Adobe Premiere Elements Basic Techniques Kerrie Street
Dec 31, 2015
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
• Available on emarketing wikispace• http://emarketing.westernsydneyinstitute.wikispaces.net/
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?