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Contents

Chapter 1: What’s new

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

Chapter 2: Workspace

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

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

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

Chapter 3: Creating a video project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 4: Importing and adding media

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 5: Arranging movie clips

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 6: Editing clips

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trimming Unwanted Frames — Guided Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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

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

Chapter 7: Applying transitions and special effects

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

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

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

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

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

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

Time remapping — Guided edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 8: Creating titles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chapter 9: Mixing audio

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

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

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

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

Chapter 10: Creating disc menus

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

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

Chapter 11: Saving and sharing your movies

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

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

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

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Chapter 12: Keyboard shortcuts

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

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

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Chapter 1: What‘s new

What’s new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Your life is full of family activities and special events—and you shoot videos to capture them all. Adobe Premiere

Elements 15 simplifies the organizing and editing so you can have fun creating and sharing great-looking movies. Find

clips fast, add style with effects and music, and share on disc, HDTV, Facebook, and YouTube.

Adobe Premiere Elements includes Elements Organizer, which helps you organize your assets. For information about

new features in Elements Organizer, see What’s new in Adobe Premiere Elements 15.

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Video Collage

Bring collages to life!

Collages are a creative way to share your memories and tell a story visually. Photo collages have been around for long;

we now bring you video collages. With the new Video Collage feature in Adobe Premiere Elements 15, create dynamic

collages with photos and videos. Choose from various designs and layouts, arrange the media as per your needs, and

finally choose how you want the videos in the collage to be played. Your video collages are perfect for sharing on

Facebook, YouTube, and other social sites.

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For more information, see Creating video collage.

Haze Removal

Hazy landscapes? Make every shot look sharp in seconds!

Cut through the haze and fog in your videos with the Haze Removal feature in Adobe Premiere Elements 15. Take

landscape videos without having to worry about the haze on even a clear day — select the video and process it with the

Auto Haze Removal feature. For more enhancements, including varying levels of sensitivity to haze, try it manually.

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For more information, see Haze Removal .

Music Remix

Remix music to the perfect length!

Remix any audio clip or mp3 file to match the length of your video. Just drag the trimming handles, and your audio clip

is automatically adjusted to your target duration.

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

For more information, see Music Remix.

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Adjustment Layer Guided Edit

Easily create a signature look!

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

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

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

Touch-based editing

Organizer and Quick Edit mode are now touch-friendly!

Edit and organize videos with your fingertips. Now, you can simply tap to find, sort, and enhance your videos in the

Organizer and Quick Edit mode in your touch-screen devices.

eLive Search

Need help? Find your answers directly from the eLive room. Adobe Premiere Elements 15 enables you to search for

eLive content, Help pages, and troubleshooting knowledgebase articles from within eLive room.

For more information, see eLive .

Enhanced Guided Edit interface

Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Visually reimagined for you!

Selecting which Guided Edit to use is now easier with the new interface. In Guided mode, you can now choose the type

of adjustment you want to apply to your video — Basics, Video Adjustments, Audio Adjustments, or Fun Edits. Choose

one of the types of edits and view a graphical listing of all the Guided Edits available in that category.

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Face Detection

Enhanced in Adobe Premiere Elements 15

Identify faces (close-up, single face, and group) in a clip with the help of the Face filter. The Face filter is enabled by

default and enhances several workflows, such as Favorite Moments trimming and Video Story workflow, to give you

much better output. You can disable the Face filter from Auto Analyzer Options under Preferences.

Pan & Zoom

Quick pan-and-zoom movies of people!

Face frames have been added in the Pan & Zoom workflow for images only to automatically detect faces present in your

image for better results. Now with Face Detection, it automatically highlights your favorite people.

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For more information, see .

Favorite Moment Trimming

Favorite Moments with favorite people

Now with Face Detection, Favorite Moments automatically finds the people in your videos and brings them front and

center in fun, quick movies. With the Face filter enabled, the Favorite Motions trimming workflow now generates

output that focuses on the movements as well as on People and give priority to close-ups and single/multiple faces.

For more information, see .

Smart Trim

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

Now with Face Detection, Smart Trim gives priority to footage of people when suggesting places to trim, so you’ get a

great movie of friends and family. With the addition of the Face Filter in Adobe Premiere Elements, you now have the

option to use the interest slider along with the quality slider in the Smart Trim workflow. The combination of quality

and interest sliders now give you much better output.

