Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Start a new blank project

When you start a new project from the Welcome screen, you can review the default preset and its settings by clicking the Setup button. Change the preset only if it doesn’t match the specifications of your source media. In that case, create a new preset or install a custom preset if your capture card or video hardware provides one.

Important: Some settings, such as frame rate, size and aspect ratio, can’t be changed after a project is created—verify all project settings before starting a project. Using the wrong project settings can adversely affect performance as you work on your project.
  1. Do one of the following:

    • If Adobe Premiere Elements is not open, start Adobe Premiere Elements and, from the Welcome screen, click New Project.

    • If Adobe Premiere Elements is open, choose File > New > Project.

  2. (Optional) In the New Project dialog box, click Change Settings and specify project settings. To save the settings as your default project settings, click Save As Default.
  3. In the New Project dialog box, specify a name and location for the project, and click OK.
    Note: By default, the folder for a saved project also stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video. These files are very large, so save them to your largest, fastest hard drive. To store these files separately from projects, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.