Premiere Elements also works with BMPs, GIFs (including animated GIFs), JPEGs, TIFFs, PSDs, and other still photo formats, which allows the program to create a slideshow on DVD, for those producing, for example, a wedding production that combines professional videography with still photos shot by the attendees. To create a slideshow, simply insert still photos (such as gifs or jpegs) into the media window, and then click it's "MORE" command, which brings up a dropdown window. Click on "Create Slideshow." A dialogue box will allow you to adjust the duration the images display.
Menu Templates Now Allow For Motion Video
If all of this makes the program sound like a very user-friendly program for someone new to video editing you're absolutely correct. But the new menu templates included with the program make it even more useful to professionals who wish to use it as an element (pardon the pun) of their trade.
While PE 1.0 had a variety of extremely serviceable menu templates they were silent and static; their lack of audio and motion video was an obvious defect, which version 2.0 corrects. It includes several menus with either or both, in addition to the previous static templates.
What's the bottom-line on PE 2.0? With its street price of $100 or less, Adobe's Premiere Elements Version 2.0 packs a surprising amount of bang for the buck, even when compared to its full-featured $700 big brother, Premiere Pro.
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Article comments
1 - Bliffle
Maybe it's a great product. But I'm not going to buy it. I can't remember how many times in the past 15 years I bought Adobe Premier, installed it, learned how to do something with it (even attending Premiere classes), then watched it just gather dust as I used some shareware package to do practical everyday editing. As recently as last week I actually used the ancient Video For Windows (VFW) which came free from MS on a single 1.44 mb floppy. It does all I need for family videos. Last night I used the freebie MS Movie Maker to good effect. Who needs Premiere?
2 - Stephen Inoue
Nice review!
The improved MPE2 handling in Premiere Elements 2.0 is great. New support for DVD camcorders, Hard drive based camcorders like the JVC Everio-G makes allows folks to bring in video from almost any device.
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3 - Gentle trombone
I have just bought the Sony HDR 12E video camera hoping to use it in conjunction with my Adobe Premiere Elements 4. However, I cannot get the program to see the camera. Any helpful suggestions, please?