Chapter 17. Ten Advanced Premiere Elements Techniques
In This Chapter
Making video slideshows
Panning and zooming in on still images
Working with stop-motion video
Seeing double
Creating freeze-frames
Making video look old
Reshaping video image using mattes
Adding fake lens flares
Removing audio hums
Zooming in on video images
Adobe didn't design Premiere Elements for professional video editors. Premiere Elements is primarily aimed at video hobbyists, people who have digital camcorders and want to turn their raw video into fun, personalized movies. But Premiere Elements brings a level of pro-caliber video-editing capabilities heretofore unseen in affordable video-editing programs, and I think it's only natural that you'll want to use this better software to make better movies.
Moviemaking is an art, and as with any art there's no single formula or magic technique to guarantee a great movie. At least with Premiere Elements your creativity probably won't be limited by the software. Premiere Elements has so many features and capabilities that you'll probably come up with editing tricks and techniques all your own. But if you lack inspiration at the moment or just want to practice more advanced techniques, this chapter is for you. Here I've collected some (ten, to be precise) advanced editing techniques that didn't quite seem to fit anywhere else in the book.
Creating Cinematic Slideshows
Once upon a time — back before Flickr.com, before PowerPoint presentations, and way before digital cameras — ...
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