Premiere Elements 12 Daily Discoveries

INTRODUCTION

As we explore and experiment with Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 7 64 bit, Daily Discoveries will be frequently posted.  


DAILY DISCOVERY

0001. Premiere Elements 12 Helpful Links

Premiere Elements 12 Manual (Help and Tutorials)
http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/premiere-elements_reference.pdf

Elements Organizer 12 Manual (Help and Tutorials)
http://helpx.adobe.com/pdf/elements-organizer_reference.pdf

Premiere Elements Help
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements.html

Learn Premiere Element 12
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-premiere-elements-12/

Photoshop Elements Help/Preference file locations I Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/preference-file-locations-photoshop-elements.html
(Premiere Elements 12 is not specifically in this link, but the information for Premiere Elements 11 listed in the link would be applicable to Premiere Elements 12.)
Until further notice, double check to make sure content of links is for 12, not specific to 11.

Other Downloads (Added to Item 0001 on 10/7/2014 after release of version 13 on 9/24/2014)
Download Installers for Older Programs
Premiere Elements 9, 10, 11, and 12
and
Photoshop Elements 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
http://www.adobe.com/downloads/other-downloads.html


0002. Premiere Elements 12 fx Effects/Film Looks: Designed In Or Unintended Glitches?

In Premiere Elements 11, the Film Look is applied to the whole clip by dragging the Film Look into the clip image in the Edit Mode monitor or into the clip on the Timeline. As a consequence, the effects that went into creating a particular Film Look are found in panel(s) in Applied Effects/Applied Effects Palette/ where the effects can be adjusted.

Now in Premiere Elements 12, the Film Look can be applied to the whole clip or part of the clip via the New Adjustment Layer feature. But, here is the point of attention.

If the Film Look is dragged into image in the Edit Mode Monitor, then a pop appears wanting an Yes or No answer to "Do you want to apply this effect to your entire movie?"

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12. Film Look Message When Dragging Film Look Into Clip Image In Edit Mode Monitor.

If the answer is No, the the Film Look is applied to the Timeline clip selected, and the panels for the associated effects that went into the Film Look are found in the Applied Effects Palette.  There is no New Adjustment Layer in Project Assets or elsewhere. And, if an additional clip is dragged to the Timeline, it is unaffected by the Film Look applied to other clip(s).

But, if the answer is Yes to the message, the New Adjustment Layer with all its perks for selective application of the look to the clip on Video 1 appears, but this Adjustment Layer is automatically placed on Video 4 or above. The duration of this New Adjustment Layer automatically adjusts to cover additional clips added to that Timeline after the initial application of the look to a particular clip on that Timeline. Remember, the Yes is to "...effect to your entire movie".

And, each time a New Adjustment Layer is used in response to Yes, a thumbnail for the Adjustment Layer is seen in Project Assets. But, that thumbnail is not presenting with the effect(s) applied to it. It is blank. But, if this Adjustment Layer is dragged from Project Assets to the Timeline, an effect (Film Look or other) can be applied to it and the Adjustment Layer can be placed on any track over a clip to give the clip the effect. In this regard, also note Timeline Menu/New Adjustment Layer. More on this New Adjustment Layer at another time.
(I have described these Adjustment Layers previously as Effects Mask on steroids.)

If the Film Look is dragged into clip on the Timeline instead of into the image in the Edit Mode Monitor, then no "Apply Effects" pop up appears with the choices of Yes or No to the question
"Do you want to apply this effect to your entire movie?" What results is similar to what is obtained by selecting No to that "Apply Effects" pop up when it appears after the Film Look is dragged into the image in the Edit Mode monitor.

The 4 new Film Looks in Premiere Elements 12 drew attention to Film Looks in general. These 4 new Film Looks and the effects used for the looks are:

• Comic (NewBlue Cartoonr Plus)

• Cross Process (Split Tone)

• Trinity (Split Tone and Three-Way Color Corrector)

• Yesteryear (Split Tone)

0003. Premiere Elements 12 Audio Tab/Music Score Issues

• The Music Scores under the Audio Tab have file extension sbsc, representing an "Adobe Soundbooth Score Document", instead of .wav as seen in prior Premiere Elements versions for SmartSound soundtracks"

• A Music Scores' soundtrack contribution to the Copied Folder of an archived project is huge. Compare the Copied Folder contents when the project was archived in Premiere Elements 12 with only one asset, that being a soundtrack in the Soundtrack, either Premiere Elements 12 Audio's Music Score/Ambient/Aura, SmartSound Soundtrack Bach Guitar from Premiere Elements 11, or Sleep Away.mp3 from Windows 7 64 bit music sample.

