Adobe Premiere Elements 3 help

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Adobe Premiere Elements 3 help

Postby ZeroAvix » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:57 pm

Im new to making amvs, so far ive only used movie maker, but it isnt accurate enough and i wanted a non linear tool to make my amvs. But im having a problem with it. I cant get my full movies into clips, kind of like how the movie maker automatically cut it up. Is there a way to cut your movies into clips? If not, is there an easy way to take out a small clip of the movie accurately?
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Postby starseekergem » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:53 pm

Use VirtualDubMod. That's the most accurate way of doing it. Make the clips and save losslessly with either HuffYUV or Lagarith.
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Postby Jimmy777 » Fri Jul 20, 2007 4:55 pm

is elements 3 worth getting? like is it as good as pro 2 or pro CS3?
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:59 pm

Jimmy777 wrote:is elements 3 worth getting? like is it as good as pro 2 or pro CS3?


The "elements" versions are stripped-down versions of Premiere pro. So, no, by definition they are not as good. Whether they're good enough for you is another question entirely.
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Postby Jimmy777 » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:41 pm

how about premiere pro 2?
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Postby The Origonal Head Hunter » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:48 pm

Jimmy777 wrote:how about premiere pro 2?
worth the money.
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Postby Jimmy777 » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:54 pm

thanks, now only if i could find a tutorial on it somewhere to see how it works.
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Postby BasharOfTheAges » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:07 pm

Jimmy777 wrote:thanks, now only if i could find a tutorial on it somewhere to see how it works.


The manual is a good start - though they make 3rd party books for lots of Adobe products too. The vast majority of what they cover in books like that are pretty useless for AMV making though.
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Postby ZeroAvix » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:25 pm

Is there a way I can cut my clips as i make the movie in Elements? I like movie maker atm cause it cuts it into clips, but accuracy is a problem im having and the fact its linear is makin it harder to synch with my music. Also Im havin problems with VirtualDubMod and i dont really understand how to use it properly.
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Postby Sierra Lorna » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:33 pm

Premiere doesn't cut your clips for you, so if you really want to have them split into scenes, you'd have to do it manually, with a program like VirtualdubMod. If you need help with it, there's a section in AD and Ermac's guide that talks about Virtualdub:
http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/ ... ubmod.html

But if you ask me, it's faster to just leave your clips as a full episode and skim through it in Premiere's Viewer window to find the scene you want. Then just use Premiere's in and out points to grab the clip you want--it's more accurate than a program like WMM for cutting clips where you want them.
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Postby shakela » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:39 am

Personally, I make rough clips with WMM and then further refine them in Adobe. It takes forever because you have to save your clips seperately, on the plus side however, then you have tons of pre-cut clips of scenes you use all the time, so you save time clipping.
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