Adobe Premiere Elements Video Editing review:1 stars (Top Company--Bad Product) - I bought Adobe Premiere Elements for editing and authoring my kids home movie, which i recorded on mini DVD RAM with Hitachi DVD Camcorder. I have two diff. software comes with cam but i wasn,t satisfied with them. Then i went for Intervideo Instant Movie Maker--sucks.Then after long search and reading reviews i bought above mentioned software- I installed it started importing my home mvoies- which are in .MPG format. Five time software gives error, system freeze. I hv pentium 4 2.53 gh, 250 gb hard drive, 1 gb memory. but it doesn't work Tried to get the support form company - not helpfull and later on i came to know that this software does not fully support .MPG format. It support only . AVI and some other formats. SO it mean this software is not for guys having DVD camcorder, may be its good for non DVD camcoder owners. For DVD camcorder owner i will recomMend InterVideo DVD Creator2 Which is right now i m using and its good no problem at all. You can do editing and then u can burn it on DVD.3 stars (Wait for next version) - I was delighted that Adobe decided to enter this market. The product is promising, but there are a number of critical problems that make me wish I'd waited for the next version.

1. The documentation is poor. Although there is a great training video included, this only covers the basics. Good luck trying to figure out how to use the rest of the options, particularly the Advanced Effects and key frames.

2. There is limited ability to handle video originally from non-digital source since timecode is absent. The only scene detection method is based on timecode.

3. The encoding process is relatively slow. Although you can encode to a folder. Apparently you can't make a DVD from the folder that will play in a regular DVD player. If you want to burn directly to DVD, there is no way to set burn speed (a problem if you have 8X drive and 4X disks).

4. The number of title animation options is limited to two, scroll and crawl.

5. There are stability problems during encoding. The program can freeze and the problem is sometimes difficult to fix. See Adobe web site FAQ. 2 stars (A disappointment, as most first versions are!) - I was disappointed in this first version for what it leaves out versus Sony's, Ulead's, and Pinnacle's (both Liquid Edition and Studio v9) digital video editing software. I own all five plus the full version of Sony's Vegas and Adobe's Premiere Pro. I evaluated the five entry level applications in order to purchase the "Best" for my middle school. Sony was the winner for us. Its handling of Flash (SWF) was a large plus since we teach beginning Flash in our courses. The built-in tutorials are excellent as well for beginners. In second was the Pinnacle product - Studio v9 (easy to use) not Liquid Edition (powerful but more complex). Premiere Element's next version may be able to compete.

Bottom Line: My students love the Sony software and find it easy to use and powerful enough to do most everything the better students desire. Its a perfect lead-in to our high school's video classes (they use Apple and Avid video editing software). Adobe needs to do more than rely on its name.

Adobe Premiere Elements Video Editing Features:
Computer software (programs)
Video
Editing
CD
Share videos on VHS, the Web, mobile phones, or Pocket PCs
Combines creative control and reliability for home video editing
Automates tedious editing tasks; context-sensitive How-Tos
Easily transfer footage from DV camcorder directly to the timeline
Quickly edit footage, add fun effects, and create custom DVDs

Adobe Premiere Elements Video Editing is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  86.99USD.