Ulead Video Studio 10 compared to Adobe premiere Elements 2

[Mike B]

I have been trying both of these programs to see which one I may want to buy to replace Pinnacle Studio 9.

Both programs have many good features. At the present time Ulead seems to be the best for me however I like some of the features in Adobe just a little more. The one problem with Adobe is that in my rendering tests Adobe took more than twice as long to render. Could this be a beta version and might I expect better performance with a purchased version?

If anyone has had any experience with Adobe and can give me some input that would be great.

Sincerely,

Mike B

[Bobm03]

I have been trying both of these programs to see which one I may want to buy to replace Pinnacle Studio 9.

Both programs have many good features. At the present time Ulead seems to be the best for me however I like some of the features in Adobe just a little more. The one problem with Adobe is that in my rendering tests Adobe took more than twice as long to render. Could this be a beta version and might I expect better performance with a purchased version?

If anyone has had any experience with Adobe and can give me some input that would be great.

Sincerely,

Mike B

Why not check the Adobe forums.....

[DVDDoug]

in my rendering tests Adobe took more than twice as long to render.

Be careful with your experiments. Make sure you're using the same (or similar) settings. (i.e. Adobe may default to high-quality two-pass encoding.) For most users, render-time should not a big concern. You can go do something else while the computer works. If you are doing lots of videos, or production work, render-time might be more important.

Could this be a beta version and might I expect better performance with a purchased version?

I would NEVER make that assumption about a trial or beta version. A lot of people have been disappointed when they assumed something would be different in a purchased version.

Speaking of assumptions... I would assume that Adobe has better support than Ulead. (i.e. Ulead doesn't have phone-support.) On average, Adobe's products cost much more than Ulead's and they may spend more money/effort on support. (Most consumer-software companies have poor technical support.)