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  1. Get to know Premiere Elements
  2. Adobe Premiere Elements User Guide
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 360° and VR Video Editing
  7. 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. Stock Media
    7. Sharing files between Adobe Premiere Elements and Adobe Photoshop Elements
    8. Creating specialty clips
    9. Work with aspect ratios and field options
  8. 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
  9. Editing clips
    1. Reduce noise
    2. Select object
    3. Candid Moments
    4. Color Match
    5. Color Fonts and Emojis
    6. Smart Trim
    7. Freehand Crop
    8. Delete All Gaps
    9. Change clip speed and duration
    10. Split clips
    11. Freeze and hold frames
    12. Adjusting Brightness, Contrast, and Color - Guided Edit
    13. Stabilize video footage with Shake Stabilizer
    14. Replace footage
    15. Working with source clips
    16. Trimming Unwanted Frames - Guided Edit
    17. Trim clips
    18. Editing frames with Auto Smart Tone
    19. Artistic effects
  10. Color Correction and Grading
    1. Color Correction and Grading (LUTs)
    2. Color Correction Panel
    3. Color Correction Settings
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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. Text Styles and Style Browser
    9. Align and transform objects
    10. Motion Titles
    11. Appearance of text and shapes
    12. Exporting and importing titles
    13. Arranging objects in titles
    14. Designing titles for TV
    15. Applying styles to text and graphics
    16. Adding a video in the title
  16. Disc menus
    1. Creating disc menus
    2. Working with menu markers
    3. Types of discs and menu options
    4. Previewing menus
  17. 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 to create video collages that are creative and interactive so that you can share your memories and stories via Premiere Elements.

Collages are a creative way to share your memories and tell the story simultaneously. Photo collages are the most popular creations in this category, and we are now bringing you video collages from Premiere Elements. However, it's not limited to video memories - you can use your photos and videos to create fun and animated video collages. Choose from a list of templates and quickly put together your memories to share with your family and friends.

New in Premiere Elements 2025

Video collage is available under the creations menu dropdown. Changes made in video collage in Premiere Elements 2025 as compared to Premiere Elements 2024 are:

  • The music panel has been moved from the right to the left side.
  • The project name is now on the top-right side next to the Export menus.
  • You can add media using Media Browser as well.
  • The Media bin dropdown has been replaced by adding a media panel on the left side.
  • Project assets are available in video collage with the option to directly use project assets in video collage creation.

Create a video collage

Follow these easy steps to create video collage:

  1. Add media and select a template
  2. Customize video collage
  3. Save and export video collage

Add media and select a template

  1. To create a video collage, do one of the following:

    • Elements Organizer: Select the media you want to include in the collage and then select Create > Video Collage. 
    • Premiere Elements: Select Create > Video Collage and then select the media you want to include in the collage.
    video collage
    Create Video Collage from Premiere Elements

  2. Select a layout from the list of templates. Each template is a unique combination of a number of grids and the effect applied to those grids. For example, you can select a template with 3 grids and a Slide effect or a template with 5 grids and a Rotate effect. Hover the mouse over a template to see the name of the effect, click   to see the preview.

    template video collage
    Grid 3 templates

  3. The Media bin is where you add media to use in your video collage. You can add photos and videos from Elements Organizer and your computer's hard drive.

    Elements Organizer: Select Elements Organizer as the media source to open the Organizer window within the Video Collage workspace. Select the media you want to add and click Add Files.

    Media Browser: Select Media Browser to preview, browse, and import files from the media browse panel, applicable in Premiere Elements 2025.

    Files and folders: Select Files and folders to choose and add media from your computer's hard drive, applicable in Premiere Elements 2024. 

  4. Drag and drop media from Media bin to the collage. You can preview the media in the Media bin before adding them to the collage. You can also drag media directly from organizer to the collage.  

  5. Customize the video collage by using contextual controls.

    Video Collage

    Note

    The default effect on an image is pan & zoom.

Customize video collage

Video Collage

Resize handles

Resize the grid and media by dragging the handles.

Pan/Move tool

 

Pan: To move the media within the grid, drag the pan tool.

Move: To move the grid's content with the grid, click outside the pan tool and drag the selection.

Zoom slider

Drag the slider left to zoom out or right to zoom in.

Delete

Delete the grid and media.

Note: Once deleted, you cannot add the grid. However, you can undo the delete operation and get the grid back.

Swap Media

Replace the media in the current grid with the media in other grids. To swap the media, click Swap Media and drag the media to the grid with which you want to swap the media. The trimmed setting of the swapped video is also swapped.
To replace the media with the one in the media bin, drag the media from the media bin to the grid.

Trim Media (Video only)

Trim the clip to change the duration of your video or to define the frames you want to use.

Mute/Unmute clip audio (Video only)

Mute/Unmute audio of the clip in the current grid.

Video Collage settings

Video Collage

Templates

Change the template of your video collage with one of the templates available. To change the template, double-click a template or select a template and click Apply.

Playback Settings

Specify the playback settings for the collage.

  • One after another: Play media one after another.
  • All together: Play all media together.
One after another

All together

Add music

Add background music to your collage from the Premiere Elements music library. To add music, double-click a music score or select a music score and click Apply.
To remove background music from your video collage, select No Background Music.

Preview video collage

Click   to see the preview of your video collage instantly.

Video collage preview

Click Render for smooth playback.

Note

It might take some time to load the preview of your video collage.

Save and export video collage

Save a Video Collage Project

To save a video collage, do one of the following:

  • In the Taskbar, click Save.
  • Choose File >Save.

The Video Collage Project is saved with a .vc filename extension.

Note

A file with .vct extension is also created at the same location. This file is required to open the video collage. Do not delete this file.

Open a Video Collage Project

To open a video collage project, do one of the following:

  • Choose File > Open Project from the Premiere Elements workspace.
  • Choose File > Open Video Project from the Video Collage workspace.

Browse for the .vc file and click Open.

Note

Do not place a file with the name placeholder.png at the location where your video collage is saved as this causes Video Collage workspace to not load properly and you get the media offline error message.

Export a Video Collage

Once you have finalized your video collage, the next step is to share your creation. There are a couple of ways to export and share your video collage.

Export to timeline

Click Export to timeline to export your video collage as a video clip to the timeline. Select this option if you want to make some edits and adjustments to your collage before sharing it.

Export & Share

The Export & Share option includes all the available export formats in a single panel. Individual tabs on the Export & Share panel represent the various media options that you can choose from. You can export your video collage for viewing on the web, mobile phone, computer,  and more. For more information, see Export and share your videos.

Note

A video collage cannot be exported to a disc, or as an audio or image file. However, you can export your video collage to timeline and then use the Export & Share option to burn a DVD.

Video Collage project settings

Video Collage supports composition in 4K or HD resolution. You can create video collage in any of the project settings, however, to get the proper output on timeline create video collage with empty timeline or follow these steps:

  1. Create new project with HD 1920*1080 or 4K settings.
  2. Create video collage, customize it, and export it to timeline.

If you create a video collage with empty timeline, the project settings are automatically switched to corresponding video collage project (HD/4K).

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