Adobe Premiere Elements

Basic TechniquesKerrie Street

How do I get Adobe Suite?

• At TAFE – it should be installed on your PC. If not, log a Help Desk Call

Adobe @ Home

• At home – Creative Suite – http://sigroup.com.au/ – Adobe CS4 Collection for Windows or MAC– $93.50 delivered to TAFE address

• CS5 is currently in BETA mode.• MSOffice2007 also at this website

Download Footage from Camera

• Canon HD – new in each college– Camera needs Power – must be plugged into

socket– Connect to PC using USB cord– From viewfinder, press the camera/PC symbol– Select PC– Follow the prompts

Download Footage Cont’d

• The Camera will be identified as a Hard Drive• Open the following folders in order:– AVCHD; BMDV; Stream

• Copy the files to your PC Location.• A detailed guide will be available on the

eLearning Toolkit

Open Premiere Elements

• Media files are now on your PC.• Open Premiere Elements – be patient it takes

a few minutes

New Project

• New Project• Name and Save it to

the C drive for easier manipulation

Get Media

• Get Media allows you to drag in multiple files

• PC Files and Folders– Browse in the normal

manner– Open

Activation Code?

• If you are asked for an activation code, follow these steps ... Yes it is tedious– Copy– Click on website link– Authenticate

ID Code

• Paste the ID; Add County and Product

Unlock Key

• Return to Premiere Elements and paste in the Unlock Key

View media

• Your Media is then imported

• Save the Project – this needs to be done regularly as this program tends to freeze

Sceneline/Timeline View

• Drag and Drop the media to the Timeline• It is easier to work in Timeline View

Delete Content

• Determine which section to cut out.

• Pause the video, click on the Scissors and it will put a cut in the timeline

• Right click and Delete and Close Gap

Empty Tracks

• Delete Empty Video/Audio Tracks – 2 and 3 shown here

• Right click; delete empty tracks

Adjustments

• Adjust Brightness ; Adjust Audio– the yellow line can be moved higher or lower with

the mouse

Add Narration

• Raw footage Audio is often distorted

• Add Narration• Adjust the

microphone as per instructions

• It takes a bit of practice to get the audio just right.

Delete Audio/Insert Narration

• Right Click on Audio File; Delete Audio

• Push the Narration File into the Audio Track

Create Soundtrack

• Premiere Elements has a number of SmartSound Tracks to choose from

• Click to select music– Mozart Night is

Chamber music of moderate intensity

Add Soundtrack

• Click and drag before or after the Audio.

• Note, I have split my soundtrack and sandwiched the Audio in-between.

EDIT – Effects; Transitions; Titles

• This section takes a bit of playing to get it right.

• As you can see here I have applied an effect called Extract.

EDIT –Transitions

• The Curtain transition has been used here

• The image appears as if from behind a curtain

EDIT –Titles

• Add an opening screen and/or final Credits

• Click and Drag into position

• Click to edit text boxes

WSI/OTEN Logos

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Videos+for+YouTube

• Video Template• Save to local machine, insert via Get Media• Drop at the beginning or end of the Video

Publish

• Share – How?• Many Options– YouTube is popular

YouTube Publishing

• Sign In• Add Video

information• Allow Public

viewing• Upload• Share

Complete

Strelitzia’s can be viewed at

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnrX9Hu8Itw

• Next session – look at setting up YouTube Channels and some more editing tips.

Any Questions?