Re-creating Instant Movie Features

Hi All,
I've recently been dabbling with the Instant Movies. I really like the 'Comic Book' theme, but think its too much light effects. I can't see a way to select which features to include/exclude, probably as its auto-editing. What I really like about the end product is how they have the footage on 5 screens, with captions, see attached. How do you get footage in those 5 screens? Is it a title or effect? Or impossible to create? Would appreciate some help.
PS, this pic is taken from an export of Freeze Frame. Any ideas how to get the exported photos to remain in a widescreen format as per the footage rather than this square shape?

You can break apart instant movie to view all the effects and transitions applied to the clip. But it is not reversible. i.e, we cant move back to instant movie once it's broken. Undo would work of course
The screenshot you mentioned is called PIP or picture in picture . You just have to scale every footage on different layers.

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Just wondering if there are any additional themes that are available to purchase and download for the program? Thank you.

LizzyLove
As to your thread question..not that I have ever run into. You can customize the Adobe Instant Movies by creating an Instant Movie and then using the Break Apart Instant Movie at the Timeline level to do just that and modify that just created Instant Movie as wanted.
There are no additional theme to purchase. And, the existing Instant Movie (Content Download type) for an Adobe design needs to be downloaded from within the program (See Instant Movie display of choices and thumbnail with blue ban at the top right corner of that thumbnail. Select Download Now (to obtain completed files for theme) or Download All (to obtain completed files for All Instant Movie theme choices).
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I would like to use the animations found in the 'instant movie' feature for my video, but I need to do 'manual' since I am messing with the audio and doing two video inputs. Specifically, I'd like to use the ones inside 'Yearbook' theme....the opening of the locker at the beginning and the moving school bus. Is there a way to use these for my 'manual' video? I am using Premier Elements 11.

tmoehlmann1
After the Yearbook Instant Movie is applied to your Timeine, you can right click the Timeline content and select Break Apart Instant Movie. It will do just that.
That Opening Locker appears to be part of a .mpg video file that comes with video and audio components at the very beginning of the Timeline. If this is to be used in another project, you will have to export it first and then import that export into the new project. However...
Is that what you are asking? Or are you asking where to find the file on the hard drive? If so, check out:
for Windows 7 or 8 64 bit
Local Disk C
Program Data
Adobe
Premiere Elements
11.0
Online
Movie Themes
All_Lang
Style
Yearbook
Have you downloaded all the Movie Themes (in particular Yearbook) to your computer direct from the Instant Movie Tab section at the bottom of the Premiere Elements 11 Expert view interface?
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I use Premiere Elements 9 with a Mac (OS X 10.10.2) and Instant Movie does not complete! It goes up to 100% at applying the settings of the Instant Movie and it just will not move on. With previous versions of OS X it used to work!
Any thoughts?
Can anyone with a Mac with the latest OS X (10.10.2) and Premiere Elements 9 try to reproduce this problem?

Stavros F
Thanks for your reply.
I am at a cross road as to which troubleshooting path would not generate more problems than you already have. Right now you report
that all seems to be working except Instant Movie.
If the deletion of the Adobe Premiere Elements Prefs file did not impact the Instant Movie problem, an uninstall, free
ccleaner run through, and reinstall with antivirus and firewall (as appropriate for Mac) should be considered. But there is no
guarantee that you might run into installation problems when you go to reinstall 9.0 and then 9.0.1. The next thought regarding
permissions might be the next step.
I am not sure if it is valid to look at this as a permissions issue. I have seen an assortment of Elements Mac issues addressed
by Repair Permission....the path might be Application Folder/Utilities/Disc Utilities and Repair Permissions.
The true test is to find a Mac OSX 10.2.2 user working with Premiere Elements 9.0/9.0.1 and Instant Movie to confirm your results
since there is always the possibility that there is something in the Instant Movie feature that is not compatible with your computer
operating system.
I am not sure what versions of Premiere Elements are "supposed to" work completely with Mac OSX 10.2.2.
We will be watching for your progress.
Thanks again for the follow ups. Appreciated.
ATR

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I'm a pro at graphic design but a real newbie at movies.... I'm playing around with a 5 minute clip and thought I wanted to add an instant movie. I applied the movie and saved the file (my first mistake). Now I find I don't really like the way the instant movie feature works and want to go back to just a plain, no show, nothing fancy, clip. I know that if I apply another movie, it will change the existing movie, but how do I get rid of it all together without going back to the raw footage????
Using Elements 11 on Windows 7.
Thanks bunches!
Barb

....or you could go to the InstantMovie in the Expert room and right click on it and say "Break Apart". This will split the movie into its bare components. You *WILL* get overawed at the complexity of the content, but you can go to the point where you do not like and edit that portion out or modify it to your liking. Editing it after break apart though gives you all the information you need to figure out what changes need to be made and keeps you prepared to all the features this app has to offer.

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Pre8 comes with two Instant Movie templates for slideshows. One is Pan and Zoom and I believe the other is a wedding theme. I like usng the Instant Movie feature for slideshows but the selection in Pre8 is paltry. Does Pre9 come with additionals slideshow templates? Does anyone know where to go for good quality 3rd party Instant Movie slideshow templates?

Not really. Plus it varies from month to month, as they take down old templates and put up new.
In my experience, though, it's not been more than a handful of templates over the course of a year. But that may change also.
BTW, you do know that there are four different ways to build a slideshow in Premiere Elements, right? I go through them in one of my tutorials on this page on Muvipix.com.
http://muvipix.com/pe9.php
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Is there any way to open an instant movie for editing once complete?

