Creating a project

Adobe Premiere Elements creates a project file for every new project that you want to publish or save to work on later. You can also create a project before importing media.

The project file references the media that you add to a project. The types of media could include videos, images, titles, and themes among others.

Project files are small in size. They include title files and references to the source files that you capture or import. Because the project files store references, avoid moving, renaming, or deleting the source files so that Premiere Elements can locate them.

When you create a project, you can view the default preset and settings by clicking the Change Settings button in the New Project dialog. Adobe Premiere Elements automatically adjusts your project settings based on the type of media you import.

By default, the folder where you save your project also stores rendered previews, conformed audio files, and captured audio and video. These files are large, so save them to your largest, fastest hard drive. To store the files separately from projects, choose Edit > Preferences > Scratch Disks.

You can open only one project at a time. To ensure that Adobe Premiere Elements can open an existing project, ensure that both the project file (.PRE) and the source files are accessible on your computer.