Adding the Video Clip to the Timeline

To ensure that the background stayed exactly the same from shot to shot, the triplets.avi clip was shot with the camcorder on a tripod (that goes without saying!). But even more to the point, the whole scene was done as one take. The clip that is on the DVD that came with this book has the intervening footage (wherein the actor walked from point A to point B) removed, but in the original clip, because the camcorder was left on, that footage was included. This is a recommended "best practice" for you, as well, when you create your "twin" or "triplet" footage: keep the camcorder running. There's no harm done by having that extra footage as you can delete it easily once you've brought the clip into Premiere Elements.

Add the "Triplets" Clip to the Timeline

Start Premiere Elements and create a new project called multiyou.

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 triplets.avi clip.

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

With your mouse, select the triplets.avi clip on the Media panel and drag on drop it onto the Timeline in the Video 1 track. You want to line up the head of the triplets.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.