anyone want to own up and admit they use premiere elements?

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anyone want to own up and admit they use premiere elements?

if so, i'm looking for some real world experiences if u care to share:

easier/better/more capable than imovie?

learning curve?

learning curve if you have some fcp experience?

if u used premiere elements did u then step up to premiere pro and if so, why?

thanks in advance to those who are kind enough to share.

be well

rob
smalltalk productions
 
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The learning curve with this sort of editing application is very quick. If you have any experience with editing software, you can figure out the entire program in less than an hour.

This said, Premiere elements is not a professional editing application. Why not? Because Premiere elements will not allow you to run 99 tracks of video and audio. You may have 2 or 3 tracks. Also, you don't get to configure your workspace in a personalized manner. I'm not sure you will get all the Premiere effects such as Chroma Keying, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjG2tAnbtdI

This said, unless you cut long movies and/or complicated multi-track projects, I suppose Premiere Elements should allow you to do most of what you need to do at a fraction of the cost of professional editing software. This looks perfect for weddings and the like.
 
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Amadou said:
The learning curve with this sort of editing application is very quick. If you have any experience with editing software, you can figure out the entire program in less than an hour.

This said, Premiere elements is not a professional editing application. Why not? Because Premiere elements will not allow you to run 99 tracks of video and audio. You may have 2 or 3 tracks. Also, you don't get to configure your workspace in a personalized manner. I'm not sure you will get all the Premiere effects such as Chroma Keying, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjG2tAnbtdI

This said, unless you cut long movies and/or complicated multi-track projects, I suppose Premiere Elements should allow you to do most of what you need to do at a fraction of the cost of professional editing software. This looks perfect for weddings and the like.
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It does have 99 track, it does have chroma key and all the other effect just like big brother, and you can customize workspace.
Elements consist about 80% of Premiere Pro.
 
Ann Bens said:
It does have 99 track, it does have chroma key and all the other effect just like big brother, and you can customize workspace.
Elements consist about 80% of Premiere Pro.
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thank you for sharing your obvious experience in working with premiere elements.

if i may ask, have you since moved up to premiere pro?

if so, what have you gained?

if not, why not and what is the nle you most often employ if not premiere?

again, thanks in advance for furthering the conversation.

be well

rob
smalltalk productions
 
I am on Premiere (Pro) for some 10 years now. I used to have Elements 3 and 4 just for mpeg editing and used to teach Elements at our videoclub. I now only teach Premiere and Encore.
Download the trial version and have a go at Element. You have 30 days. See if it fit your needs.
 
No, I do not. But, thats because I use PPro.
That being said, my best friends little brother uses it, he showed me his setup last time I saw him. Gotta say I'm pretty impressed with its capabilities. If it fits your needs, then thats all you... need.
 
downloaded it just for the crack to see what it was like, and was not impressed, if your editing home movies it's fine, but for anything mildly professional it'll be a nightmare as it's missing so many functions and tools of ppro, could never imagine cutting a real project over 10 minutes long on it, i didn't realize that computer software could be patronizing but elements proved me wrong, which isn't a bad thing as it seems to be aimed a people who are completely new to editing. Ive heard good things about avid studio though, which is basically avids version of elements, and its pretty cheap as well.
 
I have used Elements for relatively simple projects: industrials, a few commercials, etc. Works fine but I liked the earlier versions better. Have version 7 now and all of the consumer bling they keep adding gets in the way. It is easy to learn and use though. My wife is using it currently to produce demonstration videos of her pastel portrait techniques. She was going to do it in Imovie on her older G4 macbook pro, but we had some issues ingesting the footage.

Been playing with the Lightworks Beta NLE too. Much to like, very powerful, but there is definitely a learning curve to that one. Release version will be out in about a month, free for the basic program, $60 annual license for more extensive codec support and it takes PPRO and AE aftermarket effects plugins too.

But lets put these little programs in perspective. What you can do on a table top with a $500 PC and $99 software these days required a half million dollar online facility in the 80's and even then you seldom had access to more than 3 or 4 video tracks and 16 audio tracks at a time.
 
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