Buttons in PE7

Hello,
Questions about creating buttons in PE7.
1. Can someone school me on creating a rounded rectangle gradient button (I don't mean a rounded rectangular button using "Effects," but to create a gradient on a rounded rectangular button)?
2. Is it possible to crop in the shape of a rounded rectangle?
Thank you!
Phogster

Phogster,
File>new>blank file.
Access gradient tool, select the gradient of choice, and drag out gradient
Access cookie cutter tool.. In the options bar of the tool, open up the custom shapes picker, and select the "crop shapes" library. You will fiind "rounded square" shape - it is all black. Drag this out. There are also shape options which you may want to look at.

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How to load and save custom workspaces in PE7

I've written a little utility which allows PE7 users to load and save custom workspaces. It's attached to post #1 of this thread.
System requirements
The utility has been tested with Windows XP Pro SP3 only. It might or might not run under Vista. It will only work with PE7 installations where the executable files are in the default places.
Installation
When you have downloaded the utility (it's only 199KB) you can run it from any convenient place in your system - it doesn't need to be installed as such.
Usage
It's pretty self-explanatory in use but here's the manual!
Run the downloaded utility "PE7WS.exe".
A file selection dialog appears. Choose the workspace layout file you wish to use. "LastUsed.layout" is the last used workspace (that's all you will be offered the first time you run the program). If you press Cancel at this point, the program will exit and nothing will happen.
Once you have selected the workspace, click "Open" and Premiere Elements 7 will run, using the workspace layout you chose.
After you exit from Premiere Elements 7, a workspace layout file save dialog will appear. If you made changes to the workspace during your Premiere Elements 7 session, you can now give the revised workspace a name and save it.
Do not save the workspace in a different directory from that which the dialog offers!
If you have changed an existing custom workspace, and you want to update the version previously stored, just select the name and over-write the saved workspace layout with the new one.
If you don't want to save the workspace at all, just click "Cancel" - next time you run Premiere Elements, you can choose the "LastUsed.layout" workspace to use that last used unsaved workspace in any event.
If you use the PE7WS utility to run Premiere Elements 7, and then you use the menu option "Window > Restore Workspace", then exit, you can either cancel the workspace saving stage, (which will mean that "LastUsed.layout" will contain that default workspace), or you could give that default workspace a name like "PE7 Default" so you can start a future Premiere Elements 7 session with the default workspace, even though you last used a custom workspace.
If you run Premiere Elements 7 in the usual way without using PE7WS.exe, the workspace that appears will be the last used one.
The usual disclaimer...
The utility should be entirely safe in use, but I can't accept responsibility for any loss or damage it might cause. However, the only file manipulation is does is to workspace files in the directory that Premiere Elements 7 uses purely for the purpose - the utility doesn't go anywhere near your precious project files.

I'm finding it very handy on my particular twin 22" monitor setup to sometimes use a one-screen layout and sometimes a two screen layout. I 'discovered' that having the timeline on the second monitor enables me to tweak edits there while having the playback full size after pressing the "full screen" button on the first monitor. Where the timeline would normally be I have the history, mixer, and other windows always open. As the second monitor is also used by another PC (the one I have the net and email etc on) using "Maxivista" monitor sharing software, I revert to single screen layout when doing stuff like exporting to DVD so I can see what is going on with the render while typing stuff like this.
Selectable workspaces are dead handy!

