Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 158)

153 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Applying effects
Last updated 8/12/2010
• Video Effects
• ALL Effects
Temporarily disable an effect in a clip
You can disable a video or audio effect so that you can preview the movie without the effect applied.
1 Select a clip to preview in the Timeline or Sceneline.
2 In the Effects view, click the Edit Effects button to open the Properties view.
3 In the Properties view, do either of the following:
• Click the eye icon next to the effect. To disable or enable all the effects on a clip, hold down Alt as you click an
eye icon.
• Select the effect, right-click and deselect Effect Enabled. To re-enable the effect, right-click and select Effect
Enabled.
View the effects applied to a clip
All clips in the Timeline automatically have the fixed effects (Image Control, Motion, Opacity, Volume, and Balance)
applied to them. These fixed effects appear in the clip instance in the Timeline and in the Properties view. All of the
standard effects that you add to a clip appear in the order in which you add them.
1 Select the clip in the Timeline or Sceneline.
2 In the Effects view, click the Edit Effects button to open the Properties view.
Note: The Properties view does not display effects if multiple clips are selected in the Timeline.
More Help topics
“ Standard versus fixed effects ” on page 146
Working with effect presets
Effect presets
Adobe Premiere Elements includes several effect presets, which are common, preconfigured effects that you can apply
to clips. For instance, the Tint Blue preset adds a light blue tint to an entire image. Typically, presets provide good
results without having to adjust their properties. After you apply a preset, you can change its properties. You can also
create your own presets.
The included effect presets are stored in the Presets folder in the Effects view. Presets are grouped in the following
categories:
Bevel Edges Create thick or thin edges that resemble picture frames.
Blurs Create blurs of varying degrees at the In or Out points of a clip.
Color Effects Create tints of varying color and intensity.
Drop Shadows Create either static or animated shadows. Shadow presets have suffixes that indicate the direction that
the shadow is cast or the direction that it moves. For example, LL indicates that the shadow is cast to the lower left. For
moving shadows, the appendix is hyphenated, so LR-LL indicates that the shadow moves from the lower right to the