Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Part C

This is the 3rd installment in my blog post series on Adobe Premiere Elements 11 based on what I learn on the video training course by Infinite Skills about this software. To start a project click file/ new project, then name the project, click ok, select what folder to put it in & click ok. You then import your movies and drag them one at a time onto your timeline. You can right click the movie and click remove audio to temporarily remove audio alternatively there is a coloured line that can be dragged down until it says 0 decibels and that does the same job. To adjust the images on the film select the movie click adjust and then there are other options but the ones we are interested in are color/ color RGB & smartfix. Color RGB adjusts the picture in terms of red, green and blue. Smartfix automatically adjusts the picture and color adjusts the picture in HSLV mode which stands for hue, saturation, lightness and vibrance. Saturation is pure color and vibrance is intensity of color. You can adjust the color modes manually or click one of the automatic options which on the whole do a good job. If you click applied effects you can adjust the shadows. There is also a render button on the timeline which if you do a lot of adjusting reduces the work the processor must do if you render it from time to time. In the lighting option under applied effects there is brightness, contrast, exposure, black and white options.  There are also auto levels and auto contrast options to automatically adjust the film. You can drag items from effects into the timeline and then they appear in applied effects ready to use. One is blue view cartoon which lets you turn your movie into a cartoon and has lots of options you can adjust also don't forget to render for the changes to take effect. To use applied effects you always select the film you are working on first, but if using effects you drag the effect onto the film timeline. It's an important difference. An advanced feature is inserting keyframes which are placed where something significant takes place ie resizing image in an image, sometimes called a PIP or picture in picture. Sometimes the program inserts keyframes automatically. You can also move a keyframe to adjust where an effect takes place. Smartfix found in applied effects when applied puts modules into adjust automatically not normally more than one or two as it fixes the image. It's good for fixing things like shakiness. There is also a delete effects button you can click to remove effects and don't forget to save regularly. Premiere Elements does auto save at regular intervals but you don't want to rely on that entirely.