Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 8 guide

Using Time Stretch

At times, you may want to stretch out a clip to match an audio track or for other reasons. To do so, you first need to

drag the clip to the end of the movie or to another track with sufficient space, so that you do not bump up against

another clip when you are stretching the clip. You can also use Time Stretch for images. When you apply Time

Stretch to an image, the image is displayed for more time.

To apply Time Stretch to a clip:

1. In the My Project panel, click Timeline.

2. Move the clip to the end of the movie or to another track

with sufficient space to hold the stretched clip.

3. Click the Time Stretch tool at the top of the Timeline

(Figure 23).

4. Position the pointer over the edge of the clip you want to

stretch until the correct icon appears:

• Time Stretch In icon to time stretch the clip to the

left of the pointer.

• Time Stretch Out icon to time stretch the clip to the

right of the pointer.

5. Drag the edge of the clip to extend or shorten it

(Figure 24).

Extending the clip will slow down the action in the clip,

while shortening the clip will speed up the action.

As you stretch the clip, Premiere Elements indicates by

how much time the clip is changing.

6. Rewind the clip and click Play to preview your changes.

7. Shorten or lengthen the clip as necessary.

8. If you moved the clip in step 2, you can now use the

Selection tool to drag the clip back into place.

Figure 23 Clip positioned for Time Stretch

Figure 24 Stretching the clip

Time Stretch tool

Time Stretch

Out icon

Amount clip is

changing