Learning Premiere Elements 2018

Get up and running with Premiere Elements 2018, the easy-to-use video editing software that can help you turn your video clips into professional looking movies.

Introduction

• What is Premiere Elements 2018?
• Using the exercise files
• An introduction to the interface
• What is eLive?

1. Gathering Your Media

• Getting video from a camcorder
• Adding media from your hard drive
• Understanding the Elements Organizer
• Tools in the Project Assets panel

2. Basic Editing

• Quick view vs. Expert view
• Trimming, splitting, and rippling clips
• The Guided Edits library
• Pre-trimming in the Clip Monitor

3. The Premiere Elements Toolkit

• Exploring the toolbar
• Adding narration
• Using the Pan & Zoom tool
• Shifting speeds with Time Remapping
• Using the Motion Tracking tool
• Editing clips with the Smart Trim tool
• Grabbing frames with Candid Moments
• Building movies with the Video Story tool
• Splits screens with the Video Collage tool

4. Adjustments and Effects

• Makings adjustments to audio and video
• Adding and customizing video effects
• Using Chroma Key and Videomerge
• Adjust color tone
• Grading color with Hollywood Looks
• Applying effects with adjustment layers
• Removing shake with the video stabilizer
• Removing haze and fog from your videos

5. Working with Audio

• Exploring tools in the Audio view
• Applying and customizing audio effects
• Creating custom music with scores
• Mixing your music to custom lengths

6. Adding Transitions

• Adding and customizing fade ins and outs
• Adding and customizing transitions

7. Working with Titles

• Adding and customizing titles
• Adding animations to text
• Working with motion title templates

8. Keyframing

• The basics of keyframing
• Animating effects
• Mixing audio levels with keyframes

9. Adding DVD Menus

• Adding menu markers to your movie
• Adding menus to your movie
• Adding bonus features to your movie

10. Outputting Your Movie

• Burning a DVD or disc ISO file
• Sharing your movie online
• Outputting your movie for playback on any device

Conclusion

• Next steps