PYRO A/V Link XP,Vista, & Win7 switch settings + info for use in PE7

I see a lot of confusion regarding capture glitches and switch settings using the PYRO A/V Link. I looked at Canopus and others before I bought this one because it fit my budget. After I bought it I went through the glitches and the Support system of ADS Tech problems that others are experiencing.The settings I use worked on my Vista 32 bit laptop and without a hitch when I got my Windows 7 64 bit desktop using PE7. I"m sure they will work for PE8. I have a ton of VHS tapes that I am working with so my point of reference is for VHS capture. I am also using NTSC.
If you are ordering one what you will be ordering is an API-558-EFS. Or maybe you are using one of the API-550 units. Thjis information should work fine for the 550.   There is NO API-558 unit unless this has changed since I bought mine. The BOX with an API-557, a power cord, and an outdated API-550 user manual is what constitutes an API-558. I know this because an irate ADS Tech rep told me. I emailed to find out why I didn't get an API-558 and that is what I was told. "We no cheat you. You got what you pay for".
I checked for updated drivers and info from ADS Tech and found a REVISION E. You can go online to their website and print it off if you like but I will dialog on this revision in the switch settings. I tried to get the ADS Tech rep to give me a serial number break as to when they changed from the 550 to the 557 units but did not get an answer. I think he said REV.E started with the API-557 but who knows seems to be answer.
Switch settings: I use #1 DOWN #2 UP #3 DOWN #4 DOWN and here are the reasons why.
The API-550 booklet/user manual shows a few windows versions. I refer to Windows XP because Vista and Win 7 seem to be offshoots of XP.
SWITCH NO. 1   for the API-550 (the API-557 and Vista and Win 7 are not in there) says DOWN for NTSC and Up for PAL . REV E says this has been changed to a black level (Color IRE) down being 0 IRE and up being 7 IRE(default). The ADS Tech rep told me the new unit Automatically detects NTSC or PAL. Do I believe him? Not at this point in time.
SWITCH NO.2 was not changed with REV.E    UP for XP, Vista, and Win 7
SWITCH NO.3 was not changed with REV.E    DOWN for XP, Vista, and Win 7
SWITCH NO.4 was originally (for the API-550) DOWN for LOCKED AUDIO and Up for Unlocked Audio. REV E. changed this to   Down =12-bit/32kHz and   Up =16-bit/48kHz Audio Sampling Rate
At this point in time I believe I have an API-550 with an API-557 sticker on it. My reasoning is that I import one long stream (60 to 90 minutes) of video from VHS into PE7 without stopping and after making a DVD where the video and sound separated further and further to about 5 minutes off at the end. I went back to switch #4 LOCKED AUDIO. I also didn't care about black level so I set the #! Switch DOWN fo make sure of NTSC. Depending on which unit you think you have you can experiment with the first and last switches. It is possible on short video you might not notice the video/audio separation. ALSO PE7 identifies the unit as an API-550 at the top of the capture screen/panel.(Capturing Device) Whether or not this is the result of windows drivers I don't know.
Connections I have a VHS/DVD Recorder unit with HDMI and Component Video (3 Video and R & L Audio) output. The PYRO AV link has Component Video IN which I use and the Canopus did not as I recall. I don't know what the other various units have as they were over my spending limit. The quality of Video I get seems really good.. If you are thinking about upgrading your VHS player look on the Back of the unit you think you want to buy and see if it has the Component Video output. The users guide says for DVD player out on my machine but works fine for VHS out. To connect the Pyro to computer you need Firewire as others have said. No USB connection.
One Major Glitch;   Get off the Internet (as others have said) before you start trying to do video. This is even more important with an underpowered computer. My laptop had a switch I would flip to disconnect. My desk top Internet connection has to be disabled. or unplugged from router, or turn router off if you don't need it for other computers. If you don't know how to watch your task manager learn how to bring it up and watch it to see cpu and memory usage and the ammount of processes being used. RESTART the computer maybe more than once. What you will notice will be the number of processes being used will drop and the ammount of memory being used will drop. Restarting seems to dump all the Internet garbage at least till you get back on again and surf around and collect it again. I used to leave mine off the internet for several days and the movie making went smoothly. On my laptop it took up to 10% of the memory and the desktop takes 6+% of 12GB just to be on the internet. I started noticing this early on when things would lock up and I would have to restart anyway.
