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"Only truly supported input video format is DV AVI"
Pros: Intuitive user interface, good DVD output, intuitive and convenient workflow, fully integrated with all components, professional Timeline paradigm can play with the pros, up to 99 video tracks!
Cons: Slow transcoding to DVD, only truly supported input video format is DV AVI, limited video effects, you need to buy Photoshop Elements to edit DVD menu template or create new ones
Summary: Premiere Elements 2.0 is a very capable video editing suite with strengths in user interface, workflow, stability, and Timeline editing that compares with the best professional apps, all while offering the ease-of-use that is expected in consumer-grade applications.
Although Adobe claims to support a variety of input video formats, only one (1) format, that being DV AVI (and it must be captured by Premiere Elements 2) can guarantee that it will work. Other formats or variations, though said to be "supported" by Adobe, are a matter of luck, being problematic or virtually impossible to use (visit Forums at www.adobe.com for details).
Conclusions: If your only source of video is your compatible DV camcorder, then you'll get satisfying results. If you plan to use other types of video in Premiere Elements, and you want to do it reliably, another tool is more appropriate
