Adding a Little Retro Music to the Timeline

Adding a Little "Retro" Music to the Timeline

For this effect to really work, we need just the right music. A bit of instrumental music by a quintessential '60s group such as Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass or Sergio Mendes and Brazil '66 would be perfect. Nonetheless, on the DVD supplied with this book, we've given you the next best thing: a little retro-lounge music that we believe works just as well. This music clip is supplied to us by UniqueTracks (www.uniquetracks.com). In this step, we'll load the clip, add it to an audio track, and we're done!

Add Little Lounge Music to the Movie

Press the HOME key on your keyboard to return the CTI to the beginning of the Timeline tracks.

Click the Get Media from button on the Media panel to access the Get Media from view, if it's not already active.

Select DVD, Digital Camera, Mobile Phone, Hard Drive Camcorder, Card Reader.

When the Media Downloader displays, click the Advanced Dialog button to switch to Advanced mode.

Select the shag-party.mp3 clip.

Click the Get Media button. Premiere Elements copies the shag-party.mp3 clip from the DVD onto your hard drive and adds it to the Available Media list for this project.

Select the shag-party.mp3 clip on the Media panel and drag and drop it onto the Timeline in the Audio 2 track.

Note

Make sure that the shag-party.mp3 clip starts at the very beginning of the Timeline and matches the start of the video clips.

In the Properties panel, click the triangle next to Volume to reveal the effect's controls, if necessary, and then click the Fade Out button.