Starting; After you get off the internet, restart, bring up the task manager, and watch till things settle down to about 0 cpu usage, start PE7 or whatever Video program you want. Watch the task manager again and when everything is down to about 0 cpu usage, start a new project in the welcome screen. Where you want to put your project and how you name it is up to you. I make a new folder and put Everything in there. If you use an external hard drive make sure you dont forget to have it hooked up and on when your video program goes looking for projects the next time you open one up.
After you push ok and the selections come up for what type of video you are working with Click on the NTSC DV and it will give you a choice of 4:3 or 16:9 Wldescreen. I use the standard 4:3 because all of my footage is old and when playing a DVD later on, the newer TVs seem to be able to widen it out and on older TVs things look normal anyway. I click done and when mainscreen comes up select Get Media. I again select DV ( Camcorder) and the capture Window opens up.
I fire up my VCR, put a tape in and plug in the PYRO unit. I don't know if that's bad or not, I just got tired of pushing the teeny power button on the unit so I just plug or unplug the PYRO power cord. If the red light is not on the front of the PYRO push the button next to it and hold briefly. When you let go the Red light should be on for Analog. When you hook up one of these to the computer Windows may install a driver. Some firewire devices say you don't need a driver. With the PYRO TURNED ON, if you open up DEVICE MANAGER you will see the Pyro show up under IMAGING Devices. Imaging Devices does not show up in my machine until the PYRO is plugged in. Then when Imaging Devices shows up mine says AD API-550. Click on properties,then driver, and windows shows a driver. Says its an older driver but it works. If you don't see it listed before you try to import video you may have other issues.
Play some video through your VCR and make sure the light stays Red on the Pyro. You should see the Video in the Capture Window and also hear the audio. I let my VCR do some auto tracking, play and rewind and zero the counter when I reach the point I want to push the capture button. After a few times you can pretty much tell where the tape needs to be at the point you push capture. When capturing it will say capturing and a red line will appear around the window. If you push pause, that segment is pretty much a done deal. If it didn't capture enough video you may have to rewind and capture again and leave the first capture out of your project.
If you have glitches or the capture is screwy you may have to exit the project (save it if you alrerady have existing material in) RESTART and try again, or delete and start over. Once you learn what you want to do you shouldn't have that problem. I also learned early on to NEVER push the close button in the upper RH corner to close PE7 as you would normally do to close a window or program. PE7 didn't like that. Always use File and EXit.
Always wait for PE7 to settle down on each step before you try to do other things or you are going to lock things up depending on how fast your machine is. I have the Task manager to always be on top of other windows (under options at the top of Task Manager window). If it gets in the road I minimize the window and bring it back up whenever I think things are moving slow or I want to check something.
I have used this procedure for other movie programs and capture always works. Hope it works for others using PYRO. Hopefully I was to the point and this makes sense. Bill Hunt suggested I maybe post this to Muvipix but when I visited the Muvipix site there was Pyro stuff all over the place and I wasn't sure where to post. Maybe after he reads this he may not want me to post. Or If he thinks its ok material maybe he can scoot it over to Muvipix for me. Thanks again. I will watch this post to see if I was unclear on anything. Or if you guys clear up any mistatements you think I made.

