Adobe Premiere Elements 12 - Manual (Page 241)

Create narrations
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Create a narration
Create a narration
For best results, confirm that your microphone is working correctly with your computer and Premiere Elements before narrating a clip.
Using your computer’s microphone, you can narrate clips while previewing them in the Monitor panel. Your narration is then added to the Narration
soundtrack visible in either the Quick view timeline or the Expert view timeline.
Set up for narration
1. Plug a microphone into your computer’s microphone port.
2. (Windows) Test the microphone through the Windows Sound Hardware Test Wizard. Check the Windows documentation for instructions.
3. In Premiere Elements, choose Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware / Adobe Premiere Elements 12 > Preferences > Audio Hardware.
4. From the Default Device menu, select your computer’s sound device; click OK.
Narrate a clip
1. Do one of the following:
In the Expert view timeline, drag the current-time indicator to the point where you want the narration to begin.
In the Quick view timeline, select the clip you want to narrate. Then, drag the current-time indicator to the point where you want the
narration to begin.
2. In the Quick view timeline or Expert view timeline, select Narration from the Tools panel .
3. In the Record Voice Narration window, click the Mic Source button and select your sound device from the menu.
4. For best results, turn off your computer speakers to prevent feedback. To monitor sound while you narrate, plug headphones into your
computer and deselect Mute Audio While Recording.
If your speakers are turned on, move as close to the microphone as possible, and keep the microphone as far away from the
speakers as possible to prevent feedback.
5. Speak into the microphone at a conversational volume, and raise or lower the Input Volume Level slider until your loudest words light up the
orange part of the meters.
6. Click the Record button.
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