Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 [OLDER VERSION]
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Software Reviews of Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 [OLDER VERSION]
Customer Review: MPEG 2 Deficiant.
Summary: 4 Stars
If you have a Sony camcorder, plan on buying a plugin that costs as much, if not more, than this software. I love the interface, love the extras. This is definitely and Adobe product, it just doesn't natively edit MPEG2's. Customer Review: Horrible Stability
Summary: 1 Stars
Software is good but we have constant crashing problems. We have a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, 3GB RAM, RAID 1 hard drives and windows XP. My father-in-law attempts to use it on a Dell system with the same issues. I concur with the other person who questions whether Adobe performs enough testing or QA. It is also ridiculus that Adobe wants full price for an upgrade after just a year.Customer Review: Magnificent for home or educational use - very happy
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased version 3.0 after newer version came out, and am VERY VERY pleased with it.
I am a Science teacher, and primarily use this to adapt my own travel video for use in my classroom. I have some artistic chops, so my video projects are on the ambitious side. I don't do hokey stuff -- my work comes out pretty stylish and very engaging.
This editing software will allow you to make extraordinarily elegant videos (DVDs I should say), including musical backdrops, voice-over work, replacing existing soundtracks, adjusting sound levels and all other details on a clip-by-clip basis, etc. etc. etc. If you have home video where some voices are hard to hear while others are very loud, you can easily break the clip, invisibly, into as many bits as you need, in order to make some sections louder or softer as needed. You can do all the fades, wipes, etc. just by dragging and dropping things where you want them. I've put in long sequences of subtitles on some clips where the person is explaining something but it is difficult to make out due to windy weather or ocean waves in the background.
My projects run from 30 minutes to around an hour, and the program has shown no signs of gagging on the size of the files or the number of effects and adjustments I make.
You should DEFINITELY go through the "live" tutorial that comes with the package -- it puts you through all the basic steps -- and after that, you're pretty much on your own to figure out all the things you can do; however, I've found the program logically intuitive and I was doing what I consider very good work on only my second project.
I've heard some complaints about version 4.0, and I can't comment on that. But if you can still get 3.0, I'd say it will be one purchase that you won't regret.
People will tell you your DVDs look good enough for TV -- this is going too far, but the results are certainly as good as I have ever expected to see in home video. At the price they're asking, it's a steal.
Customer Review: Purchased for use with my Canon Hv10
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought this thinking that I needed to upgrade from premier elements 2.0 because 2.0 doesn't support HD. I found out afterwards that my camera (canon HV10) can play back in SD when downloading to the computer. Duh! Oh well... I am trying out this software and it seems pretty good. I think it is geared more towards the basic user. I personally like the layout more in 2.0 where everything is not readily available (i guess i just like nested menus).
It seems to run a bit quirky at times, but all in all its a pretty good buy and has a lot of potential for you to make some pretty professional looking videos. I never had it crash. But just an fyi, if you plan on working with HD video, make sure you have the computer HP to back it up. HD video takes a lot of processing power to work with.
Customer Review: Awesome Product
Summary: 5 Stars
Have used other production software, but this is far superior to them. Not the newest version, but a great product to use with many of the same effects available on the newer versions. There is virtually no documentation with the product so it is in your best interests to buy a book such as Hollywood Special Effects w/ Adobe Premiere Elements 3. By using the sample files on the disk in the book, I was able to learn how to create great special effects. If you're looking for the Wow factor from family and friends, you'll get it with this program.