PE: Using A Microsoft Word Table In Elements Projects

INTRODUCTION

The June 30, 2019 "PE: New Trimmed Archived Project Revisited" blog post included tables that were created using Insert Table feature in Microsoft Word (version 14.0.72.32.5000 64 bit) which came as part of Microsoft Professional Plus 2010. The Microsoft Word Save and Save As  opportunities for those tables did not include the JPG, GIF, or PNG format required by the blog publishing service (blogger.com).

ISSUE

Although the primary focus was getting good quality tables into the blog post, the secondary focus was getting these tables in good quality into a Premiere Elements project. The better ways to achieve these goals were explored.

SOLUTIONS & WORKAROUNDS

Table 1 Into Blog Post

A how to for converting the Microsoft Word docx to jpg, png, gif, or tiff format was found HERE.

Applying these details to my situation, I used the following steps to create a .png image from the Microsoft Word Table .docx.

Step 1.
Selected the entire Microsoft Word table which had been set up with landscape orientation/font = Calibri (Body)/font size = 11; right clicked the selection, and selected Copy from the pop up menu.

Step 2.
Opened a new Microsoft Word docx with landscape orientation; went to its Home/Paste/Paste Special to get the Paste Special dialog; in the Paste Special dialog, dotted the Paste choice, selected Picture (Enhanced Metafile), and pressed OK.

Step 3.
Right clicked the resulting image to obtain a pop up menu which contained the Save As Picture choice. The Save As Picture choice opened the File Save dialog which offered "Save As Type" choice of .png, .jpg, .gif, .tif, or .bmp.

Step 4.

Following the above guide, Table 1 in the .png format appeared in the blog post in excellent quality....example shown below, using blog's Insert Image/Extra Large display.

However, when these same techniques were used to create Table 1 in .jpg format, instead of .png format, Save on the hard drive had a black thumbnail. That black image could be imported into the blog post, but displaying a black image and not the Table.

Comparing some properties of the Saves on the hard drive,

Table 1 in .png format
File Size = 446 KB
Pixel Dimensions = 5502 x 3791
Bit Depth = 32 bits

Table 1 in .jpg format
File Size = 390 KB
Pixel Dimensions = 5502 x 3791
Bit Depth = 8 bits

Neither one of these was usable in my Premiere Elements 2018 project.

Table 1 Into Premiere Elements 2018 Project

The Table 1 in JPEG format that worked in Premiere Elements 2018 project was obtained as follows:

• The Table 1 created in Microsoft Word was saved using Save As PDF.

• The saved Table 1 in PDF format was opened in Photoshop Elements 2018 and saved as JPEG using File Menu/Save For Web (settings for JPEG, Matte White, and original Image Size 2418 x 1959 pixels - 976 KB).

An example of Table 1 in JPEG format converted from the PDF can be seen below (import into blog example uses the blog's Insert Image/Extra Large Display).

COMMENTARY 

The results appear to point to that the PDF to JPEG route to achieve good quality Microsoft Word Tables that can be used in both my blog posts as well as Premiere Elements projects. However, in my case, if only blog post table was focus, then the Microsoft Word Paste Special technique (with .png result) is very tempting. At this time, other variables on the topic were not explored.


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PE: New Trimmed Archived Project Revisited

INTRODUCTION

"PE: Creating A New Trimmed Project" was published here in September 14, 2014 at the time when Premiere Elements 13 was being released as the latest version. Important, see HERE for those background details which cover the topic for Premiere Elements 4 through 12.0/12.1. Basically, that work addressed the question of what to expect to find when opening the saved Trimmed Project File created using Timeline video trimming in the Preview Window and File Menu/Project Archiver/Archive Project.

For Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1 and earlier, the Timeline trimmed archived project opened in the version displaying the Timeline trimmed clip with reduced file size and duration in the project media. This was not the case, for Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 through the then current version 12.0/12.1. There was a suggestion in the data that the file format for the Timeline trimmed video clip was a factor in "it does or does not".

ISSUE

It was decided to revisit the topic, doing a limited repeat and update from Premiere Elements 4 through 2018.  The latest online Adobe help document on the Project Archiver was found to be "Archiving a project" with Applies to: Premiere Elements and Last Published: April 26, 2018.


FINDINGS

DV AVI trim was done in Preview Window which was opened by double clicking source DV AVI on the project's Timeline. For Premiere Elements earlier than version 15, the Preview Window Set In and Set Out points were used. In Premiere Elements 15 and 2018 where the Preview Window Set In and Set Out points are gone, trims were accomplished in that Preview Window using the keyboard shortcut of I for Set In and O for Set Out.


Table 1
Project Archiver/Archive Project/Trimmed Folder Creation And Contents

Table 2
The Trimmed Folder's Project File Contents Found When That Project File Was Opened In The Premiere Elements Version

COMMENTARY

Important major concept repeatability is seen in the comparison of the  DV AVI Table 1 (2014 dated work) and the DV AVI Table 1 (2019 dated work) with regard to the column

Project Archiver/Archive Project

Project File          Source Media

for versions 4 through 2018; although Project Media Area DV AVI thumbnail data did appear to be affected by trim in 2014 work and not the 2019 work. See DV AVI Table 1 (2014 dated work for versions 10, 11, and 12.0/12.1) and DV AVI Table 1 (2019 dated work for versions 10, 11, 12.0/12.1, 13.0/13.1, 14.0/14.1, 15, and 2018) with regard to the column

Project Media Area

Display Duration

Before Trim       After Trim

There are a lot of "what ifs I try this or that variable" to expand on the topic of archiving a project using the project's Project Archiver feature.

• Opening the Preview Window for the trim by double clicking the source media in the Project Media Area instead of double clicking the Timeline video clip.

• Timeline video trimming using Smart Trim instead of Preview Window.

• Timeline Timecode display setting of 30 fps Drop-Frame Timecode versus 30 fps Non-Drop-Frame Timecode. See

Edit Menu

Project Settings

General 

Display Settings

All has pointed to the Project Archiver/Archive Project/new Trimmed Project concept disappearing after Premiere Elements 8.0/8.0.1. The limited revisit here will pause with the following suggestion... Always determine how the Project Archiver feature will handle your project content ahead of time - for not only Timeline trims.

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