Adobe Premiere Elements vs Adobe Premiere Pro

BobDiaz

BobDiaz

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I'm hoping that someone has some experience with this and knows....

In the case of Final Cut Express and Final Cut Pro, the interface is roughly the same, except the Pro version has a lot more features.

Is this the case for Adobe Premiere Elements?

If one learns Adobe Premiere Elements, is that a good starting point for working with Adobe Premiere Pro?

OR is it a case where the two packages use a VERY different interface?



Thanks,

Bob Diaz
 
My very first NLE was an older version of Adobe Premiere Elements (it came with my copy of Photoshop Elements that I bought in college). I moved over to Adobe Premiere 1.5 without incident or difficulty shortly after.

(Again, I had an older version...) It was a pretty powerful & full featured for a starter NLE, and the interface on those versions was similar enough that I could figure out where some tools got moved to.
 
Bob, I started on PE3 and moved to Premier Pro CS3 with no hassle, it even imported the PE projects with no hassles.

I understand that newer versions of Elements have a more "consumer" interface, but that it is still possible to see a normal timeline view for editing. Moving to Premiere Pro (say, CS5) gives you multiple timelines, nested sequences and a tonne of other goodies

You should be able to download trials of both of them from Adobe.com, and see how they compare. In my experience, Elements lets you get your head around the "Adobe Way" first without selling one of your organs to pay for the Pro software!
 
My students use elements and I use pro... they translate well. The premium kinda automates the stuff we would go in depth with in pro, makes it easier to navigate and just edit.
 
Elements lets you get your head around the "Adobe Way" first without selling one of your organs to pay for the Pro software!
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Thanks for the comments and I got a laugh out of that one. :thumbsup:



Bob Diaz
 
For someone who is just starting out in the video world would it make sense to start out on adobe elements or to go right to the big guns and get premiere pro?
 
You can go a LONG way with Elements when starting out before you even know how you'd need the added features of Pro.

- Mikko
 
Adobe Elements seems to have a lot of nice features, so if you're not ready to spring for the full version, start with Elements.



Bob Diaz
 
I started with Adobe Premiere Elements 3 and now have version 8. For mixed HD stuff - like from a Canont T2i and Panisonic's HMC40 - I've moved over to Edius Booster 2.5 that came with my HMC40.

Mikko is absolutely correct. You can do a ton of stuff in Adobe Premiere Elements. I do work for churches, non-profits, small businesses, and the occasional wedding video and see no real justification for upgrading to the pro versions so far.
 
Thank you for the answers. I only have one more question. Is it worth getting adobe premiere elements or to just use edius neos 2 that came with my camera?
 
Edius Neo 2 Booster is the perfect beginner software. If you must get Adobe software, the only logical upgrade is premiere CS5 that I have.
 
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