  Music Score/Ambient/Aura

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12 Project Archiver Copied Folder Contents For Project Containing Only One Music Score/Ambient/Aura SBSC File In Soundtrack.

Premiere Elements 11 SmartSound Soundtrack Bach Guitar

Figure 2. Premiere Elements 12 Project Archiver Copied Folder Content For Project Containing Only One Premiere Elements 11 SmartSound Soundtrack Bach Guitar WAV File In Soundtrack.

Sleep Away.mp3 From Windows 7 64 Bit Music Sample

Figure 3. Premiere Elements 12 Project Archiver Copied Folder Contents For Project Containing Only One Windows 7 64 Bit Sleep Away MP3 File In Soundtrack.

0004. More Premiere Elements 12 Audio Tab/Music Score Considerations

Some major differences between Premiere Elements 11 Music Tab/Use SmartSound and Premiere Elements 12 Audio Tab/Music Score appear to be

• Although both involve the SmartSound concept of maintaining music arrangement while changing soundtrack duration, the Premiere Elements 12 files do not carry the SmartSound or Sonicfire Pro name.

• The SmartSound/Sonicfire Pro 5 - ET soundtracks available in Premiere Elements 11 are in .wav format, but the Music Score soundtracks in version 12 are .sbsc which is said to represent an Adobe Soundbooth Score Document (please refer to entry 0003 in this Daily Discoveries blog for the file types that are found in the Copied Folder when Premiere Elements 12 project with one of these .sbsc soundtracks is project archived.)

• Whereas the Premiere Elements 11 SmartSound/Sonicfire Pro 5 - ET .wav soundtracks can be used in Premiere Elements 12 and other versions of Premiere Elements, the Premiere Elements 12 .sbsc cannot be used in other than version 12.

• Whereas Premiere Elements 11 Project Assets contains a thumbnail for the SmartSound/Sonicfire Pro 5 - ET soundtrack in use on the Timeline, there is no thumbnail for the Premiere Elements 12 Music Score soundtrack in Project Assets when it is in use on the Timeline.

• The duration of the Music Score soundtrack is not the same for each choice. Duration adjustments are made at the Timeline level; whereas, with Premiere Elements 11, soundtrack could be set at wanted duration in the SmartSound/Sonicfire Pro 5 - ET workspace before hitting the Send button to get the soundtrack into the Premiere Elements 11 Timeline.

Additional observations and findings from initial explorations of Audio Tab/Music Score are described in what follows.

In Premiere Elements 12, Audio Tab was clicked to open to choice of Music Score - Ambient and Aura soundtrack (.sbsc) which requires download before use. If the soundtrack is dragged from the Audio Tab area to the Edit Mode monitor, the file automatically goes to the Soundtrack in Expert and Audio Bar in Quick. If the file is dragged directly to the Timeline, it can be placed on any of the audio tracks (Audio, Narration, Soundtrack). Remember that audio placed on Audio 1 and that type of track cannot be seen in Quick. The .sbsc soundtrack is never seen in the Expert Project Assets. A copy of the used .sbsc file can be found in Documents\Adobe\Premiere Elements\12\Score Files (Windows 7 or 8 64 bit).

When the file is dragged to one of the audio tracks (Audio, Narration, Soundtrack), the Creating Score Dialog appears showing generating progress, followed by automatic placement of the soundtrack at the site to which it was dragged and a pop up of Score Property dialog which offers Preview, Intensity adjust (from Mellow to Intense) and a box to check for "Fit Entire Video". The "Fit Entire Video" option is grayed out unless there is a difference between the duration of the video and audio on the Timeline. The Timeline soundtrack can be double clicked to bring up the Score Property dialog if it  needed again. See Figure 1.

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12. Audio Tab/Music Score Score Property Dialog.

Double clicking the file on the Timeline will always bring up the Score Property dialog whatever audio track the file is on. But the Score Property dialog pops up automatically only when the file is dragged to an audio track, not when the file is dragged into the Edit Mode monitor.

