Create beat markers for a soundtrack, Creating smartsound tracks, Create narrations – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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Create beat markers for a soundtrack
Use the Detect Beats button in the Timeline or Sceneline to create snap-to markers where the beat is strongest in your
soundtrack. You can trim or add clips to the markers. As you drag or trim a clip in the Timeline, the clip’s In point or
Out point snaps to the nearest beat marker.
1 Add an audio clip, or a video clip that includes audio, to the soundtrack in the Timeline or Sceneline.
2 Select Detect Beats from the Audio Tools menu.
3 In the Beat Detect Settings dialog box, specify settings as desired, and click OK. Descriptions of the options appear
in the Beat Detect Settings dialog box, beside the light bulb icon
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Beat markers appear in the Timeline, corresponding to the beats in the soundtrack.
4 To add additional beat markers manually, right-click in the Timeline time ruler where you want to add the marker,
and choose Set Beat Marker.
5 To remove a beat marker, right-click the marker in the Timeline time ruler, and choose Clear Beat Marker. To
remove all beat markers, right-click in the time ruler, and choose Clear All Beat Markers.
6 To navigate to different beat markers, right-click the Timeline time ruler, and choose Go To Beat Marker > Next
or Previous.
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Working with clip and timeline markers
Creating SmartSound tracks
Included with Adobe Premiere Elements is the SmartSound® Quicktracks® plug-in. Use SmartSound Quicktracks to
select from among a large collection of soundtracks for your video project. Then use SmartSound tools to customize
the length of the soundtrack so that it corresponds exactly with the length of your movie.
To use SmartSound Quicktracks on your video project, select SmartSound from the Audio Tools menu in Timeline,
and follow the prompts.
For complete documentation on using SmartSound Quicktracks, see the SmartSound website at
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Create narrations
Create a narration
For best results, confirm that your microphone is working correctly with your computer and
Adobe 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 Timeline or Sceneline.