Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

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Review questions

1 What are the key diff erences between the Timeline and Sceneline?

2 What is an In point and what is an Out point, and what can you do with each?

3 What are two methods of shortening your video clips?

4 How does Adobe Premiere Elements combine video tracks at the same position on the

Timeline?

5 What are the most common uses of markers?

Review answers

1 Adobe Premiere Elements off ers two views in the My Project Panel, Sceneline and

Timeline.  e Sceneline shows each clip as a separate thumbnail, without regard

to duration, and doesn’t show all available video tracks.  e Timeline graphically

represents your movie project as video and audio clips arranged in vertically stacked

tracks, with clip duration represented by the length.  ere are many common activities

that you can perform in both views, including arranging clips, trimming frames from

the beginning or end of a clip, splitting and deleting clips, and adding titles and eff ects.

Many producers use both views in the course of a project: for example, adding and

sequencing content in the Sceneline, then switching over to the Timeline to add

background music, titles, and other clips. Once you start working with multiple video

clips at the same location, the Timeline becomes the superior view.

2  e In point is the fi rst frame of your clip as seen in the Sceneline or Timeline, and the

Out point is the last frame. Both the In and Out points can be moved to create a shorter

or longer clip.

3 You can shorten your clips by trimming their In points and Out points, or by splitting

the clip and deleted unwanted portions.

4 Adobe Premiere Elements renders the tracks from the top down. Any opaque areas

of the clip in the Video 2 track will cover the view on the clip in the Video 1 track.

Conversely, the clip in the Video 1 track will show through any transparent areas of the

clip in the Video 2 track, or if you reduce the Opacity of the clip in the Video 2 track.

5 Clip markers are used to specify points in a clip that you’ll later use in editing, such as

a specifi c occurrence. For example, if a dolphin jumped and splashed the crowd, you

might want to add a sound eff ect at that location. Timeline markers are used to specify

points in the project where you want to add project elements, such as titles.