I temporarily (I thought) added an extra track before the first track to move a section of film out of the way before I cropped it. I got everything the way I wanted it and emptied that track but now I can't remove it. It is empty and not doing anything. Is there a way to get rid of it now?

I'm not sure what you're saying, Saddletree. It sounds like you're saying you adding a clip to the beginning of your Video 1 track and then later you deleted this clip but the program did not close the gap. Is that right?

Can you post a screen capture so we can see what you're describing?

Steve, track 1 is completely empty and he wants to delete the empty track.

Saddletree, Premiere Elements does not let you do that. Premiere Elements does have a Delete Empty Tracks command, but it won't remove the required tracks: video track 1, audio track 1, narration, and soundtrack. Having an empty track 1 will not affect the project.

Thanks Bob. That is what I suspected but needed to know for sure. Lesson learned - don't put extra tracks before first track as a temporary work-around. Put your extra video somewhere else till you have the one section the way you want it and then add it back again...

If it really bothers you, you can select everything in the project and drag it all down one track. But be sure to do a save just prior so that you can revert if necessary. And remember, Undo is your friend.

I think you can also set your default as to the number of empty tracks when you start a project.

Sidd

Dave, when I open it up it says it is putting in 187 or so bits of media - whatever that means - into this 6 minute segment. As far as moving things down, I'm neurotic, but not quite that neurotic. Now if it was only 50 or so...

Thanks for the answers and advice. I think I'll just live with it unless for some reason it will make my published video a lot larger.

No, your video will remain the same size.

Thanks!! Now I won't lose any sleep over it (though it will still bug me a little in the deep, dark recesses of my OCD brain...).

I kind of thought it might.