Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 7 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 107

7 Click the second clip to select it, then right-click the clip representation and

choose Delete and Close Gap.  is closes the gap between the clip immediately

preceding the deleted clip, and the clip after it. Repeat this procedure for the

fourth clip.

8 Drag the current-time indicator to the start of the fi rst LunchTime.avi clip and

then press the spacebar to play the movie. Notice how deleting sections of the

longer clip improves the overall fl ow of your video.

Using Clip and Timeline markers

As the video projects you work on become longer and longer, you will fi nd the need

to identify various sections of your movies. Adobe Premiere Elements provides

two main methods of marking important points in a project. Clip markers are used

within an individual clip for several purposes—for example, to identify a particular

action or sound. Timeline markers are placed on the time ruler in the Timeline to

mark scenes, locations for titles, or other signifi cant points within the entire movie.

Timeline markers can include comments and even URLs to link to web pages.

Markers can be numbered or unnumbered. You should use numbered markers if

you plan to use many markers, allowing you to jump quickly to a specifi c marker

number. In the next exercise, you will add an unnumbered clip marker to identify

a specifi c point in a clip, and Timeline markers to identify where you would like to

add titles.

Adding a clip marker

1 Click the Edit tab of the Tasks panel, and then click the Project button to enter

Project view.

2 Next, double-click FeedingDolphin.avi to open it in the Preview window.

3 In the Preview window, click and drag the current-time indicator to the

00;05;18;16 mark.  is marks the point in the scene where the boy is about to

say “awesome.”

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Note: Once you split

a clip, Adobe Premiere

Elements treats each

sub-clip as a completely

separate clip, which you

can trim or re-order just

as with any other clip.

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Note: Adobe

Premiere Elements

also lets you add menu

markers to the Timeline

to designate chapter

points used for DVD

navigation. You’ll learn

how to create menu

markers in Chapter 11.

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Note: If you’re

having trouble

positioning the current-

time indicator at the

exact timecode that

you are looking for, you

can always use the left

and right arrow keys on

your keyboard to move

backwards or forwards

one frame at a time.

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4 Right-click the clip and choose Clip > Set Clip Marker > Unnumbered.  is

adds a Clip marker to the FeedingDolphin.avi clip, identifi ed by a little triangle

in the mini-timeline.

5 In the Preview window, drag the current-time indicator toward the beginning of

the clip.

6 Right-click the mini-timeline in the Preview window, and then choose Go to

Clip Marker > Next from the context menu.  is will position the current-time

indicator at the next clip marker—in this case, the 00;05;18;16 mark of the clip.

7 Click the Close button to close the Preview window.

Adding a Timeline marker

Unlike a Clip marker, which is attached to an individual clip, Timeline markers

are placed in the Timeline and are used to mark specifi c points in your movie.

Additionally, you can add comments to a Timeline marker to help yourself or oth-

ers identify the purpose of a marker.

1 Click the Timeline button in the My Project panel. Press the Home key on your

keyboard to place the current-time indicator at the beginning of your Timeline.

2 Press the Page Dn key on your keyboard to advance to the beginning of the

fourth clip in your Timeline, the SprayMe.avi clip.

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Note: Markers you

add to a source clip

(opened from Project

view of the Tasks panel)

appear in each instance

of the clip that you

subsequently add to

the movie. You need

to switch to Timeline

view to work with clip

markers in your movie.