Adobe Premiere Elements 9 Classroom in a Book

CONTENTS......Page 5
About Classroom in a Book......Page 10
Prerequisites......Page 11
Copying the Classroom in a Book Files......Page 12
Additional Resources......Page 13
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 questions and 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 40
Customizing the Workspace......Page 42
Review questions and answers......Page 44
3 VIDEO CAPTURE AND IMPORT......Page 45
Capturing Video with Premiere Elements......Page 47
Capture Interfaces......Page 48
Capturing Tape-based or Live Video......Page 49
Capturing with the Capture Panel......Page 54
Using the Video Importer......Page 57
Importing Content from Your Hard Drive......Page 62
Review questions and answers......Page 63
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 87
Review questions and answers......Page 92
5 EDITING VIDEO......Page 93
Viewing the Completed Movie Before You Start......Page 95
Working with the Monitor Panel......Page 96
Working with the My Project Panel in the Sceneline......Page 99
Using the Split Clip Tool in the Sceneline......Page 105
Working with the My Project Panel in the Timeline......Page 106
Editing in the Timeline......Page 109
Using the Split Clip Tool in the Timeline......Page 112
Working in Smart Trim Mode......Page 114
Review questions and answers......Page 119
6 WORKING WITH EFFECTS......Page 121
Using Effects......Page 123
Working with SmartFix......Page 126
Perfecting Your Clips......Page 129
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 148
Creating a Picture-in-Picture Overlay......Page 149
Compositing Two Clips Using Videomerge......Page 150
Changing Speed Using the Time Stretch Tool......Page 152
Working with Motion Tracking......Page 153
Working with Effect Masking......Page 155
Exploring on Your Own......Page 156
Review questions and answers......Page 157
7 CREATING TRANSITIONS......Page 159
Working with Transitions......Page 161
Exploring on Your Own......Page 177
Review questions and answers......Page 178
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 questions and 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 209
Adjusting Project Volume with SmartMix......Page 211
Adjusting the Volume of an Audio Track......Page 213
Exploring on Your Own......Page 223
Review questions and answers......Page 224
10 WORKING WITH MOVIE THEMES......Page 225
About Movie Themes......Page 227
Exploring on Your Own......Page 231
Review questions and 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 243
Modifying Scene Marker Buttons......Page 246
Working with Submenus......Page 250
Customizing Menus in Properties View......Page 253
Customizing Menus with Video, Still Images, and Audio......Page 255
Animating Buttons......Page 258
Changing Menu Button Text Properties......Page 261
Creating Web DVDs......Page 264
Burning DVDs or Blu-ray Discs......Page 266
Review questions and answers......Page 270
12 SHARING MOVIES......Page 271
Getting Started......Page 273
Viewing the Completed Movie for the First Exercise......Page 274
Uploading to YouTube......Page 275
Uploading to Photoshop.com......Page 277
Sharing on Your Personal Computer......Page 280
Exporting to Mobile Phones and Players......Page 285
Preparing to Export to Tape......Page 286
Exporting to Tape......Page 288
Exporting a Frame of Video as a Still Image......Page 290
Review questions and answers......Page 292
13 WORKING WITH PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS......Page 293
Getting Started......Page 295
Using the Edit Videos Command in Photoshop Elements......Page 297
Loading an Album from Photoshop Elements......Page 300
Creating a New Photoshop File Optimized for Video......Page 302
Customizing a Title in Photoshop Elements......Page 303
Editing a Photoshop Image in Premiere Elements......Page 309
Review questions and answers......Page 312
C......Page 313
E......Page 314
N......Page 315
S......Page 316
U......Page 317
Z......Page 318