Steve,
I am pleased you thought this was good info. Please use it as you think it will do the most good. The reason I posted it to the main forum is because I am a novice when it comes to forum use. I wasn't aware of the fact there were sub forums (so to speak) until recently. The same for Muvipix.
What I mean is, that when I first found Adobe forums I was only looking at the main forum for answers, as I would guess other novices are doing. I found the PE portion, and that was as far as I went unless you guys had links to other stuff, and even then it didn't dawn on me that there was a Tips & Tricks or hardware sections, etc. I would type in PYRO for example, and if nothing came up in the main forum first to redirect me to something else, I thought that was all there was. Don't know if there are other novices thinking the same thing.
I apologize for my ignorance on posting to Muvipix. The format seems to be different and I found Pyro discussions there which seemed to be in several sub forums? So I posted here first and the only knowledge I have about sending this material to Muvipix (outside of re-typing the whole thing) would be to copy and paste it. (Bring up Muvipix in a separate Internet window along side Adobe and copy/paste). Sounds dumb, but as I said I am still computer illiterate. Also which section of Muvipix would I post it under? I'm pretty sure you guys have a better way of posting the same material in both forums at the same time than copy/paste.        Thanks for the info.

PE7 - AVCHD user's first look

I've been using a variety of AVCHD programs for nearly a year now to edit clips from a Panasonic SD5. I've also tried some trials without purchasing them. I've not tried the most costly, just those suitable for someone chiefly producing domestic-type projects.
Here's my take on Premiere Elements 7 totally from that standpoint, and based at least initially very much on first reactions. Oh, I should add that the most recent version of PE I have is version 2.
Installation - no obvious problem.
First reaction to the interface - not as "noddy" looking as some in this league.
I'm following my nose. Opening existing AVCHD clips stored on my hard drive. When I attempt to open them I get a message requiring activation. At once, a problem - this version isn't listed on the activation page. Well, I tell it I've got the previous version and it gives me an activation code. The program accepts it. I have to say that normally such activation procedures are completely automatic - this seems a bit crude.
Good, there's the six clips. They appear on the "organise" page in reverse time order. I think this is normally a Windows problem (XP Pro here on a quad core PC). I've now dragged them one by one into the sceneline.
I've now created a disc menu (just grabbed the first one) and click on "Share". Burn to DVD, select the AVCHD preset - er... there is no AVCHD preset. Well, looks like all else has failed and I'll have to read the manual.
That's odd - there's no reference to burning AVCHD onto DVDs. I can't believe this can't be done in PE7 - it's a standard feature in all other such programs and (after many months of interacting with others on sundry video forums) the most popular way of outputting AVCHD projects. Well, I guess I'm missing an obvious option here, so meanwhile I'll have to go about things another way.
In the "Share > PC" page I have now found an option to output to H.264 in the same format as the original footage. Set that running and the time to complete the 2.5 minute project with no effects or transitions is given as about 9 minutes. Well, that clearly shows that the clips are being transcoded unnecessarily, as in a non-transcoding AVCHD process (in other software) the task would take much less than a minute. Not good.
Once I've got the render done I guess I'll have to fire up another app to get it onto a DVD to check on my PS3/Bravia system. And as it's been transcoded I'll have to check it with deep suspicion.
I'm kind of hoping that someone is going to point out that I've gone at this much to hastily and that I'm missing some options, but at first glance Adobe, coming late into the AVCHD game, haven't taken the opportunity to leapfrog the others in the market by providing what the market is asking for, namely non-transcoding of unchanged clips together with a 'serious' editing environment. No, I've not even touched on the editing side because it's fallen at an earlier fence. And if, as it seems at first glance, you have to use a competitive app to actually get your AVCHD project onto an AVCHD DVD, then the editing side would have to be pretty damn good to get people to not simply handle the whole project in that other program. That editing side I will explore as soon as time allows - will it be so good as to make the user forgive the basic shortcomings (as I see them) I've identitified?

If you select PCM then you cannot have multiplexing "on", so you end up with a video file and an audio file. To be honest I haven't tried simply offering that to the PS3 and seeing whether it would treat them as a pair to play, but I'd doubt it.
Meanwhile however I have made some progress!
What I have now found to work well is a procedure based on advice in http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/convert_mkv_to_avchd_for_ps3_and_blu-ray.cfm - but there's one small thing you have to do in PE7 first.
The nice thing is that the two small programs used in the procedure are freeware or donationware,
and the output from PE7 is not rerendered. The downside is that you don't get menus this way. If you want full disc authoring, use a suitable not-free program.
Anyway, the crucial thing is to use "Share > Personal Computer > H.264 " (pick your size and frame rate) and then click on the "Adavanced" button, then the "Multiplexer" tab, then the "None" button - so that the video and audio will not be merged in one file but will end up in separate video and audio files.
These files (yourfilename.mv4 and yourfilename.ac3) should be added to the Input file list of the 'tsMuxeR' (you can drag them in) and then you can either click on the "M2TS muxing" button in its output section, or on the "Create Blu-ray disk" button. Then press "Start muxing" and within a very short time, your file or folders will be finished.
If you created an m2ts file, you can burn that to a DVD as data and the Playstation 3 should play it as a standalone file, or you could copy it onto the PS3 hard drive.
If you created Blu-ray folders, you can burn those to a normal DVD using ImgBurn as detailed in the second page of the tutorial whose link I gave above. The PS3 will then treat that as a Blu-ray disc and I suspect many other Blu-ray players will too.
In the next day or two I will set out these procedures in more detail and with better presentation in a form suitable for adding to the FAQs for PE7. When set out on the page it sounds like hard work, but actually it's very quick and easy. But no, Adobe, that doesn't get you off the hook of needing to add AVCHD DVD support natively to PE7!

PE7 on XP to PE9 on Win7

I have about 15,000 + images in PE7 on Windows XP computer , most with keyword tags
and i've tried to move everything over to new Windows 7 workstation, but my keyword tags are not working.
Here are the steps i've tried (multiple attempts)
on XP > backed up catalog > backed up keyword tags > save data to external HDD
on Win7 > installed PE9 on C: drive > restored catalog > imported keywords > didn't work
on XP > backed up catalog > backed up keyword tags > save data to external HDD
on XP > installed PE9 > restored catalog > converted catalog > imported keywords > still didn't work on XP
on XP > wrote keyword tags to files > backed up catalog > backed up keyword tags > save data to external HDD
on Win7 > installed PE9 on D: drive (2nd HDD) > restored catalog > imported keywords > didn't work
Help!.. have i lost the keywords. Why are they not working correctly in PE9. I see the lists i've created
but they search the images and return no found results... I can't lose them, I spent days organizing
each image into sub-sub-categories...