Premiere Elements 12 Properties describes this .sbsc file as Type = Regenerative Audio Score, 48000 Hz, Stereo.

Studies are being done with Premiere Elements 12 tryout on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit. Initial studies with Premiere Elements 12 tryout on Windows 8 64 bit ran into a problem of many missing Music Score and Sound Effects major categories and soundtracks/sound effects. The problem resolved itself within 24 hours. No why found.

0005. Advanced Button/Video Tab/Frame Rate Customization Flaw in New Publish+Share/Computer/XAVC-S

The new XAVC-S choice under Publish+Share/Computer comes with 4 presets. They are

• MP4 - H.264 3840 x 2160 23.976p 30 Mbps

• MP4 - H.264 3840 x 2160 25p 30 Mbps

• MP4 - H.264 3840 x 2160 29.97p 200 Mbps

• MP4 - H.264 3840 x 2160 29.97p 30 Mbps

There is an Advanced Button/Video Tab and Audio Tab under each of these presets. Provided the Video Tab's Frame Rate field entry does not go above 30 frames per second, no problem. But, if a Frame Rate above 30 frames per second is selected from the list that goes from 10 to 60 frames per second, an error message as seen in Figure 1 of this 0005 entry.

Figure 1. Publish+Share/Computer/XAVC-S Advance Tab/Video Tab Frame Rate Field Error Message.

The error message's option to "increase the Profile and Level and try again" is not possible because the Profile is already set at High (its maximum) and Level is already set at 5.1 (its maximum). No provision appears to have been made in Profile and Level to accommodate this resolution which exceeds 1920 x 1080.

The Sony profile for XAVC-S has been found, but the profile found does not include the expected frames rate that are written into this format. So, at this time, it is not known whether frame rates above 30 frames per second are part of the XAVC-S profile.

More work needs to be done on XAVC-S exporting as well as importing. It is unknown at this time whether the actual use of XAVC-S files and XAVC-S project preset allow for "more" when the file is exported with one of the XAVC-S export presets.

0006. Project Settings Related to Import of XAVC-S Files

Premiere Elements 12 new project presets are those for the import of XAVC-S files (3840 x 2160 pixels). These files appear to have an .mp4 wrapper. The choices in the new project dialog are

NTSC/AVCHD
QFHD 16 x 9 23.976
QFHD 16 x 9 29.97
QFHD 16 x 9 59.94

PAL/AVCHD
QFHD 16 x 9 25
QFHD 16 x 9 50

It is interesting to note that, if the new project dialog setting is verified under Edit Menu/Project Settings/General, the Editing Mode = RED Cinema, Timebase = frame rate corresponding to the frame rate in the preset name, and Frame Size = frame size corresponding to the frame size in the preset name.

0007. Publish+Share/Computer/Image - Preset "JPEG - PAL SD" ISSUE

Premiere Elements 12 Publish+Share/Computer/Image has 4 presets
JPEG - HD 1440 x 1080
JPEG - HD 1920 x 1080
JPEG - NTSC SD
JPEG - PAL SD

The problem seems to be with the JPEG-PAL SD preset whose default is set at 720 x 480 instead of 720 x 576. This can be seen at the level of the Image dialog level as well as under the preset's Advanced Button/Video Tab. Although the Advanced Button/Video Tab shows the NTSC frame rate of 720 x 480 instead of the PAL one, the Aspect is set for the PAL Aspect of D1/DV PAL (1.0940). See Figure 1 of this entry 0007.

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12. Publish+Share/Computer/Image - Preset JPEG - PAL SD Default Setting Issue.

This information will be verified and updated once a switch has been made from the Premiere Elements 12 tryout to the purchased program which is waiting to be installed.

0008. Help Menu/Deactivate Change

The Help Menu/Deactivate seen in Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1, 9.0/9.0.1. 10, and 11 is now replaced in Premiere Elements 12 with Help Menu/Sign Out. Refer to Figure 1 in this 0008 Daily Discovery.

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12's New Look For Program Deactivation Within Project's Help Menu/Sign Out.

Best do the Help Menu/Sign Out in the opened project to deactivate the program, close the project/ program, and then do the program uninstall via the usual Control Panel route.

