User Manual

Importing and adding media

Last updated 11/5/2019

You can add these clips to Adobe Premiere Elements by following the procedure mentioned in Add media using Files

and Folders.

Note:

For WDM devices, make sure that your device is connected with your system and working properly.

1 Do one of the following:

• For Windows, click Add Media > Webc am or WDM or select File > Add Media from > Web c am or WDM.

• For Mac OS, click Add Media > We bc am or select File > Add Media from > Webc am.

The capture screen appears.

2 In the Capturing Source menu, select the device from which you want to capture video clips. The video that the

device captures is displayed in the panel below the Capturing Source menu.

Note:

You can extract frames using full motion from the integrated camera's webcam feed.

3 Click the Capture button.

4 Specify a name for the captured video.

5 To specify a location for the video, do one of the following:

• To save files to the default Adobe folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.

• To specify a different location, click the button next to the Save to text box and choose a folder. Alternatively,

click New Folder to create and name a new folder.

6 Click Add Media and select Files and folders. You can also capture the clips directly to the timeline by selecting the

Capture to Timeline check box.

7 Browse to the location where you saved the video files and add them to the Quick view/Expert view timeline.

Note:

You can also use your system's file explorer to locate the saved video files and drag them to Adobe Premiere Elements.

Guidelines for adding files

Guidelines for adding video files

You can add various video file formats to your project. Imported video and sequence files can have frame sizes up to

4096 x 4096 pixels.

Before you add video files that you did not capture yourself, make sure you can view the video outside Adobe Premiere

Elements. Usually, double-clicking a video file opens a playback application, such as Windows Media Player and

QuickTime player. (Be sure to use the most up-to-date version of Windows Media Player.) If you can play back your file

in the player application, you can usually use that file in Premiere Elements.

note: To play back VOB (Video Object) files, use the DVD player that came with your DVD burner.

When adding video files, consider the following:

MPEG file compatibility