Premiere Elements 8 For Dummies

Learn to use the video-editing program made for hobbyists like you!

Home movies of today are nothing like the shaky, unedited ones your parents or grandparents used to show. With Premiere Elements, you can create professional-looking movies and upload them toor put them on DVDs to share. Here's how to turn your PC into a movie production studio and create videos that wow your family and friends!

For movie newbies — learn moviemaking basics and how to set up your production studio

Dive right in — set up Premiere Elements, learn its features, and import clips from your digital camcorder

The moviemaker's canvas — work with the Timeline and Sceneline to import and organize clips and make edits

Sound secrets — find out how to record better sound quality when you're shooting video

Movie music — add audio transitions and learn to mix audio tracks

The fancy stuff — create compositing effects with blue screens, customize special effects, and add titles

It's a wrap — customize a DVD menu and choose the right file format

Share your creations — export your movies for iPods and mobile devices, upload them toor burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs

Open the book and find:

How to use Premiere Elements with different media formats

How to apply transitions between scenes

How to create Web-friendly video files

Secrets for improving and repairing images

Tips on making movies for the iPod® and iPhone®

How to take advantage of SmartSound®

A glossary of moviemaking terms and acronyms

Ten tips for making better movies

Paperback: 360 pages
Publisher: For Dummies (December 9, 2009)
Language: English