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  1. Adobe Premiere Elements User Guide
  2. Introduction to Adobe Premiere Elements
    1. What's new in Premiere Elements
    2. System requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Guided mode
    5. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    6. GPU accelerated rendering
  3. Workspace and workflow
    1. Get to know the Home screen
    2. View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more
    3. Workspace basics
    4. Source Monitor and Program Monitor
    5. Preferences
    6. Tools
    7. Keyboard shortcuts
    8. Audio View
    9. Undoing changes
    10. Customizing shortcuts
    11. Working with scratch disks
  4. Working with projects
    1. Creating a project
    2. Adjust project settings and presets
    3. Save and back up projects
    4. Previewing movies
    5. Creating video collage
    6. Creating Highlight Reel
    7. Create a video story
    8. Creating Instant Movies
    9. Viewing clip properties
    10. Viewing a project's files
    11. Archiving projects
    12. GPU accelerated rendering
  5. Importing and adding media
    1. Add media
    2. Guidelines for adding files
    3. Set duration for imported still images
    4. 5.1 audio import
    5. Working with offline files
    6. Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
    7. Creating specialty clips
    8. Work with aspect ratios and field options
  6. Arranging clips
    1. Arrange clips in the Expert view timeline
    2. Group, link, and disable clips
    3. Arranging clips in the Quick view timeline
    4. Working with clip and timeline markers
    5. Sequence settings
  7. Editing clips
    1. Reduce noise
    2. Select object
    3. Candid Moments
    4. Color Match
    5. Smart Trim
    6. Change clip speed and duration
    7. Split clips
    8. Freeze and hold frames
    9. Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit
    10. Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer
    11. Replace footage
    12. Working with source clips
    13. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
    14. Trim clips
    15. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    16. Artistic effects
  8. Color Correction and Grading
    1. Color Correction and Grading (LUTs)
    2. Color Correction Panel
    3. Color Correction Settings
  9. Applying transitions
    1. Applying transitions to clips
    2. Transition basics
    3. Adjusting transitions
    4. Adding Transitions between video clips - Guided Edit
    5. Create special transitions
    6. Create a Luma Fade Transition effect - Guided Edit
  10. Special effects basics
    1. Effects reference
    2. Applying and removing effects
    3. Create a black and white video with a color pop - Guided Edit
    4. Time remapping - Guided edit
    5. Effects basics
    6. Working with effect presets
    7. Finding and organizing effects
    8. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    9. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    10. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    11. Best practices to create a time-lapse video
  11. Applying special effects
    1. Use pan and zoom to create video-like effect
    2. Transparency and superimposing
    3. Reposition, scale, or rotate clips with the Motion effect
    4. Apply an Effects Mask to your video
    5. Adjust temperature and tint
    6. Create a Glass Pane effect - Guided Edit
    7. Create a picture-in-picture overlay
    8. Applying effects using Adjustment layers
    9. Adding Title to your movie
    10. Removing haze
    11. Creating a Picture in Picture - Guided Edit
    12. Create a Vignetting effect
    13. Add a Split Tone Effect
    14. Add FilmLooks effects
    15. Add an HSL Tuner effect
    16. Fill Frame - Guided edit
    17. Create a time-lapse - Guided edit
    18. Animated Sky - Guided edit
    19. Select object
    20. Animated Mattes - Guided Edit
    21. Double exposure- Guided Edit
  12. Special audio effects
    1. Mix audio and adjust volume with Adobe Premiere Elements
    2. Audio effects
    3. Adding sound effects to a video
    4. Adding music to video clips
    5. Create narrations
    6. Using soundtracks
    7. Music Remix
    8. Adding Narration to your movie - Guided Edit
    9. Adding Scores to your movie - Guided edit
  13. Movie titles
    1. Creating titles
    2. Adding shapes and images to titles
    3. Adding color and shadows to titles
    4. Apply Gradients
    5. Create Titles and MOGRTs
    6. Add responsive design
    7. Editing and formatting text
    8. Align and transform objects
    9. Motion Titles
    10. Appearance of text and shapes
    11. Exporting and importing titles
    12. Arranging objects in titles
    13. Designing titles for TV
    14. Applying styles to text and graphics
    15. Adding a video in the title
  14. Disc menus
    1. Creating disc menus
    2. Working with menu markers
    3. Types of discs and menu options
    4. Previewing menus
  15. Sharing and exporting your movies
    1. Export and share your videos
    2. Export settings
    3. Sharing for PC playback
    4. Compression and data-rate basics
    5. Common settings for sharing

 Learn how to match color to create a fresh new vibe in Premiere Elements.

Explore the new Color Match tool in Quick and Advanced modes. Choose from built-in presets or use a video of your own to match the color and create a consistent look across your clips. Further, fine-tune the luminance, color strength, saturation, hue, and brightness of the result in the Advanced mode.

Apply Color Match in Quick Mode

  1. Select Add Media to add the desired media for applying Color Match.

  2. Select one or more media file(s) in the timeline.

  3. Access the Color Match tool using either of the given workflows:

    • Select Tools menu > Color Match
    • Open the Tools panel > Select Color Match

    A separate Color Match workspace will open.

    Color Match Workspace

  4. Choose from built-in presets to match the color and create a consistent look across your clips.

    • Select the Entire timeline to apply the Color Match to the entire timeline.
    • Select Selected clip(s) to apply the Color Match to specific clips of your video.
    Select the desired preset to apply to your video.
    Apply Color Match to the entire timeline or selected clip(s) of your media.

    Note:

    Toggle the Preview button to check before and after view of your video.

  5. Within the Select Preset tab > Select the built-in presets to apply the Color Match and select Apply. 

  6. Select Save to save the project, or select Export and Share to export your video locally or share on social platforms.

Apply Color Match in Advanced Mode

  1. Select Add Media to add the desired media for applying Color Match.

  2. Access the Color Match tool using either of the given workflows:

    • Select Tools menu > Color Match
    • Open the Tools panel > Select Color Match

    A separate Color Match workspace will open.

    Color Match Workspace

  3. Within the Color Match panel, choose either of the desired workflows: 

    • Within the Select Preset tab > Select the built-in presets to apply the Color Match. Select Continue. 
    Apply the Color Match tool from the Select Preset tab.
    Apply the Color Match tool from the Select Preset tab.

    • In the Select from Timeline tab, Reference shows the entire video timeline. Move the slider to select a frame from the timeline that you'd like to use as a reference for the Color Match. Select Continue. 
    Apply the Color Match tool from the Select From Timeline tab.
    Apply the Color Match tool from the Select From Timeline tab.

    Note:

    Toggle the Preview button to check before and after view of your video.

  4. Further, fine-tune the luminance, color strength, saturation, hue, and brightness of the result in the Advanced mode.

    Note:

    Luminance slider will be disabled if the Preserve Luminance checkbox is selected.

    Drag intensity sliders to fine-tune the Color Strength, Saturation, Hue, and Brightness.
    Drag intensity sliders to fine-tune the Color Strength, Saturation, Hue, and Brightness of your video.

    Note:

    You can select Back if you want to go to the previous step to reselect the reference frame.

  5. Select the Apply button to apply Color Match to your video.

  6. Within the Applied Effects panel, you can further fine-tune the luminance, color strength, saturation, hue, and brightness of your video using intensity sliders. Select the Delete effect   icon to remove the Color Match effect.

    Explore the Color Match effect within the Applied Effects panel.
    Fine-tune the Color Match effect within the Applied Effects panel.

  7. Select Save to save the project, or select Export and Share to export your video locally or share on social platforms.

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