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  2. Introduction to Adobe Premiere Elements
    1. What's new in Premiere Elements
    2. System requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Guided mode
    5. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    6. GPU accelerated rendering
  3. Workspace and workflow
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    6. Creating Highlight Reel
    7. Create a video story
    8. Creating Instant Movies
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    12. GPU accelerated rendering
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    1. Add media
    2. Guidelines for adding files
    3. Set duration for imported still images
    4. 5.1 audio import
    5. Working with offline files
    6. Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
    7. Creating specialty clips
    8. Work with aspect ratios and field options
  6. Arranging clips
    1. Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline
    2. Group, link, and disable clips
    3. Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline
    4. Working with clip and timeline markers
  7. Editing clips
    1. Reduce noise
    2. Select object
    3. Candid Moments
    4. Color Match
    5. Smart Trim
    6. Change clip speed and duration
    7. Split clips
    8. Freeze and hold frames
    9. Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit
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    12. Working with source clips
    13. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
    14. Trim clips
    15. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    16. Artistic effects
  8. Applying transitions
    1. Applying transitions to clips
    2. Transition basics
    3. Adjusting transitions
    4. Adding Transitions between video clips - Guided Edit
    5. Create special transitions
    6. Create a Luma Fade Transition effect - Guided Edit
  9. Special effects basics
    1. Effects reference
    2. Applying and removing effects
    3. Create a black and white video with a color pop - Guided Edit
    4. Time remapping - Guided edit
    5. Effects basics
    6. Working with effect presets
    7. Finding and organizing effects
    8. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    9. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    10. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    11. Best practices to create a time-lapse video
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    1. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    2. Transparency and superimposing
    3. Reposition, scale, or rotate clips with the Motion effect
    4. Apply an Effects Mask to your video
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    6. Create a Glass Pane effect - Guided Edit
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    8. Applying effects using Adjustment layers
    9. Adding Title to your movie
    10. Removing haze
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    14. Add FilmLooks effects
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    16. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    17. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    18. Animated Sky - Guided edit
    19. Select object
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    21. Double exposure- Guided Edit
  11. Special audio effects
    1. Mix audio and adjust volume with Adobe Premiere Elements
    2. Audio effects
    3. Adding sound effects to a video
    4. Adding music to video clips
    5. Create narrations
    6. Using soundtracks
    7. Music Remix
    8. Adding Narration to your movie - Guided Edit
    9. Adding Scores to your movie - Guided edit
  12. Movie titles
    1. Creating titles
    2. Adding shapes and images to titles
    3. Adding color and shadows to titles
    4. Editing and formatting text
    5. Motion Titles
    6. Exporting and importing titles
    7. Arranging objects in titles
    8. Designing titles for TV
    9. Applying styles to text and graphics
    10. Adding a video in the title
  13. Disc menus
    1. Creating disc menus
    2. Working with menu markers
    3. Types of discs and menu options
    4. Previewing menus
  14. Sharing and exporting your movies
    1. Export and share your videos
    2. Sharing for PC playback
    3. Compression and data-rate basics
    4. Common settings for sharing

Overview

The Quick view sceneline provides a stage on which you can quickly arrange your clips into a movie. The Quick view sceneline displays images and video clips as individual thumbnails. Use the Quick view sceneline to trim a video or combine video clips, photos, titles, music, and more into a unique production. You can also add captions, transitions, and special effects to your media.

Quick view timeline
Quick view sceneline

A. Freeze frame B. Rotate right C. Delete D. Render E. Playback controls F. Audio preview controls G. Program monitor settings H. Play full screen I. Add audio from computer J. Add music K. More options (add title or media) L. Add media M. Add transition N. Auto pan and zoom O. Change image duration P. Edit video clip Q. More options (for video) R. More options (for caption) S. Edit caption text T. Change caption duration 

Some of the key features accessible through the Quick view sceneline are as follows:

  • Freeze frame: Freezes a specific frame from the media in your sceneline and saves it as a picture. For more information about freeze frames, see Freeze and hold frames.
  • Render: Renders the layers and effects on the media in your sceneline to create a smooth playback. For information about rendering, see Render an area for preview.
  • Audio preview controls > Volume slider: Adjusts the volume in the preview of the movie.
  • Program monitor settings:
    • Playback quality: Sets the quality as Automatic, Highest, Medium, or Lowest.
    • Magnification: Changes the size of the program monitor according to one of the available percentage options.
  • Play full screen: Plays your media in full screen mode.
  • Add transition: Adds transition effects before or after your media, or in between two media. Click each icon to add an effect from the Transitions panel. For more infomation, see Apply transitions in the Quick view timeline.
  • More options (add title or media):
    • Add Title: Click to add a motion title from the Titles panel. Drag a title from the pre-defined options and drop it in the sceneline to start creating your movie.
    • Add Media: Click to add media to the sceneline through the following options:
      • Files and folders: Adds media from your computer’s hard drive or other storage devices.
      • Elements Organizer: Adds media from albums in Elements Organizer.

