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What's new in Premiere Elements 13?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:22:14 GMT

Premiere Elements 13 is more of a refinement than a major overhaul of Adobe's consumer video editing program. Though there are a couple of cool new features worth noting:

• New Guided Edits. Version 13 adds more tasks to its library of Guided Edits – step-by-step walkthroughs of its tools and effects.

• The Shake Stabilizer. The Shake Stabilizer is a very nice update of the old Video Stabilizer effect.

• Favorite Moments. A brand-new feature in version 13 is Favorite Moments, a tool for selecting the best moments from a video clip and compiling them into a smooth, new video sequence.

• Video Story. Certainly the most exciting new feature in Premiere Elements 13, though, is Video Story, an advanced tool for assembling clips and building stories using templates and semi-automatic tools.

• Burn your disc to ISOs and Folders. In version 13, your DVDs and BluRays can be burned directly to a disc or they can be archived as ISO image files for later burning to disc.

• Organizer enhancements. The Elements Organizer has also been given a tune-up. The interface has been nicely decluttered, and there’s even tighter integration with Adobe’s Revel “cloud”.

But the most interesting addition is the new theme-based Slide Show Creator, a tool that, for the first time, is available on both the PC and Mac versions of the program.

• Elements Live (eLive). Elements Live is a link directly from the programs to an exclusive web site full of exciting ideas, tutorials and other content especially for Elements users.

For screen shots and more details on these new features, as well as tutorials demonstrating how these new features work, see the links on the left side of this page.

*** Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 13 ***

What's new in Premiere Elements 12?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 12:09:58 GMT

Version 12 of Premiere Elements isn't the major overhaul of the interface that version 11 was, but it still includes a number of very nice new features. They include:

A new, intuitive Auto Smart Tone tool for easily adjusting your video's black, white and midtone levels.
Guided Edits, which walk you through the basics of video editing, one step at a time.
Four new FilmLook effects, so you now have 16 ways to change the entire mood of your video with a couple of quick clicks.
A new, improved Motion Tracking tool for adding graphics and text to your movies that follow a person or object around the video frame.
Adjustment Layers, which allow you to apply an effect to any or all of your movie in one swoop.
Scores, Adobe's tool for creating custom, royalty-free music tracks for your videos.
Greater integration of the entire Elements suite with the AdobeRevel.com cloud. Now your videos and photos can be available any time, and from any device loaded with the Revel app.
Improvements to the Elements Organizer, including more advanced tools for managing and searching your media files and new tools for loading photos and video directly to Adobe Revel, Vimeo, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

For more information about the latest versions of Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements as well as screen shots of the new tools, see the articles linked to on the left side of this page:

http://muvipix.com/pe12.php

How do I combine several short movies into one large project?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:23:16 GMT

You’ll often find a longer project much easier to work with if you work on it in shorter pieces. Doing this can minimize system lugging and maximize program responsiveness as well as reduce the likelihood that you’ll run into problems when you try to output your finished movie.

Once each segment is finished and output, open a new project and combine the segments into a final mix.

In order to do with this minimal loss of quality and maximum performance, you’ll want to output each segment in its ideal video format – a format that the program is designed to work with natively and won’t have to re-render. Instructions for outputting each of these ideal video formats are found below.

The ideal source video format for a standard definition video project is the DV-AVI, although DV-MOVs will also work.

The ideal source video format for a high definition video project is either the 1920x1080 HDV MPEG or the 1920x1080 MTS AVCHD file.

For standard video

If you’d like to export your video project – or even a portion of your project – so that you can import it into a standard definition Premiere Elements video project on a Windows computer, use Publish & Share/Computer/AVI with the DV preset option. The file you output will have an .avi suffix

The Macintosh equivalent to the DV-AVI file is the DV-MOV. To output a DV-MOV file from your project, use Publish & Share/Computer/MOV with the DV preset. The file you output will have a .mov suffix.

For high-definition video

If you’d like to export your video project – or a portion of your project – from an HDV (tape-based high-definition) project for use in another HDV project, use Publish & Share/Computer/MPEG with the MPEG2 1920x1080i 30 preset (or 1920x1080i 25 for PAL).

If you’re working on an Full AVCHD project, output your video by clicking Publish & Share/Computer/AVCHD and using the M2T 1920x1080i preset (with the appropriate frame rate). For more information on outputting AVCHD video.

Both forms of high-definition video will output with the .m2t suffix.

(From The Muvipix.com Guide to Adobe Premiere Elements)

The timeline on my Mac zooms when I add a clip to it.

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:31:03 GMT

The Expert view timeline sometimes zooms in if you drag a clip from Finder or the Project Assets panel to the Expert view timeline. The Expert view timeline can also zoom in if you drag the clip handles to trim a clip.

This behavior is most obvious when working with Adobe Premiere Elements on MacBook Pro with retina display.

Adobe has posted the following fix.

http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/kb/expert-view-timeline-zoom-in.html

Why isn't my DVD as clear and detailed as my original footage?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:24:07 GMT

If you're using the proper workflow and a good video source, the quality of the DVD will be virtually identical to the original video.

The exceptions are:

1) High-def video. DVDs are standard definition 720x480 video. That's less than one-sixth the resolution of high-def video. So no DVD is going to look as clear, as high-resolution or as detailed as 1920x1080 video. This will be particularly obvious if you're viewing your DVD full-screen on your computer. Your computer monitor is many times the resolution of a DVD (or a standard definition TV set). So a DVD at full-screen is virtually always going to look fuzzy. And, depending on the software you use to play it on your computer, it may show interlacing or combing. This is because TVs are interlaced and computer monitors are not.

2) Photos are also reduced to 720x480 pixels. So no DVD is going to look as clear, as high-resolution or as detailed as your original photos. In fact, if you shoot your photos on even a 5 megapixel camera, your DVD will be nearly one-fifteenth the resolution.

We've addressed many of these issues at length on this forum. This is the nature of DVDs and has nothing to do with the software.

