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Friday Demos - Editing

Friday, September 21, 2018 - Annual Movie Step 1
  1. How to open the annual movie for a client from the Media server
  2. How to add the client's name to the first title card.
Friday, September 28, 2018 - Annual Movie Step 2
  1. Again, how to open the file
  2. How to add a photo to the file
Friday, October 5, 2018 - Annual Movie Step 3
  1. Opening the file and navigating to the template file
  2. The difference between Elements 14 and 15 -- check the PDF of the manual for written explanation
  3. Adding still photos, stretching, cutting, positioning
Friday, October 12, 2018 - Annual Movie General Skill
  1. Movie media around on the timeline
  2. Positioning the title cards in the template
  3. Layers and viewing the media
Friday, October 19, 2018 - Annual Movie Step 4 
SOUND ALERT- the Gain is really bad on this recording - sorry
  1. Changing the view to zoom in or out on the timeline or the preview pane
  2. Adding video
  3. Cutting video by dragging and how that differs from dragging still pictures
  4. Restoring video previously cut by stretching it back out
Friday, October 26, 2018 - Annual Movie—More about Title Cards
  1. How to add more title cards
  2. How to style text in a fresh title card
  3. How to put text over an image or video
Friday, November 2, 2018 - Annual Movie Skills
First Video—How to Add Narration to a Timeline
  1. Using the Narration tool in Premiere Elements
  2. How to choose a microphone and see if it's working
  3. Narrate over the timeline as it displays.
Second Video—How to Make a 4:3 Ratio Clip or Photo Fill a Wide Screen Ratio
  1. Select the clip or photo on the timeline
  2. Select it in the preview panel
  3. Use the scale handles to change the size
Third Video—How to Export a Photo From a Video Clip
  1. Find the frame
  2. Use the Freeze Frame tool
  3. Export
Friday, November 9, 2018 - Annual Movie Skills
Adding Music—How to add Elements music tracks or external music tracks.
  1. Locating music options or music files
  2. Adding music to the audio track in the timeline
  3. Adjusting around other audio like narration
  4. Fading music, or other audio, clips
Friday, December 7, 2018 - Annual Movie Skills
Effects for Still Photos—Pan and Zoom Tool to make still photos more interesting in a video
  1. Select a photo
  2. Open the Pan & Zoom Tool
  3. Set the first and final frame to the zoom and position you want
  4. DONE!
Friday, December 14, 2018 - Annual Movie Skills
Playing with Time on Video Clips—Time Remapping Tool
  1. Select clip
  2. Choose Time Remapping from Tools
  3. Select the area of the clip to speed/slow/reverse
  4. Apply speed/slow/reverse
  5. DONE!
Friday February 8, 2019 - Premiere Elements Skills
Adding animated graphics above a still image and start working with Expert view - Graphics Tools
  1. Open the graphics tool
  2. Choose an animated graphic
  3. Drag it to the timeline
  4. Open Expert view
  5. Drag the graphic to the time line video layer above the current clips
  6. Position it in where you want it to start playing
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