For more information, see Trim clips.

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Chapter 2: Workspace

Tools

The Tools panel provides options that let you add cool effects to your video. For example, use Time Remapping and

Smart Mix to add sophisticated motion effects to your video. You can choose Smart Trim to let Premiere Elements

automatically edit your footage for a crisper video.

Video tools

Favorite Moments

A video usually has various favorite moments. Adobe Premiere Elements helps you mark and extract all your favorite

moments in a video as a single collated clip or individual clips. You can use the extracted clips of favorite moments for

editing or sharing.

For more information, see .

Freeze Frame

Grab a single frame from a video clip to use as a still image in your current movie or to save as a still on your hard drive

for use elsewhere. For example, you can use a still in your movie to show a character start an action, but then stop mid-

action, frozen on the screen.

For more information, see Freeze and hold frames.

Motion Tracking

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

graphics, or video clips to these objects.

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

Movie menu

You can create a menu-based DVD or Blu-ray Disc by using one of the predesigned menu templates included with

Premiere Elements. A menu can include sound and motion. Some templates contain drop zones, where you can drag

and drop a still image or video to personalize the menu background.

For more information, see Creating disc menus.

Pan & Zoom

Using the pan and zoom tool in Adobe Premiere Elements, you can create video-like effects from images or movie clips.

For movie clips, the effect works best when there is minimal movement of objects within the clip.

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When working with the pan and zoom tool, you select objects and the order in which they are panned and zoomed

into. Adobe Premiere Elements provides you with customization options using which you can apply the effect

according to your requirements.

For more information, see .

Smart Trim

Smart trimming enables you to trim the low-quality sections of a video file. Smart trim can be done manually and

automatically. You can trim clips from the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

For more information, see About Smart trimming.

Time Remapping

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

Audio tools

Audio Mixer

Use the Audio Mixer to adjust audio balance and volume for different tracks in your project. You can adjust the balance

and level of audio contained within your video clips, and within soundtrack and narration audio.

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

Narration

You can choose to record a narrative for your video from within Premiere Elements. Using your computer’s

microphone, you can narrate clips while previewing them in the Monitor panel. Your narration is then added to the

Narration soundtrack visible in either the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.

For more information, see Create narrations.

Smart Mix

SmartMix enables automatic adjustment of the volume of the background music. For best results, place dialog clips on

the Audio 1 track or the Narration track (Foreground tracks) and music on the Soundtrack track (Background tracks).

Premiere Elements analyzes clips on all Foreground tracks for dialogs. Keyframes are then smartly/automatically

created to lower the volume level to ensure that the dialog in the Foreground track is audible. SmartMix adjustments

apply to all audio clips on the Expert view timeline, not just on the selected clip. When you use SmartMix on an audio

track, keyframes you applied previously on the Soundtrack are deleted.

For more information, see SmartMix.

Audio View

When editing your videos, you may need to work with the audio tracks to enhance the experience. Editing audio tracks

for your clips is now easier and more accessible. With the Audio View, you can focus on editing your audio tracks while

your timeline remains intact. For easier access, the Tools, , and that are available to you from the action bar, are now

categorized into video and audio categories.

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When you want to focus on audio tracks, click Show Audio View at the top of the Expert view timeline (or press

Shift+A).

The Audio view enables or disables audio functionalities for users who are focussed on audio such that all the tools are

handy and available to use, with minimum impact to the timeline.

In Audio View, all audio tracks appear expanded while the video tracks are collapsed. This means that it is now easier

to focus on editing your audio tracks while your timeline remains intact.

Master volume

The master volume control appears on the right side of the track. If your project includes particularly loud audio clips

on multiple tracks, clipping (a staccato distortion) may occur. To avoid clipping,drag the level control down to reduce

the volume of the entire project.

Note: You cannot keyframe these controls.

Audio recording

Click Add Narration to directly record onto a track. The Narration dialog is displayed and the recorded clip is placed

on the target track. The Narration dialog can also be invoked from the Toolspanel. Using the Narration option from the

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

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Solo track playback

Click Solotrack to play a particular track without having to remove clips that overlap the track. When you select Solo

for a particular track, the other tracks are muted and will not feature in the output.

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

Display style for video and audio tracks

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

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

thumbnails.

Stand-alone audio clips are displayed in green while audio clips that are linked to a video clip are displayed in blue.