For information about customizing your media in the quick view sceneline, see Customize your media.

The Quick view timeline provides a stage on which you can quickly arrange your clips into a movie. It displays each clip as a series of frames that span the entire clip length. Move the slider to the right to zoom out and see your entire video. Move the slider to the left to zoom in and see a clip in more detail. The Quick view timeline has the following tracks:

  • Title: Add a title for your clip on this track

  • Video: Edit your video on this track

  • Sound: Place background music and other sounds

  • Narration: Add a narration for your clip to this track

Use the Quick view timeline to quickly assemble your clips into a movie. Click the scissor icon on the current-time indicator to split a clip and remove an unwanted portion. You can also use the panels in the Action bar to add titles, transitions, special effects, and music to your clips.

Quick view timeline

Customize your media

Premiere Elements 2019

You can do the following to customize your media in the quick view sceneline:

Add caption

You can add a caption to your media (video clip or image).

  1. Click a video clip or an image. 

    The caption panel with the Add caption text icon appears. 

    Caption panel
    Caption panel with the Add caption text icon

  2. Click the Add caption text icon. 

    The Add text textbox appears on your media. The Add caption text icon in the captions panel changes to the Edit Captions icon. The captions panel also displays the Change caption duration icon and the More options icon .

  3. Inside the Add text textbox on your media, type the caption text.

    The Adjustments panel appears.

  4. From the Adjustments panel, apply adjustments to the caption through the following tabs:

    • Text: Adjust the font, style, size, color, properties, alignment, and modes.
    • Style: Apply a style from various pre-defined styles.
    • Animation: To apply an animation, click it and then click the Apply button.
    • Shapes: Apply a shape, color, and mode.

  5. To edit a caption, click the Edit Caption icon and modify the caption text.

    Edit Caption icon
    Edit Caption icon

  6. To change the duration of a caption, click the Change caption duration icon in the captions panel.

    Change caption duration icon
    Change caption duration icon

    Quick view allows only one caption per media. The default duration of the caption is 5 seconds. If the duration of the media is greater than the default duration of the caption, that is, 5 seconds, the Starting slider is enabled. Move the Starting slider to set the starting point of the caption. 

  7. To use more options to customize your caption, click  in the captions panel. For more information, see Use more options.

Add transition

From the quick view sceneline, you can add transition effects to your media using the Add transition icon.

  1. Depending on where you want to add a transition effect, click the Add transition icon before or after your media, or in between two media.

    Add transition icons before, in between, and after media

    The Transitions panel opens on the right side of the screen.

  2. From the Transitions panel, drag a transition and drop it on the appropriate Add transition icon in the quick view sceneline.

    The color of the nearest Add transition icon changes to green while you drag a transition. After you drop the transition, the color of the Add transition icon changes to orange. Also, the Transition Adjustments dialog box opens.

  3. In the Transition Adjustments dialog box, you can do the following:

    • In the Duration field, set the duration of the transition in seconds. The default duration is 1 second.
    • Click the Delete icon to delete the transition effect, if applied already.
    • Click the Replace transition icon to replace the current transition effect with another transition effect. The Transitions panel opens if it is closed.
    Replace transition icon

    • Click Apply to apply the transition adjustments.
    • Click Apply to all to apply the transition adjustments across all transition points (Add transition icons) in the quick view sceneline.

Add music

From the quick view sceneline, you can add custom music from your computer or from the Music panel in Premiere Elements.

  • Add custom music: Click the Add audio from computer icon and browse through your computer to choose a music file. The music file is added to the sceneline.
Add audio from computer icon
Add audio from computer icon

  • Add from the Music panel: Click the Add Music button. From the Music panel, drag a music score and drop it on the sceneline. 
Add Music button

After the music file is downloaded in the sceneline, you can customize your music by clicking  on the music file. For more information, see Use more options.

Use more options

The More options icon  is available on your media (video clips and images), media captions, and music files.

Click  to see the more options menu. The menu displays the following options:

  • Fade In: Select to apply the fade in effect.
  • Fade Out: Select to apply the fade out effect.
  • Sound: (Available only in video clips and music files) Use the slider to adjust the volume.
  • Delete: Click to delete the specific media, caption, or music file from the sceneline.
  • Fit To Movie: (Available only in music files) Match the length of the music (trim or play in repeat mode) with the length of the movie.

Edit a video clip

Click a video clip to see the Edit video clip icon. 

Edit video clip icon
Edit video clip icon

Click the Edit video clip icon to see the following options:

Apply pan and zoom to an image

Click an image to see the Apply pan & zoom icon. 

Apply pan & zoom icon
Apply pan & zoom icon

Choose Apply pan & zoom > Auto Pan and Zoom. Automatically applies pan and zoom to the image.

Change an image duration

Click an image to see the Change image duration icon.

