Create a narration



For best results, confirm that your microphone is working correctly with your computer and Adobe Premiere Elements before narrating a clip.

Using your computer’s microphone, you can narrate clips while previewing them in the Monitor panel. Your narration is then added to the Narration soundtrack visible in either the Timeline or Sceneline.

Record voice narration

A.
Volume indicator

B.
Input Volume Level slider

C.
Record

D.
Play

E.
Go To Previous Narration Clip

F.
Go To Next Narration Clip

G.
Delete Present Narration

H.
Microphone source

Set up for narration

  1. Plug a microphone into your computer’s microphone port.
  2. Test the microphone through the Windows Sound Hardware Test Wizard. Check the Windows documentation for instructions.
  3. In Adobe Premiere Elements, choose Edit > Preferences > Audio Hardware.
  4. From the Default Device menu, select your computer’s sound device; click OK.

Narrate a clip

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the Timeline, drag the current-time indicator  in the Timeline to the point where you want the narration to begin.

    • In the Sceneline, select the clip you want to narrate. Then, in the Monitor panel, drag the current-time indicator  to the point where you want the narration to begin.

  2. In the Timeline or Sceneline, click the Add Narration button .
  3. In the Record Voice Narration window, click the Mic Source button  and select your sound device from the menu.
  4. For best results, turn off your computer speakers to prevent feedback. To monitor sound while you narrate, plug headphones into your computer and deselect Mute Audio While Recording.
    Note: If your speakers are turned on, move as close to the microphone as possible, and keep the microphone as far away from the speakers as possible to prevent feedback.
  5. Speak into the microphone at a conversational volume, and raise or lower the Input Volume Level slider until your loudest words light up the orange part of the meters.
  6. Click the Record Narration button .
  7. Near the top of the Record Voice Narration window, a timer appears next to Start Recording In. When Start Recording In changes to Recording, speak your narration as the selected clip plays.
  8. When you finish narrating, click the Stop button .

    An audio clip containing your narration is added to the Media panel and to the Narration track in the Timeline or Sceneline (below the selected clip).

    Note: If you do not click the Stop button, recording automatically stops at the beginning of the next file in the Narration track, or 30 seconds past the end of the last clip in the Timeline or Sceneline.
  9. To preview your recording, click the Go To Previous Narration button . Then click the Play Present Narration button .
  10. To continue recording from the point at which you stopped, click the Record button  again.

    Clicking Record again overwrites any narrations that are already in the Narration track.

  11. Click the Pause button  at any time to stop the preview.
    In the Sceneline, a microphone icon  appears in the top-right corner of the clip you’ve narrated.

Replace or discard a narration

  1. Do one of the following:

    • In the Timeline, drag the current-time indicator  in the Timeline to the location where the old narration begins.

    • In the Sceneline, select the clip containing the narration you want to change. Then, in the Monitor panel, drag the current-time indicator  to the location where the old narration begins.

  2. Click the Add Narration button .
  3. In the Record Voice Narration window, do either of the following:

    • To replace the narration, click the Record button . Clicking Record again overwrites the existing recording with the new one.

    • To discard a narration, click the Delete Present Narration button . The old narration clip is removed from the Timeline or Sceneline, but remains in the Project view of the Tasks panel.