This looks like great software. I didn’t realize that there was not a user’s manual that came with it, a how-to-use-the-software type book. Now I have to buy the book that teaches me how to use the software. Oh well, live and learn.

I have only messed with the “editor” portion of the program so far, but I have found it quite enjoyable! It doesn’t really have much of an owner’s manual but I had heard that before purchasing. I look forward to learning much more.

The delivery of the product was fast and efficient. The software was not a retail copy, but a bundled CD from some other software or hardware that is illegal to be sold separately.

It is incredible what this program allows you to do. You have to get a separate book for instruction but the on-line turorials are a great help too. You’ll have to spend time to get comfortable in using the features…just be patient with yourself and the program. You won’t be disappointed!

If you use photoshop but just for the basics then you will love elements. It’s simple to use at a fraction of the price.

I bought this software with anticipation of doing picture editing and video editing. I have played with it a little, but have not had a chance to dig in a lot. I plan on doing that soon. I anticipate excellent results based on what I have done so far. I do plan on getting some complementary books to shorten my learning curve.

I use Adobe CS4 Web Premium and Lightroom for nearly all my work and have been very happy with the software and service. I purchased PSE7 and PRE7 to prepare a slideshow with easy to add title slides rather than using Lightroom for the slideshow due to some of its limitations. There’s been no improvement in the slideshow aspects of PSE7 than there was in PSE2 or PSE4, which I own. I thought these would have been fixed by now. Text on title slides does not reproduce consistently from media to media, such as PDF versus mpg and working with text is poor at best. I used 6 audio files (about same total length as the show) but only four played and started replaying from the first file in the middle of the show never playing the fifth and sixth. I encountered other problems as well. Adobe tech support was no help in resolving the issues. I returned the product to Amazon and purchased ProShow Gold. Got my slideshow done the first time without problems. I’ve used PSE on occasion to do editing work on photos and its excellent at what it does. But if you want to do slideshows forget about it. Adobe should either fix the problem or sell the product off to someone who will fix and service it.

As a novice, I’ve used several editing packages and this one is buy far the best, just make sure you have a large hard or you’ll be buying another one! The multiple layers of editing will have you spending hours at your computer designing some professional looking photos. As a self-critical I’m even happy with my work and have put up a couple pictures in the house which are drawing questions of where I got them and I’ve only had the package for a couple weeks. Haven’t worked with the Premiere Video package as I’m addicted to Photoshop at the moment, but if it’s anywhere near as good I’ll be extremely happy. Buy it!!

I received the Photoshop premier and elements. Photshop premier loaded with no problems. I tried to load elements and it would not load. Continued to get an error. I have a Sony HD video camera. I tried to download the video files into Adobe Premier and it would not accept the Sony format. Both programs failed to work as I expected them to. Before you purchase ensure it will work with your video files!! Both programs were a WASTE of Money

Gave as a gift to a 13 yr old budding video/film maker 1. The Photoshop Elements is easier to use than the other Adobe PhotoShop programs. His complaint before this was if he took a few weeks and studied he’d be able to use Photo Shop ,with this edition he was able to figure it out and begin to use very quickly. It is hard to please a teen..the critics… but he was happy! So, if you know Photo Shop, it is the elemental, easier to use edition. 2. The Premiere Elements was a winner as well a.He was able to edit easily b.able to add artwork etc, to make it more dramatic and …SPECIAL EFFECTS were very nice and much easier than he thought c.this is excellent for making movie videos. d. he can make DVD’s of his movies !!!This is exciting for him and we get to see and KEEP his work. e. he can arrange things in DVD chapters and menus just like the real thing !! So, this is how it is judged by a budding film maker and photographer. His dad agrees ! PS. probably the BEST to start with as it is easier to learn and works GREAT !!