The real trick is addressing the term "quality" -- which posters use pretty generically. When people say the "quality is not near the original" are they talking about resolution, color, focus, exposure and lighting? On this forum we've done side-by-side comparisons of original footage with the DVD results. When both are at the same resolution, the results are virtually identical. (VLC Player does probably the best job of de-interlacing DVD video for computer playback.)

When compared side by side, a 640x480 screen capture of your original footage or photo should look almost identical to a de-interlaced screen capture of your DVD image at 640x480.

What's new in Premiere Elements 11?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:26:33 GMT

Adobe has given the entire Elements suite a major overhaul in version 11. Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements and the Elements Organizer all have completely redesigned interfaces – bright, uncluttered workspaces with easy-to-read text and tools tucked away until you need them.

But, in addition, Adobe has added some very nice new features:

In Premiere Elements:

64-bit support for Windows 7 and 8 as well as for Mac OSX.
Automatic project set-up, based on the first clip you add to your timeline.
Expanded support for video from portable devices, like iPads and smartphones, as well as new support for AVCHD 1080p.
The old Sceneline has been replaced by Quick view, a full-featured timeline for quickly pulling together video projects.
The Time Remapping effect, which allows you to suddenly shift your video into fast or slow-motion and then back again!
A new Adjustments panel offers access to a number of tools for improving your video’s color and sweetening your audio.
The old Properties panel has been replaced by a new, easier to use, easier to access Applied Effects panel.
A library of FilmLooks that instantly make your videos look like a haunting horror film, a stylish film noir or a sunbleached summer memory.
There’s no longer the need for a second installation to add additional content. The program now downloads additional content, including Movie Menu and InstantMovie templates, automatically as needed.

The Organizer

A redesigned interface that helps you sort your media files by date, place, event and even the people in them.
A more powerful interface for locating your files and filtering your searches.
An improved Media Analyzer that gathers more information more efficiently, and less intrusively, than ever.
Tools for uploading your photos and videos directly to YouTube, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Flickr, Photoshop Showcase and Adobe Revel.

For more information on these new features, see Adobe's official product page.

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements.html

For a review and walkthrough of the new interfaces for Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements 11, see the PDF links on the left side of this page:

http://Muvipix.com/pe11.php

FAQ: My files are missing from Elements Organizer, or How to reconnect your images?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:01:31 GMT

What is Elements Organizer?

The Elements Organizer can be used to arrange, codify, systemize, group, and classify your media. When you import your images and video into the Orgnizer, you are adding information about your files to a catalog. Your files remain on your hard drive where they were, unless you are importing them from a camera, in which case the files are copied to your hard drive to a location of your choosing.

What is an Elements Organizer catalog?

The catalog is a database that stores information about the files you've imported into Elements Organizer. When importing a file, the first thing Organizer does is collect the file's name and location on the hard drive. If the file has any attached compatible metadata, such as keyword tags, these are imported as well. You can use multiple catalogs and yourr catalogs can be carried forward from version to version.

Why does Elements Organizer say my files are missing?

Since the catalog database only stores information about your file, and not the file itself, if any of that information is changed outside of Elements Organizer, the connection to the file is lost. There are three ways this can happen: the file name is changed, the file location is changed, or the file has been deleted. If you need to rename, move, or delete a file, you can do so within the Elements Organizer, and then the connection is not lost.

What is Reconnecting?

When a file has been renamed, moved, or deleted, the catalog database needs to be updated with that new information. The Reconnection process allows you to point out a file's new name, it's new location, or to delete the database entry on your file if the file no longer exists on your hard drive.

Where can I learn more?

Managing Files in Elements Organizer

Managing Catalogs in Elements Organizer

Reconnecting Media in Elements Organizer

FAQ: What information should I provide when posting, or What do you need to know to solve my issue?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:26:22 GMT

When asking a question on the Premiere Elements user-to-user forums, you can make it easier for folks to help you by proactively providing the answers to the following questions:

What version of Premiere Elements? Include the minor version number (e.g., Premiere Elements 9 with the 9.0.1 update).
Have you installed the recent updates? (If not, you should. They fix a lot of problems.)
What operating system? This should include specific minor version numbers, like "Mac OSX v10.6.8"---not just "Mac".
What kind(s) of image file(s)? When talking about camera raw files, include the model of camera.
If you are getting error message(s), what is the full text of the error message(s)?
What were you doing when the problem occurred?
Has this ever worked before?
What other software are you running?
Tell us about your computer hardware. How much RAM is installed? How much free space is on your system (C:) drive?
Has this ever worked before? If so, do you recall any changes you made to Premiere Elements, such as adding Plug-ins, brushes, etc.? Did you make any changes to your system, such as updating hardware, printers or drivers; or installing/uninstalling any programs?

Screenshots and sample movies are often very useful in showing exactly what you're seeing, and can thus make getting an answer faster and easier. FAQ: How do I capture and post a screen shot or video?

Also, please do everyone a favor and check the Premiere Elements FAQ list and also do a quick Premiere Elements Community Help search to see if your question has been addressed already.

How can I edit FRAPS video in Premiere Elements?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:36:48 GMT

Although FRAPS isn't the best source format for video in Premiere Elements, some folks at Elements Village have come up with a workflow that seems to work pretty well.

http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67036

Key elements are:

1) The FRAPS software must be installed on the same machine you're editing your video on

2) ffdshow should also be installed

3) It is best to down-sample your video in FRAPS to 1280x720 at 30 fps before you bring it into Premiere Elements

4) Output the video from FRAPS using the Huffyuv codec

5) Edit it in a Premiere Elements project set up for Flip Mino HD 30 (although, in a pinch, it may also work in a project set up for AVCHD Lite 1280x720p)

How can I solve Mac installation issues?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:46:53 GMT

First, make sure that you've downloaded or are using the Mac installation disk or file! (The box includes several discs, so make sure you're using the right set.)

Also, if you are installing on OSX Mavericks, download and install this Adobe fix.

http://download.adobe.com/pub/adobe/premiereel/mac/Premiere_Elements_10_Installer_Fix.dmg

But if you're still having problems, check out this helpful knowledge base solution.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/925/cpsid_92579.html

What's new in Premiere Elements 10?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:28:29 GMT

Version 10 of Premiere Elements includes a number of great improvements in performance and stability, including faster project opening, quicker, more responsive performance and better handling of high-def and AVCHD footage.

