Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

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2 GETTING READY TO EDIT

Now that you’re familiar with the Adobe Premiere Elements interface,

let’s learn how to create a project, set relevant user preferences, and

confi gure the interface to your liking. For those tempted to skip this

chapter, understand that while Adobe Premiere Elements is a won-

derfully fl exible and customizable program, once you choose a project

setting and start editing, you can’t change the setting.

While often you can work around this issue, in some instances you

may have to abandon the initial project and start again using a diff er-

ent setting to achieve the desired results. Invest a little time here to

understand how Adobe Premiere Elements works with project set-

tings so you can get your project done right the fi rst time.

In this lesson, you’ll learn to do the following:

• Create a new project

• Choose the optimal setting for your project

• Set preferences for Auto Save, Scratch Disks, and the user

interface

• Customize window sizes and locations in the workspace

• Restore the workspace to its default confi guration

 is lesson will take approximately 1 hour.

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Collecting assets for your movie.