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Working with the My Project

panel in the Sceneline

As mentioned, the My Project panel has two views: A Sceneline for basic movie

editing, and a Timeline for more advanced techniques. You can switch between the

two views by clicking either the Sceneline or the Timeline button in the upper-left

corner of the My Project panel.

Adding clips in the Sceneline

In the Sceneline, each clip is represented by its fi rst frame.  is display makes it

easy to arrange clips into coherent sequences without regard for clip length.  is

technique is referred to as storyboard-style editing.

1 If the My Project panel is not already in the Sceneline, click the Sceneline

button.

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The Sceneline:

A. Switch to Timeline. B. Sceneline (selected). C. Properties. D. SmartSound. E. Detect Beats

in Music. F. Mix Audio. G. Add Audio Narration. H. Set Marker for Disc Menu. I. Change Track

Volume (Scenes). J. Change Track Volume (Narration). K. Change Track Volume (Soundtrack).

2 To add clips in the Sceneline, do any of the following:

• To add a clip at the end of the movie: Use the scroll bar at the bottom of the

My Project panel to scroll to the end of the movie. In Project view, click a

clip, and then drag it onto the empty clip target at the end of the movie.

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• To add a clip before another: In Project view, click a clip, and then drag it

onto an existing clip in the Sceneline.  e new clip will be inserted before

the clip it was dropped onto.

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• To add a clip after another: In the Sceneline, select the clip after which you

want to add the new clip. In Project view, click the clip you want, and then

drag it onto the Monitor panel.  e new clip will be inserted after the clip

currently selected in the Sceneline.

3 Choose Edit > Undo to undo the changes you made in the last step.

Moving clips in the Sceneline

Working in the Sceneline makes it easy to move around clips in your movie. Here’s

how it works.

1 To move a clip to a new position in the movie, click the clip in the Sceneline,

and then drag it to a position before or after another clip. Release the pointer

when a vertical blue line appears at the desired position.

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Tip: Press the Shift

key while dropping to

get more options.

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2 To move several adjacent clips to a new position in the movie, Ctrl-click to

select multiple clips in the Sceneline, and then drag them before or after

another clip. Release the pointer when a vertical blue line appears at the desired

position.

3 If a scene consists of multiple objects like the fi rst scene in this movie with the

superimposed title images, you can choose to move just the scene, or the scene

and all its objects. Shift-drag the fi rst scene, and position the vertical blue line

after the second scene, and then release the pointer.

4 Choose Move just Scene from the menu that appears.

4 Choose Edit > Undo to undo the changes you made in the last step.

Deleting clips in the Sceneline

You may fi nd, as your project develops, that you want to remove scenes you’ve

imported into the Sceneline.

1 To delete a scene, right-click it in the Sceneline, and then choose one of the

following from the context menu:

• Delete Scene and its objects:  is option deletes the clip and any overlays it

might have.

• Delete just Scene:  is deletes the clip but leaves the overlays in place.

 e clips following the deleted clip move to the left to close the gap.  is is the

default behavior when deleting clips in Adobe Premiere Elements and is called a

ripple deletion.

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Note: A transition

following a scene

moves with the scene.