![]() ![]() It’s so small, it’s hard to properly see what you’re applying. Nothing has really changed on that front for years.įor instance, each effect is represented by a tiny thumbnail of a hang glider, with the effect applied to the thumbnail. You actually have a good range of tools to use, but the interface feels dated. String them together, add transitions and effects, it’s all very simple and straightforward. There, each clip, no matter how long, is represented by a rectangular thumbnail. Morgan Paar is Videomaker ‘s Technical Editor.But stringing a few clips together, with titles, transitions and effects, is but a few clicks away (Image credit: Adobe) Optimized for Dual Processor/HyperThreading: YesĮncoding Formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, AVI, Windows Media, QuickTime, WAV, Dolby Digital Stereo and JPEGĭVD Authoring Software Included: Yes STRENGTHS Minimum Hard Drive Space for Installation: 4GBĬapture Formats: MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DV, Windows Media, QuickTime, JVC Everio MOD, 3GP, ASF, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital Stereo, PSD, JPEG, PNG Minimum CPU: Pentium 4, M, D or Extreme Edition, or AMD Opteron or Athlon 64 (SSE2 support required) Trial Version Available: 30 days (limited set of DVD and title templates, DVD burning is disabled) For less than $100, beginning editors can have a program with a relatively low learning curve, but with enough functionality to keep them cutting well through their ascent into the intermediate ranks. The folks at Adobe have just raised the bar for entry level editing software. ![]() In addition, the program will automatically encode DVDs at the highest possible quality depending on the length of the work a very nice tweak not found in other entry-level authoring programs. Premiere Elements 2.0 can even burn PAL DVDs, though we have to take their word on this as we do not own PAL playback equipment. When it comes to outputting, Premiere Elements 2.0 keeps up with current trends, allowing an editor to burn dual-layer as well as single-layer DVDs, encode for hand held devices and cell phones as well as output for email, the web and VHS. Individual panels can have their own real estate or be joined with other palettes in a tab-like fashion. We immediately became comfortable with this new interface dynamic, wondering why this idea took so long to come to fruition. ![]() This eliminates overlapping windows by having adjacent panels enlarge to fill empty space or decrease in size depending on how the user changes its neighboring panel. Capturing and editing video from these MPEG-based devices has been difficult in the past, but we had no trouble importing, editing and exporting audio and video.Ī powerful interface design decision was to move away from free-floating windows and tool palettes in exchange for interlocking panels. One of the most exciting new features in this program is the ability to capture video and audio from many of the new devices currently flooding the market such as MPEG-4 camcorders, cell phone cameras, DVD camcorders, and video from point-and-shoot still cameras. Books from Peachpit Press and Wiley Publishing (The ‘For Dummies’ series), among others, are also valuable learning tools. To help those starting from scratch, there are tutorials on Adobe’s Web site, in the user’s guide and at various third-party web locations such as and to name a few. For this reason, a small learning curve in exchange for a quality, robust program is well worth the time and effort it may take to become fluent with this software. There are beginner’s programs that claim to edit the entire project automatically, but most of us want to be making the artistic decisions. For the majority of us in the Videomaker community, control takes priority over automation in our post-production storytelling process.
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