Time Stretch of Premiere Elements 15 Changing My Input

[ENV2005]

Hello. I am using Premiere Elements 15 on Win10-64 and when I try to time stretch a png file to match the length of an mp3 file, the input keeps changing to some ridiculous other time. For instance, I put in 00:00:14:00 and the time will change by itself to 00:00:15:26. If I put in something like 00:00:14:1, it changes to something like 00:27:13:45 (going off memory and I have literally been up all night). This behavior is consistent no matter if I do it in the Assets box or the Timeline.

This is ridiculous. I just upgraded from 11 and am really considering asking for a refund. Does anybody have any idea what's up here?

Thanks in advance.

[Bill Sprague]

ENV2005  wrote

yeah the default length for stills is 6 seconds. In Prel 11 it was 5.

That is changeable in preferences. 

Edit > Preferences > General > "Still Image Default Duration" .  It is set in frames, not seconds.  It is applied when the images are brought into the project.  It can't be changed after that, except one image at a time. 

[ENV2005]

OK this is pathetic. I just reinstalled 11 (32-bit) and it's now happening with that one too!

I am going to wipe both and reinstall 11 and see if something about 15 (64-bit) is messing everything up.

[Bill Sprague]

ENV2005  wrote

OK this is pathetic. I just reinstalled 11 (32-bit) and it's now happening with that one too!

I am going to wipe both and reinstall 11 and see if something about 15 (64-bit) is messing everything up.

I think you are looking in the wrong place.  There should not be a 32 bit vs. 64 bit difference with this.  My suggestion would be to put version 16 back on your computer.

[ENV2005]

Aye, that's what I am doing now before going to sleep. I was up all night again trying to get it working. I uninstalled everything, wiped the Registry of all mention and did the same with the filesystem, and unsuccessfully tried to reinstall 11. That failed so I am trying the same thing with 15. I will put 11 on a spare 32-bit machine I have available.

[Steve Grisetti]

I completely disagree with the User Guide on this point. If you want to extend the duration of a still photo, you just drag one end. There is NO reason to use Time Stretch on a still ever.

[ENV2005]

Dragging one end out is exactly what Time Stretch does. And read my previous response above for why I can't drag an end to stretch the time duration for the still to be displayed in the video.

[Bill Sprague]

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

I completely disagree with the User Guide on this point. If you want to extend the duration of a still photo, you just drag one end. There is NO reason to use Time Stretch on a still ever.

You are right, of course.  But the guy says he can't make a mouse work like most of us!  He may be the only one in the world that needs to use "Time Stretch" on a still.  Curious about it, I got it to work on my computer.