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Get to know Premiere Elements

  1. Get to know Premiere Elements
  2. Adobe Premiere Elements User Guide
  3. 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
  4. Workspace and workflow
    1. Get to know the Home screen
    2. View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Source Monitor and Program Monitor
    5. Preferences
    6. Tools
    7. Keyboard shortcuts
    8. Audio View
    9. Undoing changes
    10. Customizing shortcuts
    11. Working with scratch disks
  5. Working with projects
    1. Creating a project
    2. Adjust project settings and presets
    3. Save and back up projects
    4. Previewing movies
    5. Creating video collage
    6. Creating Highlight Reel
    7. Create a video story
    8. Creating Instant Movies
    9. Viewing clip properties
    10. Viewing a project's files
    11. Archiving projects
    12. GPU accelerated rendering
  6. Importing and adding media
    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
  7. 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
    5. Sequence settings
  8. 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
    10. Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer
    11. Replace footage
    12. Working with source clips
    13. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
    14. Trim clips
    15. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    16. Artistic effects
  9. Color Correction and Grading
    1. Color Correction and Grading (LUTs)
    2. Color Correction Panel
    3. Color Correction Settings
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. Applying special effects
    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
    5. Adjust temperature and tint
    6. Create a Glass Pane effect - Guided Edit
    7. Create a picture-in-picture overlay
    8. Applying effects using Adjustment layers
    9. Adding Title to your movie
    10. Removing haze
    11. Creating a Picture in Picture - Guided Edit
    12. Create a Vignetting effect
    13. Add a Split Tone Effect
    14. Add FilmLooks effects
    15. Add an HSL Tuner effect
    16. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    17. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    18. Animated Sky - Guided edit
    19. Select object
    20. Animated Mattes - Guided Edit
    21. Double exposure- Guided Edit
  13. 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
  14. Movie titles
    1. Creating titles
    2. Adding shapes and images to titles
    3. Adding color and shadows to titles
    4. Apply Gradients
    5. Create Titles and MOGRTs
    6. Add responsive design
    7. Editing and formatting text
    8. Align and transform objects
    9. Motion Titles
    10. Appearance of text and shapes
    11. Exporting and importing titles
    12. Arranging objects in titles
    13. Designing titles for TV
    14. Applying styles to text and graphics
    15. Adding a video in the title
  15. Disc menus
    1. Creating disc menus
    2. Working with menu markers
    3. Types of discs and menu options
    4. Previewing menus
  16. Sharing and exporting your movies
    1. Export and share your videos
    2. Export settings
    3. Sharing for PC playback
    4. Compression and data-rate basics
    5. Common settings for sharing

Edit. Enhance. Create. Tell Your Story with Ease with Premiere Elements

Premiere Elements is your go-to video editing solution, combining powerful features with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface. Whether you're a beginner or an advanced editor, Premiere Elements has everything you need to transform raw footage into stunning videos.

  

Three Editing Modes – Something for Everyone

Premiere Elements gives you the freedom to choose how hands-on you want to be, thanks to its three unique editing modes: Quick, Guided, and Advanced.

Quick Edit (For Beginners)

Fast, Fun, and Effortless Video Editing - Edit Fast, Share Faster

If you’re just starting out or want to make a quick edit, Quick Mode is your best friend. This mode focuses on the essentials: trimming and splitting your clips, rearranging scenes, adding music, and even applying a one-click video effect to give your footage a polished look. It includes smart tools like AI-powered Smart Trim, which automatically detects the best moments in your video and trims out the boring bits — no manual work needed. You can even use Instant Movie, which puts your clips together automatically with themes, transitions, and music. It’s the easiest way to go from raw footage to a finished video in minutes.

  

Guided Edit (Step-by-Step Editing Help)

Think of Guided Mode as your personal tutor — it walks you through each step of editing, explaining what to do and how to do it right. It's perfect if you want to learn video editing without feeling overwhelmed.