Any problems with "Serial Number Issues, Activating Product", a great resource is Adobe Chat via the following link
http://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?product=premiere-elements&topic=serial-number-issues-or-activating-my-product
When the link is opened and "Serial Number Issues, Activating My Product" is selected in "2", then click on "I still need help" to obtain Adobe Chat pop up.

0009. Premiere Elements 12 Unrendered Timeline After Project Rendered Saved/Closed/Reopened

Premiere Elements 12* "rendered" Timeline content is often presenting as "unrendered" when the saved/closed rendered project is re-opened. Rendered or unrendered here is being defined by the program color for the line over the Timeline content with

• no colored line or green line indicating no rendering needed to get the best possible preview of the Timeline content as viewed in the Edit Mode monitor

• orange line indicating need for rendering to get the best possible preview of the Timeline content as viewed in the Edit Mode monitor

Rendering process is associated with the automatic generation of preview files saved to a designated computer hard drive location.

• For a NTSC SD standard project, these files (for stills or video source) are DV AVI 720 x 480 4:3 @ 29.97 interlaced frames per second (no audio). 

• For a NTSC SD widescreen project, these files (for stills or video source) are DV AVI 720 x 480 16:9 @ 29.97 interlaced frames per second (no audio). 

• For the NTSC HD project, these files (still or video source) are MPEG2.mpeg 960 x 540 16:9 @ 29.97 interlaced frames per second (no audio) accompanied by a .xmp file.

• For PAL SD standard project, these files (for stills or video source) are DV AVI 720 x 576 4:3 @ 25 interlaced frames per second (no audio).

• For PAL SD widescreen project, these files (for stills or video source) are DV AVI 720 x 576 16:9 @ 25 interlaced frames per second (no audio)

• For PAL HD project, these files (still or video source) are MPEG2.mpeg 960 x 540 16:9 @ 25 interlaced frames per second (no audio) accompanied by a .xmp file.

At the time of this unexpected find of unrendered content, the associated preview files are still alive and well in their hard drive save location.

In the case of Premiere Elements 12, the trend seems to be going in the direction

• render the Timeline content without fx Effects/Video Stabilizer/Stabilizer, save/close project with green line over Timeline content/files still "rendered" in re-opened project BUT

• apply fx Effects/Video Stabilizer/Stabilizer to the content, render the content, save/close project with green line over Timeline content/rendered files present "unrendered" in the re-opened project...but preview files in hard drive save location are intact.

Considerably more work has to be done to define the "when and where" and related aspects of this type of event besides the whys. This frequency of this type of report seemed to peak in the days of Premiere Elements 7 and 8.0/8.0.1 and decrease in the versions afterward. So, it is surprising to see this type of happening so early into the history of the latest version 12.

Commentary:

There has been no fix on this type of thing for several versions to date. If you need to get the best possible preview on this footage that was last seen as "rendered" when you saved/closed the project and that is now presenting as "unrendered" in the reopened project:

• render the whole again OR

• render a selected segment of the Timeline, setting the gray tabs of the WorkArea Bar area to span just the area to be rendered OR

• move on since you previewed this in the previous session and found the preview OK

In the past I have gone with the 3rd suggestion. As stated above, more work needs to be done on the specifics of this matter as it relates to Premiere Elements 12.

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*Work was done with Premiere Elements 12 of Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit. The primary file used was MPEG4 video compression and .mp4 file extension. Frame size = 640 x 480 pixels. Frame rate = 29.97 frames per second. The duration of the file was 1 minute and 53 seconds. While the Timeline render time for the video clip without the Stabilizer applied was less than a minute, the render time of that video clip with the Stabilizer applied was between 7 and 10 minutes. Premiere Elements 12 and 11 offered comparable Timeline render times under the circumstances described (+ or - 1 minute for the same clip with the Stabilizer applied).


0010. Premiere Elements 12 Missing Playback Settings 

In Premiere Elements 11 and versions of Premiere Elements earlier than 11, "Playback Settings" could be accessed via

• Playback Settings button in Edit Menu/Project Settings/General. Clicking on Playback Settings there opened the Playback Settings dialog.

Figure 1a. Premiere Elements 11. Edit Menu/Project Settings/General With Presence of Playback Settings Button To Access Playback Settings Dialog.

• Playback Settings listing in drop down from right clicking Edit Mode monitor.

Figure 1b. Premiere Elements 11. Playback Settings Choice Using Right Clicking Of Edit Mode Monitor To Access Playback Settings Dialog.

