Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Sharing files between Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements

You can access all images in a Photoshop Elements catalog directly from the Adobe Premiere Elements Organizer. You can also add, edit, and manage your images and then drag them to the Adobe Premiere Elements Sceneline or Timeline for use in your project.

Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements are designed to work together, whether you purchase the products separately or bundled in one package. These programs seamlessly combine digital photography and video editing, letting you create exciting video projects. The two programs support many of the same file types, which makes the transfer of most files between them easy and efficient. For example, you can catalog PSD files in Photoshop Elements and then add them to the Sceneline directly from the Organizer in Adobe Premiere Elements.
Note: The Photoshop Elements Organizer shows clips of audio AVI files with broken video thumbnail icons. However, they will play correctly. The Photoshop Elements Editor can import individual video frames from ASF, AVI, MPEG, and Windows Media files. (Choose File > Import > Frame From Video.)

Here are a few ways you can share files between Photoshop Elements and Adobe Premiere Elements:

  • Organize your photos, video clips, and audio clips in Photoshop Elements, find them through the Organizer in Adobe Premiere Elements and add them to your project.

  • Create a slide show in Photoshop Elements 6.0 with captions, transitions, effects, music, narration, graphics, and titles, and then bring the slide show into Adobe Premiere Elements for further editing. Or, bring individual photos into Adobe Premiere Elements and create the slide show there.
    Note: The Send To Adobe Premiere Elements command in Photoshop Elements works only when you use Photoshop Elements 6.0 with Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0.

  • Customize menu templates in Photoshop Elements, and then use them in your Adobe Premiere Elements project. (Menu templates are PSD files stored in the Adobe Premiere Elements application folder.)

  • Create a Photoshop Elements file with your video project’s settings, enhance it in Photoshop Elements, and then use it in Adobe Premiere Elements.