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Davidujn
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December 27, 2018
Question

Imported video not showing correctly in project using premiere elements 10

  • December 27, 2018
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Hi

I when I import media into my projects I am not seeing the content What is there is just an image of dotted colours and lines. When I double click to play the media seems ok. Any advice on how I can see the actual clips in the project tab would be appreciated.

David

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    Steve Grisetti
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    December 28, 2018

    If you've started any project in version 10, complete it in version. You won't be able to open it in a later version of the program.

    But, once you're up and running with a more recent version, you can remove the older.

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    DavidujnAuthor
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    December 29, 2018

    Thanks for the advice.

    David

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    Steve Grisetti
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    December 28, 2018

    Technically the program doesn't upgrade, David. Adobe just sells the program at a discounted price to current owners. You still get a complete installation of the program. But look online first. You may be able to find the program on sale for less than the "upgrade" price.

    But be sure to install the free trial first and give it a good test drive before you buy it. Make sure it does what you need it to do before actually buy it.

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    DavidujnAuthor
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    December 28, 2018

    Yes, I guess I should try the free trial first. Or I may even try out using iMovie. I never used it previously because I liked the interface of Elements better.

    I still am unsure of why my old movies, in formats I have used before, do not now work properly.

    Excuse me for the additional question but if the upgrade is a complete installation does that mean that I would have Elements 10 and 18 installed on my computer? If not am I able to uninstall Elements 10 to save hard drive space.

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    Steve Grisetti
    Legend
    December 27, 2018

    Same thing happens with my TV, my phone and my car, David. Turns out that TV I bought back in 2001 just can't keep up with changes in technology.

    Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements continue to be one-time purchases. They are not subscriptions.

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      DavidujnAuthor
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      December 28, 2018

      https://forums.adobe.com/people/Steve+Grisetti  wrote

      Same thing happens with my TV, my phone and my car, David. Turns out that TV I bought back in 2001 just can't keep up with changes in technology.

      Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements continue to be one-time purchases. They are not subscriptions.

      Difference is Steve is that my TV, Phone and my Car all still do what I paid for them to do all those years ago whether new technology came along or not. I am not expecting them to do anything different now than when I purchased them, ditto Premiere Elements.

      Anyway, regarding upgrading do you think there would be any issues upgrading from Elements 10 to 18?

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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 27, 2018

      As you can see, your video uses the MJPEG codec, a codec that does not edit well in Premiere Elements 10.

      It might be worth test driving version 2019 (a free download) and see if it handles this file better. I'm not sure it will.

      You can also try converting these videos to 1920x1080 30 fps MP4s using the free download Handbrake.

      But otherwise you're just not likely to have much success editing this video with version 10.

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      DavidujnAuthor
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      December 27, 2018

      What about this video. I have edited videos using this codec many times with no problem.

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      Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 27, 2018

      That looks like "out of the box" AVCHD video from Panasonic or Sony.  Version 10 did fine with AVCHD from cameras I had then.  It should work. 

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      Steve Grisetti
      Legend
      December 27, 2018

      What model of camcorder is your video coming from and what format and resolution is it? Version 10 is a pretty old program (nearly 8 years old -- a lifetime in tech years) and it does not support a number of current video formats and codecs.\

      Better yet, open one of your videos in the free download MediaInfo. In MediaInfo, set View to Text and then copy this report and paste it to this forum. Once we know what your video's specs are, we'll better be able to advise you.

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      DavidujnAuthor
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      December 27, 2018

      Hi Steve

      I have imported various formats and none of them appear correctly in the project. All formats are ones that I have used on premiere elements 10 before, all be it some years ago. I have not used the program for some time now but see no reason why it is doing this.

      formats also Here is the information you requested. Please advise if If you want the info in from the other formats.

      David

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      DavidujnAuthor
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      December 27, 2018

      This is the image of what I see in the projects when I add media.

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