Creating Hollywood-Style Movies with Adobe Premiere Elements 7 - Softcover

"This colourful tome promises to guide you on much more than the simple tasks of splicing together clips and creating basic titles. Using a fun and unique approach to learning the software, the authors teach you how to overlay multiple tracks for video, create picture-in picture effects, use keyframes and motion paths, colour and sound for emotional impact, get a better understanding of using green screen material, and perform a range of other tasks that will add amazing effects to your movies." Northern Echo, 14th July 2009

Creating Hollywood-Style Movies with Adobe Premiere Elements 7 is a book that will help users get to the next level in video editing, and that next level goes beyond simply splicing together clips and creating simple titles. In no time readers will be overlaying multiple tracks of videos and adjusting transparency; creating Picture-in-Picture overlays; using key frames and motion paths; setting and refining greenscreens and bluescreens; using color effects for emotional impact; and a whole range of other special effects to help them tell their story. Readers will also discover how to use new features, such as adding Smart Tags, using Adobe Videomerge to place a subject in a new setting, and harnessing the InstantMovie feature for the most creative results. What sets this book apart is the author's expertise in carefully showing readers how to execute each of these movie-making techniques step-by-step in a clear and friendly writing style. With this book, budding film-makers of all levels will find how to create better-looking movies and have a lot of fun doing it.