed to work together, whether you purchase the products separately or bundled in one package. These programs seamlessly combine digital photography and video editing, letting you create exciting video projects. The two programs support many of the same file types, which makes the transfer of most files between them easy and efficient. For example, you can catalog PSD files in Photoshop Elements and then add them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline directly from the Elements Organizer in Premiere Elements.
Note: The Photoshop Elements Organizer shows clips of audio AVI files with broken video thumbnail icons. However, they play correctly. The Photoshop Elements Editor can import individual video frames from ASF, AVI, MPEG, and Windows Media files. (Choose File > Import > Frame From Video.)
Here are a few ways you can share files between Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements:
Organize your photos, video clips, and audio clips in either Premiere Elements or Photoshop Elements. Find the assets using Elements Organizer in either application and add them to a project.
Capture video in Premiere Elements and open it from the Elements Organizer and create and edit still images from the video.
(Windows only) Create a slideshow in Photoshop Elements 6.0 or later with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration, graphics, and titles. Import the slideshow into Premiere Elements to edit further or burn to DVD. Alternatively, import individual photos into Premiere Elements and create the slideshow there.
Note: The Send To Adobe Premiere Elements command in Photoshop Elements works only when you use Photoshop Elements 6.0 or later with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0 or later.
Customize menu templates in Photoshop Elements, and then use them in your Premiere Elements project. (Menu templates are PSD files stored in the Premiere Elements application folder.)
Create a Photoshop Elements file with your video project's settings, enhance it in Photoshop Elements, and then use it in Premiere Elements.
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Supported devices and file formats
Supported devices
Supported file types for import
Verify whether Adobe Premiere Elements supports the file format and the device from which you import the file.
Supported devices
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For a list of supported devices, see http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/873/cpsid_87347.html.
Supported file types for import
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In addition to capturing footage, you can import image, video, and audio files. You can add files from folders on your computer, accessory hard drives, and mobile phones. You can also add files from DVDs, Blu-ray discs, CDs, digital cameras, other devices, or the Internet. Adobe Premiere Elements 11.0 supports DV, HDV, WDM, and AVCHD formatted video.
Files that you add to a project are visible in the Project Assets panel in the Expert view. Adobe Premiere Elements automatically adds them to Elements Organizer.
Note: Some file formats require activation of components before you can add them to a project.
Supported video formats
Adobe Flash® (.swf)
AVI Movie (.avi)
AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts, .m2t)
DV Stream (.dv)
MPEG Movie (.mpeg, .vob, .mod, .ac3, .mpe, .mpg, .mpd, .m2v, .mpa, .mp2, .m2a, .mpv, .m2p, .m2t, .m1v, .mp4, .m4v, .m4a,
.aac, 3gp, .avc, .264)
QuickTime Movie (.mov, .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4a, .m4v)
TOD (.tod)
Windows Media (.wmv, .asf) - Windows only
Note: To import video from mobile phones (.3gp and .mp4), you must have the most recent version of QuickTime installed on your computer.
Supported image formats
Adobe Photoshop® (.psd)
Adobe Premiere Elements title (.prtl)
Bitmap (.bmp, .dib, .rle)
CompuServe GIF® (.gif)
JPEG® (.jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .gif)
Pixar Picture (.pxr)
Portable Network Graphic (.png)
RAW (.raw, .raf, .crw, .cr2, .mrw, .nef, .orf, .dng)
Supported audio formats
Advanced Audio Coding (.aac)
Dolby® AC-3 (.ac3)
Macintosh® Audio AIFF (.aif, .aiff)
MP3® Audio (.mp3)
MPEG® Audio (.mpeg, .mpg, .mpa, .mpe, .m2a) QuickTime (.mov,.m4a)
Windows Media (.wma) - Windows only Windows WAVE (.wav)
Note: Dolby AC-3 is imported as a stand-alone.ac3 file or as part of an encoded audio file in a .vob (DVD) or .mod (JVC® Everio) file, but exported as Dolby Digital Stereo only.
Activate a component for import
Some file formats such as MPEG-2, MPEG4(SP), and AMR require component activation before you can add them to a project. If you are connected to the Internet, component activation occurs automatically. If you are not connected to the Internet, the Activating Component dialog box appears.
1. When the Activating Component dialog box appears, connect to the Internet.
2. In the Activating Component dialog box, click Copy to copy the serial number.
3. Click the URL to go to the activation website.
4. Paste the serial number into the ID box on the website. The website displays a key for unlocking.
5. Copy the key, paste it in the Activating Component dialog box, and then click OK.
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