Learn to convert and modify the properties of a Project by selecting options from the Project panel in Premiere Elements.

The Project Assets panel in Premiere Elements is a dedicated area where users can manage and view various media assets for a specific project, including videos, audio files, and images. You can access this panel to organize, preview, and work with the assets associated with their project.

 You can now use the given features available in the Project Assets panel:

• Thumbnail Size Slider
• Auto Play on Hover
• Project Name Display

The Project Assets panel lets you preview source material for your projects. To access it, select the Advanced view and then select Project Assets. You can view a project's contents using the list or icon view. Use the Panel options menu to switch between the views.

 The grid view displays a snapshot of the media you imported into the project. The Project Assets panel indicates files you use in the Advanced View timeline with a blue icon in the thumbnail. You can use the Search box to search for files within the panel.

Display and arrange media items

In the Project Assets panel, you can display items in the List view. The List view lets you view more items simultaneously, search, and sort items by properties such as media type and duration.

• To sort items in List view, click the column heading by which you want to sort the items. (For example, click Media Duration to sort by length). If folders are expanded, items are sorted from the top level and down the Project Assets panel hierarchy. To reverse the sort order, click the column heading again.
• To see more of the column headings in List view, drag the right side of the Project Assets panel to the right. Alternatively, drag the scroll bar at the bottom of the panel to the right.

Organize clips in folders

The Project Assets panel can include folders into which you can organize project contents. Folders can contain media files or subfolders. Consider using folders to organize media types, such as still images, audio files, and video clips.

Rename a source file in a project

• To rename a clip, select it, choose Clip > Rename, type the new name, and press Enter. (The change affects only references used in the project; the source file's name remains the same in the Project workspace and on your computer.)
• To rename a source file, close Adobe Premiere Elements before you rename it. The next time you open the project, Adobe Premiere Elements asks you to locate the file.

Find an item in a project

Locate missing files for a project

Premiere Elements doesn’t store original source files in a project—it references the name and location of each source file when you import it. If you later move, rename, or delete a source file from your computer, the Locate File dialog box opens when you next open the project.

In the Locate Media dialog box, choose one of the following options:

• Select some files and click Offline. Only the selected files are made offline.
  
• Offline All: All the files, excluding the already located files, are made offline.
• Click Cancel: All the files listed in the Link Media dialog are made offline.
• You can manually find and reconnect the media that Premiere Elements cannot automatically relink. To do so, click the Locate button in the Link Media dialog box.

Delete a clip

Because Adobe Premiere Elements doesn’t store media files in the project, deleting a clip from a project removes all instances from a movie. However, Adobe Premiere Elements does not delete the clip’s source file from your computer. To conserve disk space, delete the source file.

To delete a media file from the Project workspace, do one of the following:

• Select the file in the panel and click the Delete icon.
• Right-click/ctrl-click it in the Expert view timeline, and choose Ripple Delete. You can also delete by selecting the file and pressing the Delete key. The file has been deleted from the Elements Organizer, but it has not been deleted from your hard disk.

Interpret Footage

The Interpret footage lets you modify clip interpretation properties, including the frame rate and alpha channel in Premiere Elements, so your media will play as intended.

If the footage has a different frame rate than your sequence setting, you can make it match. Select one or multiple footage items in the Project  Assets panel and choose Clip > Interpret Footage. 

Select and adjust the following following settings from the Interpret Footage dialog:

Frame Rate

• Use Frame Rate from file: Select this to use the default frame rate of the clip used.
• Assume this frame rate: This allows you to manually change the playback speed of a video clip by altering its frame rate without modifying the clip's actual frames.
• Remove 24p DV Pulldown: Transfers 24 fps footage to formats that run at 29.97 fps, such as NTSC video. Remove this to restore the original 24 fps footage.
• Duration: Specifies the duration of the selected clip.

Pixel Aspect Ratio

• Use Pixel Aspect Ratio From File: Uses the original aspect ratio saved with the still image.
• Conform to: Let you choose from a list of standard aspect ratios.

Alpha Channel

• Ignore Alpha Channel: Ignores the alpha channel included with the clip. 
• Invert Alpha Channel: This reverses the light and dark areas of the alpha channel, which reverses the clip's transparent and opaque regions.
  

Project Conversion

Project Conversion in Premiere Elements allows you to open, update, or migrate a project file created in the last three versions to be compatible with Premiere Elements 2025. This process is essential when you upgrade your software or collaborate with someone using a different version, ensuring that the project can be accessed, edited, and rendered without issues.

Compatibility Considerations

Compatibility considerations are important when converting projects in Premiere Elements to ensure the project functions correctly across different versions, platforms, and environments.