Whether you're aiming for YouTube videos or Hollywood-style epics, you need what Premiere Elements can't provide: crystal-clear guidance and real world know-how. This Missing Manual delivers. Packed with great ideas on how to spiff up your footage, with this book, you'll learn how to use Premiere's two approaches to filmmaking: The quick-and-easy InstantMovie technique, and the classic, handcrafted approach for frame-by-frame editing with fine-tuned transitions, effects, and more.

Includes index.

Part one: start a new project. Set up a new project Import your clips Import sound, still pictures, and animation Organize your clips. Part two: create your movie. Edit your movie Add transitions Add effects and themes

Create animated effects Add titles Edit your sound track. Part three: share your movie. Choose a video format Upload videos to YouTube and the web Create DVDs and Blu-ray discs Export to an iPod, cellphone, or other device. Part four: appendixes.