Hello people, welcome to this video! Let's see in a short time all the
main and basic features you need to know to start using Premiere Elements
2018 as a beginner.
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Premiere Elements is one of the best video editing solutions for both
beginners and experts, in order to create customized videos and slideshows
with a simple and direct interface. In respect to Premiere Pro CC, this
does not require a subscription plan at all.
When you open Premiere Elements a dialog box opens, showing the three main
products inside Adobe Elements 2018. Photo Editor opens Photoshop Elements
2018, used to correct and adjust your favorite photos; Organizer opens
Elements Organizer 2018, to manage and collect your media inside albums and
collections; Video Editor opens Premiere Elements 2018.
Check out our full guide link in the video description to learn more about
Photoshop Elements and Organizer!
Premiere Elements has four different workspaces, all listed on top. The
eLive page shows all the latest news, updates and tutorials from Adobe; the
Quick workspace is used to create your own video by using a simple
Storyboard view; the Guided workspace lists several adjustments and
professional tools you can apply to your media; and the Expert workspace is
used to create your own videos through a professional interface, that uses
Audio and Video Tracks instead of Storyboards.
In this video we will see the Quick and Guided workspaces. If you want
to know more about the Expert one, check out our related videos in this
guide!
The Quick workspace is divided in several parts, such as the main Preview,
the project timeline below, and several useful tools on the extreme right.
With Premiere Elements you can create your videos in two ways: by using
guided and ready templates with the Create button, or make customized
videos with all the features inside the software. In this video, we will
show you to create your video on your own.
To start editing, you have to import all the necessary media, such as
video, pictures and audio files. You can go to Add Media in the top left
corner, to import your files from Adobe Organizer, from any camera or
webcam, or from your own computer folders and hard drives. You can also
import media by dragging and dropping it directly from your folders to the
project timeline.
All imported media are collected inside the several rows or Tracks inside
the project Timeline. The Title Tracks, on top, is used to import any
text; the main Video Track collects all videos and pictures; and the two
Audio Tracks at the bottom are used to add any speech recording or music.
Each file imported is shown as a small rectangle, called clip.
The basic idea of using Storyboards inside the Timeline is made to create
videos by simply collecting a sequence of clips in time, one after another.
You can use the main Preview to check the timeline content you made, exactly
where the red playhead is placed. You can click on the grey line above to
place it and check a particular instant in time. You can also click and
drag the playhead to check your project frame after frame in time. Whereas,
the playback your video use the player right below the Preview.
Now, let's see how to edit and adjust your media inside the Timeline.
Use the zoom bar on the right to zoom in and out the Timeline content.
You can change the order of the clips by clicking and dragging one before
or after another clip in time.
If you right-click on a clip, you can cut, copy, delete, and rotate it by
90 degrees. If you make any mistake, you can undo and redo your past
actions made by using the Undo and Redo buttons at the bottom.
To split a clip in two independent pieces, fix the red playhead properly
and then click on the scissors button close to it. Whereas, to trim clips
in time, you can click and drag from their edges and shorten them as
needed. Trimmed clips will show a small icon on a corner, indicating that
part of the clip content has been cut.
Pay attention that you can't stretch video or audio clips over their
original duration in time. Audio clips can be stretched and remixed to
fit the new duration in time.
You can also use the Preview to edit and size your clips.
When you click on a clip, you will select it, this will be highlighted
in blue color. At this point, if you click on the Preview, you can apply
some quick editing on the clip itself. For example, you can move the clip
by clicking and dragging it, scale it by using the blue nodes, and rotate
it by dragging from outside. You can fix the rotation point by moving the
anchor point.
Premiere Elements has advanced features and tools to make your video
special and professional, all collected inside the toolbar on the right,
and divided in several sections, such as Fix to adjust your clips; Edit to
modify clips and apply effects; and Add to insert extra content. Let's take
a look.
The Fix section is made by Adjustments and Tools. The Adjustments apply
quick corrections on the clip that is selected from the Timeline. If you
select a picture, you will get all video adjustments; if you select audio,
you will get corrections for Volume and stereo Balance; if you select
videos you will get both video and audio adjustments.
Some of these adjustments are made automatically. For example, if you go to
Smart Fix, you just have to click on Apply to make corrections.
