Capture footage without device control – Adobe Premiere Elements 8 User Manual
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Capturing video
Last updated 8/12/2010
Capture footage without device control
If the device holding your source footage does not have an IEEE 1394 or USB 2.0 port, and if you do not use a serial
device controller to control an analog device, you cannot use the controls in the Capture panel to capture the footage.
Instead, you can operate the device manually for capture. You can also capture live video streams from camcorders in
camera mode and from devices such as webcams.
1 Connect your device to your computer.
2 Click Organize > Get Media, and choose DV Camcorder, HDV Camcorder, or Webcam or WDM Device.
3 (Optional) Select or set any of the following in the Capture panel:
Clip Name
Specifies the name of the captured clip.
Save To
Specifies the folder where the captured clips are saved.
Capture: Video Audio
Specifies whether video, audio, or both are captured.
Capture To Timeline
Automatically assembles all captured clips in the Timeline, in the order in which they are
captured, providing a quick way to prepare your movie for editing. Deselect this option if you plan to place clips in an
order different from that of the original tape.
Split Scenes
Splits clips into separate scenes based on timecode information or video-content information. When you
select this option, scenes are split automatically after capture is complete. Timecode detects scenes based on when the
Record button was pressed during recording. Content detects scenes based on changes in content. You can detect
scenes in HDV or WDM video after you’ve captured footage by using the Scene Detect By Content command.
Auto-Analyzer
Analyzes the captured content using the specified categories and automatically applies appropriate
tags. When you select this option, Adobe Premiere Elements automatically analyzes and tags the clips immediately
after capture. You must also select Split Scenes when you select Auto-Analyzer. You cannot perform Auto-Analyzer
without also splitting scenes.
Capture Settings
(Capture panel menu) These are set automatically based on the attached device, but you can change
them if necessary. These settings specify the format of your video source from the Capture Format menu: DV Capture,
HDV Capture, or WDM Capture (use WDM for webcam capture).
4 Select Device Control from the Capture panel menu, and then select None from the Devices menu.
5 Do one of the following:
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If the device is a tape-based camcorder or tape deck, use its controls to cue the videotape to a point several seconds
before the frame where you want to begin capturing, and pause the device. Then press the Play button on the device,
and click Get Video in the Capture panel.
•
If the device is a live video source, such as a webcam, make sure you can see its video previewed in the Capture
panel. Then click Get Video in the Capture panel.
6 When you see the point where you want to stop recording, wait a few seconds to provide room for editing, and then
click Stop Capture to stop recording.
The captured clips appear in the Project view of the Tasks panel, as well as the Organize workspace.
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