Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

34 LESSON 3 Video Capture and Import

Capturing video with Adobe

Premiere Elements

When videographers started editing video on computers, the typical source was

an analog camcorder. Today, while some Adobe Premiere Elements users still

shoot analog video, most will start with DV or HDV source footage, or AVCHD,

or video shot with a digital still camera, or even video imported from a previously

created DVD.

Whatever the source, Adobe Premiere Elements includes all the tools necessary to

capture or import your footage so you can begin producing movies.  ough the

specifi c technique will vary depending upon the source, Adobe Premiere Elements

guides your eff orts with device-specifi c interfaces. All you have to do is connect the

device to your computer as described below, and choose the appropriate icon from

Get Media view in the Edit workspace.

Adobe Premiere Elements has two basic interfaces for capturing or importing

video. After a quick overview of these interfaces, this lesson will detail how to cap-

ture video from a tape-based camcorder, and then how to import content from an

AVCHD camcorder or any other device that stores video on a hard disk, SD card,

or optical media. All the concepts in this section and the specifi c Adobe Premiere

Elements features that support them are described in more detail in Adobe

Premiere Elements User Guide.

Capture interfaces

When you shoot video, it’s stored locally on your camcorder, either on tape, SD

media, a hard drive, or even an optical disc like a DVD. Before you can edit your

movie in Adobe Premiere Elements, you have to transfer these clips to a local hard

disk. In addition to capturing or importing video from a device, you may have con-

tent on your hard disk to import into the project.

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Note: Adobe

Premiere Elements lets

you add video, audio,

graphics, and still

images to your project

from numerous sources.

In addition to capturing

footage, you can import

image, video, and audio

fi les stored on your

computer’s hard disk,

card readers, mobile

phones, DVDs, Blu-ray

Discs, CDs, digital

cameras, other devices,

or the Internet.

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Tape and live capture vs. clip-based import

Adobe Premiere Elements provides three interfaces for accomplishing these tasks.

If you’re capturing video footage from a tape-based camcorder, such as DV or

HDV, or live from a webcam or WDM (Windows Device Model) device, you use

the Capture panel.

If you’re importing video clips from a hard disk, SD media, or optical media, you

use the Media Downloader. Again, to open the appropriate interface, just connect

your device and click the correct icon in Get Media view in the Organize work-

space; Adobe Premiere Elements will do the rest.