Back up & restore within PSE normally works without the need to separately back-up keywords.
Make sure you are not searching in folder location view for keywords as the behavior is different in PSE9 - restricted to selected folder.
To search the entire catalog click the display button (near top right) and change to thumbnail view.

PE7 crashes with 'effects' & 'transitions'??

Hi All,
New user of PE7 and of this forum.
I installed PE7 this weekend and have been using it for about 5hrs in total. I'm a novice video editor and have chosen PE7 to get me started with editing my raw AVCHD files from my Canon HG10.
My problem is that in the 'Edit' tab, I cannot use either the 'effects' or 'transitions' or my computer crashes. By crashes, specifically I get the following message:
A white window appears in the center of the screen entitled "Microsoft Windows". The error message states "Adobe Premiere Elements.exe has stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution to the problem." And after 20 seconds of thinking the error message goes on to say "A problem casued the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.
All other aspects of PE7 work fine. I have imported over 50 raw AVCHD files, mucked about with them, split them, added music files, added titles etc and then rendered to my hard drive and also rendered and uploaded directly to Youtube. All of this works perfectly. Just not the 'effects' or 'transitions' which is very frustrating.
Regarding my computer/system:
Pentium i7 920 Quad Core
12 GB DD3 RAM 1600
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 64 bit (the operating system is installed on a seperate solid state drive SSD).
The storage is 2 x 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm HDD's
I made sure that both the operating system and Quicktime are both running the most up to date version with all updates.
I would appreciate any feedback/advice on my problem as I would love to be able to use the whole PE7 package.
many thanks for your assistance.

Thankyou all for all of your responses and advice. I will read all of the additional threads and links that you have pointed out if I haven't already.
To answer some of your questions.
How far do you get when the error message first appears? Do you hit just the "Effects Tab" or "Transition Tab" in Edit Mode, and the error message pops up? Or, do you get as far as selecting a specific transition or a specific effect before the error message pops up? If the latter, which transitions, which effects?
It is immediate. As soon as I click on the "Effects" or "Transition" button in the edit tab the error message pops up. Interestingly though last night I managed to open the "Effects" and apply probably about 3 effects as a test before it crashed out on the 4th trial of an effect. However, the "Transitions" button crashes out immediately when pressed.
Interestingly as well I am able to fade in/out of audio and video by clicking the right mouse button and chosing fade in/out. Not sure if this is part of the transitions part though or a seperate function.
You say that everything else works fine. Could you clarify one point? What happens if you have a Timeline consisting of only photos? Can you apply transitions and effects to them without this issue described for AVCHD on the Timeline?
Hmm...not sure. I have only played with AVCHD video files so far, no stills. Will try it tonight and report back.
Further, if you cut your Timeline content in half, can you then apply transitions and effects to the remaining Timeline? And, it looks like you probably create the Titles toward the end of a project. What happens if you open a new project, create your titles and then bring in your AVCHD to the Timeline? Any more crashes?
Yes I create the titles towards the end of the project. No cannot apply transitions to any part of the timeline. Effects did work briefly as noted above. I will try your suggestion about creating titles before bringing AVCHD files onto the timeline.
So how much available RAM do you actually have when you are running Premiere Elements in the computers' 64 bit system?
Good question. I will check tonight.
thanks again everyone. I test all of the suggestions and do the follow up reading. In the interim please feel free to provide any additional suggestions.

Fail to render (export, share) in PE7

I am running Premiere Elements 7 on a Windows Vista PC. When
attempting to share (export) a finished project (e.g., using flash and
quicktime formats), it either crashes upon hitting "save" or goes
through the rendering process only to crash seconds before it is
finishes. Gives the error message: "Adobe Premiere Elements.exe has
stopped working..." I have made about 15 attempts. Restarted my
computer numerous times, and it is failing everytime. This started a
few days ago. Previously, it worked.

