Here are 10 common uses of motion backgrounds. Maybe this list will inspire a few more. In fact, once you start using them, you may well start noticing how often they're used in film and on television, particularly on news and reality shows.
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Steve's Tips - Basic Keyframing - The principle is a simple one: You indicate which points represent a setting for a motion, effect or level and the program automatically generates the frames between those points. The real power of this tool, however, is in how easy it is to revise and adjust the positions and settings of each keyframe, giving you, the user, the ability to fine tune your path or effect until it is precisely the effect you are trying to achieve.

"Although DVD menu creation in Premiere Elements isn't as advanced as it is in many standalone DVD creation programs, such as Adobe's Encore, you can do a surprising amount of customization your menus right in the program. In fact, working from one of the existing templates, you can shape it into pretty much custom look you could like in a menu."
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Steve's Tips - Don't Just Make a Video, Tell a Story

Steve's Tips - DVD Markers - Ever wonder how to put more than one video on a DVD? How do you link to a ?bonus material? segment and then trigger a return afterward to the main menu without showing any other video clip? How do you keep your main project playback isolated from other video clips on your timeline. The key to making all of these features work is DVD markers.

Steve's Tips - Steve's Film School: Introduction | How It Comes Together - The goal of this series is to discuss what's commonly called "the language of movies." In other words, you'll find less emphasis on the technical aspects of how the equipment and software we use to make our videos works, and more on how we communicate with the medium of videos and film. From "How to read credits" to " What is a Grip?", Steve will enlighten you.