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Discover the essential techniques for editing videos using Adobe Premiere Elements. This guide covers various media sources such as webcam, mobile phones, POV cameras, and high-end video cameras. Learn about video structure, file types, and quality considerations for optimal editing. Understand the editing interface, including guided edits and timeline features. Explore output options and file management to ensure high-quality results. Whether you’re making quick edits or working on longer projects, this resource will help streamline your video production process.
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Digital Video Using Premiere Elements
Video Media Source • Web Site • Clip art • Webcam • Mobile phone • POV Camera • Handy Cam • High end video camera
Do I need to edit? • Teacher Tube, YouTube - just upload! • MS Movie Maker • Within PRE: • Guided Edit – Instant Movie (themed) • Sceneline – simplified view of clips • Timeline – full view at frame level • Quality of original video (mobile, webcam, DV cam, HD cam) • Number of clips, time for editing • Learning curve • How videos are to be used
Video structure & files • Video has images and audio files • Many file types and ‘packages’ • MPEG, MOV, AVI, WMV, 3GP • High quality = very big files (Gigabytes) • DVD = 4,7GB or 9.4GB (double layer) • BlueRay HD = 25GB • Web quality = smaller files (Megabytes) • Much web video is Adobe Flash (.flv)
Video in a Web Page • Flash file – uses its own player • Embedded – uses code to get video from another site • Download – file held on site and downloaded to computer • Streaming – video delivered on demand to a viewing device
Source files How does PRE edit? Video File Video File Image File Structure clip order Video File Cut / trim Audio File Edited data stream Render video Output
Important Concepts • Quick edits are possible • Does not degrade original files just uses markers • Needs a powerful PC especially if HD • HDD space if longer than a few minutes • Overscan if video used for TV (use safe margins) • Significant edit time for longer video • Significant rendering time for longer video • Original sound, narrative, music to consider • Easy to output to many formats