In addition, the program includes a number of exciting new features:

• The program not only comes in both Mac and PC versions, but includes 64-bit support for Windows 7 64-bit!

• A new Pan & Zoom Tool and workspace makes creating motion paths over photos easier than ever.

• An Auto Vibrance effect intensifies color and contrast in your videos automatically

• A professional-style Color Correction Tool allows you to adjust and intensify colors in your shadows, highlights and mid-tones.

• A tool for sharing your videos directly to Photoshop.com, YouTube, PodBean and Facebook.

• Greatly expanded AVCHD support, including the ability to burn AVCHD to disc, output AVC and MP4 video in a variety of frame rates and resolutions AND Share presets for creating videos for iPads, Vimeo and even Tivo!

For illustrations and detailed discussions of all of these improvements, as well as a new feature list for Photoshop Elements 10, see the "Details" links on this page:

http://Muvipix.com/pe10.php

What should I do if my FireWire connection isn't recognized in Windows 7?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:47:17 GMT

Bill Hunt offers this solution:

Many users have experienced issues with FireWire devices not working with Win7-64. Often, those same devices worked with their previous OS, but not now. The cameras are not being recognized, or their other FW devices are just not being seen.

This appears to be related to the FW driver that Win7-64 installs by default, at least in most cases.

The "fix" is to go to Device Management, and locate the driver used for FireWire. One would replace that default driver with the one with the word "Legacy" in its name. Fairly simple to do, and it fixes FW issues for most users.

Click Windows Start orb; type "device manager" into the Search box and select Device Manager (or launch Device Manager anyway you like)
Swivel open the "IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers" item
Right-click on your listed 1394 controller; select "Update Driver Software"
Click the "Browse my computer for driver software" button, followed by the "Let me pick from a list" button
Select the option that has "(Legacy)" at the end of the name; click Next and let the driver be installed
Close out of dialogs and retry capture

What should I do if my Text Styles suddenly disappear?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:27:17 GMT

On XP, go to C:/Documents and Settings/[username]/My Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/[version]/Styles and rename the file "workingset.prsl" as "workingset.old" so that the program will recreate the file when it is next launched.

On Vista and Windows 7, go to C:/Users/[username]/My Documents/Adobe/Premiere Elements/[version]/Styles and rename the file "workingset.prsl" as "workingset.old" so that the program will recreate the file when it is next launched.

If these files are not visible, you will need to first go to Start/Control Panel/Folder Options and, under the View tab, check Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives.

How can I correct frame rate issues in Premiere Elements 9?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 13:23:33 GMT

This Adobe Knowledge Base article includes a replacment .dll that will correct a frame rate issue in version 9.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/887/cpsid_88760.html

How do I correct the problem with the display driver in Premiere Elements?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:11:49 GMT

First, ensure you do have the latest driver from the nVidia or ATI web site.

Then, in XP, go to C:/DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS/ALL USERS/APPLICATION DATA/ADOBE/PREMIERE ELEMENTS/[version 0.00] and remove or rename the file BadDrivers.txt.

In Windows 7 or Windows 8, go to C:/PROGRAM DATA/ADOBE/PREMIERE ELEMENTS/[version 0.00] and remove or rename the file BadDrivers.txt. (You may need to first go to Start/Control Panel/Folder Options/View and, under Hidden Files and Folders, select the option to Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives.)

When you next launch Premiere Elements, BadDrivers.txt will be recreated and you will no longer see the message.

How can I work through the limitations of the Premiere Elements 9 trial?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:37:17 GMT

Adobe has a number of suggestions for working with the trial download of Premiere Elements 9.

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/870/cpsid_87080.html

Where can I download additional content for Premiere Elements?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 19:45:02 GMT

Additional content for the most recent versions of Premiere Elements can be downloaded from this page.

http://www.adobe.com/special/premiereel/downloads/

What Effects and Transitions are not included in the Mac version of Pre9 and 10?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:30:57 GMT

The Windows version of Premiere Elements 9 and 10 includes a number effects and transitions that are not available on the Mac version.

The Windows version includes 86 video effects and 23 audio effects.

The Mac version includes 71 video effects and 19 audio effects.

The Windows version includes 111 video transitions.

The Mac version includes 50 video transitions.

A complete list of omitted effects and transitions can be found in the sticky posted to this Muvipix forum.

http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=89

What's new in Premiere Elements 9?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:19:28 GMT

In many ways, Premiere Elements 9 may be the best version of the program Adobe has ever produced!

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/

You won’t find a lot of new bells and whistles in this new build. Not a lot of new, obvious features. This time out the emphasis has been on improving performance – and it certainly shows. Although the few new features that have been added are pretty impressive!

Highlights include:

•Mac compatibility. For the first time ever, the entire Elements Suite – Premiere Elements, Photoshop Elements and the Elements Organizer – has been released in Mac as well as Windows versions.

•Improved support for AVCHD video. AVCHD video can now be edited natively in Premiere Elements! That means you don’t have to render the video (if you’re using the correct project preset) on the timeline until you add effects or transitions to it.

•Support for Flip and still camera video. Version 9 includes project presets for Flip video as well as for a number of still camera video formats, including the the Canon EOS series!

•Toggled Timeline track views. Video and audio tracks can be toggled between a full-size view and a compressed, flattened view, making much more efficient use of the timeline’s vertical space.

•Sharper interface. The program’s interface is now much cleaner, with clear, easy-to-read text on its tabs and tools. Additionally, the brightly-colored Organize, Edit, Disc Menu and Share tabs have been replaced with cool, black tabs so that the program looks more like its professional, big brother programs in the Creative Suite.

•Automatic project settings tool. When the first clip you use in your project doesn’t match your project’s settings, the program will warn you of this mismatch and offer to automatically update the project’s presets for you.

•WebDVD output. A new Share option allows you to output and upload your videos as a Web site that operates like a DVD – complete with menu pages and media links.

