Now I'm confused.  In your first post you say you are using a trial.  In the last post you say you're a fan! Do you have it or are you looking to buy it?  Do you know how to use it but, not for slideshows? ... View more

Where are you looking? I installed version 15 yesterday and found several theme thumbnails under Create > Instant Movie. To conserve space on your computer they are not normally downloaded until you want to use one.  Optionally, they can be all downloaded at once. ... View more

dane7712084 wrote: Sorry about not responding sooner. Reading this email, you indicate that the Premier Elements does have a method to create high quality slide shows. So you do recommend that I purchase the program. Please confirm and thanks for the input. Regards, Dan Enzone Dan, Yes.  Premier Elements is a personal favorite.  I've paid to get versions 9, 10, 11, 13 and (yesterday) 15.  I skipped 12 and 14 because they didn't include changes significant to me.  I should confess to being, at least marginally, an Adobe fanboy.  I'm retired and a big part of my life is enjoying photography and videography.   Without Lightroom, Photoshop and Premier Elements, retirement would not be nearly as much fun. When you're ready, I and others can help you make an automated slideshow that can play on anything.  One caution....Premier Elements does not make the kind of slide show where the picture changes when you press a button.  Premier Elements is best for the kind that plays through with optional sound and narration. Another caution is that Premiere Elements does not run well on a weak computer.   It depends on both the computer and the type of material your are working on. Bill ... View more

You can make high quality slideshows that play on Blu-Ray players in Premier Elements.  You can also make high quality MP4s, copy them to a DVD disk and play them on most, or many, Blu-Ray players.   There are also slideshow options in Organizer that comes with Elements.  And, I'm sure you know of others.  I know nothing about it, but have read ProShow Gold is a favorite for many.  And, PowerPoint too! ... View more

Regarding speed, video rendering is one of the few things that make a computer work really hard.  It is the same with all video editing programs.  You have to have a strong computer and patience.   DVD writing is also a slow process. Regarding the banner, the only way you can get rid of it is to buy the software.  There has been a sale at 30% off for a few days.  I think it ends today. If you are making a traditional "movie" DVD, the quality will be bad.  The DVD was invented when we had tube TVs and is the old standard definition.  All your great travel photos will be reduced to a low resolution and look bad on any current flat panel HD TV.  It will be the same with any system making DVD.  There are several other output choices in Premier Elements that will make HD quality slideshows.  If you have one of the newest 4K TVs there are choices for that too.  FWIW, I took advantage of the sale and upgraded from my two year old version yesterday.   Nothing I've tried in the past half dozen years to make videos or slideshows works better.   There are tools built in to make them for everything from my best TV to Vimeo.  Good luck with your project.   Bill ... View more

edwardc13569364 wrote: ........ I can only assume that if I re-publish my projects in the Disk menu with the 1920 X 1080i format the storage required will go up and I will have to shorten the videos per DVD. Does this make sense? Yes, it makes sense. There is a DVD known as double sided that will hold 9+ GB, but I don't know how they work.  You can buy a Blu-Ray burner and Blu-Ray disks.   Single layer Blu-Rays hold 25 GB and there is a dual layer version.  ... View more

mikeyj1 wrote: Unfortunately, none of the 'correct answers' actually answer the question, which is how long will this go on, and/or how do I fix it? Workarounds are appreciated, but the problem exists also in PE12 for me, and like Aaron, I want to know whats wrong with the service and when does it get fixed? thanks, and sorry for sounding grumpy I may be wrong, but as near as I can tell, it is happening to all brands of video editors that offer an automatic uploader.   The "service" problem is at YouTube.  You might consider making suggestions to Google!   For whatever reason, YouTube/Google wants to control the process.  Do you think Google/YouTube is going to send out technical memos to programmers at Adobe and Adobe's competitors? Reality here is that the "work around" works well, quickly and reliably.  I'm sorry you are grumpy! Bill ... View more

JJMack wrote: Bill I do not know if those consideration were made before CC 2015 when Adobe first started to removing users installed old version on users which was a drastic change considering that was not done for the prior 14 versions of Photoshop. If anything the removal of prior version should be a elective option use may select if they wish to. Not the default. Shame on Adobe. If you get a new car it OK with you that the car dealer take your old car for that what the dealers new policy is they changed their old operation. They will allow you keep you old car if you see they change their policy and you do not agree with it. Also the dealer is willing to let you get your old car back in operation. I fully agree that the "delete previous version" should have had the default the other way.  I didn't spot it and my old version got deleted.  Had I waited a few weeks and read the various online user difficulties, I probably would have postponed the update.    ... View more

charliegoodtime wrote: I see where you are coming from BIll, but this decision is not a spur of the moment thing. Lightroom has been broken for several months, and the penultimate update of PS broke compatibility with a number of plugins (there's lots on the forum about that). To have to move files around again, to find psds opening as index layers only, jpgs not recognised etc etc is just not acceptable to my way of thinking - neither is having to trawl through help files to fix 'improvements' in the product. I'm happy that you're content with the suite, but I'm off. I sincerely hope you find what you want.  And, with luck you'll post somewhere what you find.  It baffles me that, based on what I read, Adobe continues to grow their customer base. ... View more