There are different types of guided edits. Under the Basics section, you’ll find a tutorial called Get Started, which teaches you how to add clips to your timeline, split them where needed, and publish your project. You’ll also learn how to trim and move clips, remove unnecessary footage, and make your story flow better. Want to spice things up? You can add and edit titles, change fonts and colors, and even use motion graphic templates to animate your titles with a single click. There's also a feature that lets you adjust shadows and highlights to make sure your video looks great even in low-light scenes.

Under Video Adjustments, you can try effects like the Luma Fade Transition, which lets you blend one scene into another in a beautiful, dramatic way. Or explore Animated Overlays that add movement and energy to your clips with sparkles, light leaks, and other dynamic graphics.

And if you’re feeling creative, dive into the Fun Edits. Want to make a surreal effect? Try Double Exposure, where you can combine two clips into one to create artistic visuals. Or create dramatic moments by adding slow motion or fast motion effects. You can even turn a series of images into a time-lapse or stop-motion video that brings your still shots to life.

  

 Advanced Edit (For Skilled Editors)

Take Full Control of Your Video Editing

Advanced Mode is where your inner auteur comes out to play. Dive into a traditional timeline, fine-tune every detail, and build cinematic-level projects from the ground up.

For users who want full control over every aspect of their video, Advanced Mode provides a traditional timeline and the freedom to build your masterpiece from the ground up. Here, you can stack multiple layers of video, audio, and graphics using multi-track editing, just like the pros do.

You can animate effects using keyframes, allowing you to move, zoom, or rotate elements precisely the way you want. Want to transport your subject to a new location? Use the green screen feature to replace backgrounds seamlessly. Need a cinematic look? Apply professional color correction and LUTs to set the mood and tone of your video. You can also polish your audio using tools to remove background noise, enhance dialogue, and balance music like a studio mix engineer.

  

Powerful Editing Tools & Effects

Enhance Your Videos with AI-Powered and Creative Tools

No matter which window you're in, Premiere Elements brings the heat with smart tools, automation, and creative effects designed to amplify your storytelling.

No matter which mode you use, Premiere Elements is loaded with powerful tools to enhance your videos.

Candid Moments uses AI to scan your footage and automatically pull out high-quality still photos from your videos - great for printing or sharing. Smart Trim, powered by AI, picks out the highlights in your footage and suggests the best edits. Want to freeze a moment in time? The Freeze Frame tool lets you stop your video mid-action and add stylish motion text to emphasize that moment. Pan and Zoom animates still images to give them movement, so even your photos feel cinematic. You can match the color and lighting across your clips using Color Match, and apply grading tools to create a polished, consistent look across your entire project.

  

Quick Actions & AI-Powered Enhancements

Edit Smarter, Not Harder

Premiere Elements makes editing faster and smarter with tools that do the heavy lifting. Resize videos automatically for different platforms like Instagram or YouTube using Auto Reframe. Tweak color and lighting with Instant Color Correction, and clean up audio in one click with Noise Reduction.

You also get help finding your best clips faster with AI-driven auto-tagging. The software analyzes your media and organizes it using smart tags like “birthday,” “sunset,” or “smile,” making your editing process smoother and more efficient. Think of it as your built-in smart assistant.

  

Creations & Exporting

Share Your Story, Your Way

Once you’ve finished your edit, Premiere Elements makes it simple to turn it into something worth sharing. You can merge multiple clips into eye-catching Video Collages, or use the Highlight Reel tool to automatically compile the best parts of your video into a cinematic montage.

When it’s time to export, there’s no guesswork. Your videos are formatted perfectly for platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and more. Just click to share and you’re done — no extra steps needed.

  

Why Choose Premiere Elements?

Because you want to create stunning videos without needing a degree in filmmaking. Premiere Elements gives you pro-level tools wrapped in a beginner-friendly interface. It strips away the complexity while keeping the creative power intact.

Whether you're creating a quick birthday video or a full-blown travel vlog, Premiere Elements gives you the tools, templates, and AI-driven features to make your videos shine - and it does it all in one smooth, seamless experience

Whether you're making family videos, social media content, or cinematic projects, Premiere Elements empowers you to bring your vision to life—quickly and beautifully.

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