Thank you for your suggestions and questions.
I continue having problems exporting (sharing) to the QuickTime format. Upon hitting the "Save" button, PE7 mostly crashes and yields the message, " Adobe Premiere Elements.exe has stopped working..." Occasionally, it will finish the rendering process, but when I play back the video on QuickTime, it goes haywire: the video starts out playing just fine then goes inverted, images begin to scroll left, etc..
When I hit the "save" button to begin the export (sharing) process, I always get a warning, "Adobe Premiere Elements is running very low on system memory..."
I have tried two customized QuickTime presets:
Frame width: 1440
Frame height: 1080
also tried
Frame width: 1280
Frame height: 720
Codec:H.264
Frame rate: 29.97
Pixel Aspect Ratio: HD anamorphic 1080 and also tried Square Pixels
Audio AAC 44kHz Stereo
My Project settings: General:
Editing mode: HDV 1080i
Timebase: 29.97
Frame size: 1440 x 1080
Display format: 30 fps Drop-Frame Timecode
Audio Sample Rate: 48Khz
Here are some of my system stats:
Camcorder: Sony HDR-SR5
Video Signal: AVCHD format 1440x1080/60i
Windows Vista (32 bit system)
Adobe Premiere Elements 7 (stored on my C-drive)
C-drive capacity: 78.4GB of free space and 289 GB total capacity
The video files that I am editing are saved on an external hard drive with 344 GB free space and 931 GB total capacity
Computer (purchased in 2007): HP Pavilion Media Center m8120n TV PC with Intel Core 2 Quad Processor, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series graphics card.
If you notice any issues with the above, your comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

Editor in PE7 Won't Stay Open

I've been using PE7 frequently in Windows Vista Ultimate for some time with no problems. Suddenly I can't open the Editor for any length of time -- after about 15 seconds, I receive a dialog telling me that "Adobe Photoshop Elements (Editor) has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is availalbe." At that point, the only option is to click on the "Close program" button. I was hoping that there is a "repair" function available for PE7, but I can't find one. Anyone have a solution for this?

Unfortunately, there are many reasons why the PSE Editor might crash, and often it is hard to diagnose quickly the reason for the crash. Try these troubleshooting steps:
http://www.johnrellis.com/psedbtool/photoshopelements-6-7-faq.htm#_Troubleshooting_Editor_ crashes

Create Custom Disk Menu in PE7

I have recently purchased PE7 and so far I like it a lot. One thing though, I have little control over the Disk Menus. What I basically want to do is have a background picture with several text boxes as the buttons instead of the thumbnails.
Is there anyway in PE7 to do this? I have Photoshop Elements 2.0 and am willing to upgrade my Elements version if needed to create my own custom DVD menus.
Any suggestions will greatly be appreciated.
Thanks, Jeffrey Cummins.

Jeffrey Cummins,
There are two basic approaches to having your "own" DVD Menu Template for use in Premiere Elements.
From Scratch
a. Create the .psd for the DVD Menu Template in Photoshop which has the Layer Group feature that is required for this work, using Adobe conventions for layer naming, layer sets, file naming, etc.
b. Or, have installed on your computer the specific combination of Photoshop Elements 4 and Premiere Elements 2. (I am not sure if it is possible to get these older versions anymore.)
Editing of Existing Menus
1. To edit the .psd for the existing DVD Menu, you need a program that can open the .psd and its Layer Groups so that you can get at the individual layers to edit them. I know from first hand experience that Photoshop will do that as well as Photoshop Elements 6 and 7. Photoshop Elements 2 will not open the Layer Groups of the .psd of the DVD Menu Template, allowing you to get at layers in the Layer Group.
There is always the choice to just modify what you can within Create Menu Section within the Program, that is, change text, move things around, maybe add audio (max 30 sec before looping).
You say
"What I basically want to do is have a background picture with several text boxes as the buttons instead of the thumbnails."
You did not say if these buttons were going to represent scenes within one movie on the DVD or if these buttons were going to direct to several different movies on the DVD.
I will not go into detail now, but just offer a bunch of miscellaneous notes for your consideration:
1. If you are using existing DVD Menu, look for those that have at least the number of buttons/page that you need. The "Play Movie" button is not one that I have found that I could remove and replace or make invisible unless I went into the program files and got at its .psd in the DVD template. Of course you could always leave it be as a Play All. Remember, if you pick a template designed for say 6 buttons and you have 7, you will end up with two page of DVD menu (one with 6 and one with 1).
2. The buttons on the menus are directly linked to the markers that you place on the Timeline, so, if your menu is a main menu, then you need to use main menu markers...and so on....
3. If your buttons are going to represent several movies on the same DVD, then you are going to get into a procedure using Main Menu Markers and Stop Markers on the Premiere Elements Timeline.
I think that the fact that Photoshop Elements 2 cannot open the .psd DVD Menu Template is going to curb your flexibility in this matter. But, do not take my word for this, try it and see if you come to the same finding.

