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the beginning. If you are recording with an analog device, you must manually

press the Record button on your device when Adobe Premiere Elements starts

playing the Timeline.

7 Once the end of the project has been reached, the recording will stop

automatically if you are using a DV device. If you’re recording to an analog

device, you must manually press its Stop button to stop recording.

8 Click the Cancel button to close the Export to Tape dialog.

Exporting a frame of video as a still image

Occasionally, you may wish to grab frames from your video footage to email to

friends and family, include in a slide show, or for other purposes. In this exercise,

you will learn to export a frame from the project and to create a preset to use when

exporting frames in the future.

1 In the Timeline, drag the current-time indicator to timecode 00;00;52;20, or

click the current timecode box on the lower left of the Monitor panel and type

in 5220 and press Enter.

2 Click the Freeze Frame button (

) in the lower-right corner of the Monitor

panel, and then click Export in the Freeze Frame dialog. You might have to

enlarge the Monitor panel in order to see the Freeze Frame button.

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3 In the Export Frame dialog, click the Settings button to open the Export Frame

Settings dialog. Don’t worry about naming the fi le; you’ll do that in a moment

4 In the General section of the Export Frame Settings dialog, choose JPEG from

the File Type menu and select the Add to Project When Finished checkbox.

5 Click Video in the left column to access the Video control settings. Choose

Square Pixels (1.0) from the Pixel Aspect Ratio menu, which optimizes the

image for viewing on a computer monitor.

6 Click “Keyframe and Rendering” to access these controls. When working with

interlaced source footage, as you are here, select the Deinterlace Video Footage

checkbox to deinterlace the frame before storing the image. If working with

progressive source footage, do not select Deinterlace Video Footage.

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7 Click the Save button to open the Save Export Settings dialog.

8 In the Name fi eld of the Save Export Settings dialog, type Still images for

the Web. In the Description fi eld, type Setting used to export still image for

uploading to a blog or web site.

9 Click OK to save your setting and to close the Save Export Settings dialog, and

then click OK to close the Export Frame Settings dialog. Back in the Export

Frame dialog, locate the Lesson12 folder and name your fi le killerwhale.jpg.

Click Save to save the still image onto your hard disk.

10 Click Cancel to close the Freeze Frame panel.

Because in step 4 you selected the Add to Project When Finished option, Adobe

Premiere Elements has placed the still image you just saved in your Project view.

11 Double-click the killerwhale.jpg image to view it in the Preview window, and

then close the Preview window and save your project.