 The resulting Playback Setting dialog is represented in Figure 1c.

Figure 1c. Premiere Elements 11. Playback Settings Dialog.

Now in Premiere Elements 12, there is no Playback Settings button in Edit Menu/Project Settings/General or any where else. The Playback Settings listing is still in the drop down from right clicking Edit Mode monitor, but it is grayed out. Further, Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Windows has a place where a keyboard shortcut can be entered and subsequently used for Playback Settings. Various choices were tried, Ctrl+Shift+D and Alt+Shift+P, but none worked.

This matter is currently being investigated. Updates on this to follow when further developments. There was a 2012 thread in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum to suggest that this situation was encountered in Premiere Pro CS6. Needs to be followed up.
http://forums.adobe.com/message/4412697


0011. Elements Organizer 12 Catalog Automatic Renaming Related To Adobe Revel Sign In

Preface
 
Elements Organizer 12 has been running into problems with errors when

• Selecting "Delete from Catalog" after right clicking Elements Organizer 12 thumbnail(s) in order to delete these thumbnails from the catalog.

• Opening the Elements Organizer 12 (resulting shutdowns)

These issues have been remedied by one or both of the following

• In the Premiere Elements 12 Expert workspace/Organizer Tab at bottom of workspace, Shift+Alt+Ctrl hold down, with mouse left click/hold down of click for 15 seconds, release of click at 15 seconds, Yes to pop up message about deleting Elements Organizer Settings File.

• In the Elements Organizer 12 workspace, creating a new catalog via its File Menu/Manage Catalogs/Catalog Manager dialog.

The rest of the story.....

It was in the course of these creating new catalogs that it was discovered that the Elements Organizer catalog(s) were being renamed each time the Adobe Revel feature was signed into within in at least the Add Media area. For example, if the catalog was named My Catalog 12, the ID = email address such as JohnDoe@nowhere.com, and Adobe Revel signed into in Add Media, the My Catalog 12 would then be found as My Catalog 12 (JohnDoe@nowhere.com). The original catalog name My Catalog 12 was not reverted to when Adobe Revel was subsequently signed off.


0012. Premiere Elements 12 Workspace Help Menu List/Link Provided

Today a user was not gaining access to links provided in the Premiere Elements 12 Help Menu list. As a reference, the following list was compiled to show the Help Menu items and the links that each provide.

Help Menu 

Item/Link Provided

Adobe Premiere Elements Help
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/topics.html

Getting Started
http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/topics/getting-started-tutori als.html

Key Concepts
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premiereelements/using/WS5431fb2def57788d1 fbe5846138fbb36721-8000.html

Video Tutorial
http://tv.adobe.com/product/premiere-express/

User Forum
http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements

Online Support
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements.html

After the above, the list under Help Menu continues

Adobe Product Improvement Program
Welcome Screen
About Adobe Premiere Elements
Complete/Update Adobe ID Profile
Sign Out (user Adobe ID)
Updates

0013. Premiere Elements 12 "Symbol" Font and Greek Letters and Windows Version/Edition

Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit

In the Premiere Elements 12 Titler/Text Section, there is only one "Symbol" text font, and there is only one "Regular" text style available there for it. Typing with that text font and style results in blocks and no Greek letters.

The same situation exists for Premiere Elements 11, 10, and 9.0/9.0.1.

However, for Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1, 7, and 4, although there is still only one "Symbol" text font in the Titler/Text section, there are two text styles available there, "Medium" as well as "Regular". Typing with "Regular" results in blocks, and typing with "Medium" offers that opportunity for typing Greek letters.

Local Disc C\Windows\Fonts display includes only one Symbol text font whose thumbnail is labelled "Symbol Regular" (Font name: Symbol; Version: Version 5.00; Digitally Signed: TrueType Outlines. The file has a file extension of .ttf, and its symbols are shown to include Greek letters.)

Windows XP Profession SP3 32 bit

Only Premiere Elements 11 and 8.0/8.0.1 were looked at in this regard. Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1 presented as it did when installed on Windows 7 64 bit, that is, Symbol Regular, blocks and Symbol Medium, Greek letters. However, Premiere Elements 11 on Windows XP now offers both Symbol Medium, Greek letters opportunity, as well as Symbol Regular, blocks.