JJMack wrote: .... Shame on Adobe. With due respect, I'll counter and suggest user not leap at everything new.  I do not, and have never, used Adobe products for income.  I enjoy three of them with serious but not commercial purposes.  In other words, I don't rely on Adobe, I have fun with Adobe. If I did depend on it for 100% reliability 24/7 I would read whatever release information Adobe provides. In my system the "new features" page came up: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/whats-new.html On that page a link is provided at the top sending you to "considerations and tips" for those upgrading from a previous version.  That leads to:  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/uptodate.html#Updaterelatedconsiderations In the second section of that page is a blue link about third-party plug-ins leading to this page:  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/plug-ins-photoshop-troubleshooting.html#Third_party_plugin_installation_help Adobe seems to cover the situation pretty well and perhaps doesn't deserve too much shame. Bill A Fanboy Suspect ... View more

Peru Bob wrote: whsprague wrote: That may have something to do with individual computer specifications. You are right!  Of course it does.  It is common to suggest an i7, 16GB RAM and a 7200RPM HDD for Premier Elements users.   That's what I have.  In fact, it is a now "older" laptop with a "slower" i7. Bill ... View more

I'll risk sounding like a fanboy..... Based on a few forums, Adobe always has a few hundred users that have some trouble, are vocal, can be angry and want to "get even" with public broadcasts on the internet.  Yet Adobe has millions of users that don't show up on forums.  Depending on how many millions, the success rate is somewhere around 99.9%.  As a cloud subscriber you can elect to take advantage of it all.  Wait 60 days before you update anything.  Follow a few forums and monitor for when the growing pains of a new update or upgrade are identified and solved.  Let the people that enjoy being "early adopters" help you have a better life. Bill ... View more

After I figure out what "Design Space" is, I may put the tilde in for the heck of it. "Design Space  is a companion experience to Photoshop for web and app designers. Technically, Design Space (Preview) is an HMTL5/CSS/JavaScript layer built on top of Photoshop. Separating this new experience from standard Photoshop in this manner facilitates a fresh UI, smarter interactions, and faster delivery of top-requested features. " ... View more

There is a good tutorial about how to use the free Audacity to sync audio for Premier Elements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2kLOnOnx9c ... View more

edwardc13569364 wrote: Bill, you are a genus! I picked in publish "Disk" then "AVCHD". In that menu I chose H.264 1920 X 1080p the first time and it played very bad. This time, at your suggestion, I chose H.264 1920 X 1080i, and it played great, the same as when I play it directly from the camera. The interesting thing is that when I chose "Computer", and then M2T - H264 1920 X 1080i 30, and then saved the file to a DVD it did not play well; I thought the two were the same, I guess not. Can you tell me why the DVD disks will only play on a Blu-Ray for 15 to 20 minutes? Thanks for staying with me. Ed Thank you for calling me a genius!  I think I can explain the 15 to 20 minutes.  Disks of any sort are storage devices for data.  To put a full length movie on a disk it is a LOT of data.  So, Sony and Panasonic (and maybe someone else) invented the Blu-Ray standard.  There was a fight in the market with a Microsoft-Toshiba product called "HD DVD".   Both teams wanted to control the format for the distribution of Hollywood movies for playing on the then new HD TVs.  Royalties were involved.   Blu-Ray won and HD DVDs disappeared. The Blu-Ray standard included a new type of disk with the capacity for a LOT of data.  It also includes a format.  Tyhe apparently decided that the format could still be useful for disks that hold a relatively TINY amount of data.  The LOT of data disks are called Blu-Rays and cost a couple dollars.  The TINY disks are called "AVCHD Disks" and use cheap old DVD disks that cost about $.50.  In other words, the data required for 15 to 20 minutes completely fills a DVD where it would only use a fraction of a Blu-Ray.  Another advantage for home producers of 15 minute videos is that they can be created on the common DVD drive in many computers.  To make a Blu-Ray, you have to have a Blu-Ray burner.  The look the same, but are not. ... View more

Same with an Epson scanner.  The Epson software it pretty good.  If I ever decide to do a lot of scanning, I will try VueScan based on the positive reviews. Workflow would be to scan to a dedicated folder registered in LR.  Sync the folder and Edit in Photoshop. ... View more

I don't have a GoPro.  I do have a couple of Panasonic cameras that shoot 4K.  In Premier Elements, the output options for 4K are only included in the XAVC selection.  I think the "S" may mean Sony, because I've seen XAVC with other suffixes.  With my Panasonic 4K footage as source files, I use the XAVC-S output sequence, find the Advance button and then the "Match Source" button.  I'm pleased with how it works. Unfortunately I can't tell you exactly where to look for the buttons!  I'm still on the ancient version 13.  But, I might buy 15 because it is on sale today, and until the 10th, at Adobe! Bill ... View more

