Customer Reviews
How many versions can you fit into 18 months CS would have been cheaper
Just how many times in a year has Adobe come up with an upgrade you "must" buy. It is like a machine how often they have the next must have and as you can see some people spend the money and find the software worse than before. I bot Version 3 and before I could finish the Photoshop Elements Users by Mikkel Aaland, a very good author and book, out comes 4 and I bought for my Mac and now version 5 is out in no time. Wow I could have bought Photoshop CS2 for the money spent on elements or Aperture.^M
Premiere Element 3.0 Review
Great Product and very feature rich for its price. However be careful there is a SERIOUS performance issue when you add Transitions. Screen actions then take an average 30 seconds. Pls see Adobe User Forums link below. Adobe call it a design "feature" and refuse to fix it. You have to use Video 2 track to avoid slowdown. Note that the Sceneline uses Video 1 by default and when you move all the dat to Video 2 Sceneline compreeses all the images into one image and becomes useless.^M
Premiere Elements Great - Photoshop 5.0 a Waste!
I purchased this bundle. I have Photoshop Elements 4.0 and the 5.0 is a waste of money! It doesn't have many of the common features the 4.0 has (undo, sharpen, brushes, save) and red eye works worse than ever. It's a big step backward for Adobe. If you're considering Photoshop Elements, I would suggest 4.0 or even 3.0 over this new one. On the other hand, Premiere Elements 3.0 is fun and excellent to use for slide shows with still pics as well as video footage with numerous effects you can add. This would be great for burning DVD's for family and friends as gifts. I rate 5 stars for Premiere Elements and less than 1 star for Elements 5.0.
