

Bottom LineĪdobe is always judicious about what and how much to add to its consumer video app - careful not to break Elements while adhering to a fairly aggressive upgrade schedule with a new version appearing every year. The 720 HD Computer setting, rendering at 60 fps, took 4:37 to get the job done. The app's universal Quick Export proved the fastest option for rendering: 2:46 at 30 fps.

Rendering speeds are nothing to write home about on Premiere Elements 2019.

I combined five clips into a 2.5-minute video shot at 60 frames per second and rendered the projects to MPEG 4 at 720p, timing rendering at both 60 fps and 30 fps. This machine's 64-bit Intel Core i7 processor with a 7600U CPU runs at 2.80 GHz on an Intel HD Graphics 620 system with 16GB of RAM. I tested Premiere Elements 2019 on an HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 running Windows 10 Pro. Premiere Elements is a great platform to learn to edit on and I put together a quick guide of 5 tips for getting started with Premiere Elements–including the “training wheels” feature that I mentioned earlier.The Glass Pane effect is very cool, and you can layer different effects as it moves through your video. If you are brand new to video editing, Premiere Pro might be too big of a leap to start out with. If you’ve used other consumer-level editors before and you think you’re ready to graduate to a more pro-level platform, then I highly recommend Premiere Pro. So the difference is really your own preference and what you’re trying to achieve with the videos you are editing. Premiere Pro CC (that’s Adobe’s Create Cloud suite) will run $20 a month for just Premiere Pro or $50 a month for the entire suite. There is a pretty steep price difference between Premiere Pro and Premiere Elements. Once I discovered that I really like video editing, I made the leap to Premiere Pro. I didn’t just jump right into video editing with Premiere Pro–I learned the basics on consumer-level editors first. I’ll tell you more about that in a minute. Premiere Elements has this really neat thing where you have different views and it’s kind of like training wheels. And they’re great! I love Premiere Pro and I edit my YouTube videos with it, but I also really really like video editing, and learning new things. The functions and features available, the effects, the workflow between multiple people working on one video project–these are professional-grade features. Premiere Pro has a ton of video editing capabilities, of course, but it’s geared more for professional-level video editors. Premiere Elements has a ton of editing capabilities that should satisfy your need to edit family videos, GoPro videos, vacation videos, photo montage videos for birthdays, anniversaries or funerals, videos for your blog, your business, or even your YouTube channel.
