Adding the Video Clip to the Project

We start this project just as we do all of the projects in this book: by starting Premiere Elements, creating a new project, and bringing in our initial clips. In this case, we are using a single video clip, nightsuspects.avi. Later, we'll modify this clip to look as if it's being viewed through nightvision goggles. We'll also create those "goggles" right in Premiere Elements.

Find a Clip and Add it to the Timeline

Start Premiere Elements and create a new project called nightvision.

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 nightsuspects.avi clip.

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

Drag on drop the nightsuspects.avi clip on the Media panel onto the Timeline in the Video 1 track. Be sure to line up the head of the nightsuspects.avi clip with the start of the Video 1 track.

Tip

If you're in Sceneline view, drop the clip onto the first scene box. Premiere Elements automatically places it on the Video 1 track.