I had been a user of Sonic Foundry's SoundForge and tried their ground up Vegas product intended for the one man band videographer.
#Adobe premiere elements trial not working pro
I got fed up with Premiere Pro around v1.5 as they forced a move to the suite to get basic DVD authoring or audio processing. Adobe has been poor at ground up product innovation (other than postscript/acrobat) so relies on an acquisition and integration strategy. Premiere has been around for a long time and has resisted elegance at all costs. It is all about fitting into their workflow. Many of the Pro programs lock to the types of jobs you want and what the employer is using.
You are at the stage where you can try different ones and decide which one you want to spend more time learning all the ins/outs of and which works best for you and your budget.Īll this comes down to input - output goals and the kinds of processing you want to do. It all depends on what you start with and get accustomed to. I tried it and had problems so I stopped. I started with the Miro/Pinnacle DC30 card and went through it's problems and went the DC500 and it's things, including when Pinnacle dropped Premiere and introduced their own program. But, it is what I started with and progressed with so it "fits like a good glove". I have used it to see how it works and I can tell you there is a difference.
I also have Elements (came with hardware). I have used Premiere starting with version 4 in 1994/1995. See for yourself which you want/need and what works best for you. You can download most any Adobe product to try it out for 30 days free.