PE7 "share" in Organizer

In PE 5, I could click on a picture in Organizer, click on Share and it would let me select the addresses to send the photo to. Then an email screen would pop up with the pic and letter addressed to those I selected. I would click "Send" and it would go.
Now with PE7, I get all the way to the letter and picture in my email, Outlook Express, but there is NO button to push "Send". I have to now click on "Forward" for the letter to come up again and put the addresses back in and then I find a "Send" button.
I read about how to "Share" online, and it mentioned my email program might not be compatible.........BUT it has worked fine with PE5, so I can't believe PE would eliminate Outlook Express from their list of OK mail programs.
Any help?? Linda

If you are on Windows XP, you may want to try to run the fix per this Adobe
FAQ post:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc071fa
It deals with OE / PSE4, however, I seem to remember that someone reported
having it successfully applied for PSE7.
Juergen

Premiere CS3-4 versus PE7

I would like to know if there is much difference between Premiere CS3&4 and PE7
I may attend a class that probably uses CS but I have PE7.
I ask because I would like to know if learning CS will help me understand PE

I agree with Ann. The "guts" of the two programs, PrPro and PrE are pretty much the same. The general rules of using an NLE from Adobe are pretty much the same. Learning these rules will apply to either program.
Now, the workflow and even the generl look with the two is much different. PrE is designed for people whe do not want to get "under the hood." It is a "big-button" program, with a lot of built-in Presets and one-step solutions. PrPro allows you under that hood, to extract the power, and utilize the control, without many "one-button solutions."
The GUI of PrE deviated from one similar to PrPro with PrE 4. It became sleeker, and was arranged differently. Now, it might help one, who has little experience in NLE work, but I find it clunky, regardless of how "sleek" it looks. I have PrE 4 (very similar to PrE 7) and PrPro. I would not even think about doing more than a simple Project in PrE, because I am used to the way that PrPro works, and that is also the way that I think.
Going back a bit, I did an article on the differences in working with PrE 4 and PrPro CS3. I do not know if it's still around the forum, but you might want to check. I tried to deliniate all relevant differences, between the two editors.
Good luck,
Hunt
PS - I am a very big fan of getting as much knowledge, as is possible. I spend a lot of time on the PrE forum, though I use that program far, far less, than PrPro. Still - I learn something every day!

PE11 has more limited video export formats that PE7?

I upgraded to PE11 but now I find I have fewer video export options. For example, for YouTube I used to export as Windows Media (WMF) at 720p/25, and I had full control over many settings. Now, I find if I choose Windows Media I have a very limited choice of options and the resolution is limited to 720x480. If I choose AVCHD at 720p I get big MP4 files that look terrible. Likewise, HD 720p/25 gives a large and not great-looking MPG file, while HD 720p/25 High Quality confusingly gives a smaller-sized (but equally inadequate) MPG file. Again, Quicktime export offers me only a few options, none of which is 720p, where in PE7 I could choose from a much larger set of presets and change all the parameters. If I choose 'export Flash video for YouTube' I get only a few options, none of which is 720p.
Am I just missing how to do this, or does PE11 really have many fewer options for exporting video than PE7?

keysound
In version 7, you had 2 export routes, File Menu/Export/Movie and Share/ with choices for Disc, Online, Personal Computer, Mobile Phones and Players, and Tape.
In version 11, you do not have the File Menu/Export/Movie route, but you do have Publish+Share (the new generation) Share with a vast selection of export choices. I will not go over them, but for now will address only two of your points in your post.
1. As for QuickTime. Make sure that you have the latest version of QuickTime. QuickTime installation on the computer with Premiere Elements is required to see the QuickTime choices. Assuming that you have done that, then set an appropriate choice for Presets in the export dialog and then go under the Advanced Button/Video Tab, Audio Tab, and, if applicable other of the preset to take control of your video and audio settings.
2. SG has already suggested to you a choice for a file to be uploaded to YouTube at the YouTube web site that should give you best results.
3. But, as an example, here is how you get your old "Windows Media 720p25" export from Premiere Elements 11 Windows.
Publish+Share
Computer
Windows Media
Presets = 720 x 576 16x9 25
then under the Advanced Button/Video Tab of that preset, set as follows
You have full control over those settings. The bottom which is not visible in the screenshot shows "Average Video Bitrate = 1500 kbps (aka Kbps and representing kilobits per second).
Please review.
Thanks.
ATR

Best settings for using PE7 for a Kickstarter video?

