PE 2018: Adding User Custom Clip Arts Accessible Under Project's Graphics Tab

INTRODUCTION

The Adobe "within project"* graphics collection is found under the project's Graphics tab located in the vertical toolbar to the right of the Expert and Quick workspaces of the opened project. Typically, only some of these graphics available in Expert workspace are available in the Quick workspace. 

For Premiere Elements 2018 on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit, the path to the program files for these within project Graphics is:
Local Disk (C:)/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 2018/Clip Arts/Common
The Common Folder contains 11 categories of graphics, typically in various resolutions and each using the .png file extensions. The categories are:
Animals Birds and Insects (with 13 items)
Baby (with 21 items)
Costumes (with 39 items)
Food (with 12 items)
Holidays and Special Occasions (with 55 items)
Home Items (with 31 items)
Miscellaneous (with 67 items)
Music (with 6 items)
Nature (with 46 items)
Sports and Hobbies (with 15 items)

ISSUE

Can user created graphics be added to Adobe graphics found under the opened project's Graphics Tab?

SOLUTION

In this exploration, the answer to the ISSUE question was Yes when:

• the graphic was created in Photoshop Elements 2018, and the file Save As = .png**

• a new folder (named Custom) was created in the Common Folder found in path = Local Disk (C:)/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 2018/Clip Arts/Common

• the saved graphic png created in Photoshop Elements 2018 was copied at its hard drive save location and then pasted into the Common Folder in the Program Files....any permission issues were overcome by pressing Continue in any permission dialog that popped up

Three graphics were created with transparent background and saved as .png. One .png showed some daffodils in a ceramic pot. Another .png was my first try at writing the Simplified Chinese character for the word love. The third .png showed the copyright symbol. For the Chinese character, I drew that character in Photoshop Elements 2018 using the brush tool. For the daffodils, I used the Photoshop Elements selection tools and refine edges to cut out the daffodils and its ceramic pot from a garden picture. For the copyright symbol, I used the Photoshop Elements Custom Shape Tool's copyright symbol. After placing a copy of each png file in the Premiere Elements 2018 program files, these three png files were accessible under the Graphics tab in the opened project's Expert workspace; however, none of them were seen under the Graphics tab in the Quick workspace. 

Figure 1. User Custom Graphics Examples In A Premiere Elements 2018 Project Expert Workspace.

Premiere Elements 2018 And Earlier Notes


In this exploration, user custom graphics could be added to Adobe graphics accessible under the Graphics tab in the opened project of Premiere Elements 2018 to 8.0/8.0.1. Detail similarities and differences were noted when comparing Premiere Elements versions and this particular task.

The above details should be applicable to Premiere Elements Windows 15, 14/14.1, 13/13.1, 12/12.1, 11, and 10 as well as applicable to Premiere Elements 2018 Windows. Exception - in Premiere Elements 10 opened project, Adobe within project graphics are under Clip Arts under the Edit tab at the top of the Timeline workspace***, and the added user custom graphics can also be accessed from Edit tab/Clip Arts route in the Sceneline workspace***. 

In Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1, the path to these graphics in the program files is:
Local Disk (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 9/Clip Arts/Common
And, as in 10, the Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 opened project's Adobe within project graphics are under Clip Arts under the Edit tab at the top of the Timeline workspace; and, the added user custom graphics can also be accessed from the Edit tab/Clip Arts route in the Sceneline workspace. 

In Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1, the path to these graphics in the program files is:
Local Disk (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 8.0/Clip Arts/Common
And, as in 9.0 and 10, the Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1 opened project's Adobe within project graphics are under Clip Arts under the Edit tab at the top of the Timeline workspace; and, the added user custom graphics can also be accessed from the Edit tab/Clip Arts route in the Sceneline workspace.

No specific Adobe graphics access point was found within an opened new project for Premiere Elements 7 or 4. However, the Premiere Elements 7 or 4 program files did contain many .png graphics which could be imported into a project from Premiere Elements 7 or 4 program files found
Local Disk (C:)/Program Files (x86)/Adobe/Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 or 4.0/Presets/Logos
Note: Preset/Logos offers a source of Adobe .png files for import (Get Media/Add Media) into an opened project for Premiere Elements 2018 and earlier


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*Distinction is made between graphics imported into an opened project and graphics taken to the Timeline from under opened projects Graphic tab.
**The file save as .png was used to maintain the file's transparency in Premiere Elements. A user custom graphic as jpg worked also when transparency consideration was not involved.
***Reminder, Expert workspace (versions 2018 to 11) counterpart in Premiere Elements 10 and earlier is Timeline workspace; Quick workspace (versions 2018 to 11) counterpart in Premiere Elements 10 and earlier is Sceneline workspace.


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