Operation Manual

iv CONTENTS
CONTENTS
WHAT’S ON THE DISC iii
GETTING STARTED 1
About Classroom in a Book ................................. 1
Prerequisites ............................................... 2
Installing Adobe Premiere Elements 11 ..................... 3
Copying the Classroom in a Book files ....................... 4
Additional resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 THE WORLD OF DIGITAL VIDEO 6
How Adobe Premiere Elements fits into video production . . . 8
The Adobe Premiere Elements workspace ................... 9
Working in the Organizer .................................. 11
What’s new in Adobe Premiere Elements 11 ................ 23
Review questions and answers ............................ 27
2 GETTING READY TO EDIT 28
Setting your startup preferences .......................... 30
Setting up a new project .................................. 31
Working with project preferences ......................... 40
Customizing the Workspace ............................... 43
Review questions and answers ............................ 45
3 VIDEO CAPTURE AND IMPORT 46
Capturing video with Adobe Premiere Elements ........... 48
Capture interfaces ........................................ 49
Using the Video Importer ................................. 50
Capturing tape-based or live video ........................ 55
Capturing with the Capture panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59