Adobe Premiere Elements

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Adobe Premiere Elements

Screenshot of Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0
Developer:	Adobe Systems
Latest release:	3.0 / September 2006
OS:	Windows
Use:	Video editing software
License:	Proprietary
Website:	Adobe Premiere Elements Home Page

Adobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for non-linear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements. It is the number 1 selling consumer video editing software^[1], and its competitors include others such as Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas Movie Studio, Ulead Videostudio, and iMovie.

Unlike many of its competitors, Premiere Elements can handle up to 99 video and audio tracks, with multiple keyframed effects applied to each clip. It also supports many third-party plug-ins for additional features, including Premiere Pro plug-ins, After Effects plug-ins, and VST effects.

Premiere Elements is available for Windows XP and Windows Vista.

Adobe Premiere Elements 1.0 – released September 2004. It was focused on consumer miniDV camcorder owners who wanted to create DVDs.

Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 – released September 2005. Adobe expanded video device support beyond DV camcorders to include digital still cameras that capture video (MJPEG, MPEG4, etc), DVD camcorders (.vob files), mobile phones (.3GP, .3G2, .MP4) and new hybrid video devices like the JVC Everio and Everio G (.MOD). It also aimed to address the lack of DVD configurability, one of the main criticisms of version 1.

Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 – released September 2006. Adobe added HDV support, stop motion capture, audio narration, full-screen playback, and the ability to capture from WDM sources (such as webcams and analog capture cards). This version improved ease of use by adding Sceneline editing and allowing titles to be created and edited directly in the Monitor. New export formats were added for mobile phones, iPods and PSPs.