Premiere Elements 2020 Vs Imovie
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Imovie Vs Adobe Premiere Pro
Having exhausted attempts (even phoning Apple's tec support for hours failed to resolve this) to produce a good quality HD movie from iMovie 9 some months ago, I have read a number of reviews that spoke highly of Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I downloaded a trial version and have to say that, post editing, the finished article is far superior to that of iMovie. The HD video is exactly that...HD! Also, the added feature of Dolby Digital sound. Come on Apple... where are you! This is why I bought an iMac in the first place!!!
Most of the problem I encountered with iMovie was Apple's own codec (AIC) which I discovered reduces the quality of the native file (.MTS from my Sony SR12E) during the file upload. I do, however, prefer the features and interface of iMovie and wanted to know if Apple were going to improve the program any time soon?
I know that I am certainly not alone after reading similar threads on this (excellent) forum. For a non-professional user, I can easily produce something of reasonable quality, but due to the failings of Apple's iMovie, I had delved deeper into the technical stuff (a little tricky given the non-professional status!) and the codec is the real issue here.
Adobe have produced an excellent editor but lacks the features and 'MAC' feel and interface. Its a shame you cant get a mix of the two!
Anyone else had a moment of discovery?
Most of the problem I encountered with iMovie was Apple's own codec (AIC) which I discovered reduces the quality of the native file (.MTS from my Sony SR12E) during the file upload. I do, however, prefer the features and interface of iMovie and wanted to know if Apple were going to improve the program any time soon?
I know that I am certainly not alone after reading similar threads on this (excellent) forum. For a non-professional user, I can easily produce something of reasonable quality, but due to the failings of Apple's iMovie, I had delved deeper into the technical stuff (a little tricky given the non-professional status!) and the codec is the real issue here.
Adobe have produced an excellent editor but lacks the features and 'MAC' feel and interface. Its a shame you cant get a mix of the two!
Anyone else had a moment of discovery?
- Adobe's consumer video editing app is easy to use and offers lots of editing help, but it trails the competition in breadth of features and format support as well as in rendering performance.
- Having exhausted attempts (even phoning Apple's tec support for hours failed to resolve this) to produce a good quality HD movie from iMovie 9 some months ago, I have read a number of reviews that spoke highly of Adobe Premiere Elements 9. I downloaded a trial version and have to say that, post.
- IMovie VS WeVideo. While iMovie is a great video editing platform to start creating videos on, WeVideo has been giving some tough competition to the former. On comparing the two, WeVideo has emerged to be a better platform in terms of its utility, open source, ease of use, compatibility with other platforms and of course the video editing.
Premiere Elements 2020 Vs Imovie Video Editor
I've been using PCs since the very first IBM but have since become impressed with the Apple MacBook Pro my wife recently bought for her design business - it really does do everything out of the box!
Last year I bought Adobe Premier Elements 3.0 to archive and sort DV material from our Canon MV750i and, via this, analogue stuff from Sony Hi8 camcorder it replaced (...but the moment this is unused - still shrink-wrapped!). I do not intend to do much editing other than remove the rubbish and perhaps add basic titles.
However I needed to put something on DVD quickly yesterday and was amazed how straightforward this was using iMovie and iDVD on the Mac.
So first question is does anyone no of a head-to-head review of the merits of iMovie compared with Premiere Elements. Alternatively personal views/recommendations would be useful.
A related but separate question is what is the best way of archiving the original material from tape to hard disk - I noticed that iMovie separated the original material into a number of .avi files; is there a way of e.g. getting one .avi file per full tape? Also is .avi compressed?
Hope I'm not duplicating an already asked and answered question - I did look before posting but couldn't find anything (but then may not have been looking in the right place!).
Many thanks.
Last year I bought Adobe Premier Elements 3.0 to archive and sort DV material from our Canon MV750i and, via this, analogue stuff from Sony Hi8 camcorder it replaced (...but the moment this is unused - still shrink-wrapped!). I do not intend to do much editing other than remove the rubbish and perhaps add basic titles.
However I needed to put something on DVD quickly yesterday and was amazed how straightforward this was using iMovie and iDVD on the Mac.
So first question is does anyone no of a head-to-head review of the merits of iMovie compared with Premiere Elements. Alternatively personal views/recommendations would be useful.
A related but separate question is what is the best way of archiving the original material from tape to hard disk - I noticed that iMovie separated the original material into a number of .avi files; is there a way of e.g. getting one .avi file per full tape? Also is .avi compressed?
Hope I'm not duplicating an already asked and answered question - I did look before posting but couldn't find anything (but then may not have been looking in the right place!).
Many thanks.