ADOBE® PREMIERE® ELEMENTS Help and tutorials 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? Twitter™ and Facebook posts are not covered under the terms of Creative Commons. Legal Notices | Online Privacy Policy 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 To the top Quick and Expert views for new and advanced users 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 To the top New features in the Quick view 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.