Local Disc C\Windows\Fonts display includes two Symbol text font thumbnails, one labelled "Symbol (TrueType)" and the other "Symbol (8, 10, 12, 14,...)".

The "Symbol (TrueType)" description includes
Symbol (Open Type)
Open Type Font, Digitally signed, True Type Outlines
Typeface name: Symbol
File Size: 68 Kb
Version: Version 1.60
The file has a file extension of .ttf, and its symbols are shown to include Greek letters.

The "Symbol (8, 10, 12, 14,...)" one just has the description of Symbol with samples of its offerings which seem to include Greek letters. This one has a file extension of .fon.

Windows 8.1 64 bit

Only Premiere Elements 12 and 11 were looked at in this regard. Both presented as they did in Windows 7 64 bit.

And like Windows 7 64 bit
Local Disc C\Windows\Fonts display includes only one Symbol text font whose thumbnail is labelled "Symbol Regular" (Font name: Symbol; Version: Version 5.00; Digitally Signed: TrueType Outlines. The file has a file extension of .ttf, and its symbols are shown to include Greek letters.)

This matter is being looked into further.


0014. DVdate Plug-In in Premiere Elements 12

It works! Details as follows.

The DVdate Plug-in has been used in some version*s of Premiere Elements to display a running Timecode within the Premiere Elements  Timeline video content. The current description of the plug-in by its manufacturer includes compatibility with Premiere Elements 10 64 bit. And, it has been found that this plug-in is readily compatible with Premiere Elements 10 on Windows 7 64 bit and Windows 8.1 64 bit. And, with a bit of maneuvering, it works also with Premiere Elements 11 on those operating systems and with Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1 64 bit. A working Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 7 64 bit was not available at this time to test it with the DVdate plug-in.

Here are some of the highlights of the rest of the story.

• Hitting the download button in link http://dvdate.ru/  results in the download of the DVdateSetup.exe file which is a 7.0 MB download.

• The installation starts with setting the language. The only choices are English or Russian.

• A License Agreement "I agree" or "I do not agree." follows.

Here is where it gets challenging if you want the DVdate plug-in for Premiere Elements 11 or 12 and not 10.

• "Target application"* is given as "Adobe Premiere Elements 10.0, 11.0 (64 bit)" - no way to change that text. "Folder" underneath Target application shows Folder: "C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 10\Plug-ins\en_US\" . And, no way to change that. So, if you want DVdate installed in other than Premiere Elements 10, the only way found to do that  was to proceed with the plug-in install for Premiere Elements 10 and then copy the DVdate folder installed to 

          For Premiere Elements 11
          C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 11\Plug-ins\en_US
          or 
          For Premiere Elements 12
          C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 12\Plug-ins\en_US

Once the plug-in is installed it appears

• Premiere Elements 10. Edit Header/Effects/Video Effects/Video/DVdate  (adjusts are made in Setup in DVdate panel in Properties Panel.

• Premiere Elements 11. fx Effects/Video/DVdate (adjusts are made in Setup in DVdate panel in Applied Effects/Applied Effects Palette)

• Premiere Elements 12. fx Effects/Video/DVdate (adjusts are made in Setup in DVdate panel in Applied Effects/Applied Effects Palette).

When this study was done previously, application of the DVdate effect to a video clip in Premiere Elements 12 Windows 8.1 64 bit resulted in freezing of the program. With a new download of DVdate, no problems were found using DVdate in Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1 64 bit.

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* The Premiere Elements "Target Applications" lines that are offered in the beginning of the DVdate installation process include
Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, or 7.0
Adobe Premiere Elements 9.0
Adobe Premiere Elements 10.0, 11.0 (32 bit)
Adobe Premiere Elements 10.0, 11.0 (64 bit)


0015. ClipMate with Premiere Elements 12 for Copy/Paste Insert Between Projects

Like Premiere Elements 11, Premiere Elements 12 and ClipMate work* for the copy/paste insert between projects with the exception of transitions. Identical results for 11 and 12 in this regard. Interestingly for 11 and 12, ClipMate does copy/paste insert transitions within a given Premiere Elements project, but not from one Premiere Elements project to another Premiere Elements project.

Premiere Elements 12 was put through the same Premiere Elements ClipMate testing protocol as described for version 7, 8.0/8.0.1, 9.0/9.0.1, 10 and 11 in the May blog post "PE: ClipMate Copy/Paste Between Projects". Please refer to that blog post for further details.

