tools you will need

Here's what you need to complete the project in this book:

An Intel^® Pentium^® III 800MHz or AMD Athlon XP processor, Microsoft^® Windows^® XP Professional, Home Edition, or Media Center Edition with Service Pack 1, 256MB of RAM, 1.2GB of available hard-disk space for installation, 1024x768 16-bit (XGA) display, Microsoft DirectX 9 compatible sound and display drivers, DV/i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE 1394 interface to connect a Digital 8 or DV camcorder.

If you produce lots of movies, you'll run out of disk space quickly. If you think you may not have enough space, consider adding another drive to your computer; contact your local computer dealer to find out how.

You'll also need some interesting video to work with and some digital photographs and songs.

(Used with permission of Sony Electronics, Inc.)

A FireWire cable to connect the camcorder to the computer.

Blank DVD-Recordable discs (to produce a DVD).

Premiere Elements installed.

Either a DVD player connected to a TV set or a DVD-ROM drive with DVD player software for your computer.