Guidelines for adding still image files – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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Importing and adding media
Last updated 8/12/2010
CD files
If you want to add audio from a CD, you must first copy, or rip, the audio tracks to your hard drive using
another application. Windows Media Player, included with Windows XP, can perform this task. You can also use
Adobe® Audition® to rip the CD at various quality settings and perform complex audio-processing functions on the
file. If you plan to publicly air or distribute your movie, make sure that you own the copyright or have licensed the
copyright to any CD audio you use.
Internet files
If you download music from the Internet for use in your projects, be aware that some files, notably WMA
(Windows Media Audio) and AAC (QuickTime) files may have pre-encoded settings that don’t allow you to play the
file back in Adobe Premiere Elements.
Guidelines for adding still image files
By default, Adobe Premiere Elements scales still images to fit the project frame size. You can override this behavior
and instead add your files at the size at which they were created. You can also set the default duration for all still images
that you add by deselecting Default Scale To Frame Size in the General preferences.
You can add still images with frame sizes up to 4096 x 4096 pixels. For best results, create files with a frame size at least
as large as your video frame size so that you don’t have to enlarge, or scale up, the image in Adobe Premiere Elements.
When you scale up an image, it often becomes pixelated, so you should create it at a larger frame size than the project.
For example, if you plan to scale an image 200%, create the image at double the project frame size before you add it.
(To determine the frame size of your video, right-click in the Project view or the Timeline, and choose Properties; the
Image Size option specifies your frame size. Frame size for a selected clip also appears in the preview area of Project
view. To display the Preview area, right-click in Project view and choose View > Preview Area.)
You can also add animations, which usually are saved as a sequence of numbered still-image files.
When adding still-image files, consider the following:
Photoshop and Photoshop Elements files
Adobe Premiere Elements works well with images and video templates you
create in Photoshop Elements or Photoshop CS and later. You can create Photoshop still images by using the File
>
New
> Photoshop File command in Adobe Premiere Elements, and subsequently edit images that you can use in your
movie projects. For example, to create a still image with the correct frame size and pixel aspect ratio for your current
project, choose File
> New
> Photoshop File.
Or you can create a video graphic using the File
> New
> Blank File command in Photoshop Elements or the File
>
New command in Photoshop CS as a starting point, and then using one of the DV or HDV document presets. These
presets are optimized for video output. (See Photoshop Help for more information.)
JPEG files
If you are having trouble importing JPEG files to Adobe Premiere Elements, open them in Photoshop
Elements and resave them. Then try to import them again.
TIFF images
You can add files from Photoshop 3.0 or later. However, Adobe Premiere Elements doesn’t support
16-bit TIFF images created in Photoshop or other applications. Empty (transparent) areas of nonflattened Photoshop
files appear transparent in Adobe Premiere Elements because the transparency is stored as an alpha channel.
RGB mode
When you are editing or creating your still images, make sure that you do all of your work in RGB mode.
For more information, consult your product’s user guide about color management. RGB mode produces colors that
are suitable for video.
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