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USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Arranging clips in a movie
Last updated 8/12/2010
Audio Tools Tools that enable commonly used features related to Audio are grouped under Audio Tools. The options
under Audio Tools are:
• SmartSound Select SmartSound in the Audio Tools menu. The SmartSound window opens. You can select
soundtracks and custom-fit them to your project. (See
“Creating SmartSound tracks” on page 240.)
• Detect Beats Detects musical beats in the Soundtrack track of the Timeline and adds unnumbered markers at each
beat. Use this tool when you want to create edits that coordinate with the beat of your music. (See
“Create beat markers
for a soundtrack” on page 240.)
• Audio Mix Opens the Audio Mixer so you can adjust the volume and balance for your different audio tracks. (See
“Adding and mixing audio” on page 238.)
• SmartMix Opens the SmartMixer. SmartMix facilitates automatic adjustment of the volume of the background
music to enable hearing the foreground dialogs. For more information, see
“SmartMix” on page 244.
• Add Narration Opens the Record Voice Narration panel, which holds tools for recording a voice-over. (See
“Adding and mixing audio” on page 238.)
Markers tool Adds disc markers into the Timeline at the location of the current-time indicator. (See “Working with
menu markers” on page 249.)
More Help topics
“Workspace overview” on page 12
Adding clips in the Sceneline
Using the Sceneline, you can easily insert a clip before another, after another, or even split it before inserting it. You
can add clips to the Sceneline directly from the Organize workspace.
More Help topics
“Timeline overview” on page 90
“Add clips to the Timeline” on page 93
Place a clip in the Sceneline
❖ Drag the clip from the Organize workspace to one of the empty clip targets in the Sceneline. When the pointer
changes to the insert icon
, release the mouse button.
Note: If you are dragging the first clip for your project, you can drag it into the Monitor panel or the Sceneline.
Insert a clip before another in the Sceneline
❖ Drag the clip from the Organize workspace onto a clip in the Sceneline.
The new clip appears in front of the one on which you dropped it and all subsequent clips shift to the right.
Insert a clip after another in the Sceneline
1 In the Sceneline, select the clip after which you want to insert the new clip.
2 Drag the clip from the Organize workspace to the Monitor panel.
The new clip appears to the right of the selected clip, and subsequent clips shift to the right.
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