Use Elements Organizer to find the best clips to edit in Premiere Elements
WITH AN EVER–GROWING collection of video footage it can be a time–consuming challenge to find specific clips. Fortunately, the Elements Organizer is packed full of tools to help you take control over your video collection so you can locate and export the best clips to edit in Premiere Elements. By default, Elements Organizer stores clips chronologically, but this relies on your memory to find a particular clip. With a little bit of housekeeping as you import your footage, you can make it much easier to find specific video clips in the future.
We’ll show you how to create and assign keyword tags that reveal specific clips in a click. You’ll also learn how to add clips into albums or manually geo–tag them on a map.
You’ll also discover how to assign variable star ratings so you can quickly filter through your clips at a later date to find the best ones to edit. The Elements Organizer will even automatically generate Smart tags based on a clip’s content (such as “Ocean” or “Horses”) but it does take a little while for Adobe’s Sensei AI to trawl through every frame of your footage before it can create suitable Smart tags.
The steps in this walkthrough show you a range of ways to manually and automatically tag your clips, so you can ensure that you always find the best clips for your Premiere Elements projects.
1 Import clips
In Premiere Elements 2023, click the Organizer button at the bottom. Choose File > Get Photos and Videos > From Files and Folders. Browse to select some clips and click Get Media. This imports the clips into the Organizer.
2 Assign ratings
Video clips are indicated by a “play” icon. Ctrl–click on a clip and choose Play Video to view it. Then, click on Ratings and assign a star rating. You can then select a star rating at the top right to reveal all clips with that rating.
3 Name category
In the Info panel at the right, toggle open Keywords. Click the green “+” and choose Create Keyword Tag. Choose
