I recently had to get a new computer. I got to work on Adobe Premiere Elements almost immediately - both a new project and an old project.
In both cases, I ran into glitches - either the video was pixelated or the background was missing. After working on it, I've got it stuck in an ugly position where the screen is either stuck on black or in permanent freeze-frame. By that, I mean even though I can hear the audio, the picture never moves (unless I click on another image).
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You're on the lower end of what's needed to edit video, but it should work. Based on what you've said so far, my guess is that there is a difference between you project settings and your footage.
Where did the footage come from? How did you set up the project? What are the project settings? Is there a yellow/orange line above the timeline?
I have this problem on several projects - one is HD footage I downloaded for the Make the Cut contest. That was started before my old computer died. However, I'm having the same problem when I started a new project with footage recorded off my camcorder.
Both of these worked just fine on my old computer (which had roughly the same hard drive).
There is no yellow or orange line above the timeline. There's a red one.
I changed nothing when I started these projects so I'm just using the default settings.
I have this problem on several projects - one is HD footage I downloaded for the Make the Cut contest. That was started before my old computer died. However, I'm having the same problem when I started a new project with footage recorded off my camcorder.
Both of these worked just fine on my old computer (which had roughly the same hard drive).
There is no yellow or orange line above the timeline. There's a red one.
I changed nothing when I started these projects so I'm just using the default settings.
The red line shows up to tell you that your video needs to be "preview render" your project. Do that by pressing the Return Key. It also means that your video clips may not match your project settings. The usual way to do that is to examine you primary clips and use that to specify the setting at the start of a project. Newer versions of Premier Elements has automatic options for establishing the project settings.
I don't know what the Make the Cut contest is. If you are mixing footage types from you camcorder to something downloaded, it may be part of the conflict creating the render line.
Good luck with your project. It may be difficult. You are using a version of Premier Elements that has been upgraded 5 times. It was designed to run on Windows 7. You are using Windows 10, a newer graphics system and mixed footage. There may be unsolvable conflicts.
I have a similar problem. Had a Windows 7 System crash on a Tower machine which did not recover from backup and had to reinstall from from original discs including Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 discs. All drivers and other required programs were loaded & checked including hardware & all Windows 7 updates. It is quite high spec Tower system and worked most satisfactory until the crash for some three years or so. All works well on recovery except in Premiere Elements, it now has a blank Monitor Panel until I click on it. It then displays the clip at the Cursor position but then playing the film I have sound as the Cusor moves but no picture. The Timeline and the Poject Panel shows the scenes correctly. I have loaded film afresh and checked all settings and Rendering has also been checkedInterestingly, I can play this film when in the Organizer and again it plays correctly when using different players outside of Premiere Elements. I have also reinstalled the Adobe programs twice since without success.
I have a similar problem. Had a Windows 7 System crash on a Tower machine which did not recover from backup and had to reinstall from from original discs including Photoshop & Premiere Elements 10 discs. All drivers and other required programs were loaded & checked including hardware & all Windows 7 updates. It is quite high spec Tower system and worked most satisfactory until the crash for some three years or so. All works well on recovery except in Premiere Elements, it now has a blank Monitor Panel until I click on it. It then displays the clip at the Cursor position but then playing the film I have sound as the Cusor moves but no picture. The Timeline and the Poject Panel shows the scenes correctly. I have loaded film afresh and checked all settings and Rendering has also been checkedInterestingly, I can play this film when in the Organizer and again it plays correctly when using different players outside of Premiere Elements. I have also reinstalled the Adobe programs twice since without success.
My first guess is that you may have a graphics card driver update issue. Also, Premier Elements 10 is 5 versions old. There may be an unresolvable conflict. You've not provided much information for further guesses!
The system worked fine before the crash and no hardware has been changed since new. The system spec. is Intel Core i7 Processor 3.5 GHz, 16GB DDR3 133Mhz RAM, 3 X 1 TB Hitachi 7200RPM Sata drives, nVidia GTX 550 Ti graphics card running Windows 7 in Cooler Master Tower plus many other ports and additions. All hardware and software is as when built and all software and driver updates have been reinstalled since the crash. As stated before, all works fine with the exception of Premiere Elements where I now have no screen display in the Monitor Panel. I had part completed editing a film without any problems and it was only on reboot to start another session when the crash occurred. It is this same film on the same hardware and software that is now not displaying in the Monitor. As stated earlier the same film plays correctly in the Organizer and with other packages outside Premiere.
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