Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7 [OLD VERSION]
by Adobe
![Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7 [OLD VERSION]](/images/Adobe-Photoshop-Elements-Premiere-Elements-7-OLD-VERSION-B001DMBX7S-L.jpg)
|
List Price: Our Price: $109.99 You Save: $40.00 (27%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Buy Used and New: from $70.00 (click here) Category: Software See more product details and other editions |
|---|
Software Reviews of Adobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 7 [OLD VERSION]
Customer Review: Adobe Photoshop Elements 7..quite a bit to grasp!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Several business acquaintences have recommended Adobe Photoshop Elements 7 to me but I have been hesitant to purchase this product because of the initial price of over $100. Finally, Amazom discounted the dual cd package of Photo Shop Elements 7 and Premier Elements 7 so I purchased the package.
I have never done much digital potography editing except in my Kodak Easyshare software. After installing the program I have found that learning the program features, especially for a Novice, is mind boggling. If you are like me you have several choices since the documentation that comes with the software is minimual. There are several books designed to "Teach" the PhotoShop Elements 7 and Video Professor has cds out "tutoring" the subject.
So, my main decision after purchasing the software package is, "Where do I go from here?"
Customer Review: PREMIERE ELEMENTS RUNS ON VISTA 64
Summary: 1 Stars
I just wanted to let everyone know that my premiere/photoshop elements v4 install DOES RUN on vista ultimate 64bit
MY MACHINE:
- intel DQ35JO motherboard
- intel Q9450 (quad) CPU
- 8GB RAM
- using INTEL'S software RAID
- 2 seagate 250NS (mirrored) drives for OS & APPS
- 4 seagate 500NS (striped) for project in productionm
- ASUS 9600GT 512MB ddr3 DUAL VIDEO OUT card
- archival storage to DVD & network attached storage
HINTS:
- i use ALT-F, S (SAVE) key sequence like a nervous twitch
- I've always been a purist, and NEVER GOB UP MY MACHINE WITH CUTSEY CRAP (weatherbug, IM clients, p2p file sharing, iTunes, etc)
- I use the machine as a tool not a toy, if i wanted to play video games i'd buy a console, i use my cd player to listen to music
- I do have MS office 2007 pro installed, and do have most microsoft updates in hand.
- I run symantec;s norton 360, and I do exclude the work-in-progress folders from real-time scanning
MOST IMPORTANTLY:
- i use ALT-F, S (SAVE) key sequence like a nervous twitch
Overall, most tasks in premiere run just fine but it is quite likely to crash when changing functions ... crashes do occur, so SAVE EARLY, SAVE OFTEN
After producing 20 complete DVD's my experience is that most crashes occurr when:
- editing with "timeline" zoomed way in so you see lots of individual frames, then moving a long way away down the timeling by scrolling (causing lots of redraw of frames)
- changing modes - ie/from file organizer (which quite frankly is the worst file interface i've seen since CGA MENUS IN DOS) to transitions
- very frequently in title generator
- extra frequently in dvd-menu generator
- when large amounts of un-rendered edits exist
- if i've not restarted my machine in a couple of days
DID I MENTION that I use ALT-F, S (SAVE) key sequence like a nervous twitch
Hope that helps someone - wondering if i should upgrade to version 7 or skip it
Personally I think ADOBE has lost their mind with the online file stuff, etc
I AM ORGANIZED, I don't want or need someone to force me to use their crappy organizer - so far i'm staying away, waiting for a compelling reason to upgrade - LIKE TRUE 64 BIT OPERATION FOR ONE, WHAT THE HECK ADOBE!?!?! QUIT WASTING TIME GREEDILY CHASING RECURRING REVENUE (ALL THAT USELESS ONLINE CRAP THAT I CAN ALREADY DO FOR FREE) AND INSTEAD FOCUS ON MAKING EXCELLENT PRODUCT THAT'S STABLE AND RELIABLE.
there's my free opinion, you've gotten your money's worth
e
Customer Review: The Program I Have Been Searching For
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased Premiere as a part of the Photoshop/Premiere combination. I used to use an early edition of Premiere with great satisfaction. I used it back in the day when I would have to wait for previews to render and sometimes the process took hours. I really enjoyed that program. I had fallen into using simpler programs. I experimented with imovie on a Mac, but that lack of timeline and additional audio tracks was frustrating and limited. I needed to make a video this summer and hoped to just use my old Premiere program. It would not create DVD's, nor was there a program I could add to make it work that way. I called Adobe and they recommended Premiere Elements 7, because it was the most like my old Premiere and would make DVD's.
This program is excellent. It gives you the option of using many layers of music, so my music history video could contain narration and the underlying examples alluded to in the narration. Titles are easy to use. You have control over many things that other programs do automatically, even if what you would do is better. The result of using Premiere Elements 7 is a really excellent movie. The "help" online feature of Elements is good, although I would still like a manual. I bought CLASSROOM IN A BOOK, but I didn't want to go through the tutorials. I found Grisetti's THE [...] GUIDE TO ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 7 to answer many more questions for me in a more direct way.
ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 7 is the way to go if you are a teacher and want to make movies to help your students. It can be used to make slideshows for personal use as well. It has automatic features to do things for you, if you wish, but I prefer having technology that lets me make decisions.
Customer Review: This software needs a serious debugging!
Summary: 3 Stars
I needed this software package to complete a video project for a family member. I got it finished but not without a lot of pain and misery. I can't tell you how many times I got an "Out of memory" error or a warning that I was running out of system memory and should immediately shut down the software - but it was enough to make me want to start looking for another piece of software. By the way, I have 4GB of RAM and about 400GB free space on my system. There are lots of quirks that make using the software difficult and I hope ADOBE does some serious work to fix the problems. The capabilities are there and it would be a great product...if only it worked like it was supposed to!!!Customer Review: Fantastic features but tough to work with
Summary: 4 Stars
When you need a 300+ page document to explain (often poorly) your product and its feature, you know you've got a steep learning curve to get to appreciate all of the power offered by Premiere Elements (I only use Photoshop Elements now and then). My goal is to exploit editing of video tapes made from my old Super-8 mm film and new material from my Panasonic Digital Camcorder so that I can produce quality DVDs.
After a couple of years I'm finally getting comfortable with Premiere Elements. It's not a good Windows XP fit even with my 3+ gigahertz processor with 2 GB of RAM and two 250 gb hard drives used during DVD production. Editing video is CPU extensive and Premiere Elements often takes over all of the CPU it can get but you're left on the keyboard with no indication (such as the hourglass or a moving bar or a spinning dial) that the software is truly working on your request. It's use of files and work space on your hard drives is hard to figure and you can "wake up" and find your drives are getting full of "render" files that deal with interim processing of your project.
When you are ready to burn a DVD, you often get an "encoding error" message that has been in the product since Version 2. The Version 7 User's Guide states on page 282: "If an encoding error occurs when you try to burn a movie to DVD, make sure that the amount of free disk space is two to three times the size of the final movie. Also, disable any third-party utilities than can interfere with the buring process, such as screen savers, firewall software, and antivirus software, and diable any power saving settings." Personally, I'd rather keep my firewall active at all times and not have to be a Windows XP administrator to discover just how to disable any or all of those packages (not to mention resetting them afterwards). Wouldn't it be better if Adobe cleaned up their interfacing with the operating system and get this problem out of their product?
The editing features within the system are extremely rich and you can turn out some really major league sequences but be prepared for the learning curve and the frustration that goes with "is it really working or just hung-up on something?" syndrome. I hope you have the machine power and capacity that the product needs. Otherwise you're in for some long work sessions.