Adding the Anchorman

Now that we have our background in placecomplete with spinning globe and other back drop elements in motion, as well as our title textit's time to bring in the star of our show, Joe the Anchorman. Joe was filmed against a greenscreen, so when we first add him to the Timeline, we won't see the backdrop behind him. In order to see the backdrop, we'll have to first strip away the green background using the Green Screen Key, which we'll do in a later task.

Add the Anchor Clip to the Timeline

With your mouse, select the clip, anchor.avi on the Media panel from the Available Media view.

Drag and drop it onto the Timeline of the My Project panel onto the Video 3 track. You want to position the clip precisely so that the head (start) of the clip is at the 8 second mark (00;00;08;00).

Tip

To make it easy to place the clip at the 8 second mark, first move the Current Time Indicator (CTI) to 00;00;08;00. Then, as you drag the clip from the Media panel, all you have to do is align it to the CTI.

Did You Know?

Snap to it. By using the Snap feature of Premiere Elements, it's even easier to get clips to align to the CTI and to align to other clips on the Timeline. To turn on the Snap feature, use the MORE button on the My Project panel and select Snap. If you don't see the MORE button, go to the Premiere Elements menus at the top of the screen and select Windows, Show Docking Headers.