Premiere Elements 2 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide

Adding Standard Effects

The procedure for adding a standard effect

(or filter) to a clip is nearly self-explanatory:

You simply drag a filter from the Effects and

Transitions panel directly to a compatible

(video or audio) clip in the timeline. Clips

with effects applied appear with a thin col-

ored line under the clip’s name.

On the Effects and Transitions panel, video

and

audio are contained in separate folders and

are further organized into categorized sub-

folders. (You already learned how to organize

and find items on the Effects and Transitions

panel in Chapter 7, “Adding Transitions,” so

that information won’t be repeated here.)

Nearly all filters have one or more properties

that you can adjust either by using a value

graph in the Timeline panel or by using

the Properties panel. But as explained in

“Choosing a Keyframing Method” earlier in

this chapter, using the Properties panel is the

most appropriate method for most filters.

Some filters also include a Settings dialog

box that opens automatically when you

apply the filter. You can also reopen the dia-

log box from the Properties panel.

This task summarizes the basic process of

adding an effect to a clip. You’ll discover that

each effect has a unique set of parameters, or

properties, that you can customize.

In the following sections, you’ll first learn

how to apply an effect and specify global

property values—a single set of property

values for the duration of the clip. Then

you’ll learn how to animate any effect—

fixed or standard—using the Properties

panel.

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Adding Effects

Adding Standard Effects

To add an effect to a clip:

1.

In the Effects and Transitions panel,

locate the video or audio effect you want

to apply.

For more about organizing and locating

effects, see Chapter 7.

2.

Drag the effect to the appropriate clip in

the Timeline panel (Figure 10.26).

The effect is applied to the clip, indicated

by a thin colored line under the clip’s

name. When the clip is selected, it’s listed

in the Properties panel (when open).

3.

To adjust the effect’s settings, do one of

the following (depending on the particular

effect):

▲

If a Settings dialog box appears auto-

matically, specify values for the

effect’s parameters, and click OK

(Figure 10.27).

▲

Select the clip in the timeline, and

adjust its effect properties in the

Properties panel (Figure 10.28).

4.

To vary effect properties over time,

specify keyframes as explained in the

task “To set keyframes in the Properties

panel,” later in this chapter.

Figure 10.27 If a

Settings dialog

box appears auto-

matically, specify

values for the

effect’s parameters

and click OK…

Figure 10.28 …otherwise, select the clip and adjust

the effect’s property values in the Properties panel.

Property values are global (the same throughout the

clip) unless you keyframe the effect.

Figure 10.26 Drag an effect from the Effects and

Transitions panel to the appropriate clip in the

Timeline panel.

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Chapter 10

Adding Standard Effects