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MEH2010
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June 8, 2015
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How do I set the thumbnail for a MP4 video output using Premiere Elements 13?

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How do I set the thumbnail for a MP4 video output using Premiere Elements 13?

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    andreww60199220
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    June 8, 2015

    I've found if you move along the timeline and then stop at a video clip this will be used as thumb when you export, theres no actual setting which I have found

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    A_T__Romano
    Inspiring
    June 9, 2015

    andreww

    I cannot confirm your finding in any version of Premiere Elements Windows operating systems - Windows XP 32 bit, Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 64 bit. And, I have never seen your finding reported for Premiere Elements Mac.

    I've found if you move along the timeline and then stop at a video clip this will be used as thumb when you export,

    Consequently, could you please give details of how you obtained this result so that I can try to reproduce it.

    Source media

    Video compression

    Audio compression

    Frame size

    Frame rate

    Interlaced or Progressive

    File Extension

    Pixel Aspect Ratio

    Premiere Elements

    Version

    Project Settings

    Export Settings

    Computer

    Windows

    or

    Mac

    The closest I can come to what you describe is the Freeze Frame feature of Premiere Elements where you place the Timeline Marker on the Timeline at the frame that you want to grab from a video and then

    a. Freeze Frame feature for a bmp still of the selected frame

    or

    b. Publish+Share/Computer/Image for jpg still of the selected frame

    Please review, consider, and then let us see if we can determine the difference between us.

    Thank you.

    ATR

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    MEH2010Author
    New Participant
    June 9, 2015

    Andrew

    I still cannot reproduce your results regarding user being able to select the first frame display in the thumbnail of the  export .mp4 file saved to the computer hard drive.

    I have tried samples from

    Nikon D90

    MotionJPEG.avi

    1920 x 1080 @ 24 progressive frames per second

    Canon EOS 7D

    AVCHD.mov

    1920 x 1080 @ 29.97 progressive frames per second

    Export in each case above was Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with presets = MP4 H.264 1920 x 1080p30.

    I also did another one

    Panasonic FZ200

    AVCHD.mts

    1920 x 1080 @ 50 progressive frames per second

    Export in this case was Publish+Share/Computer/AVCHD with presets = MP4 H.264 1920 x 1080p25

    No matter where I place the Timeline Indicator in the Timeline content prior to export, the thumbnail image for the file saved to the computer hard drive

    a. is not the frame image at which I have placed the Timeline Indicator

    b. and the frame image of the file saved to the hard drive can be randomized in that is is not the first frame seen before the export and is not the frame image where the Timeline Indicator was set before export.

    Later I will look at this also in Windows 8.1 64 bit.

    I have nothing on the Timeline besides the unedited clip.

    ATR


    I tried Andrew's method too but could not reproduce his results. No matter where I left the CTI my video would always pick the first frame as the file picture icon.However, I did find another method.Installed a program called MP3tag. Once you have created your MP4 just use this metdata utility to apply any JPG you want as the "cover photo", save, and your done. Looks like it was originally designed for MP3 tag editing. But it seems to work without a hitch on my MP4s.

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      A_T__Romano
      Inspiring
      June 8, 2015

      MEH2010

      Bottom line: I have never found the feature that I think that you are describing as a feature in Premiere Elements.

      On what computer operating system is your Premiere Elements running? And, have you updated Premiere Elements and Elements Organizer 13 to 13.1 using Help Menu/Updates? If not, please do that.

      Where do you want these thumbnails (assumed with first frame of video) to appear - Elements Organizer 13/13.1 and Premiere Elements 13/13.1 Editor, or in the computer hard drive save location (such as Windows Explorer, now called File Explorer in Windows 8 or 8.1)?

      There is no way that I know of to create first frame of video thumbnails for your Premiere Elements exports using Premiere Elements. There used to be a feature in older versions where you could do that for just for thumbnails that appeared within the project.

      Please give more details.

      Thanks.

      ATR

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