When you unlink an audio track from its video, it is displayed in green.

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Disable audio and video tracks

You can now choose to disable specific audio, video, voice, and music tracks by clicking

the corresponding toggle icons. Tracks that are disabled will not be present in the final output that you create using the

Export and share your videospanel.

Video and audio categories

For easier access, the Tools, , and that are available to you from the action bar, are now categorized into video and audio

categories.

Note: When in Audio View, the Action bar opens up with Audio categories selected. You can choose to switch to Video

categories and continue using the Video feature if required.

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

functionality of the Audio Meter.

More Help topics

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Workspace

The Adobe Premiere Elements workspace presents an easy-to-use interface for video enthusiasts. It organizes features

into Quick and Expert views based on their complexity. Also available to you is the Guided view and the elive tab for

additional resources.

Quick

The Quick view aggregates basic features that enthusiasts commonly use to quickly edit video footage and share with

others. It optimizes common tasks that you perform with clips, such as editing clips, creating menus for DVDs and Blu-

ray discs, and sharing movies.

Use the Quick view options to add titles, effects, and transitions, background music, and graphics to your clips. Pan or

zoom your clip, if necessary, or use Smart Trim for a crisper video. Use Instant Movie to automate movie creation steps.

Quick view timeline

The Quick view timeline contains the following tracks:

•Video: Edit your video clips and images in this track

•Titles: Add text titles to your clips here

•Sound: Add background music and other sounds to your movie

•Narration: Include recorded narrations for your movie here

The Quick view timeline displays each clip as a series of frames that span the entire clip length. You can trim unwanted

portions within individual frames and rearrange them. You can also swap the position of a clip with another to make a

coherent movie sequence.

Workflow initiation

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

of the invocation points to launch the desired workflow.

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

to add media to the timeline.

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

onto the timeline to get started.

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

is dropped onto the track.

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

onto the track.

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

create great videos quickly.

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

Guided

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

The Guided view provides instructions on how to perform various tasks in both Quick and Expert views. To start

exploring and using the available Guided Edits, click the Quick tab or the Expert tab and then click the Guided tab.

For more information, See Guided mode .

Expert

The Expert view includes advanced features and tools, such as Audio Mixer and Time Stretch, that professionals use to

perform intricate video editing tasks.

In addition to the panels available in the Quick view, the Expert view contains the Project assets panel.

This panel contains the media files you import into your Premiere Elements project. Use the panel options to organize

the files as a list or in a grid. The grid view displays a thumbnail for each file. If you add any media asset to the timeline,

a green icon appears below the thumbnail for the asset.

Expert view timeline

For more advanced editing, use the Expert view timeline. The Expert view timeline graphically represents your movie

project as video and audio clips arranged in vertically stacked tracks. When you capture video from a digital video

device, the clips appear sequentially as they occur.

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The Expert view timeline uses a time ruler to display the components of your movie and their relationship to each other

over time. You can trim and add scenes, indicate important frames with markers, add transitions, and control how clips

are blended or superimposed. The right-click options for the timeline are organized into easily accessible categories.

Compared to the Quick view, the Expert view timeline has more tracks.

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

eLive

The eLive tab helps access a stream of resources right from your workspace to get creative ideas for your videos and

become more proficient with Adobe Premiere Elements.

Welcome screen

When you first launch Adobe Premiere Elements, the Welcome screen is displayed. The product Welcome screen

includes options to launch all three products — Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements, and Elements Organizer. A

link to the trial version is available if any of the products is not installed on your computer.

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

arrow next to Video Editor.

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

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.

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

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

to you.

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Start screen

The Premiere Elements start screen makes it easier for you to initiate popular workflows. You have three new options

to start creating your videos. Hover your mouse over the options to learn more about it.

Click one of the options to start creating your video.

Add Media

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

mobile phones, and folders on your hard disk.

Create a template-based movie

Use readily available templates and start creating stunning videos. Clicking Create a template based movie, opens the

Create drop-down list. Select Video Story, Instant Movie, or Video Collage to start the desired creation workflow.

Tell your story using titles

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Enhance your movies with ready-to-use and customizable motion titles. Start by including motion title templates that

are preloaded with animated graphic presets, text, and background styles that can all be edited to suit your

requirements.

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

template of your choice and start creating your movie.

