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Rating:  - Upgrade, or die of stress!
If all these naysayers are serious about video editing they should spend the extra money, avoid the crashes and heartaches, have access to good tech support and BUY ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3! Elements is, was and will always be just a consumer level toy that will not handle complex tasks and in truth was never designed to do so. If you have paid top dollar for a High Definition videocamera it is ridiculous to assume that this level of software can deal with that much information successfully. Spend the dough and add years to your life - free of stress!
Rating:  - Problem after problem...buyer beware
I purchased this software to make an anniversary video for my husband. I'm quite good at MovieMaker already but found problems with the sound quality and lack of customization options so I purchased Premiere Elements. This was the program the photo place recommended that was converting my VHS tapes to DVD files so I could create the video. I have spent no less than 20+ hours of time on Premiere Elements because of stupid glitches. I spent an hour and half adding video footage and trimming it for it to be lost, even though I saved it. Music was a huge problem. Always add your music last!! If I added a video piece after I had added music, it would create a gap of emptiness that took me 30 minutes to figure out how to remove. Functions in the program don't work--the sound mix doesn't work at all and the titles are hard to edit. It's been painful to deal with and practically no instructions come with it. The online help is no help at all. I would never buy this software again. Save yourself the heartache!!
Rating:  - Full-featured but buggy
On a positive note, this program does include a full feature set for the hobbyist-level user. I have learned how to create some very nice DVD's from my home movie camera. If you invest the time to learn how to use it and fight through the issues, you will be rewarded.
I have very positive experiences with other Adobe products and eagerly await the arrival of a bug-fix release to make the product more usable. Unfortunately, none is available yet.
For me, the biggest problems are frequent crashes, unable to read the .avi files it writes, and don't even THINK of deleting any scenes after you have set up menus!
Rating: - Good enough
Pinnacle's Studio 10 always closed unexpectedly without saving so, I bought Premiere Elements 4. It also forced quit several times until I installed an update.
It's easy to use but doesn't have any new fun transitions or effects.
Rendering is just as slow as it was when I had Premiere back in the 90's (and I have a fast computer). At least I can burn directly to a dvd now.
Rating: - Do not buy if you run Vista
I have been using premiere elements since version 1. I recently purchased a new dell computer with a quad core processor, 4 gb ram, and an nvidia 8800 video card. The computer came with Premiere Elements 4.0 preinstalled. The Adobe Premiere Elements version 4.0 application is unusable on Vista. The program crashes at random times when trying to edit video and/or burn DVDs. There are numerous people having the same problem. Believe me there is something wrong with the application. I worked in IT for 25 years as a programmer, systems analyst and Oracle DBA so I know how to diagnosis application problems and determine if it is related to the machine (hardware), os or application. Don't waste you money if you are running Vista.
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