It is fun and easy to add special effects to your home movie using Adobe Premiere Elements. The best time to do this is after you have edited your movie and before adding the soundtrack or transitions. Special effects or transitions can change the length of the clip and may change your choice of soundtrack or cause you to edit the soundtrack.
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Step 1
Open your Adobe Premiere movie and under SCENE VIEW, select the clip you want to manipulate with a special effect.
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Step 2
From the palette on the left, choose the special effects icon and then select the special effect category.
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Step 3
In this example, we will chose SOLARIZATION from the STYLIZE group. Using your mouse drag the solarization icon and place it on top of the selected clip. You will notice immediately that the image in the video window has changed exhibiting the special effect.
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Step 4
The image is solarizied but too dark. You will notice that the properties box on the right now has the special effect associated with the clip. In this case, we will change the THRESHOLD from 50 to 100 to lighten the image and enhance the effect.
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Step 5
Once you have adjusted the THRESHOLD to 100, you can see the change in the displayed movie. You can now add another effect, delete the effect or save the movie.