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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
    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

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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

    twincitymedia
    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

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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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