Change image duration icon
Change image duration icon

Click the Change image duration icon to see the following options:

  • Duration: Changes the duration of an image according to its current duration. The minimum duration value is 1 second. The maximum duration value is double the current duration of the image. For example, if the current duration is 5 seconds, you can increase it upto 10 seconds. If the current duration is 10 seconds, you can increase it upto 20 seconds.
  • Apply to all: Applies the duration of this image to all the images in the sceneline.

Add clips

Drag clips directly to the Quick view sceneline from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS). You can also use the Add Media panel to add clips to the Quick view sceneline from various sources.

After adding clips, use the Quick view sceneline to rearrange them. You can insert a clip before another, after another, or even split it before inserting.

Place a clip

  1. Drag a clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Quick view sceneline. When you drag the clip over the Quick view sceneline, a vertical green line indicates the drop zone where you can place the clip. When the pointer changes to the insert icon, release the mouse button.

  2. Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Monitor panel. The clip is automatically placed in the Quick view sceneline.

Insert a clip before another

  1. Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) on to a clip in the Quick view sceneline.

The new clip appears in front of the one on which you dropped it, and subsequent clips shift to the right.

Insert a clip after another

  1. In the Quick view sceneline, select the clip after which you want to insert the new clip.

  2. Drag the clip from Windows Explorer (Finder in Mac OS) to the Monitor panel or the Quick view sceneline.

The new clip appears to the right of the selected clip, and subsequent clips shift to the right.

Move a clip

  1. Drag a clip from a location in the Quick view sceneline to a different location before or after another clip. Place the clip in the drop zone (indicated by a vertical green line) when the pointer changes to the insert icon.

  2. Release the mouse button.

    The clip moves to its new location and all subsequent clips shift to the right.

Copy and paste clips

In Premiere Elements 2019, you can rearrange clips in a movie by copying and pasting them within your project. You can copy and paste multiple clips at a time. Clips that you paste are added to the end of the sceneline.

In Premiere Elements 2018 and earlier releases, clips are pasted to the Video 1 or Audio 1 track at the location of the current-time indicator. However, you can avoid this action by manually copying clips on multiple tracks. When you paste a clip in the Quick view timeline, the current-time indicator moves to the end of a clip. This feature enables easy and efficient handling of consecutive paste operations.

  1. In the Quick view timeline, select one or more clips in the movie. To select only the audio or video of linked clips, Alt‐click the desired clip.

  2. Choose Edit > Copy.

  3. In the Quick view timeline, position the current‐time indicator at the point you want to paste, and do one of the following:

    • To overlay the clips and replace existing footage on the track, choose Edit > Paste.
    • To insert the pasted clips and shift existing footage, choose Edit > Paste Insert.
Note:

You can also copy a clip’s attributes—motion, opacity, volume, and other effects—and paste them into another clip.

Zoom in or out

Premiere Elements 2018 and earlier releases

When you zoom in on the Quick view timeline, it is magnified around the current‑time indicator, letting you examine smaller increments of media. You can also zoom in as you add a clip, magnifying the location around the pointer rather than the current‑time indicator. This technique lets you see the exact placement of the insertion point before you release the mouse.

In contrast, zooming out displays more of the Quick view timeline, giving you a visual summary of the movie.

  1. In the Quick view timeline, do one of the following:

    • To zoom in or out as you add a clip, drag the clip to the Quick view timeline. Hold down the mouse button, and press the Equals (=) key to increase the zoom factor or press the Minus (–) key to decrease it.

    • To zoom in or out as you add a clip, drag a clip to the Quick view timeline. Hold down the mouse button, and press the semicolon (;) key to increase the zoom factor. Press the Minus (–) key to decrease the zoom factor.

    • To zoom in on the Quick view timeline, drag the Zoom slider to the right, or click the Zoom In button.

    • To zoom out of the Quick view timeline, drag the Zoom slider to the left, or click the Zoom Out button.

    Note:

    To toggle between viewing the entire movie in the Quick view timeline and the previous zoom level setting, click the Fit To Visible Timeline icon. Alternatively, press the Backslash (\) key. Make sure that the Quick view timeline is active before pressing the Backslash (\) key. You can also zoom in and out by pressing the Equals (=) or Minus (-) keys on the keyboard (not the numeric keypad).

    Note:

    To zoom out so that the entire movie is visible in the Quick view timeline, press the Yen sign (¥) key. Make sure that the Quick view timeline is active before pressing the Yen sign (¥) key.

    Note:

    The steps described to zoom in and zoom out of the Quick view timeline also apply to the Expert view timeline.

Delete a clip

Premiere Elements 2018 and earlier releases

  1. Select a clip in the Quick view timeline.
  2. Right-click/ctrl-click the clip and choose one of the following:

    Delete and close gap

    Deletes the clip and removes the gap by adjusting the position of one or more clips

    Delete audio

    Removes the audio from your movie.

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