Adobe Premiere Elements 8: classroom in a book

Cover......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 5
WHAT’S ON THE DISC......Page 4
 Prerequisites......Page 10
 Copying the Classroom in a Book Files......Page 12
 Additional Resources......Page 13
 Adobe Certification......Page 14
1 THE WORLD OF DIGITAL VIDEO......Page 15
 The Adobe Premiere Elements Workspace......Page 17
 Working in the Organizer......Page 19
 Working with Photoshop.com......Page 29
 Review Answers......Page 32
2 GETTING READY TO EDIT......Page 33
 Setting Up a New Project......Page 35
 Diagnosing Settings-related Issues......Page 36
 Working with Project Preferences......Page 39
 Customizing the Workspace......Page 41
 Review Answers......Page 43
3 VIDEO CAPTURE AND IMPORT......Page 45
 Capturing Video with Adobe Premiere Elements......Page 47
 Capture Interfaces......Page 48
 Capturing Tape-based or Live Video......Page 49
 Capturing with the Capture Panel......Page 56
 Using the Media Downloader......Page 60
 Importing Content from Your Hard Disk......Page 63
 Review Answers......Page 64
4 ORGANIZING YOUR CONTENT......Page 65
 Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 67
 Working in the Organize Workspace......Page 68
 Finding Clips in Media View......Page 70
 Tagging in the Organizer......Page 73
 Working with Project View......Page 88
 Review Answers......Page 94
5 EDITING VIDEO......Page 95
 Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 97
 Working with the Monitor Panel......Page 98
 Working with the My Project Panel in the Sceneline......Page 103
 Using the Split Clip Tool in the Sceneline......Page 108
 Working with the My Project Panel in the Timeline......Page 110
 Editing in the Timeline......Page 112
 Using the Split Clip Tool in the Timeline......Page 115
 Working in Smart Trim Mode......Page 117
 Review Answers......Page 122
6 WORKING WITH EFFECTS......Page 123
 Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 125
 Using Effects......Page 126
 Working with SmartFix......Page 128
 Perfecting Your Clips......Page 131
 Changing Playback Speed......Page 139
 Working with Keyframes......Page 140
 Using Keyframes to Animate Effects......Page 146
 Copying Effects from One Clip to Another......Page 149
 Creating a Picture-in-Picture Overlay......Page 150
 Compositing Two Clips Using Videomerge......Page 152
 Changing Speed Using the Time Stretch Tool......Page 153
 Working with Motion Tracking......Page 154
 Working with Effect Masking......Page 156
 Exploring on Your Own......Page 157
 Review Answers......Page 158
7 CREATING TRANSITIONS......Page 159
 Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 161
 Working with Transitions......Page 162
 Exploring on Your Own......Page 176
 Review Answers......Page 177
8 TITLES AND CREDITS......Page 179
 Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 181
 Creating a Simple Title......Page 182
 Modifying Text......Page 184
 Superimposing a Title over Video Clips......Page 194
 Creating a Rolling Credit......Page 198
 Using Title Templates......Page 200
 Exploring on Your Own......Page 201
 Review Answers......Page 202
9 WORKING WITH SOUND......Page 203
 Viewing the Completed Movie for the First Exercise......Page 205
 Creating Background Music with SmartSound......Page 206
 Adding Narration......Page 208
 Adjusting Project Volume with SmartMix......Page 209
 Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Track......Page 212
 Exploring on Your Own......Page 222
 Review Answers......Page 223
10 WORKING WITH MOVIE THEMES......Page 225
 About Movie Themes......Page 227
 Exploring on Your Own......Page 231
 Review Answers......Page 232
11 CREATING MENUS......Page 233
 Getting Started......Page 235
 Understanding DVDs and Blu-ray Discs......Page 236
 Manually Adding Scene Markers......Page 238
 Creating an Auto-play Disc......Page 240
 Automatically Generating Scene Markers......Page 241
 Creating a Disc with Menus......Page 244
 Modifying Scene Marker Buttons......Page 247
 Working with Submenus......Page 250
 Customizing Menus in Properties View......Page 254
 Customizing Menus with Video, Still Images, and Audio......Page 255
 Animating Buttons......Page 258
 Changing Menu Button Text Properties......Page 261
 Burning DVDs or Blu-ray Discs......Page 264
 Review Answers......Page 267
12 SHARING MOVIES......Page 269
 Getting Started......Page 271
 Viewing the Completed Movie for the First Exercise......Page 272
 Uploading to YouTube......Page 273
 Uploading to Photoshop.com......Page 275
 Sharing on Your Personal Computer......Page 278
 Adding a Quick Share Preset......Page 281
 Exporting to Mobile Phones and Players......Page 282
 Preparing to Export to Tape......Page 283
 Exporting to Tape......Page 285
 Exporting a Frame of Video as a Still Image......Page 288
 Review Answers......Page 290
13 WORKING WITH ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS......Page 291
 Getting Started......Page 293
 Using the Send To Command in Adobe Photoshop Elements......Page 296
 Moving Images Manually into Adobe Premiere Elements......Page 299
 Creating a New Adobe Photoshop File Optimized for Video......Page 302
 Editing an Adobe Photoshop Image in Adobe Premiere Elements......Page 310
 Review Answers......Page 314
 B......Page 315
 E......Page 316
 K......Page 317
 P......Page 318
 T......Page 319
 Z......Page 320