Publisher's Synopsis
Want to make some movie magic? In a book peppered with dozens of Hot Tips for optimizing your Premiere Elements experience, Steve Grisetti, co-founder of Muvipix.com and author of the Muvipix Guides, will show you how to dig deep into Adobe's best-selling video editing program. From simple tricks, like adding an echo effect to your audio, to advanced tricks, like making a person appear to fly over a city skyline, you'll learn, step by step: - How to create pan & zoom effects for your slideshows. - How to create a cool "time warp" video effect. - How to layer your photos to make them look three-dimensional. - How to dissolve from a modern-looking video into a ragged, old movie effect. - How to blur a face, as they do on the TV show "COPS". - How to make a person appear to fly. - How to use "keying" effects to make a person appear to confront his identical twin. - How to create non-square graphics for your videos. - How to draw an animated line across a map. - How to create cool, custom transitions. - How to create cool titling effects, like Star Wars-style rolling titles. - How to use split-screen techniques and video grid effects to create the "Brady Bunch" effect.
