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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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New Participant
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

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

twincitymedia
New Participant
October 29, 2015

kljhikuh

Thanks for following up the comment of MEH2010 regarding customizing the thumbnail image for a mp4 video.

Where in the steps do you designate the frame that you want as the thumbnail image? I have not looked at this first hand yet?

ATR


Weird I can't "paste" my Prt Sc in to this box.

How to add image/picture to a mp3 file - Mp3tag - YouTube

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