This document provides instructions for completing a video editing exercise in Adobe Premiere Elements. It outlines importing video, audio, and image files into a project. Students are instructed to make cuts to assemble elements based on a script. Photos and text can be added to tracks on the timeline. Volume and video levels can be adjusted. The finished video should be exported and uploaded for assignment submission. Lab time is provided in class for working on projects, and open lab hours are available as well.

1. VIDEO EDITING
EXERCISE:
PART #2:
EDITING AND
EXPORTINGC O M M 1 0 6 : M U LT I M E D I A J O U R N A L I S M

2. ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS
• ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS (APE) is a video
editing program that is “non-linear” which means it
is digital and non-destructive. No matter what you
do in the program, you don’t alter your original files
(unless you specifically delete them)
• All digital video editing programs work on a similar
structure
• ALWAYS PLUG YOUR HEADPHONES IN BEFORE
STARTING PROGRAM!

3. • Using ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS
(APE), open the “YOUR LAST NAME-
APE EXERCISE #1” in the MMJ VIDEO
folder on your desktop (where your raw
video should also be)
• BE CERTAIN YOU ARE USING THE
LATEST VERSION OF YOUR PROJECT
FILE! You should be backing it up to
your USB drive after every class session
APE EXERCISE PART #2

4. • You should have have all the basic
video/image elements for this exercise
imported into your project file:
–RAW VIDEO FILE (in your project assets
and placed on your timeline on VIDEO
track)
–7 STILL PHOTOS (in your project assets)
–RECORDED NARRATION (in your project
assets and placed on your timeline on
AUDIO track)
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5. • You should have have all the basic
video/image elements for this exercise
imported into your project file:
–RAW VIDEO FILE (on your timeline)
–7 STILL PHOTOS
–RECORDED NARRATION (on your
timeline)
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6. • Now use the SCRIPT to assemble the
pieces into your completed VIDEO
EXERCISE
• To make cuts you simply click on the
SCISSORS icon attached to the playhead:
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7. • This will make an edit
in either the VIDEO or
AUDIO track material,
depending on which
one is
selected/highlighted
(see video on next
slide for demo)
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8. APE EXERCISE PART #2

9. • You can then move the pieces around to
make the video, still photos, and narration
match the script
• When you add the STILL PHOTOS simply
drop them onto the “VIDEO 2” TRACK and
shorten them to the proper length by
placing your cursor on the edge and
pulling to the left to shorten (or to the
right to lengthen) - see video on next
slide for demo
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10. APE EXERCISE PART #2

11. • When in the AUDIO VIEW, use the yellow
vertical line to adjust volume up and down
for selected piece (see video below for
demo)
APE EXERCISE PART #2

12. • When in the VIDEO/CLASSIC VIEW, use the
yellow vertical line to adjust the VIDEO level if
you want to fade the image down/out for any
reason
• Using TIMELINE – RENDER should make your
video edit play as it will when exported – until
you render your timeline, your edit may not
play as you expect
• Make sure you are SAVING your project as
you go along! Simply go FILE – SAVE (or Ctrl
+ S)
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13. • Be sure to use
ON-SCREEN TEXT
to identify
locations and
interview/soundbit
e subjects by
clicking the TEXT
button to the right
• You then drag the
text box to where
you want it on the
timeline and
edit/resize the text
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14. • When your video edit is complete, go to
FILE – EXPORT AND SHARE to export the
video as a standalone file
• Choose DEVICES – SD 480 as your output
settings
• Make sure you set the destination to your
MMJ VIDEO folder and click SAVE (see
video on next slide for demo)
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15. APE EXERCISE PART #2

16. •Make certain you watch your
exported video so you know it
exported correctly and sounds and
looks the way you want it to!
•Once completed, upload video to
BLACKBOARD for the VIDEO EDITING
EXERCISE assignment submission
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17. LAB WORK STRUCTURE
• LAB TIME is built into the structure of the class in order
to work on projects. Even so, students work at different
speeds so there are also OPEN LAB hours you can use to
work on your projects outside of regular class meetings.
• LAB TIME is provided so you can stay on track with
specific project steps in a teaching environment.
• We have to stay together as a class so once the class
lab time allotted for a project is completed, we’re
moving on. Remember - REDUCED CREDIT ONLY FOR
LATE WORK! You will have plenty of time to complete
projects, but in order to do so you must attend class and
use the allotted time wisely