Adobe Premiere Elements 4.0

Capture without device control

If the device holding your source footage does not have an IEEE 1394 or USB 2.0 port, and if you do not use a serial device controller to control an analog device, you cannot use the controls in the Capture panel to capture the footage. Instead, you can operate the device manually for capture. You can also capture live video streams from camcorders in camera mode and from devices such as webcams.

  1. Connect your device to your computer.
  2. Click Get Media in the Media view of the Tasks panel, and select DV Camcorder, HDV Camcorder, Webcam .
  3. Select or deselect a Scene Detect option and Capture To Timeline from the Capture panel menu.
  4. Select Capture Settings from the Capture panel menu.
  5. Select the format of your video source from the Capture Format menu:

    • If you are converting an analog signal through an AV DV converter or digital camcorder, select either DV Capture or HDV Capture, and click OK.

    • If your source is a webcam or other WDM device, select WDM Capture, and click OK.

  6. Select Device Control from the Capture panel menu.
  7. Select None from the Devices menu.
  8. Do one of the following:

    • If the device is a tape-based camcorder or tape deck, use its controls to cue the videotape to a point several seconds before the frame where you want to begin capturing, and pause the device.

    • If the device is a live video source, such as a webcam, make sure you can see its video previewed in the Capture panel.

  9. Do one of the following:

    • If the device is a tape-based camcorder or tape deck, press the Play button on the device, and then click Get Video in the Capture panel.

    • If the device is a live video source, such as a webcam, click Get Video in the Capture panel.

  10. When you see the point where you want to stop recording, wait a few seconds to provide room for editing, and then click Stop Capture to stop recording.

    The captured clips appear in the Project view of the Tasks panel.