Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 105)

100 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Arranging clips in a movie
Last updated 8/12/2010
Duration of multiple clips in the Timeline includes total time spanned by selected clips.
1 Make sure that the Info panel is visible. If not visible, choose Window > Info.
2 In the Project view, or the Timeline or Sceneline, select the desired clips. The Info panel displays the number of
items selected and the total duration of those items.
You can view the duration of a single clip in a tool tip by positioning the cursor over a clip in the Timeline or Sceneline.
Customize Timeline tracks
You can customize Timeline tracks to suit the needs of your project.
Add a track to the Timeline
1 Choose Timeline > Add Tracks.
2 In the Add Tracks dialog box, type the number of tracks you want to add in the Add field for video or audio tracks.
3 To specify the placement of added tracks, choose an option from the Placement pop-up menu for each type of track
added, and click OK.
Resize tracks
Tracks have three preset sizes: Small, Medium, and Large. The Large view is helpful for viewing the clip thumbnails
and adjusting effects such as the opacity or volume of a clip. You can also resize tracks manually and resize the width
of the track header area to accommodate long track names. In addition, if your movie contains more tracks than can
fit on the screen at one time, you can adjust the relative proportion of visible video and audio tracks to favor the tracks
you need to see.
By default, track names are hidden; to view them, resize the track header section.
Resize the height of a track
❖ In the Timeline, do one of the following:
• Right-click in an empty track of the Timeline and choose Track Size, and then choose either Small, Medium, or
Large.
• In the track header area of the Timeline, position the pointer between two tracks so that the Height Adjustment
icon
appears; then drag up or down to resize the track below (for video) or the track above (for audio).