Premiere Elements Editor Quick mode tutorial

To begin, you need to import your videos and photos you want to use. By clicking on +new

project and then import in the top left hand corner, you can then choose where you are

importing your videos/photos from the drop down menu.

Once you are taken to your files, you can browse your videos/photos and navigate through

the file or hard drive and select your videos/photos by clicking get media.

The organiser will import all the media and will produce a list of your videos/images so that

you can choose your video/photo within premiere elements.

Additionally, it will filter according to most recent video/photo which is very helpful.

You can also preview your video by double clicking on the still frame and clicking play.

Organising into an album

You can organise your media into albums by clicking the green + mark on the top left hand

corner of the screen and then clicking name album on the top right hand corner and then

selecting the video/photo you want in there.

Editing your video

First of all, choose a video from your album or file and then click on the editor button at the

bottom of the screen. A drop down menu will appear where you need to choose video

editor.

Any videos that are previously selected are added to a timeline.

Editing your video in quick mode

Quick mode consists of a time line, monitor screen and the direction buttons such as play

pause etc. The red line which sits along the timeline is the current time indicator and this is

dragged across the time line following the video. Where ever the CTI is, will be the point in

the video that is displayed on the monitor.

To trim

Move the cursor to the edge of the video clip and drag the cursor from there to where you

want the video to begin, so that this section is trimmed. The monitor will follow the actions

of the CTI.

Before trimming the middle section of the video (if you want to trim a middle section out)

you need to split the video in half. Hover the CTI over the area where you want to split it, to

create a two part video. Then, hover over the scissor icon that appears next to the CTI and

click on this icon. This will crop the video into two halves. Then, just as before, complete the

‘trim’ procedure.

Adding transition effects

To begin, click on the transition button down along the menu bar. A drop down menu will

appear with a number of different and various effects. Click on the effect you wish to use

and drag it to between the two frames you want the transition effect to go.

A drop down box will appear giving two options.

Option 1 is how long you wish the TE to last for.

Option 2 is whether you want the TE to be more left of the frame, centre of the two frames

or more right of the frame.

After altering these options or leaving as default click the done button.

This is the end of the tutorial for ‘quick mode’ editing.