•Added NewBlue effects. Some great new effects and transitions from NewBlue – including the very exciting Cartoonr effect for making your videos look like cartoons!

For more detailed information on the new features in both Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements as well as screen shots of the new interfaces and tutorials demonstrating some of the new tools, see http://muvipix.com/pe9.php

How can I get the best quality on YouTube?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:52:57 GMT

Premiere Elements offers Publish & Share functions for uploading directly to YouTube. However, because of occasional issues uploading directly to YouTube and similar sites, many people prefer to create the files as a separate process and upload them manually. (Others claim this actually gives you much better results.)

In versions 10, 11 and 12, the best outputs for YouTube and other online video sites can be found under Publish & Share (Share in version 10), Computer, AVCHD and selecting either YouTube Widescreen SD (standard definition) or YouTube Widescreen HD (high-def) from the preset menu.

For earlier versions of the program, John Cloudman offers this advice for outputting a high-quality hi-def video for YouTube:

Go to Share tab, Computer, QuickTime/MOV. Choose the DV preset and then click the Advanced button.

On the Settings window, do the following:

Video Tab
*Video Codec: H.264
*Quality: 100
*Frame Wdith: 1280
*Frame Height: 720
*Frame Rate: 29.97
*Field Type: Progressive
*Pixel Aspect Ratio: square
*Set Bitrate: checked
*Bitrate: 8000 kbps

Audio Tab
*Audio Code: AAC
*Output Channels: Stereo
*Frequency: 44kHz

That should generate a .mov file that Youtube will handle correctly. You can modulate that Bitrate to reduce the amount of data size, and you can modulate the Quality number to reduce the encoding time. I wouldn't go lower than 3000 kbps for a bitrate or below 50 on Quality. Hope this helps everyone!

Forum poster Felix G relays this method for outputting a high-quality standard definition file for YouTube.

1. From Premiere Elements, select the Share/Personal Computer option, then select the DV-AVI output option (either standard or widescreen).

2. Import this AVI file into Windows MovieMaker, place the file on MovieMaker's timeline and Publish (to your hard drive) a
WMV, dvd-quality (4:3 size) PAL 3,0 M.

3. Upload to the WMV to YouTube. You will need to wait (approx 10 min. per minute movietime) until the uploaded movie is re-encoded by YouTube and released and online in high quality.

How can I use footage from one project in another?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:21:52 GMT

The best format for saving your video from one project so that it can be used in another Premiere Elements project is DV-AVI. For hi-def video, the format is HDV.

To save your video as a standard-definition DV-AVI, go to Share, Personal Computer and select the AVI output option with the DV preset. When you're ready to mix together these segments open a new project using the DV settings and assemble them on that timeline.

To save your video as a high-definition M2T video, go to Share, Personal Computer and select the MPEG output option with the 1440x1080 MPEG preset. When you're ready to mix together these segments open a new project using the HDV settings and assemble them on that timeline.

How can I export a completed project from Premiere Elements?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:14:11 GMT

There are a number of formats you can export from Premiere Elements. All are available under the Share tab and the major output formats are available under the Personal Computer option.

To export your completed video for use in another project, use the DV-AVI output option.

To export your video for display on the internet, use the WMV or MOV output options.

Have updates been released for Premiere Elements 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:14:52 GMT

In February, 2010, Adobe released a patch for Premiere Elements 8 that fixes a number of issues.

This patch addresses the following:

Crash on launch due to graphics driver incompatibility
Crashers because of GPU based errors in the application
Crashes during capture from DV/HDV cameras
Crashes during playback
Some intermittent crashes (during upload to youtube.com, scrolling through and using effects/transitions etc)

To download this patch, select Check for Updates from the program's Help menu.

What should I do if my program's licensing suddenly stops working?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 03:38:14 GMT

If you suddenly find your program unable to launch or you get a 150:30 error, it's likely that the program's licensing has corrupted.

Adobe offers this third-party solution that usually fixes the problem.

http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/licensing_download_eula.html

Premiere Elements Basic Training

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:38:38 GMT

If you'd like an overview of the basics of Premiere Elements -- from creating a project through building a timeline, adding effects and titles and outputting your video -- I've created an 8-part tutorial series for Premiere Elements support site Muvipix.com.

It's a great way to introduce yourself to the interface, as well as to introduce you to our training materials and my Muvipix.com guide books for Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements.

You can watch the series here. Hope you'll check them out!

How can I improve the odds that I'll have success with Premiere Elements 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:27:57 GMT

Here are some things I've learned over the past several weeks.

1) Ensure you've got enough hardware resources. I wouldn't try to run this program on anything less than a dual-core processor with 4 gigs of RAM and at least 30 gigs of free, defragmented hard drive space. Don't try to edit AVCHD on anything less than a quad core machine.

2) Ensure you have the latest Windows Updates (manually go to Windows Update and get the non-critical updates also) and the latest version of Quicktime and your graphics cards drivers.

3) LET THE PROGRAM COMPLETELY START UP BEFORE YOU TRY TO EDIT! This program takes a long time to fully start up. Wait until it completely loads, all of the clips have thumbnails on them and your hard drive stops churning. (You can even open Task Manager and watch it until the processor calms down.) On a slower machine, it can take 3-5 minutes for the program to completely load and settle down.

4) Whenever possible, use only standard video formats as your source files: MiniDV, HDV (tape-based hi-def) or AVCHD. Watch out for video from things like pocket hi-def camcorders like the Flip.

5) Render often. (I also recommend you go to Edit/Preferencess/General and turn off Background Rendering.) Whenever you see red lines above your clips on your timeline, press Enter and let the program render them. (The red lines will turn green.)

As I've said, I'm now running version 8 on both an XP machine and a Windows 7 machine and it's quite stable with my current workflow.

Hope that helps!

How can I turn off processes that run after I exit Premiere Elements 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:31:50 GMT

Ozpeter offers this great solution:

Pending a fix or advice from Adobe, I've written a tiny program to help with problems of Premiere Elements 8 not shutting down properly.

"PE8 Runner" is a small utility which...

