instant movie

[hpharley90]

I'm trying the Instant movie feature using a project on the time line.
I'm getting my instructions from the help file.
I did this.

timeline.jpg

And then this.

timeline expl.jpg

When I pick my theme the NEXT button doesn't become active.
Nothing happens after I pick a theme.
What am I doing wrong?

[Chuck Engels]

Do you have anything on the timeline or have you selected clips for the movie yet?

[Steve Grisetti]

As Chuck says (and as we show you in our book) there's a difference between adding a movie theme and creating an InstantMovie.

With an InstantMovie, you first gather all of your video and then click the InstantMovie button. To apply a theme, you select video that's already on your timeline and then select a theme.

But you do need to have your media selected before you select a theme and start creating your InstantMovie.

[hpharley90]

Do you have anything on the timeline

I'm trying the Instant movie feature using a project on the time line.

To apply a theme, you select video that's already on your timeline and then select a theme.

Now I understand. Theme being the key word.

Will applying a theme to timeline project be edited by Premiere Elements as instant movie does?

I did instant movie to my selected video in the project panel. I didn't like some of it so I want to try a somewhat edited version on the time line.
I thought I could do it as an instant movie but if I understand correctly I can only add a theme.

[hpharley90]

Problem solved.
I saw I was doing my work on video track 2.
I moved it down to video 1 and everything is fine.

[Chuck Engels]

Now that is something that I would not have even been able to guess about.
Glad you found the answer Richard