I'm working on a video for a kickstarter campaign using PE7, with video from my Flip Mino HD. My basic question is what set-up and output settings produce the best quality video for online? Here's what a Kickstarter video should look like.
The video from the Flip is HD, MPEG-4, widescreen. It shows up on PE7 with NO red lines and plays fine there.
The Kickstarter frame appears to be 560px x 420px. They accept MOV, MPEG, AVI, MP4, 3GP, WMV, FLV, with the max. size of 200MB. They also suggest bitrates of around 1500.
I assume I should use the EXPORT function for more choices, rather than the SHARE one? What setting do you suggest?
When I've exported in MOV, MP4, AVI or WMV, I get data on top of the video. Never had this problem before. How do I get rid of it?
Thanks for the help.

If you're editing video from a Flip camcorder, you'll need to upgrade to version 9, the first version of Premeire Elements to support this type of video. No previous version is going to work well with it.
As for output, I'd recommend you use thse output settings. Most likely Kickstarter will accept this video and then automatically convert it to the format necessary for the site.
From the Share tab, choose Computer and then QuickTime/MOV. Choose the DV preset and then click the Advanced button.
From the settings window, do the following:
Video Tab
*Video Codec: H.264
*Quality: 100
*Frame Wdith: 855
*Frame Height: 480
*Frame Rate: 29.97
*Field Type: Progressive
*Pixel Aspect Ratio: square
*Set Bitrate: checked
*Bitrate: 8000 kbps
Audio Tab
*Audio Code: AAC
*Output Channels: Stereo
*Frequency: 44kHz

PE7 Any way to have DVD VOB 'loop' when you 'play all'

Hi,
I want to have my DVD VOB.. autorun (which it does) and loop.. which it does not. Is there any way to create it in PE 7 to loop?
I have found the opendvd.pvm xml file.. that may be where the loop command needs to be placed... and maybe this needs to be done in a '2 step' job.
create the VOB.. and associated files.. then update the opendvd.pvm file with the needed syntax (outside of PE7) and burn a second DVD.
Other way is to do brute force..and repeat the scenes multiple times before buring the DVD VOB.. but that's pretty ugly.. but a 'choice'
Any suggestions/ideas are appreciated...
Thanks.

blueboar
No looping with just Premiere Elements 7, EXCEPT, if the Timeline is not huge and you repeat the Timeline content on the Timeline multiple times. For that matter you could look into the TV's player controls to see if there is a "repeat" button at that level that you could set at playback.
A popular way to get that loop was to burn to folder, not burn to disc, in Premiere Elements and then use the pgedit software to do the rest. The procedure is still listed on the pgedit web site, but the link to the details does not open for me.
http://download.videohelp.com/r0lz/pgcedit/
I did come across another free software called InfoEdit that might do the job with the Premiere Elements burn to folder route.
http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=421
Please let us know the outcome.
ATR

Adobe Bridge Buttons in Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks?

Hello,
Adobe says that the button to connect to Adobe bridge is in
every CS3 application. I can find it in Photoshop, Illustrator, and
even Contribute, a former Macromedia project, but none of the other
Macromedia projects (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks) have one. Am I
missing it, or is this a glitch?
Thanks,
Dylan

Go to Edit > Prefs > Enable Version Cue. Once you do
that look in the lower left corner of the flash
application - you should see "Open" with an arrow. Clicking
on it will popup "Reveal in Bridge" button.
Chris Georgenes / mudbubble.com / keyframer.com / Adobe
Community Expert
Dylnuge wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Adobe says that the button to connect to Adobe bridge is
in every CS3
> application. I can find it in Photoshop, Illustrator,
and even Contribute, a
> former Macromedia project, but none of the other
Macromedia projects
> (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks) have one. Am I missing
it, or is this a glitch?
>
> Thanks,
> Dylan
>

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