- Asks you whether you want to run Premiere Elements 8.0 with or without the welcome screen

- Checks after you close the program whether it really has closed, or whether its process is still running

- Asks you whether you want to terminate the unclosed process (so you don't have to use Windows Task Manager to do it).

INSTALLATION

None. You can run PE8 Runner.exe from anywhere on your PC. But it assumes you have Premiere Elements installed
in the default location (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 8.0)

USE

Run PE8 Runner.

Answer yes or no to the question about using the welcome screen.

(If you choose not to use the welcome screen you will go straight to the program
and then you must open or create a project using the normal menu).

Use Premiere Elements 8 as normal.

After you close Premiere Elements 8, about 10 or 20 seconds afterwards
you may see a window pop up telling you that the Premiere Elements process
is still running (and using your PC's resources), and asking you if you want
to terminate the process.

Unless you are in fact still using the program, answer "yes".

LIABILITY

The author (me) has developed and tested the program on a virus-protected system
using Windows XP SP3. Every precaution has been taken to ensure that
it is reliable, but it's up to you to choose whether to use it or not, and the author
accepts no responsibility for the outcome.

Please test it on an unimportant project before using it on something real.

I have not been able to test it on other versions of Windows and would be interested in any reports.

Download link http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/9/22/1451533/PE8%20Runner.zip - it's a small download. Source code is included.

How can I turn off background features in Premiere Elements 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:02:33 GMT

There are two features that run in the background while you're working in Premiere Elements 8 which, while useful, can interfere with your other work. So, if you find your computer running sluggishly, you may want to try disabling them.

Background Rendering renders all non-DV footage or footage to which effects or transitions have been applied on your timeline automatically. (Clips which appear on the timeline with a red line above them need to be rendered in order to show at full quality.) To turn off this feature, go to Edit/Preferences and uncheck the Background Rendering option.

To manually render your video, press Enter. The red lines above your clips will turn green when rendering is complete.

The Organizer also runs a background feature called the Auto Analyzer. To disable it, go to the Organizer's Edit/Preferences and select the Auto Analyzer page. Uncheck this option.

Note that the Auto Analyzer creates Smart Tags, which are necessary in order for the program to Auto Enhance your clips. If you turn off the Auto Analyzer, then, you will also disable the Auto Enhance feature.

Finally, as an added tweak, go to Premiere Elements' Edit/Preferences and set Timeline Scrolling to Page Scroll. The default setting (Smooth Scrolling) continually moves the timeline as your video plays, wasting unnecessary resources.

How do I update my old Organizer catalog for a new version of the program?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:27:28 GMT

When you install a new versiobn of the program and start the Organizer, it will usually give you a pop-up asking if you want to convert the catalog from a previous version. However, if that tool doesn't automatically launch, contributor Barb O offers this manual solution:

Go to File menu Catalog command and you will see a button for Convert. Click that convert button to start the catalog conversion process manually.

Note that IF you have more than one catalog, each one converts separately.

BEFORE you start your new program, go to your old Organizer's catalog and select:
-- Catalog > Repair
-- File > Reconnect > All Missing Files
-- Catalog > Repair (again)

The logic here is that a "cleaned up" prior version catalog is less likely to have problems during the upgrade process.

What's new in Premiere Elements 8?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:57:48 GMT

Version of 8 Premiere Elements includes lots of great, new features -- features that will benefit the veteran videomaker as well as the novice.

http://www.adobe.com/products/premiereel/

They include:

• A full-featured Organizer, now a separate program shared by both Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements 8

• Dynamic editing options for adding clips to your project through the Monitor

• The ability to add effects and transitions to several clips at once

• Optional automatic background rendering

• Automatic quality enhancement options for your video clips

• A Smart Trim tool for automatically editing your video

• A Smart Mix tool for automatically adjusting your audio levels

• A motion tracking tool for following people or objects around your video frame

• Improved customization for themes and InstantMovies

• An effects mask for applying effects to certain areas of your video frame without affecting the rest of the frame

• New Share options, including options for posting podcasts and sharing video to Photoshop.com

• Nearly 250 pieces of clip art you can add to your movies, including several animated objects!

For more detailed discussion and illustrations of these new features, see my Steve's Tips article on version 8 on the Muvipix site:

http://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=6180

Why don't my AVCHD clips load to the Video 1 track?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:25:32 GMT

If you're using AVCHD video with 5.1 audio in a Premiere Elements 7 project that is not set up with 5.1 audio, the video will load to the Video 4 track rather than Video 1.

In Sceneline mode, the video won't even appear in the sceneline (because it is not loading to Video 1).

The solution is to create a project using the correct presets for your AVCHD audio, as illustrated below.

How can I combine my DVD files into one file for editing?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:34:07 GMT

Paul LS offers this excellent solution:

Go to Start>All Programs>Accessories>Command Prompt... the Command Prompt window will open.

Assuming C: is your hard drive and D: is your DVD drive type the following commands...

type: "d:" and press Enter, then type what is between the ".." below:

type: "cd video_ts" and Enter
type: "copy /b vts_01_0.vob + vts_01_1.vob + vts_01_2.vob c:\DVD.vob"

vts_01_0.vob + vts_01_1.vob... etc are the vob files in the VIDEO_TS folder on the DVD.

(Substitute the actual names of the vob files in your DVD's VIDEO_TS folder for "vts_01_0.vob", etc.)

You will find the joined vob file under your C: directory and named "DVD.vob".

This file is a single file with all the component vob files joined together.

Note it could take some time to combine the vob files. Once it is complete it will say "1file copied" in the Command Prompt window.

How can I troubleshoot my camcorder capture problems?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:25:27 GMT

1. Before you blame the software, make sure your operating system and its components are optimized and up to date. The computer regimen listed in our Appendix, and, in particular, ensuring that your operating system, its firmware and drivers are up to date, is fundamental maintenance!

Remember, you’re using a very intensive program on an operating system that’s constantly changing, updating and evolving. Like a race car driver who knows that even a few pounds of pressure in one tire can mean the difference between a stable ride and one fraught with problems, you should always make sure your computer’s operating system is in perfect working order.