Other video adjustments, such as Color, Lightning and Temperature and Tint,
provide several templates ready to use, that you can apply by clicking on
one. If you want to apply customized adjustments, just click on More below.
As for sound adjustments, you can correct volume and balance by using the
bars you see.
When you apply adjustments or effects on clips, these will show a small fx
icon in a corner.
All adjustments applied show a green circle on the right. If you do not
like a correction, you can disable it by using the eye icon, or remove it
definitely by clicking on Reset.
You can also apply visual adjustments on the entire project and not on
single clips by enabling the Entire Movie button on top.
Besides the Adjustments, you have the Tools for the most advanced
corrections for your clip, each with their own guided interface. Check
them out!
The Edit section collects all the visual effects available inside Premiere
Elements. The first button opens the Applied Effects panel, which list all
the effects applied on the clip selected from the Timeline; the second
button opens the Effects panel, with all the visual effects available,
depending on the category chosen on top; and the third button opens the
Transitions panel, which are special effects used to make clips appear and
disappear.
By default, all visual clips such as pictures and videos have two effects
not removable, such as Motion and Opacity. Motion collects all the basic
properties of the clip, such as position, scaling and rotation. Opacity
sets its transparency level instead.
Besides these, you can add other effects to the clip by dragging and
dropping another one from the Effects panel. This will be listed in the
Applied Effects panel, with its own options and settings you can change.
All these effects are applied by following the list, from top to bottom:
if you change this order, the final appearance of the clip may also change
according to it. You can move an effect up or down by clicking and dragging
it.
Besides each effect, you have several useful icons. The eye icon enables
and disables the effect; the Reset button resets the effect settings; and
the Bin button removes the effect from the list.
Transitions are special effects the make clips appear and disappear.
Choose a Transition from its panel, and drag and drop it at the beginning
or the ending part of a clip, or between two clips. Then, set its duration,
and check its effect on the Preview.
The added transition is indicated through its small icon in a corner. You
can edit its settings again by double-clicking on it. To change the effect
of the transition, just drop another on its icon.
The Add section collects everything to add extra content, such as titles,
music samples and visual graphics, that you can pick and drop directly on
your timeline Tracks. Let's see the titles in detail.
Inside Premiere Elements you have two main text templates: the Classic
Titles and the Motion Titles, selectable from the list on top of the Titles
panel.
Classic Titles are simple pieces of text that can have animations and basic
geometrical shapes inside. Type directly on the Preview, and use the
Adjustments palette to set the text font, style, size, distribution and
color. Under Animation, choose your favorite animation, and click on the
Apply button to add it. Under Shapes, choose your favorite shape, its color,
and draw it on the Preview.
Each of these elements can be edited by holding CTRL down, in order to
move, scale and rotate them.
Motion Titles are complex title templates made by Text content, visual
shapes called Graphics, and the overall Background, which can be different
from the timeline clip themselves.
You can move and scale these directly on the Preview, and use the
Adjustments palette to manage the appearance of the element you have
selected from the Preview, so the text style and any animations under Text,
the visual appearance of the shapes under Graphics, and the image
background and its opacity under Background.
For more amazing and professional tools, you can use the Guided workspace.
This lists several video and audio adjustments you can apply to your media
step by step, by using either the Quick or the Expert workspace. Check it
out!
When your video is ready, save and render it!
To save your project, go to File and then go to Save As... This will save
your project as a .prel file format, collecting any of your media, settings,
and adjustments applied on each of them.
To playback and upload the final video of your project, you have to render
it. To do so, go to Export & Share in the top right corner. Its dialog box
shows several options in order to choose the correct settings depending on
the destination. Under Quick Export, you can render your video to your
computer with a standard .mp4 file format. Under Devices, you can render
your video with the best settings for either your Computer, TV or Mobile
device, choosing resolution, format and quality. Under Disc, you can burn
your video to any disc. Under Online, you can render and upload your
video on YouTube, Facebook or Vimeo, with a resolution up to HD 1080p.
Choose Audio to render the audio part of the project, and Image to
save a single frame of your project or a GIF file on it.
Once you have fixed the setup, choose the file name, the Destination folder
below, and then go to Save to start rendering!
Thanks for watching this video! Check out the following video in this guide
to discover more about Expert workspace inside Premiere Elements 2018!