For Premiere Elements 12, an extra test was included, that is, determining if the Fade In and Out Video and Audio applied to clips would copy/paste insert successfully from Premiere Elements project to another Premiere Elements project.. They did.

Just how much content a user can copy/paste insert from project to project at one time has not been established in these studies. Limited studies have suggested that the process works between two projects with different project presets. But without further studies, that is not being recommended at this time.
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 * Work, to the extent of the Premiere Elements Clip Mate testing protocol as defined in the
May 2013 blog post "PE: ClipMate Copy/Paste Between Projects".


0016. Premiere Elements 12 Keyboard Shortcuts

The Premiere Elements 11 Keyboard Customization/Keyboard Shortcuts were detailed in the
September 2013 blog post "PE11: Keyboard Shortcuts". Premiere Elements 12 and 11 are alike in this area with the following exceptions.

Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Application
FILE
Revert
Revert and any opportunity to set a Command for Revert are gone. (Also, in the Premiere Elements 12 Expert and Quick workspaces, the option is not to be found under the File Menu as it was in version 11.)

Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Application
TIMELINE
Apply Default Transition
Commands for Audio and Video under Apply Default Transition are pre-written in version 12
Audio  Ctrl + Shift + D
Video  Ctrl + D
whereas, in version 11, Audio and Video were there, but there were no pre-written Commands for Audio and Video

Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Application
TEXT
Select
Premiere Elements 11 shows

Select

First Object Above with Command  Ctrl + Alt + ]

Next Object Above with Command Ctrl + Alt + [

Next Object Below

Last Object Below
but

Premiere Elements 12 shows

Select
First Object Above

Next Object Above with Command Ctrl + Alt + ]

Next Object Below with Command Ctrl + Alt + [

Last Object Below

Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Windows
ORGANIZER
ORGANIZER  Panel non existent in version 11; appears in version 12, but seems to be non functional with regard to entering a Command.

Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Windows
MEDIA WINDOW
Premiere Elements 11 shows

Thumbnail Size Next with Command Shift + ]
Thumbnail Size Previous with Command Shift + [

but

Premiere Elements 12 shows 

neither Thumbnail Size Next nor Thumbnail Previous is included

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Note for both Premiere Elements 11 and 12.
Under the Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Application/TEXT/Transform, a keyboard shortcut can be created to adjust the Opacity of text and/or embedded image in the opened Titler. The Command created and saved for the Titler Opacity was Shift + X. Thereafter, when Shift + X was used in the opened Titler, an Opacity pop up appeared which allowed for entering Opacity % to be applied to the text and/or embedded image. This Opacity pop up is shown in Figure 1 for this 0016 topic.

Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12. Opacity Pop Up Using Keyboard Shortcut Shift + X In Opened Titler.

0017. Premiere Elements 12.1 Update Released March 7, 2014

The Premiere Elements 12.1 Update was released by Adobe on March 7, 2014. Not much is known at this time about the specific corrections that the 12.1 Update makes in Premiere Elements 12 Editor. The description of the 12.1 Update for Premiere Elements 12 reads

This update corrects a number of issues with Premiere Elements regarding  stability and   performance. It is suggested that all users upgrade.

A 12.1 Update was also for Elements Organizer 12 and Photoshop Elements 12 as well as Premiere Elements 12. Each gave the same "corrects a number of issues regarding stability and performance" explanation as to what the 12.1 does.

For more and continuing information on this matter, please refer to blog post
PE12: 12.1 Update Released
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/03/pe12-update-121-released.html


0018. Premiere Elements 12: No Publish+Share/Sharing to Videotape Choice

Adobe document "Premiere Elements/Sharing to videotape" targets Premiere Elements 11 and suggests that Premiere Elements 11 Publish+Share/ includes sharing to videotape feature. Also, an excerpt from the Premiere Elements 12 Classroom in a Book by the Adobe Creative Team suggests that Premiere Elements 12 Publish+Share/ includes sharing to videotape feature.

An Adobe representative confirms that the above is not correct and says that Adobe is in the process of correcting documentation to reflect that Premiere Elements 11 and 12 do not have the Publish+Share/ sharing to videotape feature offered in earlier versions of Premiere Elements Sharing such as 10, 9.0/9.0.1, 8.0/8.0.1, 7, and 4.