And always make sure you have the latest version of Quicktime and the newest RealTek drivers on your system! They may not seem like obvious solutions to your problems, but more times than not, a simple update makes all the difference.

2. If your operating system isn’t even registering your camcorder as connected, you’re dealing with a more fundamental problem than a Premiere Elements issue.

Check your connections. Make sure your camcorder is set up right for capture (i.e., is in VTR/play mode). Possibly even check the camcorder on another computer to see whether it’s the computer, the FireWire cable or even your particular camcorder that’s failing.

3. Make sure you’re using a FireWire/IEEE-1394/iLink connection for capture. Some miniDV camcorders also offer a USB connection – but, most of the time, they won’t work with Premiere Elements. Trust us on this. You want a FireWire connection if it is at all possible.

4. If all connections are working and Windows recognizes your camcorder but Premiere Elements doesn’t, note the auto-launch window that Windows opens when you plug your camcorder into your computer.

What software does it offer to launch to capture your video? Some software (such as Nero) is less willing to share capture devices with any other software. And sometimes that means, unfortunately, capture directly into Premiere Elements may simply not be possible – at least not without way more work than it’s worth. In that case, you may want to consider our third-party solutions below.

5. If all seems to be in order and Premiere Elements still isn’t recognizing your camcorder, click on the >> button on the upper right corner of your Capture panel. (If this button doesn’t show, go to Premiere Elements Window drop-down menu and select Show Docking Headers.)

Select the Device Control option and, from the panel that opens, click on the Options button.

This button will open another panel in which you can set the program to the exact brand and model of camcorder or DV bridge you’re connected to. (There are Standard settings also, in the event your camcorder model isn’t listed.)

In all honesty, changing these settings rarely revives a dead camcorder connection. However, it can “refine” a connection in which the camcorder is recognized but capture doesn’t seem to be going quite right.

Finally, if none of these solutions works, you can use a third-party capture solution.

A favorite capture software utility for miniDV capture is WinDV. This free and fully-loaded capture utility will often work even when nothing else seems to (assuming Windows sees the camcorder connection).

Like Premiere Elements itself, WinDV captures miniDV video in small DV-AVI clips which are perfectly compatible with Premiere Elements and other editors.

Other options include the low-cost Scenalyzer and the absolutely free Windows MovieMaker (included with your Windows operating system). Both will capture your miniDV files in the DV-AVI format, which you can then import into your Premiere Elements project.

For high-definition video, HDVSplit is, like WinDV, free and yet very stable and nicely featured.

How can I force Vista (32 bit) to allocate more RAM space?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:27:25 GMT

According to forum member Eelco van Vliet, Premiere Elements has a memory leak. Also Vista32 only allows 2 gigabytes of memory per process unlike Vista64 and windows7.

To allocate more RAM, go to:

START BUTTON -->ALL PROGRAMS -->ACCESSORIES-->RUN

In the Run box, type:
BCDEDIT /set increaseuserva 4096

Why doesn't Premiere Elements see my DVD or BluRay burner?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:24:54 GMT

The presence of certain programs on your computer -- namely Nero and some other disc burning software -- can corrupt your registry, keeping Premiere Elements and other programs from seeing your CD, DVD or BluRay drive.

Microsoft offers this automatic registry fix for the problem.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

How can I edit video from a Flip camera?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:02:01 GMT

Flip cameras store their video in a hi-def MP4 format -- however, this is not an AVCHD format and you will likely not be able to edit the video by importing it into Premiere Elements without converting it. (The video is actually stored in a proprietary MP4 codec called 3iVX.)

Version 9 of Premiere Elements includes project presets for working with Flip video. When you create a new project, go to Settings and select the appropriate setting: Flip Mino or Ultra, standard-def or high-def.

Versions of Premiere Elements prior to version 9 will likely have problems working with Flip video, however. In those cases, we recommend converting the video to a format the program can work with.

This free software, from NCH Software, will convert the MP4 files from a Flip camera into a more editable AVI.

http://www.nchsoftware.com/prism/index.html

Be sure to choose the AVI output option and, from the Encoder options, select DV Encoder (NTSC or PAL, as appropriate).

For NTSC DV video, also set the Output Options to:

Frame Size: 720x480

Frame Rate: 29.97

For PAL DV video, set the Output Options to:

Frame Size: 720x576

Frame Rate: 25

Where Prism falls short, however, is in producing 16:9 video files. The only options seem to be to 4:3. For producing 16:9 video, the better choice appears to be MPEG Streamclip, as described in this FAQ:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/415317?tstart=0

How can I remove the watermark from projects created with the trial version of the program?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 21:53:20 GMT

Once you've purchased the full version of Premiere Elements, you can remove the watermark from projects created with the trial version by deleting the rendered files.

To delete the rendered files, go to the Timeline menu and select Delete Render Files. The program will then recreate "clean" renders as needed.

What is the best device for capturing analog video?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:54:45 GMT

There’s a difference between a DV bridge and plain old capture device or capture card. Capture devices merely digitize your video input to any of number of video formats. DV bridges, on the other hand, are specifically designed to convert any video and audio input into DV-AVI files, the preferred video format for PC-based video editors. (Macs also prefer DV video, although they are saved as DV Quicktime files rather than AVIs. The video data content, however, is identical.)

DV bridges range from relatively inexpensive to high-end professional devices with time base correction and other video optimizers. The best value on the market in DV bridges and a Muvipix recommended “best buy” is the Grass Valley Canopus AVDC, a favorite of many videographers and available online for under $200. This great device can is a great value if you plan to edit a lot of video from non-DV sources.

Another great device is ADS Pyro AV Link, which is discontinued but can still be found for under $150 obnline. Like the Grass Valley Canopus device, the Pyro AV link will take any AV input (a camcorder, a DVD player, a VCR or virtually any other video source, including live video) and port it into your computer as a high-quality DV-AVI file.

Capturing video from a DV bridge is easy. Just plug your camcorder’s, DVD player’s or VCR’s AV cables (RCA jacks) into the DV bridge’s inputs and plug the bridge (connected by FireWire) into your computer. Windows will recognize the device just as it recognizes a miniDV camcorder connection.