I need to correct a typo on the credits and I cannot find any instructions on how to open a completed file. Do I have to start over?

highaspiratitons
Glad the changing the Instant Movie Closing Credits text and leaving the Instant Movie intact worked. Great news.
However, I am fighting a losing battle trying the same approach for altering the duration of that Closing Title under the same circumstances. No breaking apart of the Instant Movie.... I can change this Closing Credits duration in Project Assets or the duration of Closing Credits dragged from Project Assets to the Timeline. But, when I break apart the Instant Movie, unlike the text changes that we did, the change in duration is not reflected in the Closing Credits file within Instant Movie. Still thinking about this one.
Now for what happened with regard to effects in your Instant Movie. I think that I will need more details on that to tackle it.
1. When are you adding these effects? I am assuming that you are doing this before you start the Instant Movie feature. So, after you start Instant Movie and you get the message about remove user applied effects, are you selecting Yes or No?
2. If you say No, your effects for a given component of the Instant Movie will remain, included with the effects that come with the Instant Movie. I am wondering if the following applies to your situation. Say you apply an effect to one photo at the beginning of the Timeline. No place else. After the Instant Movie is generated, you can see that same photo with effect repeated periodically in the course of the Instant Movie. It does not appear only once. Could you be seeing the repeats of your photo with effects repeated more than once?
I will think about this some more.
ATR

I've just upgrade to Premiere Elements 13. I found the Instant Movie option is not there anymore? is this feature removed?

I've just upgrade to Premiere Elements 13. I found the Instant Movie option is not there anymore? is this feature removed? Any one has an idea?

dchankk
It is there. In 13, look under Create in the Expert and Quick workspaces. And, once you update from 13 to 13.1 using an opened projects Help Menu/Update, you
will see an extra location for the feature - right in front of you in the main panel.
ATR Premiere Elements Troubleshooting: PE 13: Adobe Releases Premiere Elements 13.1 Update
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ATR

Can't see/find "Instant Movie" in "Create" Dropdown in PSE 11.I've seen it in Bob Grager Tutorial. Where is it?

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How do I overcome the Failed Downloads for Instant Movies from the Adobe Server?

I have a Windows 8.1 PC , Premiere Elements ver. 12, and I have a dedicated DSL for computer only. In my best efforts, even when disabling McAfee completely, I have had almost 4 days of frustration trying to download an Instant Movie from the online content server. At times the DL works, slowly, then it pauses, sometimes the DL reverses the count and I lose 10mb and it resumes (I have never seen that before). Most frustrating is when the DL is nearly complete and the message pops up that I need to check my connection as the download has failed. I have 1.6TB disc space, and no restrictions in place at my end. I tried from 2 of the PCs, both Win 8.1. I have tried at all hours of the day for traffic on the server, but that doesn't seem to matter. I have attempted the Secret Agent file DL at best 10x. Is there a setting I need to change to receive this content, or go to a different site where I can directly access this content?
I have purchased Three PE 12 programs for 3 replacement PCs and I need some real direction.
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Jerry W B
There will be those that report Content download of a few minutes. Although we are happy for them, many have found that this is not usually the case. Download of the Premiere Elements 11 and 12 Content download is often a slow process which demands a lot of patience whether the download be "Download Now" or "Download All". Just two of the factors in this situation are the Internet Speed/Status and the status of the Adobe Server. Many times it is time of the day.
http://www.atr935.blogspot.com/2013/05/pe11-no-content-disc-content-downloads.html
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2013/12/pe12-content-download-considerations.html
I have DSL Service on the east coast of the USA. It is now about 6 pm Saturday February 22, 2014.
I right clicked the blue ban at the top right corner of the Instant Movie thumbnail for the Secret Agent theme. I selected Download Now to download just that one Instant Movie theme.
a. The file size was given as 75.8 MB, not 118.7 MB. It took 11 minutes and 19 seconds to download that Instant Movie.
I checked the download on two different computers, one Windows 7 64 bit and the other Windows 8.1 64 bit. The Instant Movie Secret Agent had a file size of 75.8 MB according to the download pop up in the opened project.
b. If you are talking days for this download, then I would first check with your Internet provider. There is no other place for these downloads except from within the program. And, when you do get them, I would encourage you to save them as per my blog posts on this topic to avoid having to go through an labored downloading processes again.
Do you find the downloading of Content to be the same for all the other categories requiring this type of download, not just Instant Movies?
Please review and update us on your progress.
Thank you.
ATR
Add On...Although you did say that you disabled McAfee, be advised that McAfee's recent update(s) have created some serious problems for Premiere Elements. So, I would re-evaluate McAfee's possible role in all this along with the firewalls settings.

Do I need multicam in order to create a movie from multiple cameras?

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The Pan and Zoom theme works fine, but I cannot get any of the other themes to work. Selecting the theme and clicking the next button, PE11 shows the dialogue box in the attached image suggesting it is downloading content. BUT, it never finishes and just cycles around the download with the blue bar filling, clearing and then starting again. There is no error message, just a constant cycling of the blue bar.
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As you can see, the program will download the other themes as needed. That's what it's trying to do in the illustration you provided.
Have you registered the program and signed in with your Adobe ID?
Do you have a good, reliable internet connection?
If the answer to both of those questions is yes, you may have just caught the Adobe site offline. Try again. Depending on your internet speed, it can take a couple of minutes.

Re-creating Instant Movie Features

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