1. Adobe Premier Elements 7 Movie Making Software Tutorial

2. Start a new project

3. Name your project and save it to the DESKTOP!

4. Name it so you can find it again! “Your name and title”

5. You need to put your clips on the desktop in the folder you made.

6. A note on the Desktop We need to save media files where there is more space It is your desktop when you log on, not anyone else’s Name your folder so you can find it Include a relevant file name, ie Women’s Achievement Project

7. Find your media, clips, and import them

8. Find them on the desktop

9. Select all your files.

10. They show up here

11. Then you begin editing them here.

12. Drag your clips to the sceneline (or timeline)

13. Choose a task in the Edit Tab Project: where your clips are stored Themes: styles of production effects Effects: video or audio effects you can use to change your clips Transitions: how the clips can flow together Titles: types of words and shapes you can put on the or between the clips

14. Choose one of these transitions

15. Add Transitions to the Sceneline

16. Or to the timeline

17. Regular selection tool = press V key on the keyboard Razor tool, cuts clips = press C key Time stretch tool, makes clips move slower or take longer Or move faster, take shorter time = press X key Tools and shortcuts (Choose the Regular tool, V key, because the other ones can’t do everything)

18. Add a title to the start, here…

19. Double click the title, to get a menu

20. Adding Narration

21. Recording…

22. Turn your Premier file into a Movie

23. Choose Personal Computer

24. Choose MPEG

25. Change the Presets NTSC DVD STANDARD

26. NAME IT Name it

27. Save In – Browse to Desktop Save it to the desktop

28. Click Save & Wait… Click Save