Introduction to Animation in Premiere Elements

This tutorial discusses the basics of animating video properties in Adobe's Premiere Elements. The basics you learn from this tutorial can be applied to many other software editing programs and the techniques are almost identical for Adobe Premiere Pro users. This should be a cut and clean introduction for beginners to get their feet wet. Enjoy!

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Great for PC users

09/04/2008

~ nachan

This lesson is great for learning animation and special effects on a PC. I didn't realize you can do so much with Premiere!

Great detailed yet simplified explanation

05/20/2008

~ Judd

Derek breaks basic animation concepts down into manageable parts. It was good to see what each main function does in Premiere Elements (image control, motion, opacity, and volume). Another thing I appreciated about this lesson was the text labels Derek added, which helped emphasize each specific control he was discussing.

I really liked this lesson, between this and the Claymation lesson you could really have some fun without having to learn every nook and cranny of your editing software.

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