ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 11 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK 1
Adobe® Premiere® Elements 11 delivers video editing tools that balance power
and versatility with ease of use. Adobe Premiere Elements 11 is ideal for home
users, hobbyists, business users, and professional videographers—anyone who
wants to produce high-quality movies and DVDs.
If you’ve used earlier versions of Adobe Premiere Elements, you’ll find that
this Classroom in a Book covers the updated interface that Adobe Systems
introduced in this version, plus new advanced skills and features. If you’re new
to Adobe Premiere Elements, you’ll learn the fundamental concepts and tech-
niques that will help you master this application.
About Classroom in a Book
Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Classroom in a Book is part of the official training
series for Adobe graphics and publishing software developed by Adobe prod-
uct experts. Most lessons in this book include self-paced projects that give you
hands-on experience using Adobe Premiere Elements 11.
Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Classroom in a Book includes a DVD attached to
the inside back cover. On the DVD, you’ll find all the files used for the lessons
in this book. You will almost certainly get the most benefit from working on
the lessons in the order in which they occur in the book.
As an overview, in the first two lessons, you’ll learn your way around Adobe
Premiere Elements’ and the Adobe Organizer’s interfaces, how to set up a proj-
ect in Adobe Premiere Elements, and how to customize critical preferences.
In Lesson 3, you’ll learn how to capture and otherwise import video into
Adobe Premiere Elements. Starting with Lesson 4 and continuing through
Lesson 12, you’ll open projects on the DVD or create your own from con-
tents on the disc, and learn how to convert your raw, captured clips into a
polished movie.
Note that the project files had to be created separately for Mac and Windows
computers, and were created using pre-release software and content. For this
reason, there may be some minor differences between the screens in the book
GETTING STARTED