Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 8 guide
6 How to work with audio © 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated
4. Do one of the following:
• In the Timeline, drag the current-time indicator in
the Timeline to the point where you want the
narration to begin.
• In the Sceneline, select the clip you want to narrate.
Then, in the Monitor panel, drag the current-time
indicator to the point where you want the narration
to begin.
5. In the Timeline or Sceneline, select Add Narration from
the Audio Tools menu (Figure 11).
6. In the Record Voice Narration window, click the Mic
Source button and select your sound device from the
menu (Figure 12).
7. For best results, turn off your computer speakers to
prevent feedback. To monitor sound while you narrate,
plug headphones into your computer and deselect Mute
Audio While Recording.
Note: If your speakers are turned on, move as close to
the microphone as possible, and keep the microphone as
far away from the speakers as possible to prevent
feedback.
8. Speak into the microphone at a conversational volume,
and raise or lower the Input Volume Level slider until
your loudest words light up the orange part of the
meters.
9. Click the Start Recording Narration button
Near the top of the Record Voice Narration window, a
timer appears next to Start Recording In.
10. When Start Recording In changes to Recording, speak
your narration as the selected clip plays.
11. When you finish narrating, click the Stop Recording
Narration button.
An audio clip containing your narration is added to the
Media panel and to the Narration track in the Timeline
or Sceneline (below the selected clip) (Figure 13).
Note: If you do not click the Stop button, recording
automatically stops at the beginning of the next file in
the Narration track, or 30 seconds past the end of the last
clip in the Timeline or Sceneline.
12. To preview your recording, click the Go To Previous
Narration button. Then click the Play Present Narration
button.
Figure 11 Audio Tools menu on the Sceneline
Figure 12 Record Voice Narration dialog box
Figure 13 Narration audio clip in the Narration
track in the Sceneline
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Delete present narration
Start/Stop Recording Narration