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Moving a group of files from Organizer into Premiere Elements 10

May 15, 2012 3:08 PM

Tags: #elements_10 #elements_10_organizer

I've just spent two hours trying (unsuccessfully) to figure out how to use tags in Organizer to select a subset of files in an album and then send those files into Premiere Elements 10.  I don't want them in the timeline, I just want to import only those files with specific tags in Organizer into a new project in Premiere Elements as media to use to create a project in Elements.  I'm willing to save copies of these files into a new folder on my hard drive if that's what it takes, but I can't figure out how to do that either.  Help??

742 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: nealeh, May 24, 2012 3:46 AM
 
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  • Steve Grisetti
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    1. Steve Grisetti,
    May 15, 2012 4:31 PM   in reply to vrunk
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    Have you tried selecting the files in the Organizer's Media Browser, right-clicking and selecting Edit with Premiere Elements?

     

    There shouldn't be much more to it.

     
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  • vrunk
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    2. vrunk,
    May 16, 2012 6:30 AM   in reply to Steve Grisetti
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    That puts the files into the timeline.  I have several hundred videos and photos that I simply want to import as media, not putting them into the timeline.  I really don't want to dump hundreds of photos into the timeline and then drag them all out.  Isn't there another way to either send files from Organizer into Premiere Elements as media or save the selected files into a new file folder on my hard drive, from which I can import into Premiere Elements?

     
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  • Steve Grisetti
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    3. Steve Grisetti,
    May 16, 2012 7:30 AM   in reply to vrunk
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    No.

     

    Although if you do this and then immediately press Delete, all the clips will be erased from your timeline yet remain in your Project Media panel.

     
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    4. vrunk,
    May 18, 2012 4:24 PM   in reply to Steve Grisetti
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    Thanks for the suggestion.  It's more than a little disappointing that a product called "Organizer" that comes with Premiere Elements isn't better incorporated into the program.  I really wasted a lot of time using tags in Organizer when I should have just been moving files into different folders.  It was my first--and now last--time using Organizer.

     
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  • nealeh
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    5. nealeh,
    May 19, 2012 5:13 AM   in reply to vrunk
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    In Windows do this:

    1. Have PRE open in your blank project with the Media pane displayed.
    2. Select your clips in Organizer.
    3. Drag the clips over the PRE icon in the taskbar. Do NOT release the mouse button.
    4. After a second or so PRE will display.
    5. Still holding the mouse button move the mouse drag icon over the media panel.
    6. Now release the mouse button and your clips will be in the project media and your timeline will be empty.

     

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    Neale
    Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

     
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  • vrunk
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    6. vrunk,
    May 22, 2012 1:27 PM   in reply to nealeh
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    That works VERY well!  Thanks SO MUCH for helping out!

     
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    7. nealeh,
    May 24, 2012 3:46 AM   in reply to vrunk
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    Glad that sorted it out for you. Also don't give up on the Organizers other capabilities. The more you work with it the more powerful you will find its features. Live with the occasional slow performance and the dreadfulness of the 'Folder View' and you will find it has excellent tagging, searching and face recognition features that can make it an indispensable tool.

     

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