Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Add files from DVDs, still cameras, mobile phones, tapeless camcorders, and other devices

Many types of devices other than DV camcorders record video and store still-image files. Using the Media Downloader feature, you can import these files from tapeless camcorders and mobile devices, and from removable media such as DVDs, memory cards, and multimedia cards. These files are copied to the hard drive location you specify and added to the Project view.

Always make sure that the footage you add to a project matches the project preset. (See About project settings and presets.)

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Adobe Premiere Elements ‑ Media Downloader

A.
Show/hide image files

B.
Show/hide video files

C.
Show/hide audio files

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Place the DVD into your computer’s DVD drive.

    • Connect the digital camera, mobile phone, or other device to your computer using the USB 2.0 port.


    Note: Be sure to install any drivers required by your device. Consult the manual.
  2. In the Tasks panel, click Edit, click the Media button , and then click Get Media.
  3. Click the DVD, Digital Camera, Mobile Phone, Hard Drive Camcorder, Card Reader button .
  4. In the Adobe Premiere Elements - Media Downloader dialog box, click Advanced Dialog.
  5. Choose the drive or device from the Get Media From pop-up menu.

    Thumbnails of all importable files appear in the dialog box.

    Note: When you import a DVD using Media Downloader, VOB files for menus are distinguished from video files by the word Menu, as in (Menu)VTS_01_0.VOB.
  6. To specify a location for the saved files, do one of the following:

    • To save files to the default Adobe folder in the My Videos folder, leave the location as it appears in the dialog box.

    • To specify a different location, click Browse and choose a folder or click Make New Folder to create and name a new folder.

    • To create one or more subfolders for grouping files by criteria, click the triangle next to the Create Subfolder(s) field, and choose one of the options from the pop-up menu for naming the subfolder.

    • To rename the files in the folder consistently, click the triangle next to the Rename Files field, and choose an option from the pop-up menu for naming the files. The filename defaults to the folder name you enter. When the files are added to the folder and the Project view, the filenames are in increments of 001. For example, if you enter summer, the filenames are changed to summer001.vob, summer002.vob, and so on.

  7. For the Show options, click Images , Video , Audio , or all of the buttons.
  8. Select files to add to the Project view. A check mark below the file’s thumbnail indicates that the file is selected. By default, all files are selected. Click an option to remove the check mark and exclude a file. You can also select or deselect all files by using the Check All button  or the UnCheck All button .
  9. If you are using metadata, you can select Preserve Current Filename In XMP.
  10. Click the triangle next to Apply Metadata, select a template, and fill in the Author and Copyright fields.
  11. Click Get Media. You can click Cancel in the Progress dialog box at any time to stop the process.
Note: If you don’t intend to use all the files you add, you can delete them from the Project view. Deleting files from the Tasks panel doesn’t delete them from your hard drive. This practice is recommended for large VOB files.