As always, you’ll want more options from which to choose. They behave differently than the music tracks in some ways, including the ability to automatically bring the track in and close it out at the end. There are categories for them such as jazz, folk, acoustic and others. The new audio tracks have their own sub-menu in the audio effects icon.
The new audio tracks are found in the Music icon.Īs video editing become more sophisticated, there is new attention given to the audio accompanying the images. Hopefully in time this ability will be available for all of the effects. Speed increases are always welcome, and the ability of Premiere 2021 to show high-quality playback of many effects without having to render the timeline is a great new feature. The library of matte overlays is extensive, but I wish that there was the ability to add my own still photos for the double effects. As is the ability to add animated matte overlays or double exposure effects to entire videos or shorter clips. With the right video input, even if it is only a short section of a clip, it is a real attention getter. The new ability to select an object within a video and apply an effect to it or to its surroundings with just a few clicks, then have that that effect track through the video is a wonder to behold. As with any sophisticated still or video editing program, the more familiar you are with it and the more often you use it, the friendlier it will become.
However, it will take some experience and trial and error to understand and execute the steps the program wants you to take to complete more sophisticated tasks, even to complete the guided edits, to your satisfaction. It is generally easy to perform simple edits, such as trimming the beginning and end of videos, adding a transition between clips, and adding music. Users familiar with Photoshop Elements, or previous users of Premiere Elements will be editing in short order. But the interface in Premiere Elements is clean and logical, and the guided edits make it easy to perform basic video operations. User Friendly Guidesįor a still photographer unfamiliar with video editing, there is a learning curve to understand not only the tools, but even the terms for the tools and techniques. There are also 21 new music tracks available in the latest Premiere Elements with updated musical styles, GPU-accelerated performance boosts, and automatic catalog backup of albums, keywords, tags, people, events and more so your work will never be lost. Guided edits walk you through an otherwise complex procedure. The other one is a large library of animated matte overlays that you can apply over a video to highlight the entire video, select scenes, or use as transitions. For example, you can superimpose a video over a still photograph, or use a still silhouette to frame a video behind it. Two new Guided Edits in the 2021 version include the ability to create double effects with videos. There are 25 Guided Edits available in Premiere Elements. After inverting your selection, selecting the Tracking button tracks the motion of the selection throughout the video (below). Running the video, the butterfly flutters around in its natural state and the background remains with the special effect. For example, you can select an area of the video (I chose a butterfly), invert the mask and apply an effect to the background (I chose the New Blue Cartoonr effect). Premiere then tracks the selection through the video, applying the effect through time and space. As mentioned above, the 2021 version includes the ability to easily select an object or an area of a video and apply one of the many prebuilt effects to the selection or to its invert.
It’s always interesting to see what the engineers have to add to programs that have been around for many years, as with Premiere Elements. Bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements photo editor, the cost is $149.99 for new users $119.99 to upgrade. The MSRP for Adobe Premiere Elements 2021 is $99.99 for new users or $79.99 to upgrade. New video editing features include the ability to select a specific object or area of your video and effortlessly apply an effect that tracks throughout the video. Accelerated GPU (graphics processing unit) performance means faster high-quality playback of effects and improved performance when cropping video.
This week, I am taking a look at Adobe Premiere Elements 2021, which provides a way for still photographers to meet their clients’ video requests without deeply immersing themselves into the complexity of high-end Adobe Premiere Pro video editing.
Last week, my hands-on review of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 revealed a powerful image-editing program at a very affordable price.