The capture process itself is essentially the same as capture from a miniDV camcorder. The only difference is that, since there’s no direct connection between your video source device and the computer, you won’t be able to control the device with the Capture Monitor’s playback controls. But, once you’ve got the device cued up to the segment you want to capture, you just click the Capture button and you’re good to go!

By the way, these DV bridges can also be used with DVD camcorders and hard drive camcorders, so it’s a great way to make any non-miniDV video 100% Premiere Elements compatible.

An alternative to a DV bridge is a set-up called a pass-through, which essentially uses a miniDV camcorder as a DV bridge.

To do pass-through capture, attach your non-DV camcorder to your miniDV camcorder, via its AV cables, and then link the miniDV to your computer via FireWire. With the miniDV camcorder in play mode (but without a tape inside) the non-DV camcorder’s video then flows through the miniDV and into the computer, where it’s captured as DV-AVIs.

The biggest challenge to using this method is that fewer and fewer new miniDV camcorders support pass-through connection. And it’s very difficult to learn, from most spec sheets, which camcorders do. But, if your miniDV camcorder is pass-through capable, this is a simple and effective method of digitizing almost any analog video input.

What resolution should my photos be in Premiere Elements?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:52:46 GMT

Photos make great source files for a Premiere Elements project, but you’ll find the highest quality results and the best performance from the program if the sizes of your photos are properly optimized before you bring them into your project. We urge you to make sure that any photo you use (especially if you use several in a slideshow) has been resized to no larger than 1000x750 pixels before you bring it into your Premiere Elements project to ensure the best quality and optimal program performance. (Photos taken directly from digital cameras can be 20 to 25 times that size!)

At first this may seem to go contrary to common wisdom. Traditionally, the higher the resolution of your photo, the better the quality of the output. But remember that Premiere Elements is a video editing program, and video is a relatively low resolution medium (essentially the equivalent of 640x480 pixels). And, to a point, reducing the resolution of a photo or graphic to be used in a video actually improves the quality of the video output. (1000x750 pixels seems to be that point)

The reason for this has to do with a process called downsampling, the system a video program uses to bring high-resolution photos down to video size. Premiere Elements does a fair job of this – but, as any pro knows, nothing that happens automatically will be as clean or as efficient as what you do manually. “Down-rezzing” is definitely one of these things.

There’s also a more pressing reason for downsampling your photos yourself. The process of “down-rezzing”, like the process of assimilating non-DV-AVI files into a video project, is a very intensive process. So intensive, in fact, that it’s the single biggest reason Premiere Elements fails, particularly during the disc burning process.

It takes a lot longer for the program to down-rez a 4000x3000 pixel photo than it does a 1000x750 pixel photo. Many, many times longer. And would you rather wait an hour or two for the program to transcode your DVD or 10 hours for a process that might end up with the program choking and dying anyway?

Photoshop Elements, by the way, has a very nice batch resizing feature that can resize a whole folder full of photos in just a few clicks. You’ll find it under the program’s File drop-menu, listed as Process Multiple Files.

For high-definition video, you can increase the size of the photos to 2000x1500 -- although you should be aware that this will require much more processing time and computer power than standard definition video.

How can I best work with JVC Everio video files?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:39:36 GMT

For a variety of reasons, MOD files from JVC Everio camcorders can be challenging for many video editors, including Premiere Elements, to work with.

Forum member MarkItVision offers his best solution for making the files easier to edit.

Using CyberLink Power Director Express - a program which comes bundled with the camcorder - capture the video and then place it on the timeline. Then go to File>Produce Movie and at "step 1" select "create a file"

Change the settings as shown to Type II and High Quality 48k. Change settings by clicking on the button two over from the one labeled CLVS and you can confirm the audio is PCM using the button to the right of it.

Follow the arrow "right" and give your file a name and location It will output the AVI as a DV-AVI Type II 48kHz PCM.

Import this file into a Premiere Elements project. The program should work easily with it.

To conform your video file for widescreen, drag it to the timeline, right-click on it and set it to "interpret footage as D1/DV PAL (or NTSC) Widescreen 16:9 (1.422)".

How can I ensure that my operating system is up to date?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:02:27 GMT

An up to date system is vital, when it comes to running intensive programs like Premiere Elements.

Here are three ways to ensure you have the latest firmware and drivers.

1) Go to Windows Update and manually download all the latest, including optional updates for hardware. These non-critical updates don't install automatically

2) Go to http://www.apple.com and download the latest version of Quicktime. Quicktime is at the core of all PC-based video applications, include Premiere Elements

3) To ensure that all of your software is up to date, download this great product from Secunia. The home version is free.

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/

This program will update all of your drivers and firmware and will even advise you when a driver is outdated.

A great, free tool for ensuring your drivers are up to date is Device Doctor, available from http://www.devicedoctor.com/

This program will scan your drive and recommend driver updates, when available. Although the program is free, a voluntary donation is encouraged. The program also offers to install a free toolbar -- which I recommend you decline.

How can I work through a Burn DVD problem?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:06:35 GMT

In a perfect world, you could put together a project out of any media, click the Share tab and burn it to a disk. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons – some related to Premiere Elements, most related to operating system drivers or program conflicts, this sometimes doesn’t go as smoothly as it should.
The simplest solution is to break the process down into its elements and then troubleshoot each element individually.

There are three main reasons for a problem burning a DVD or BluRay disc: challenging source video (including photos that are larger than the recommended 1000x750 pixels in size); interfacing issues with your disc burner (often the result of a program like Nero not sharing the burner with other programs); and lack of computer resources (namely lack of available scratch disk space on your hard drive). This workaround eliminates most Burn Disc problems. And those it doesn’t eliminate, it at least helps you isolate where the problem is occurring.

1. Burn to a folder rather than directly to a disc. Select this option from Share/Output/Disc. This eliminates the possibility that other disk burning software is interfering with communication with your computer’s burner. Once the disk files are created, you can use your computer’s burner software to burn the VIDEO_TS folder and its contents to a disk.

If this doesn’t work, it could be that your computer lacks the necessary resources, as discussed below.

