2 GETTING STARTED
and what you might see onscreen when you’re using Adobe Premiere Elements.
Inside the book, we tried to identify the most likely places for this to happen but
want to apologize in advance for any differences or inconvenience.
Prerequisites
Before you begin working on the lessons in this book, make sure that you and your
computer are ready.
Requirements for your computer
You’ll need a maximum of about 4.3 gigabytes (GB) of free space on your hard drive
for the lesson files and the work files you’ll create. For some lessons, you’ll need to
have 2 GB of RAM installed on your computer. Note that the lessons assume that
you have installed all templates and associated content available with the DVD
version of Adobe Premiere Elements 11 and via download. If you see a template
that’s not installed on your computer, you should be able to simply choose another
template and continue with the lesson.
Required skills
e lessons in this Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Classroom in a Book assume that
you have a working knowledge of your computer and its operating system. is
book does not teach the most basic and generic computer skills. If you can answer
yes to the following questions, you’re probably well qualified to start working on the
projects in these lessons:
• Do you know how to use the Microsoft Windows Start button and the Windows
task bar? On the Mac, do you know how to run applications from the Dock or
in the Applications folder? In both operating systems, can you open menus and
submenus, and choose items from those menus?
• Do you know how to use My Computer, Windows Explorer, Finder, and/or
a browser—such as Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari—to find items
stored in folders on your computer, or to browse the Internet?
• Are you comfortable using the mouse to move the pointer, select items, drag,
and deselect? Have you used context menus, which open when you right-click
items in Windows or Mac OS, or Control-click items on the Mac if you’re
working with a single-button mouse?