For the price you can’t go wrong… Great photo editing power and easy video effects. I love the pano stitch and some of the other utilities to cut out and swap things. If I hadn’t used regular Photoshop before I would’ve given it 5 stars… But they do somethings which make it harder to switch between the regular and elements that just don’t make sense: Menu moving (like where image resizing is), minor differences in hot-keys (like grouping), the removal of editing layer folders (you can open a file with folders, but you can’t work with the layers in them), Weird Startup “Organize, Edit, Create” selection, etc. I know they can’t be the same for the price difference, but they should just keep it to removing pro features like lab color, 32bit, HDR, etc. By changing the basics it just makes it harder to upgrade to the real deal down the line.

Having used Premiere Elements since 3, The 7 upgrade seems to be better. I am a new photographer also, & Photoshop 7 is an excellent tool for “tweaking” photos. So many options & tools to learn about.

I am new to Photoshop and Premiere, and I have to say that I found neither program particularly newbie friendly. I also don’t like that I am asked to sign up for online features to use the full potential of the software. Both programs run sluggish under Windows 7, and they frequently go inactive (not responding) during use. Start up and shut down are extremely slow, and moving from one window to the next within the programs will often cause a crash. I suspect this is a compatibility issue with this older version of the software and Windows 7, but I thought it worthwhile mentioning for anyone considering this version with Windows 7.

I have been a big fan of Adobe Photoshop Elements for many years. I can still remember how brilliant I thought Photoshop Elements 2 was. Since those days, Adobe has continued to add features, tweak the user interface, and in some cases make the program more buggy. When I upgraded to version 6, I found that I really liked some of the improvements but the entire application seemed to run slower and was sometimes prone to locking up. Now that I have installed version 7, I am experiencing even more sluggishness in performance and it tends to lock up about every other time I use it. In fact, I have found very little change, from version 6 to version 7, other than worse performance and more lock-ups. Premiere Elements is completely new to me. Video editing is my primary hobby so using video editing software is certainly not an issue for me. I have to say, I expected much more from a company like Adobe, when it comes to quality video editing software. The interface is nice looking but the layout and more complex editing options are just plain cumbersome. Many of the special effects are amateur quality and look rather silly. But the biggest downfall of this software is the frequency of crashes. While editing a simple 20 minute AVI video project, Premiere Elements 7.0 completely crashed no less than 7 times! Maybe version number of this software is supposed to indicate how many times it will crash on you when working on a project. When it crashed it would just completely go away and I would be looking at my Windows desktop. I would re-launch the program and have to redo all of the changes I had made since the last time I saved. DVD authoring is almost non-existent as well, offering corny templates to choose from with very little editing capability. This program is just far more frustrating than what it is worth! Don’t get me wrong; at this price point I wasn’t expecting professional editing capabilities. If it had been a basic editing package, that was stable and easy to use, I would be giving it praises for beginners looking to get their feet wet in video editing. However, this program is just plain junk in my opinion. It could have potential but until they improve stability, exponentially, I would not recommend this product to anyone. Overall I have decided to give this duplex software package 3 stars. Photoshop Elements is a good product, which just seems to be getting slower, more complicated and less reliable with each new revision. But it is still a good utility for basic photo editing, for those of us that don’t always need the power of the original Photoshop product. Premiere Elements is only a 1 or 2 star product, in my humble opinion. It is just too clunky, too confusing and very prone to locking up and/or crashing without warning. There is nothing more frustrating than having to do the same work twice, and with Premiere Elements 7 you are almost guaranteed to be doing the same work over and over again. If you have Photoshop Elements 6 then there is no real reason to upgrade at this time. However, it is definitely a step above versions 4 and lower. As far as video editing software, I would recommend steering clear of Premiere Elements 7. I can’t speak for the earlier versions but version 7 is definitely not worth the money or the frustration. =o(

everything I expected. Its great to tweak up my pics with brilliance and adding a watermakers, etc. Made a picture memory dics for my daughter’s 8th grade class. Everyone was impressed.

Arrived as advertised in good condition! Have trouble with getting software to load, but don’t think it’s a disk defect. Thanks!