The Bottom Line
Adobe Premiere Elements 9 allows hobbyist photographers to better take full advantage of the digital video capabilities of their newer digital cameras. From quick film clips to hours of carefully cobbled together scenes, Premiere Elements 9 allows users just scratch the surface or dive deeper at their choosing.
Pros
- Uses Elements Organizer
- DVD Burning Within the Program
- No Transcription Necissary
- Available Separately or Bundled with Photoshop Elements 9
Cons
- Can Be a Bit Complex for Casual Users
- Tends to Get Bogged Down During More Detailed Processing
Description
- Video editing and DVD burning
- Same feature set for PC and Mac
- Does not require transcribing
- Allows for easy sharing to Facebook and other sites
- Simple "surface" tools and deeper tool sets for more advanced users
Guide Review - Review of Adobe Premiere Elements 9
Adobe Premiere Elements 9 is the video editing program in the Photoshop Elements family for Mac and PC.
Designed to allow users to quickly create fully featured videos quickly, Premiere Elements offers a fairly deep set of powerful tools. However, this power comes with a trade off in ease of use.
That is not to say that Premiere Elements 9 is extremely difficult to use. Rather, there are several quick and relatively simple features that allow users to quickly create custom menu DVDs with a variety of sounds and graphics. It is the deeper tools for detailed editing that are a bit tricky for novice users to navigate.
Premiere Elements 9 offers optimized HD editing, various special effects to chage the look of your video, custom DVD menus, background noise reduction, and quick sharing to Facebook and other applications.
As always with its hobbyist line of programs, Adobe offers a lot of power in a relatively low-priced package.
Designed to allow users to quickly create fully featured videos quickly, Premiere Elements offers a fairly deep set of powerful tools. However, this power comes with a trade off in ease of use.
That is not to say that Premiere Elements 9 is extremely difficult to use. Rather, there are several quick and relatively simple features that allow users to quickly create custom menu DVDs with a variety of sounds and graphics. It is the deeper tools for detailed editing that are a bit tricky for novice users to navigate.
Premiere Elements 9 offers optimized HD editing, various special effects to chage the look of your video, custom DVD menus, background noise reduction, and quick sharing to Facebook and other applications.
As always with its hobbyist line of programs, Adobe offers a lot of power in a relatively low-priced package.

