Whether you're aiming for YouTube videos or Hollywood-style epics, you need what Premiere Elements can't provide: crystal-clear guidance and real world know-how. This Missing Manual delivers. Packed with great ideas on how to spiff up your footage, this book helps you avoid the dreaded Help! I Never Do Anything With My Video syndrome.
With this book, you'll learn how to use Premiere's two approaches to filmmaking: The quick-and-easy InstantMovie technique, and the classic, handcrafted approach for frame-by-frame editing with fine-tuned transitions, effects, and more. Premiere expert Chris Grover combines a touch of humor with insights, tips, and tricks culled from years of moviemaking experience to help you release your inner Scorsese.
Create movies from start to finish with hands-on, step-by-step instructions
Use InstantMovie to whip up a video ready for prime time
Learn frame-by-frame editing to handcraft your story like the pros do
Share your movie by saving it to disc, uploading it, or emailing it
Add video effects that dazzle
Use keyframes to precisely control cuts, special effects, and sound
Tap Premiere's automated tools to analyze, organize, and rate your clips
Start a New Project
Chapter 1 Set Up a New Project
Start Premiere Elements
A Brief Tour of Premiere Elements
Create a New Project
Save and Back Up a Project
Open an Existing Project
Create an InstantMovie
Chapter 2 Import Your Clips
Video Camera Storage Methods
Add Raw Footage
Chapter 3 Import Sound, Still Pictures, and Animation
Add Sound Clips
Record Your Own Sound Effects
Add Narration
Import Sound Files to Your Project
Import Still Pictures
Import Animation
Chapter 4 Organize Your Clips
The Organizer Application
Rank Your Clips with Star Ratings
Apply Keyword Tags to Clips
Apply Smart Tags to Clips
Organize Clips into Albums
Filter Your View Using Star Ratings, Keyword Tags, Smart Tags, and Albums
Manage Your Catalogs
Create Your Movie
Chapter 5 Edit Your Movie
Choose Your Editing Style
Gather Clips, Pictures, and Animation
Show the Project View
Review and Rough-Trim Your Clips
Assemble Your Movie
Assemble Your Movie in the Timeline
Final-Trim Clips
Chapter 6 Add Transitions
Choose a Stock Transition
Apply a Transition
Edit Transitions in the Timeline
Edit Transitions in the Tasks Panel
Audio Transitions
Transitions and Slideshows
Types of Transitions
Chapter 7 Add Effects and Themes
Choose an Effect
Color-Correct an Image
Apply an Audio Effect
Edit Effects in the Timeline
Apply an Effect Preset
Timeline Special Effects
Adventures in Transparency
Premiere Elements' Themes
Chapter 8 Create Animated Effects
What Is an Animated Effect?
Learn Keyframing
Use Keyframes to Create Your Own Effect
Edit Keyframes in the Main Timeline
Control Change Between Keyframes
Animate Clips on the Screen
Chapter 9 Add Titles
The Rules of Good Titles
Use a Title Template
Create a Still Opening Title
Format Title Text
Mix Artwork and Titles
Chapter 10 Edit Your Sound Track
Design Sound from the Start
Build a Soundtrack
Adjust Volume and Balance
Add Audio Effects
Add a Music Track
Mix the Audio Track
Share Your Movie
Chapter 11 Choose a Video Format
Video Formats and Premiere Elements
Why So Many Formats?
Chapter 12 Upload Videos to YouTube and the Web
Prepare Your Movie for YouTube
Send Your Movie to Photoshop.com
Publish Your Movie to Podbean
Make Your Movies Web-Friendly
Put Video on Your Own Website
Chapter 13 Create DVDs and Blu-ray Discs
Menu, Please!
Use a Stock Menu
Create a Custom Menu
Preview Your Movie and Menus
Burn a DVD or Blu-ray Disc
Archive Your Project
Chapter 14 Export to an iPod, Cellphone, or Other Device
Christopher Grover lives in Fairfax, California with his wife and two daughters. Chris received degrees in Creative Writing and Film from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He's worked as a technical writer, advertising copywriter and product publicist for more than 25 years. His freelance articles have been published in a variety of magazines from Fine Homebuilding to CD-ROM World. Chris's latest project is launching Bolinas Road Creative, an agency that helps small businesses promote their products and services. He's also the author of Word 2007: The Missing Manual and Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual.
Comments about O'Reilly Media Premiere Elements 8: The Missing Manual:
Almost the first to market. Well written, logically laid out and could be considered worth the money. Unfortunately it makes no reference at all to two key problems with 8.0 that some users may encounter. 1. Some new HD camcorders (eg Canon Leigra HF S10 and others) are not recognised in the Media Downloader at all. 2. Elements 8.0 conflicts with some high end graphic cards (nVidia Geforce 9800GT 1GB). Both issues are the subject of ongoing discussions on the Adobe Elements forum. Disappointing that the manual didn't mention these as though they didn't exist, or the author wasn't aware of them. If it had referred to them it would make one feel that the author had really been everywhere in the software/hardware relationship in what is a high powered and demanding combination.
