Need help with Adobe Premiere Elements 9 for the Windows XP PC

Question

Just got it today, so I could make my own video and audio files from pre-existing ones.  I first used a version of Adobe Premiere back in school in the '90s, and seemed to easily make them there, while not working on school work.  There was a row for inserted video, and a row below that for inserted audio.  I'm out of college currently, and just bought Elements 9, as said, but am struggling with it.  Could someone please tutor me to get me started?  Perhaps even talk over the phone?  I'm trying to combine different video and audio tracks into a new singular video/audio file.
Thanks in advance.
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Welcome to the forum, but unfortunately, you have posted to the Premiere Pro, CS 4 and Earlier forum.
Instead, you should post to the PrElements Forum, as few here will know anything about PrE 9.
Now, the starting secret of PrE is your Source Files. Can you tell us the full details of those?
Next, matching those to the correct Project Preset, is the next step. Can you tell us what you chose at New Project?
For a list of some of the resources for learning PrE, see this ARTICLE.
Good luck,
Hunt
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What are Source Files?  You mean the videos I'm using?  The main one is here:
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/bones.php
Two to four additions to it will be used with video parts from here:
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/us_commercials.php
And my first project is a .prel file.  Is that what you meant?
Is it possible I could get assistance over the phone?
Thanks.

Answer 1

I created a more precise list of what I wish to combine to make one new video program:
Audio:
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/bones.php
Transformers_S2.mpg (0:00 - 0:33) (All)
Video:
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/bones.php
Transformers_S2.mpg (0:00 - 0:08)
Fade to
Transformers_S2.mpg (0:31 - 0:33)
Fade to
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/us_commercials.php
Rodimus.mpg (0:00- 0:08) (Note: Should start after grey jet passes by on top of screen (less than a second in), and stop after blue robot tramples over the other two robots, cutting off the part where he's shot at from the sky, and all that afterward.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yd1OmZvU8w
(1:34 - 1:38) (Note: Should start as soon as video beings, and end when the four side robots are shooting their laser guns, and the one in the middle shoots his shoulder-cannons, cutting off the part with the bridge and missiles, and everything else afterward.)
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/us_commercials.php
trypt.mpg (0:15 - 0:16) (Note: Only shows the brief second or two where the five robots quickly transform to one big robot.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h23kRJ9i058
(5:22 - 5:25) (Note: Should start with all 5 robots appearing onscreen, and end with them, in a combined robot, firing at the screen, cutting off the white laser-shooting base/battle-station and everything else afterward.)
http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/videoclips/bones.php
Transformers_S2.mpg (0:23 - 0:33) (Note: Should start with lava-flowing ending, and lined-walkway appears, and goes to the end.)
Not sure if I can get all of these videos in, in the 33 second time limit. I'm willing to cut either the trypt.mpg clip, and/or the youtube link-clip below it.
I have a youtube downloader program, so no worries there. Also need to know how to cut video so I can make these clips that are from youtube and tfarchive.
I also want the video to contain the same quality as shown from each file here, and all fit the size of the largest file (the youtube one, I think it is).
Please LMK how to do this, and if any of this is unclear. Things like this are all I really want to use APE9 for, so I won't be asking much else here.
Thanks.