Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Capture stop-motion video

  1. To capture from videotape, cue the tape to a point a few seconds before the first frame you want to capture and pause the device. Use the shuttle controls in the Capture panel if you have device control, or the device’s own controls if you don’t.
  2. Click Get Media in the Media view of the Tasks panel, and then click Stop Motion .

    The Capture panel opens with the Stop Motion view active.

  3. Click Create New Stop Motion. A preview of your live video source appears in the Capture window.
  4. (Optional) Select Onion Skinning in the lower-right of the Capture panel to see onion skins—overlays of previous frames captured. You can use onion skins to line up figures you animate.
  5. Do one of the following:

    • To capture from videotape, locate the frames you want to capture using the Play and Pause controls in the Capture panel or on the device itself.

    • To capture from a live video source, point the camera at a subject and record.

  6. Click Grab Frame each time the Capture panel displays a frame that you want to capture.

    Each frame you grab is appears in Project view and is saved to your hard drive as a BMP file with a sequential number in its filename.

  7. Click Close   in the upper-right of the Capture panel.
  8. Save the images by doing one of the following:

    • To save the captured images as a single movie file, and as a set of still images, click Yes. Then, give the new movie a name and location, and click Save.

    • To save the captured images only as individual still photos, click No.

    Depending on your choice, either the still images, or the still images and movie file, are placed in Project view and the Organizer. Additionally, if you select Capture To Timeline, the still images, but not the movie file, are placed into the Timeline.