Adding the Clip to the Timeline

Your first task in working on any project, even if that project is simply creating a short video segment, is to create a new Premiere Elements project and give it a descriptive name. Your next step is to bring in the media files you'll be using for the project. For this project, we will work with, and make modifications to, a single video clip, parkscene.avi.

Load the Video Clip into Premiere Elements

Start Premiere Elements and create a new project called passingtime.

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 parkscene.avi clip for this project.

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

Click on the parkscene.avi clip on the Media panel and drag on drop it onto the Timeline in the Video 1 track.

Important

Be sure to line up the head (start) of the parkscene.avi clip with the front of the Video 1 track.

Tip

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