Adobe Premier Elements 7 Movie Making Software Tutorial

Start a new project

Name your project and save it to the DESKTOP!

Name it so you can find it again! “Your name and title”

You need to put your clips on the desktop in the folder you made.

A note on the Desktop We need to save media files where there is more space It is your desktop when you log on, not anyone else’s Name your folder so you can find it Include a relevant file name, ie Women’s Achievement Project

Find your media, clips, and import them

Find them on the desktop

Select all your files.

They show up here

Then you begin editing them here.

Drag your clips to the sceneline (or timeline)

Choose a task in the Edit Tab Project: where your clips are stored Themes: styles of production effects Effects: video or audio effects you can use to change your clips Transitions: how the clips can flow together Titles: types of words and shapes you can put on the or between the clips

Choose one of these transitions

Add Transitions to the Sceneline

Or to the timeline

Regular selection tool = press V key on the keyboard Razor tool, cuts clips = press C key Time stretch tool, makes clips move slower or take longer Or move faster, take shorter time = press X key Tools and shortcuts (Choose the Regular tool, V key, because the other ones can’t do everything)

Add a title to the start, here…

Double click the title, to get a menu

Adding Narration

Recording…

Turn your Premier file into a Movie

Choose Personal Computer

Choose MPEG

Change the Presets NTSC DVD STANDARD

NAME IT Name it

Save In – Browse to Desktop Save it to the desktop

Click Save & Wait… Click Save