Index

A

Abort after n dropped frames 198

action-safe margin 138–139

Activate Recording Device 198

ACTP 4

adding sound 34–35

Adobe Acrobat Reader 4

Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) 4

Adobe Certified Training Providers (ACTP) 4

Adobe Encore™ DVD 219

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Installing 3

Adobe Web site 4

Advanced Windows Media 24

alpha channel 38

analog-to-digital convertor 194

analog audio 24

analog media 8

analog to digital conversion 20

analog video

exporting to 194

animated GIF 200

animating buttons 189–190

animating effects 123

using keyframes 129–131

Assemble at timecode 198

audio 23

changing the volume 83

effects 106, 115–116

fades;audio:panning;audio: sweetening;panning: defined;fades:audio 23

tracks 34

unlinking from video 210

working with 82

Audio backgrounds 181

audio clip 188

audio format 203

Audio Transitions 88

auto-play DVD 159–162, 162

AVI 24, 199, 200, 203

B

background

adding an audio clip 188

adding a still clip 185–186

adding a video clip 187–188

backgrounds

menu 185–188

balance

changing 115–116

Balance effect 115–116

bit depth

for audio;sample rate: defined;audio:bit depth 24

bitmap 200

Black & White effect 109

Black Video 195–196

Blurriness 131

book files copying 3

bounding box 181

Bringing objects forward. See layers

burning a DVD 174–176

buttons 191

animating 189–190

overlapping 170

C

Cable Modem/DSL 205

Capture panel 11–13

capture video 8, 11, 20

hardware for 21

running other soft ware while 23

capturing clips 14–16

capturing video or audio only 20

cat; Chili 13

CD-ROM 194

Center at Cut 98

central processing unit (CPU) 22

certification 4

Clip markers 215–216

clips 7

adding to a background 185–188

applying effects 107

copying effects 111–112

deleting 31–32

dragging 181

freezing 221

in the Timeline 74–75

pretrimming 80–81, 90

rearranging 75–76

refining 76

superimposing 147–149

trimming 32–33, 76–78

unlinking video and audio 210–211

Clip view 58–59

codec 22, 204

codec; compression

hardware for 22

Color Picker 184

components 21

compression 174, 204

compressor 22

CPU (central processing unit), capturing requirements for 22

crawls 149

creating a DVD 40–42

credit

crawling 149

rolling 149–150

Cross Dissolve transition 89, 125

current-time indicator 31

customizing the workspace 50–51

D

data bus (capturing video) 23

data transfer rate 10, 22

dB 83

decibels 83

decompression 204

decompressor 22

default transition length 230–231

default workspace 50–51

defragmentation 10

deinterlacing 202

Delay movie start by n quarter-frames 198

deleting clips 31–32

device control 12, 13, 14

digital audio 24

digital media 8

digital video 7, 14, 24

exporting to 193–194

Dissolve 89

dog; Bravo 13

DSL 205

DV 196, 200. See also digital video

DVD 158

auto-play 159–162

burning 174–176

compression 174

creating 40–42

menus 162–164, 181–182

previewing 42–43, 164

templates 163, 186

DVD+R 159

DVD+RW 159

DVD-R 43, 159

DVD-RW 43, 159, 175

DVD Layout menu 180

DVD Layout panel 40, 163, 165, 180, 191

DVD marker 159–160, 165, 166, 167, 171, 183

three types 172

DVD Marker dialog box 180

DVD Marker window 40–41, 160, 166, 167–168

DVD menus 181–182

DVD Scene Markers 169

DVD Templates window 161

DVD workspace 40, 161, 175

dynamic range 23

E

e-mail 194

editing

render-free 70

Editor 235

effect controls 108

effects

animating 123, 129–131

applying 107

audio 23, 115–116

Balance 115–116

Black & White 109

controlling 92–94, 108

copying 111–112

extending duration 131–132

Gaussian Blur 129

Pan 122

Picture-in-Picture 112–115

Shadow/Highlights 110–111

sound 212–213

Tint 108–110

using 106

Effects and Transitions panel 49, 88–90, 92

Effects workspace 106

8mm tape 20

Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 8

encrypted 17

End at Cut 98

European broadcast video standard 56

Export Frame button 201

exporting

a frame of video 201–202

for hard disc playback 194

formats 200

for the Internet 194, 203

for the Web 204–205

movies 193

to analog video 194

to digital video 193–194

to hard disc 199–200

to tape 196–198

Export Windows Media window 44

F

fade-in 98–100, 123–125, 143

fade-out 98, 143

fading 23

Favorites 90

file associations 240

filmstrip 200

final cut 70

FireWire 8–10, 12, 15, 158, 194

formats 200

Frame Hold 221–222

Frame Rate 203, 205

frames 186

exporting from video 201–202

Frame Size 203, 205

freeze 221

frequency response 23

G

Gaussian Blur effect 129

Get Media 19

Getting Started Guide 4

GIF 200

GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) Transition effects 101

H

hard disk 22

hard disks, capturing requirements for 22

hardware

set up 71

History panel 63

using 63–65

Horizontal center 145

horizontal divider 50

How To panel 49

I

i.Link 8, 10, 11, 12, 194

IEEE 1394 8, 10, 11, 12, 20, 158, 194, 195

image pan 120

modifying 122

images

adding to titles 146–147

default 146

moving into Premiere Elements 231–234

Photoshop 238–239

image thumbnail 165, 167–168

importing files 72

Info panel 63

using 63–65

in points 76, 80, 91

installing 3

