Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Create a new Photoshop file

You can use Adobe Premiere Elements to open a new Photoshop (PSD) file in Photoshop Elements, with dimensions and aspect ratios equal to those of your project. (Photoshop Elements files and Photoshop files both use the PSD filename extension.) For example, if the Adobe Premiere Elements project is DV NTSC (720 x 480) with a pixel aspect ratio of 0.9, a template with the same specifications is used to create the PSD file. Creating a PSD file this way ensures that the file is optimized for your project. By default, the File > New > Photoshop File command in Adobe Premiere Elements places the new file in the Project view of Adobe Premiere Elements.

Having Adobe Premiere Elements manage the production of a still image in Photoshop Elements also eliminates any distortion during the video encoding of the image. Adobe Premiere Elements saves the image, properly scaled for display in video.

Once you create and save the file using Adobe Premiere Elements, you can go back to Photoshop Elements to edit the file. When you save and close the file in Photoshop Elements, it is automatically updated in Adobe Premiere Elements. You can also edit the file by using the Edit Original command in Adobe Premiere Elements.

Adobe Premiere Elements uses prebuilt templates as a basis for these PSD files. The templates are included in the Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0/Document Templates folder. You can create your own templates in Photoshop Elements and save them to the Document Templates folder if you want to create files of varying sizes in Photoshop Elements; however, they won’t be preoptimized for your project.
Note: If Photoshop Elements is not installed on your computer, the Photoshop File command is not available.
  1. In Adobe Premiere Elements, choose File > New > Photoshop File.
  2. Specify a location and name for the PSD file, and click Save.

    The file opens in the Photoshop Elements Editor. If you selected Add To Project (Merged Layers), a black placeholder image also appears in Project View in Adobe Premiere Elements.

  3. In Photoshop Elements, edit the file, and then choose File > Save.
  4. Specify options in the Save As dialog box and click Save.

    The file appears in the Organizer in both Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements.

Creating a Photoshop (PSD) file in Adobe Photoshop Elements, optimized for your project.