![]() What is clear in this latest version of Adobe Premiere Elements 2021 is that Adobe have finally decided on a direction for the program based on the real world rather than some geeks in a lab making guesses.Įverything is tucked away unless you are using it so although you have to find out WHERE everything is tucked away, once you do the advantages become clear. Morgan Paar is Videomaker ‘s Technical Editor.Adobe Premiere Elements 2021 the Good the Bad and the Ugly The Interface Optimized for Dual Processor/HyperThreading: YesĮncoding Formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, AVI, Windows Media, QuickTime, WAV, Dolby Digital Stereo and JPEGĭVD Authoring Software Included: Yes STRENGTHS Minimum Hard Drive Space for Installation: 4GBĬapture Formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, Windows Media, QuickTime, JVC Everio MOD, 3GP, ASF, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital Stereo, PSD, JPEG, PNG Minimum CPU: Pentium 4, M, D or Extreme Edition, or AMD Opteron or Athlon 64 (SSE2 support required) Trial Version Available: 30 days (limited set of DVD and title templates, DVD burning is disabled) For less than $100, beginning editors can have a program with a relatively low learning curve, but with enough functionality to keep them cutting well through their ascent into the intermediate ranks. The folks at Adobe have just raised the bar for entry level editing software. In addition, the program will automatically encode DVDs at the highest possible quality depending on the length of the work a very nice tweak not found in other entry-level authoring programs. Premiere Elements 2.0 can even burn PAL DVDs, though we have to take their word on this as we do not own PAL playback equipment. When it comes to outputting, Premiere Elements 2.0 keeps up with current trends, allowing an editor to burn dual-layer as well as single-layer DVDs, encode for hand held devices and cell phones as well as output for email, the web and VHS. Individual panels can have their own real estate or be joined with other palettes in a tab-like fashion. We immediately became comfortable with this new interface dynamic, wondering why this idea took so long to come to fruition. This eliminates overlapping windows by having adjacent panels enlarge to fill empty space or decrease in size depending on how the user changes its neighboring panel. Thankfully, there are audio meters as well as rubber banding on the timeline, but Premiere Elements 2.0 lacks a dedicated audio editing interface.Ī powerful interface design decision was to move away from free-floating windows and tool palettes in exchange for interlocking panels. Most give a fair amount of control to which degree they alter the media. These titles are customizable as well.Įffects and transitions have thumbnail examples of what they do, taking some of the guesswork out of learning these tools. The titler comes with templates as well, also themed with some that match the DVD menus for continuity. Many of the templates come in themes such as Happy Birthday, New Baby, Travel and Wedding. ![]() Premiere Elements 2.0 comes with dozens of DVD menu templates, some with motion backgrounds and audio. ![]() Capturing and editing video from these MPEG-based devices has been difficult in the past, but we had no trouble importing, editing and exporting audio and video.Īnother powerful addition with the new version of Premiere Elements is the editable DVD and titling templates. One of the most exciting new features in this program is the ability to capture video and audio from many of the new devices currently flooding the market such as MPEG-4 camcorders, cell phone cameras, DVD camcorders, and video from point-and-shoot still cameras. Books from Peachpit Press and Wiley Publishing (The ‘For Dummies’ series), among others, are also valuable learning tools. To help those starting from scratch, there are tutorials on Adobe’s Web site, in the user’s guide and at various third-party web locations such as and to name a few. For this reason, a small learning curve in exchange for a quality, robust program is well worth the time and effort it may take to become fluent with this software. There are beginner’s programs that claim to edit the entire project automatically, but most of us want to be making the artistic decisions. Some users claim the interface, which more closely resembles the Premiere Pro line (as well as other advanced programs such as Avid and Final Cut Pro) is more challenging than its entry level post production peers.įor the majority of us in the Videomaker community, control takes priority over automation in our post-production storytelling process. Granted, we editors have some experience with the Premiere line of products.
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