2. Clear space on and defragment your hard drive. A one-hour video can require up to 50 gigabytes of free, defragmented space on your hard drive to render and process (depending on your source files). Even a “pure” AVI project can require 20-30 gigabytes of space.

Clear off your computer and regularly defragment it, per Maintain Your Computer, above, and you’ll reduce the likelihood of this being an issue – assuming you’ve got an adequately powered computer and an adequately large hard drive in the first place.

What tools can I use to convert my video to DV-AVI?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:03:25 GMT

All video may look the same and sound the same, but it actually comes in many flavors, formats and compression systems (codecs). Premiere Elements is built around a DV-AVI workflow. (DV-AVIs are AVI files that use the DV codec.) This means that DV-AVIs flow easily through it and place the least strain on the program and, ultimately, your system. Not all AVIs use the DV codec, and many (such as video from still cameras) can cause real problems for Premiere Elements.

A good rule of thumb is that, whenever possible, you should use DV-AVIs as your video source.

More information on the why's and how's of converting video for Premiere Elements can be found in my article "Converting Video for Premiere Elements", free from Muvipix.com.

A number of free or low-cost programs will convert your files.

Premiere Elements - Premiere Elements, especially current versions, can often do an excellent job of converting. To use it, open a new project (Use the DVD/Hard Drive Camcorder project setting if you're converting MPEGs to DVD files), import your video and place it on the timeline. Then, with the timelline selected, go to File/Export/Movie. The resultant AVI should work perfectly in any Premiere Elements project.

If you don't get the quality you need or if the program simply can't handle the file format or codec, here are some other options:

MPEG Streamclip (free at http://www.squared5.com ) - A great tool for easily converting MPEGs and VOB files (DVD video files). To use it, open the file with MPEG Streamclip and then open the AVI/DivX Exporter window from File/Export to AVI.

    For Compression select the Apple DV/DVPRO_NTSC (or DV PAL, if appropriate) codec.
    For Field Order select Lower Field First.
    Change the default sound settings from MPEG Layer 3 to Uncompressed.

If you have widescreen footage click on the Options at the top right. Leave the Scan Mode as is but change the Aspect Ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.
If you would like to save these settings, click on the Presets button at the bottom left then click on the New button to name and save your settings. The next time you run MPEG Streamclip, you can go directly to the Presets button and Load your saved settings.

Click on “Make AVI” and choose a folder and filename for your DV-AVI file.

Super (free from http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html ) can convert almost any video format to almost any other video format. It's newest version outputs both PAL and NTSC DV-AVIs.

To use Super, set the Output Container drop-down menu to DV -- and leave everything else at its default setting. (Although, if you are using PAL video, ensure that Video Scale Size is set to 720:576.) Drag the video you want to convert to the area just below the Output specs and click Encode.

Finding the download link on its messy web site is a bit tough though. But you can find it near the bottom of this page

http://www.erightsoft.com/S6Kg1.html

Windows MovieMaker - It’s right on your computer, and it handles a wide range of files. It’s particularly good for converting still camera video to a format Premiere Elements can work with.

To convert a video into a DV-AVI with MovieMaker, simply import it into MovieMaker and drag it to the MovieMaker timeline. Then:

From the Main Menu select File/Save Movie File
A dialog will open - Select ‘My Computer’ and press the Next button.

On the next screen you can name the new file and select/browse to a folder to put the file in (remember where you put it because you will need to browse to the file in Premiere Elements to import to you project). When you have named the file and selected the location press the Next button.

On the next screen, click the link that says Show More Choices. There will be three radio buttons to choose from. Select No. 3, Other Settings and, from the drop-down menu, select DV-AVI.

NOTE: Windows Live MovieMaker, the new, online version of MovieMaker included with Windows 7, will not output DV-AVIs. Fortunately, the "classic" Windows MovieMaker 2.6 is still available on the Microsoft site. You can find it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34

Quicktime Pro ($29 from Apple) - A great tool to own if you use a lot of MOVs (Quicktime) as source files. It not only converts MOVs to DV-AVIs but also includes some basic video editing functions.

VirtualDub (free from http://www.virtualdub.org ) – This terrific tool should be on everyone’s computer. Less a conversion tool than a video processor, it will make many AVIs (including Type 1 DV-AVIs) compatible with Premiere Elements as well as converting many other file types.
Converting is as easy as opening the file in VirtualDub and doing a Save As to create the new, freshly-processed file.

How can I optimize Vista and Windows 7 for best performance?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:54:25 GMT

Vista adds a number of mostly aesthetic features that leach power from your system -- and when you're editing video, particularly hi-definition vidoe, you need all the power you can get!

Here are a couple of simple "power tweaks" for getting the most out of your Vista machine:

1. From Start, go to your Control Panel, then select Performance Information and Tools. In the dialog box that opens, select Indexing Options in the left pane. Then, click the Modify button in the Indexing Options dialog box and click the Show All Locations button at the bottom of the Indexed Locations dialog box. For best performance, turn off Indexing on all of your drives.

2.    Click Start, right-click on Computer, and click Properties. Click Advanced System Settings. Click on the Advanced tab. Under Performance, click Settings. Uncheck these options:
•    Fade or slide menus into view
•    Fade or slide tooltips into view
•    Fade out menu items after clicking
•    Show shadows under menus
•    Slide open combo boxes
•    Slide taskbar buttons
•    Use a background image for each folder type
    Close the Performance Options & System Properties dialogs.

3. Windows Vista Sidebar provides instant access to gadgets. However, the Sidebar is one of Vista’s top resource suckers. Turn it off and your computer will sigh in relief.

4. Turn off the Aero interface! Right-click on your desktop, select Properties and then Appearance. Select the basic Vista look. It may not be quite as cool as Aero’s semi-transparent windows, but it’s well worth the trade-off in performance. And, in two days, you probably won’t miss it anyway.

How can I contact Adobe Premiere Elements tech support?

forums_noreply@adobe.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:48:59 GMT

This page offers solutions and contact information for the current version of the product.

http://www.adobe.com/support/premiereelements/