Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 9 guide

How to add video effects

You can use effects to add a creative flair to your movie or to fix exposure or color problems, edit sound, or

manipulate images. Adobe Premiere Elements comes with preset effects with which you can quickly and easily

apply a preconfigured effect to footage. You can use included presets, create your own presets, or adjust and animate

values as desired.

You can animate the effects you add to clips by using presets that have predefined keyframe values, or you can

create keyframes with custom values. Presets provide a quick, easy way to animate effects, while custom keyframes

let you create more precise and complex animations.

About effects

After you’ve assembled a movie (arranging, deleting, and trimming clips), you can add polish to it by applying

effects to clips (Figure 1). For example, an effect can alter the exposure or color of footage, manipulate sound,

distort images, or add an artistic feel. All effects are preset to default settings so you can see the results of the effect

as soon as you apply it. You can change these settings to suit your needs when you apply the effect.

You can also use effects to rotate and animate a clip or to adjust its size and position within the frame. Adobe

Premiere Elements also includes several preset effects you can use to quickly alter your footage. Most effects have

adjustable properties; however, some effects, such as Black & White, do not. All effects are reversible, so if you

don’t like the results of an effect, you can remove the effect at any time.

Figure 1 Effects view in the Edit workspace

This guide examines how to apply effects to a clip—specifically, how to use the cartoon special effect. This effect

applies a cartoon-like style to scene (or part of a scene) for an entertaining special effect.

Preview of

selected clip

Effects menu

Edit Effects

button

Use current

frame for

thumbnails

List of applied

effects