Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

298 LESSON 13 Working with Adobe Photoshop Elements

• Jump back to Photoshop Elements by right-clicking the image in Project

view and choosing Edit Original from the context menu. Adjust the

position of the thought bubble, and save the changes.  e appearance of the

image will automatically update when you switch back to Adobe Premiere

Elements.

16 Save your work.

Editing an Adobe Photoshop image

in Adobe Premiere Elements

You can edit a Photoshop Elements image while you’re working in Adobe Premiere

Elements, using the Edit in Photoshop Elements command. Changes you make to

the image will be updated automatically, even if the clip is already placed in your

Sceneline or Timeline.

1 Switch to the Timeline in the My Project panel. If necessary, scroll to see the

Video 2 track.

2 Click to select the Word_Balloon.psd clip, superimposed on Video 2 track in

your Timeline. Notice that the duration of the superimposed image is slightly

longer than the slide, which was shortened 15 frames by the transition that

precedes it on the Timeline.

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Tip: When in the

Timeline, pressing the

equals sign (=) on your

keyboard is a quick way

to zoom in to better

view the clips.

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3 To adjust the duration of the superimposed thought bubble, position the pointer

at the right edge of Word_Balloon.psd in the Video 2 track. When the pointer

changes to Trim Out tool (

), drag to the left until its right edge matches that

of the B0000027.jpg clip.  en release the mouse button.

4 Right-click the Word_Balloon.psd clip in the Timeline and choose Edit in

Adobe Photoshop Elements from the context menu.  e Word_Balloon.psd fi le

opens in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

5 Select the Horizontal Type tool ( ), which is grouped with the Vertical Type

tool in the toolbox.

6 Position your pointer inside the thought bubble near the left edge, and then

click once to add an insertion point.

7 At the bottom of the toolbox, click the Default Foreground and Background

Colors button. You will use the default black foreground color for your text.

8 In the tool options bar, click the Font Family menu and choose Arial from the

list of fonts. In the font size menu, select 36 pt.

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Note: If Photoshop

Elements is closed,

it will automatically

launch and open the

fi le.

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9 Using the Type tool, enter the following phrase in the text layer: Can we

eat yet?

10 Select the Move tool ( ) in the toolbox and drag the text to center it properly

in the thought bubble. If necessary, select the Shape 1 layer in the Layers panel,

and then use the handles of the bounding box of the text bubble shape to adjust

its size. When you’re fi nished, click the green Commit button to commit the

changes.

11 Choose File > Save, overwriting the Word_Balloon.psd fi le in the Lesson13

folder. Close the fi le, and then switch to Adobe Premiere Elements.  e

changes made to the Word_Balloon.psd fi le in Adobe Photoshop Elements have

automatically been updated in the Adobe Premiere Elements project.  is is

very useful because it removes the need to re-import an image fi le every time a

change is made.

12 If necessary, click the thought bubble in the Monitor panel to select it, and then

drag to reposition it. Because the image is on a transparent layer, it can be easily

repositioned.

13 Click the top of the Timeline to select it, and then press the Home key to place

the current-time indicator at the beginning of the Timeline. Press the spacebar

to play your project. When you’re fi nished reviewing, save your work.

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Note: If your image

looks grainy, click the

B0000027.jpg clip to

exit Title-editing mode.

Then right-click the

Monitor panel and

choose Magnifi cation >

100% from the menu.