Learn video editing

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

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

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

Add Media panel

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

and edit them.

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

mobile phones, and folders on your hard disk.

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Action bar

The Action bar contains the following options:

Undo Reverses the action performed.

Redo Repeats the action performed.

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

Tool bar

All the editing controls and tools in Premiere Elements are grouped in the right panel and categorized in three

categories based on their functionality:

Fix

Adjust Lets you adjust the inherent properties of your clip, for example color and lighting. You can also use the Smart

Fix tool to enhance the quality of your video footage.

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

Tools Provides options that let you add cool effects to your video. For example, use Time Remapping and Smart Mix

to add sophisticated motion effects to your video. You can choose Smart Trim to let Premiere Elements automatically

edit your footage for a crisper video. For more information, see Tools .

Edit

Applied Effects Lets you view the properties of effects already applied to your clip. The panel provides various options

that enable you to modify the applied effects.

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Effects Shows special effects and presets you can apply to clips in your movie. To edit a special effect after applying it,

click Applied Effects to modify the properties in the Applied Effects panel. Compared to the Quick view, the Expert

view provides more effects that are organized under various categories. For more information, see .

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. For more information, see .

Add

Titles Contains pre-formatted title templates you can use in your movie. The Title contextual control appears

automatically when you apply a title to your movie for the first time. Use it to modify the title properties. To open the

Title contextual control later, double-click the title. The Expert view provides more title templates compared to the

Quick view. For more information, see Creating titles.

Music Lets you add theme music to your movie. You can select multiple music clips from here, and they are played in

the order selected. For more information, see .

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

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

Create panel

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

Instant Movie Automatically guides you through the movie creation process. It lets you quickly select movie templates

and edit clips. Instant Movie also lets you add theme-based effects, titles, transitions, and audio to your movie. You can

change settings as desired.

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

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

Export & Share panel

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

The Export & Share (previously called Publish +Share) panel contains everything you need, to save and share your

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

among others. The Export & Share option includes all the available export formats in a single panel. Individual tabs on

the Export & Share panel represent the various media options that you can choose from.

For more information, see Export and share your videos.

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Chapter 3: Creating a video project

Creating video collage

Collages are creative way to share your memories and tell the story at once. Photo Collages are the most popular

creations in this category and we are now bringing you Video Collage in Premiere Elements. However, it is not limited

to video memories — you can use your photos and videos to create fun and animated video collages. Choose from a list

of templates and quickly put together your memories to share with your family and friends.

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Create a video collage

Follow these easy steps to create video collage:

1Add media and select a template

2Customize video collage

3Save and export video collage

Add media and select a template

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

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

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

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

applied on those grids. For example, you can select a template with 3 grids and Slide In effect or a template with 5

grids and Rotate effect. Hover the mouse over a template to see the name of the effect, click to see the preview.

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

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

Elements Organizer Select Elements Organizer as the media source to open the Organizer window within Video

Collage workspace. Select the media you want to add and click Add Files.

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

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

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

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A Preview video B Preview image

5Customize the video collage by using contextual controls.

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

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Customize video collage

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

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

Pan/Move tool

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

Move: To move the grid’s content with the grid, click outside the pan tool and drag the selection.

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

Delete Delete the grid and media.

Note: Once deleted, you cannot add the grid. However, you can undo the delete operation and get the grid back.

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

and drag the media to the grid with which you want to swap the media. The trimmed setting of the swapped video is

also swapped. To replace the media with the one in the media bin, drag the media from the media bin to the grid.

Trim Media (Video only) Trim the clip to change the duration of your video or to define the frames you want to use.

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

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Video Collage settings

A Templates B Playback Settings C Add Music

Templates Change the template of your video collage with one of the templates available. To change the template,

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

Playback Settings Specify the playback settings for the collage.

One after another Play media one after another.

All together Play all media together.

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

click a music score or select a music score and click Apply. To remove background music from your video collage, select

No Background Music.

Preview video collage

Click to see the preview of your video collage instantly.

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Click Render for smooth playback.

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

Save and export video collage

Save a Video Collage Project

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

•In the Taskbar, click Save.

•Choose File >Save.

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

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

delete this file.

Open a Video Collage Project

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

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

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

Browse for the .vc file and click Open.

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Note: Do not place a file with the name placeholder.png at the location where your video collage is saved as this causes

Video Collage workspace to not load properly and you get the media offline error message.