Internet 43

exporting for 194, 203

Internet audio 24

interpolation 123

Iris Box transition 97–98

J

J-cut 214

JPEG 200

K

keyframes 122

modifying 125–126

raising and lowering volume with 126–129

to animate effects 129–131

working in Timeline 123–125

L

L-cut 222

Logos folder 146

M

Macintosh 204

Main Menu Markers 172, 173

markers. See also DVD marker, DVD Scene Markers

Clip 215–216

Main Menu 172

navigating, moving, and clearing 219–220

Scene 169–171, 172

Stop 172

Timeline 215–218

media downloader 17–19

Media drop zones 180–181

Media panel 49, 142, 180–181

importing files into 72

moving images into 231–233

working with 52–54

menu backgrounds

customizing 185–188

Menu Background section 180–181

menu buttons

overlapping 170

text properties 182–185

Menu Titles 183

Microsoft AVI 200

Microsoft DV AVI 200

Microsoft Windows file associations 240

Monitor panel 49

pretrimming clips in 80–81

working with 54–57

Motion 108

Motion Menu Buttons section 180–181

motion menus 187

movie

exporting 193

exporting for the Internet 194, 203

MPEG 24, 200, 204

My Videos folder 19

N

noncontrollable device 21

NTSC 25, 176

NTSC video standard 22, 56

O

128K Dual ISDN option 44

1394 port 8

Opacity 108

options bar 235

Organizer 235

out points 76, 80, 91

output to Web 43–44

P

PAL 25, 56, 176

pan 120

panning/balancing monophonic audio 23

PC card 10

PCI 10

PDF format 4

Photoshop Elements 225–227

Send To command 227–229

Photoshop Elements Help 4

Photoshop file 234–238

Photoshop image

editing from Premiere Elements 238–239

physical media 159

Picture-in-Picture effect 112–115

pixels 202

poster frame 53

pre-rendering 200

Premiere Elements Logos folder 146

prerequisites 1

Preroll by n frames 198

Preview Area 53

Preview DVD feature 164

Preview DVD window 43, 164, 167

previewing a DVD 42–43

processing time 23

project 47

Properties panel 92–94, 95–97, 108, 129, 130, 180–185, 191

Push transition 92

Q

QuickTime 24, 200, 204, 219

capture 24

digital video 24

R

Razor tool 33–34, 221

using 79

RealMedia 24

real time 114

editing 70

preview 70, 112

recordable 159

recorder error 15

redo 65, 182

remove noise 23

render-free editing 70

rendering 114, 152, 198, 205

transitions 100–101

Report dropped frames 198

required skills 2

rescan 175

reverb 23

rewritable 159, 175

rolling title 149–150

adding to Timeline 151

changing speed of 152

rough cut 70

S

scaling text boxes 181–182

Scene Detect 14, 15

Scene Markers 169–171, 172

Scenes menu 165–167, 168, 183, 185

scrubbing 55, 79

Send To command 227–229

setting up your hardware 71

Shadow/Highlight effect 37, 110–111

Shuttle control 56

sound

adding 34–35

soundcard 213

sound effect 212–213

special effects 35–36

split edit 214–215

standards for DVDs 25

Start at Cut 98

Still backgrounds 181

still clip 185–186

still image 120

default duration 230

exporting from video 201–202

resolution 121

Stop Markers 172, 173

storage space 15

submenus 171–174

superimposing 38–39, 112–115

title over video 147–149

system setup 10

T

tape

exporting to 196–198

Targa 200

task bar 48

templates 181

titles 153

Test Media Before Burning 176

text

changing size and color 141–142

modifying 140–141

properties of menu buttons 182–185

scaling 181–182

thumbnail 165, 167–168, 189

Thumbnail Offset section 168

TIFF 56, 200

timecode 13, 56, 198, 215

Timeline 49, 130, 183

adding rolling credit 151

adding titles 142–143

navigating 73

refining clips in 76

trimming clips in 76–78

using with Photoshop Elements 227–229

working with 59–60

clips 74–75

Timeline markers 215–216, 219

adding 217–218

Tint effect 108–110

title-safe area 148

title-safe margin 138, 139

titles 135

adding images 146–147

adding to Timeline 142–143

animated 149–150

changing size and color 141–142

crawling 149

creating 136–138

default duration 143

modifying 140–141, 144

rolling 149–150

adding to Timeline 151

changing speed of 152

superimposing over video 147–149

templates 153

Titler 38–39, 135, 137, 140, 142, 149

centering elements 145

tool bar 235

Total Markers option 171

tracks 60

changing the height of 62

customizing views 63

unlinking 210–211

working with 60–62

transitions 88, 91, 98, 125, 143, 230

adding 90

default length 230–231

modifying settings 95–97

rendering 100–101

replacing an instance 97–98

single-sided fade-in 98–100

trimming clips 32–33

U

undo 65, 182

undock 51

unlink 223

USB 2.0 DV Capture 17

V

Vertical center 145

vertical divider 50

VHS 20

video

effects 106

exporting a still image 201–202

exporting for the Web 204–205

optimized Photoshop file 234–238

unlinking from audio 210

video-capture card 21

Video backgrounds 181

video clip 187–188

voiceover 210–211

video production 7

video quality 110–111

Video Transition 88

Default Duration 230

voiceover

from a video clip 210–211

from Windows sound recorder 213

volume

changing 83, 126–129

W

Web

exporting for 204–205

output to 43–44

using Timeline markers 219

Windows™ sound recorder 213

Windows bitmap 200

Windows Media 200, 204, 219

Windows Waveform 200

workspace 47

customizing 50–51

default 50–51