Premiere Elements 10 Essential Training

Breaks down the Premiere Elements editing workflow, covering everything from setting up a project to exporting the final video to any format.

Premiere Elements 10 Essential Training breaks down the editing workflow into bite-sized pieces, covering everything from setting up a project to exporting the final video to any format. Author David Basulto introduces the basics of editing in Adobe Premiere Elements as well as the advanced features like picture-in-picture overlays and audio and visual effects.

Introduction

• Welcome
• How to use the exercise files

1. What is Premiere Elements

• Understanding the interface
• An overview of the editing workflow

2. Starting Your First Elements Project

• Creating a new project
• Importing media
• Capturing media
• Managing media
• Missing media and correctly saving projects

3. Adding, Arranging, and Deleting Clips

• Sceneline or Timeline?
• Adding, arranging, and deleting clips in the Sceneline
• Adding, arranging, and deleting clips in the Timeline
• Modifying clips with the context menu
• Rendering: What is the red bar?

4. Basic Editing

• Adjusting clip length in the Preview window
• Adjusting clip length in the Sceneline
• Adjusting clip length in the Timeline
• Playing with time: Freeze, change speed, and duration
• Splitting and moving clips
• Applying transitions: Getting from scene to scene

5. Applying and Editing Video Effects

• Applying effects to clips
• The new Pan and Zoom tool
• Adjusting the position, scale, and rotation of clips, and creating picture-in-picture effects
• Using the Tracker
• Using the Effects Mask tool
• Videomerge and Green Screen
• Creating and using effect presets
• Making color adjustments using effects

6. Animating Effects and Clips

• Understanding animation
• Animating video effects
• Using keyframes with motion effects
• Working with keyframes directly in the Timeline

7. Create, Add, Edit, and Mix Audio

• Recording voiceovers and narration
• Using SmartSound for great music soundtracks
• Applying audio effects
• Mixing audio with SmartMixer

8. Creating Titles

• Creating and animating text
• Creating lower thirds
• Using style presets and templates

9. Automation

• The Auto-Analyzer
• InstantMovie and themes
• Smart Trim

10. DVD Creation

• Creating your first DVD
• Creating Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, and web DVDs

11. Exporting and Sharing Movies

• Sharing your project to YouTube
• Sharing your project to a video file
• Sharing your project to a mobile device

Conclusion

• Goodbye