Please see March 2014 blog post for further details..


0019. Premiere Elements 12: Sign In Failure (Connect to Internet or Fix Computer Clock)

Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1 64 bit was deactivated by using Expert workspace Help Menu/Sign Out in order to test Premiere Elements 12 on Windows XP Professional SP3 32 bit. All went well.

When the testing was completed on Windows XP, Premiere Elements 12 there was deactivated successfully. But, attempts to activate Premiere Elements 12 on Windows 8.1 met with Sign In failure with message Connect to Internet or Fix Computer Clock. There was no problem with the Internet connect or with the computer clock.

The solution to the problem was to update the Adobe Application Manager - Adobe Creative Cloud. The tip for this solution came from Adobe Help (Sandeep) and is described in the April 2014 blog post titled
PE12: Sign In Failure (Connect to Internet or Fix Computer Clock).
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/04/pe12-sign-in-failure-connect-to.html


0020. Adobe Revel Announcement (May 12, 2014) About Changes In Way Storage Will Work For Free Adobe Revel Accounts

As written about in the October 17, 2013 blog post, Adobe Revel presents in Premiere Elements 12 via

• Add Media

• Publish+Share

• Free Adobe Revel account with limit of 50 photos/videos per month

Today an Adobe Revel email was received announcing  its changing of the way storage works for free Adobe Revel accounts. In a few weeks, it says that it will be taking the free 50 photos/videos per month limit for these free Adobe Revel accounts to free 2 GB Cloud storage. Adobe Revel projected that this change would give the user the opportunity for storing and sharing around 1000 photos without a monthly limit.

This has been interpreted to mean that, once a user reaches the 2 GB Cloud storage limit, he/she needs a paid Adobe Revel subscription to go beyond a total of 2GB of photos/video storage. The Adobe Revel paid subscription appears to offer unlimited storage and sharing at this time.

0021. Premiere Elements 12: Audio Losses After Narration Addition With Program's Narration Tool. 

Several Premiere Elements 12 Windows and Mac users have reported the loss of sound (on numbered audio track and or Soundtrack) when narration is added to the Expert workspace Timeline using the Premiere Elements 12 Narration Tool.

The current fix for this issue was contributed by ID Llamadude99 (March 2, 2014). Many have used her fix or a modification of it to resolve the problem. She wrote:

I was trying different things and I went to tools to narration. I removed the mute audio before recording, then deleted the narration I previously did and then pressed undo, to bring it back and my audio returned on my video. Very strange but it worked.

For further details, please refer to the June 2014 blog post devoted to this issue of "PE12: Audio Losses After Narration Addition".
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2014/06/pe12-audio-losses-after-narration.html


0022. Premiere Elements 12: Opacity Panel Blend Modes

Blend Modes comparable to those found in the Photoshop Elements Layers Palette are found in Premiere Elements 11 and 12 Editor under Applied Effects/Applied Effects Panel/Opacity Panel expanded.

The basics of the Premiere Elements 11 and 12 Blend Modes are for all intent and purposes the same as for the Photoshop Elements Blending Modes....

• requires more than 1 track with content in order to work

• track content to which blend mode is applied reacts with track content below.... 

Please refer to the in depth article "Layer Blending Modes in Photoshop and Elements"
http://www.northlite.net/ps/blend.htm

As one example....If presented with a logo with black text on a white background, there are several  ways in Premiere Elements 11 and 12 to get rid of that logo's white background in order to obtain the just the black text on a transparent background which would allow the Timeline track content below to display. A workflow for this might be

• Background on Video Track 1

• Logo (png created in Photoshop Elements 12) on Video Track 2

• Highlight/Select the Logo on Video Track 2

• Go to Applied Effects Tab/Applied Effects Palette/Opacity Panel expanded and change the Blend Mode from Normal to Multiply.

See Figure 1 (Blend Mode = Normal) and Figure 2 (Blend Mode = Multiply).

Figure 1. Logo (Video Track 2) With Its White Background. Blend Mode = Normal.

Figure 2. Logo (Video Track 2) With Its White Background Removed Using Blend Mode = Multiply.

Lots of exploration and experimentation yet to be done on these Premiere Elements 11 and 12 Blend Modes.

ATR