Export a Video Collage

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

and share your video collage.

Export to timeline

Click Export to timeline to export your video collage as a video clip to the timeline. Select this option if you want to

make some edits and adjustments to your collage before sharing it.

Export & Share

The Export & Share option includes all the available export formats in a single panel. Individual tabs on the Export &

Share panel represent the various media options that you can choose from. You can export your video collage for

viewing on the web, mobile phone, computer, and more. For more information, see Export and share your videos.

Note: A video collage cannot be exported to a disc, or as an audio or image file. However, you can export your video collage

to timeline and then use the Export & Share option to burn a DVD.

Video Collage project settings

Video Collage supports composition in 4K or HD resolution. You can create video collage in any of the project settings,

however, to get the proper output on timeline create video collage with empty timeline or follow these steps:

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

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

If you create a video collage with empty timeline, the project settings are automatically switched to corresponding video

collage project (HD/4K).

Creating a project

Projects

Adobe Premiere Elements creates a project file for every new project that you want to publish or save to work on later.

You can also create a project before importing media.

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

and themes among others.

Project files are small in size. They include title files and references to the source files that you capture or import.

Because the project files store references, avoid moving, renaming, or deleting the source files so that Premiere

Elements can locate them.

For more information on importing media, see Add media.

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View available project presets and settings

When you create a project, you can view the default preset and settings by clicking the Change Settings button in the

New Project dialog. Adobe Premiere Elements automatically adjusts your project settings based on the type of media

you import.

To view available project presets and settings:

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

2Click Change Settings.

For more information, see Adjust project settings and presets.

Start a new project

1Do one of the following:

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

•If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New > Project.

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

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

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

You can open only one project at a time. To ensure that Adobe Premiere Elements can open an existing project, ensure

that both the project file (.PRE) and the source files are accessible on your computer.

Do one of the following:

•In the Welcome screen, click Video Editor and then click Existing Project. Choose the project name. (If the

project isn’t listed, choose Open, select the project file, and click Open.)

•If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, choose File > Open Project or Open Recent Project; then select the project

file, and click Open.

•In Windows, double-click the project file.

Note: Adobe Premiere Elements can open projects you create in earlier versions. However, previous versions

cannot open projects you create in later versions. If you have multiple versions of Adobe Premiere Elements

installed, open a project from within the software. Alternatively, right-click/ctrl-click the file and choose the

application.

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Create a video story

You can use your photos and videos to create an impactful story of a life event. The Video Story option from the Create

menu helps you present your photos and videos of an event (for example, a wedding) in a story format through a

structured step—by—step workflow. You are guided through a sequence of organizing your assets in chapters and adding

narration, captions, music, and other elements.

With options such as selecting a mood from built-in choices (for example, Sentimental and Classic), you can magically

transform your video story into an extraordinary experience.

Create a video story

Follow these steps to create a video story:

1Click Create > Video Story.

Or

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

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

the tips.

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

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

Note: Close and relaunch the application if you want to view the tips again.

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

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

downloaded for that theme.

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

of the selected theme.

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

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

in the Video Story workflow.

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

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

from one of these media sources:

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

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

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

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

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

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

story assets. Press Ctrl + A to select all the clips and then Delete to remove them from the selected story asset. The

file is not removed from the location in which it is saved.

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

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

made up of multiple chapters.

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

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

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

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

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

video. Similarly, the Story Credits video is the last video of the video story. You can add as many video clips to

the other chapters, but only one video can be added to each Story Title and Story Credits chapters.

Note: Press Ctrl + S to save while working on your video story to save your work incrementally.

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

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

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

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

story.

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

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

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

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

which they are played in a chapter.

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

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

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For a quick editing to hide, delete, and overall view of the organization of clips in various chapters, switch to

Overview from the top pane.

Preview Chapter: You can click play in the Story Chapters pane to preview a chapter. For more information, read the

section Preview a chapter.

If your video story inlcudes image assets, Premiere Elements automatically uses Pan and Zoom for these assets. You

can choose to disable Pan and Zoom for all or some of the images in your video story.

10 You can perform the following functions in Detail View:

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

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

in the Story Chapters pane.

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

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

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

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

chapter.

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

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

details, read the section Add captions and narration to the workflow.

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

Add captions and narration to the workflow.

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

Change the Mood setting of the chapter.

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

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