LariosoDog wrote: Anything happend for this kind of gyro stabilized harness/sling to carry cameras? I don't own one, but an online friend has use a Beholder MS1 on a mirrorless camera.  His results are impressive.  Beholder also has a larger DS1 for heavier DSLRs.  https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1180478-REG/ikan_beholder_ms1_mirrorless_camera.html DJI, the drone company, makes a complete 4K capable unit called the OSMO. http://www.dji.com/osmo ... View more

(On edit, I see Steve beat me by 4 minutes.  I type too much and too slow.  Rather than delete this, I will leave it as is.) Adobe has addressed it.  All versions of PrE prior to 15 listed Quicktime as a requirement.  The current specifications for 15 do not. Read this page:  Tech specs & system requirements | Adobe Premiere Elements 15 for Mac, Windows, PC After listing a string off a string of import and export formats, a key sentence is at the bottom:  "Import/export of some formats may require activation via an Internet connection. Activation is fast, easy, and free." There was a time when Canon, Sony, Panasonic and others offered camcorders with specific format selections that would appeal to Apple users.  I don't know about your DSLR.  But I doubt it needs any of the Quicktime support files. A convenient way for Adobe and others to make it work was to have Quicktime installed.  And, it was not Quicktime, it was the support files that were needed.  If at some point, you can't make Adobe or other editors work on an Apple format,  the Quicktime installation offers a choice install only the support files.  If you have installed the full Quicktime you can rename Quicktime.exe to .bak. If in fact, Premier Elements has imported you clips from your camera, you have proven you don't need Quicktime.  Whatever codecs or formats you are using are present.  You have no worries! ... View more

Please list a lot more detail about the camera, the clips, the project, your output selections and the computer. ... View more

It is true but confusing. Premier Elements 14, and previous, require Quicktime components but not Quicktime itself.  You can uninstall Quicktime and then re-install it while selecting to only install the support files.  The other choice is to find and rename Quicktime.exe to Quicktime. bak or .old or something.  On my computer the easy thing was to rename the .exe  The security risk is only valid if Quicktime is running.  And, this is for Windows only.   Apple is not addressing it.  Apple has said Quicktime for Windows will not get any further support.  Apple and Microsoft have never been pals! As with other software companies, Adobe has moved or is moving forward away from Quicktime.  Premier Elements 15 does not list Quicktime as a requirement.  It will run without it.  However, some say that some formats from some cameras that use Apple related video files MAY need Quicktime.   The Adobe requirments page has an odd footnote that says, "Import/export of some formats may require activation via an Internet connection. Activation is fast, easy, and free." ... View more

"why does my AVCHD video clip from the camera play well when burned to a DVD"  I'm sure Steve will answer.  But it could help to figure out how the AVCHD video clip is getting to the DVD. How are you doing that?  "Burn" is a confusing word.  Are you creating a video DVD?  Are you copying camera files to a DVD disk?  Once that is clear, the two likely choices that may be causing a problem are the project settings and the output settings.  My experience with AVCHD 1920x1080p60 video from a few different cameras has been good when making MP4s to play or creating AVCHD Disks.  It has been poor when creating DVDs.  Bill ... View more

Steve is, as always correct.  But, he left out one possibility. Some Blu-Ray players will play data files.  They can be songs (MP3), pictures (JPG) and video clips (MT2S or MTS).  It varies from player to player.  At one point I had three different players, a Panasonic, a Sony and a Samsung.  They all worked differently.  If I copied the clips from my camera to an "optical disk", generically referred to as a DVD, it would play in one of my players.  I think it was the Panasonic, but forget.  The Sony has a USB port. I could copy the clips directly to a memory stick and they would play.  The Panasonic has a slot in the front for SD cards and it would play from the card straight out of my Panasonic camcorder. I found I could make a collection of clips into a video with Premier Elements, output a MP4 final file to match the 1920x1080p60 originals using the AVCHD menu choice in PrE13.  I could copy that file to a "DVD" and, on one player, it played in full HD glory.  I emphasise, it was not a "DVD".  I did not use the It was video files on a "data DVD".  I did not use the Disk choice under Publish and Share.  I used the Computer > AVCHD choice.  My videos are always short so I can use the AVCHD Disk that Steve mentions.  It is format that is is rarely understood or used.  It should be because you can make typical home videos in HD on an ordinary DVD drive.  You don't need a Blu-Ray burner.  He left out that they only work for videos under twenty minutes, maybe even 15.  As he said, they are mini Blu-Rays.  Blu-Rays, both the mini version and the real ones, are of HD quality, but always "interlaced".  Consequently, depending on your source clips, there can be a difference in viewing quality when playing a 1920x1080p60 file and watching that same file after it has been "burned" to a Blu-Ray.  Interlacing is a complex process I don't understand.  But, I've seen examples of where "progressive" clips become "blurry" when converted to interlaced, especially when the clip is a panned shot.  Good luck and I hope this helps a little.  Bill ... View more