video production terms

To make your work in Premiere Elements easier, I've defined some of the key terms you'll encounter as you build your movie and DVD. We'll be using these terms throughout this book.

• Video: The footage you shoot with your camcorder. It includes both images and audio.

• Movie: The final result that Premiere Elements produces when you've finished editing and are ready to share your production.

• Capture: The process of transferring video from your camera to your computer.

• Import: The process of inserting an audio, video, or picture file already on your hard drive into Premiere Elements.

• Render: The process Premiere Elements goes through in producing a movie.

• Video clip: Video captured or imported into Premiere Elements. Video clips include the audio originally shot with the video.

• Audio clip: Separate audio files (usually music) imported into Premiere Elements.

• Picture: A still image you shoot with your digital camera and import into Premiere Elements.

• Project: The file where Premiere Elements stores your work while you're working on a movie. The project file references the video clips, audio clips, and pictures (often collectively referred to as content or assets) you're including in your movie, but Premiere Elements doesn't actually copy them into the project file. This keeps the project file small, but it also means that you must be sure not to delete the captured files until after you produce your final movie.