I am still in the early stages of doing an overall "First Look" at Premiere Elements 2018. See HERE for that work in progress. The Daily Discoveries for this newly released version will be included below as they catch my attention in going through the "First Look" and moving forward with the new version (currently using the Trial version on Windows 7 Professional SP 64 bit).
October 10, 2017. Editing Theme Title Text In The Newly Formatted Elements Organizer 2018 Slideshow.
The Elements Organizer 2018 Slideshow offers 7 slideshow themes named: WaterColor, Black & White, Woods, Pan & Zoom, City Lights, and Classic. They all appear to open with a default title for the applied theme, that is, title "Memories" and a subtitle that appears to be related to the date that the medium was taken. That default title and subtitle text can be changed when in the Preview Media workspace by
- Clicking on the Media tab at top left of the Preview Media's workspace to bring up the display of media that have been included in the slideshow
- Bringing up the dialog for the theme title change by double clicking the thumbnail for the theme or right clicking the thumbnail for the theme, followed by clicking on Edit option.
October 11, 2017. Accessing A Guided Edits Tutorial From Guided Workspace In Order To Work With That Tutorial in Expert or Quick Workspace.
In Premiere Elements 14/14.1, the path to a Guided tutorial to be followed in the Expert workspace was started by clicking on Expert tab followed by Guided tab in the row of Premiere Elements 14/14.1 workspace tabs. At that point and moving forward, both the Expert and Guided workspace tabs remained highlighted in black during this feature. Use of Quick Guided also displayed highlighting of both Quick and Guided workspace tabs.
In the case of Premiere Elements 15 and 2018, the selection path is Expert tab (or Quick tab if tutorial is done in Quick workspace) followed by Guided tab, but then only the Guided tab remains highlighted in this feature.
October 12, 2017. Camera Raw Version Shipped With Premiere Elements 2018 and Photoshop Elements 20l8.
Both Elements 2015 (prior version) and Elements 2018 (newly released version) have Camera Raw plugin version 9.12.0.784 as its latest supported Camera Raw version. The Premiere Elements 2018 Photoshop Elements 2018 (newly released Trail versions) being explored show the Camera Raw plugin version 9.12.0.784 with no opportunity for update for it at this time October 12, 2017. (See project's Help Menu/Updates).
However, there is a Camera Raw 12.12.1 version that was released September 6, 2017. This Camera Raw 12.12.1 seems not to have made it yet to the Elements family. This latest Camera Raw version now supports Nikon D850 raw nef images. (As expected, a Nikon D850 raw ref image would not open in Photoshop Elements 15 or 2018 with Camera Raw version 12.12.0.784).
The Adobe document "Camera Raw Differences Between Photoshop and Photoshop Elements" may be of interest. See HERE.
October 12, 2017. Reminder: For Those Considering Premiere Elements 13/13.1 "Burn to" Bluray or AVCHD Opportunities As Alternative To Premiere Elements 2018's Lack Of Support For Bluray And AVCHD "Burn To".
Please refer to
PE: Important Announcements Sticky Blog Post and the March 1, 2016 Entry
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2016/03/pe-important-annoucements-sticky-blog.html
PE: ISO Images (Burn to, Opening, Virtual Burners/Virtual Discs)
http://atr935.blogspot.com/2016/03/pe-iso-images-burn-to-opening-virtual.html
The "Burn to" flaws in Premiere Elements 13/13.1 have not made that version my version of choice for Premiere Elements Windows "Burn to" workflows. This situation was first reported by another and confirmed by others as well as myself.
October 15, 2017. Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit Guided Lessons: Basics, Video Adjustments, Audio Adjustment, And Fun Edits Categories And Content In Each (As Seen Within Project's Guided Category).
Basics
Get Started
Trim and split clips
Add Transitions between clips
Add titles
Video Adjustments
Fix brightness, color, and contrast
Color Pop
Animate graphics
Add an adjustment layer
Fix action cam footage (NEW)
Audio Adjustments
Add narration
Add a music score
Fun Edits
Put a video inside your title
Create slow or fast motion effect
Create a picture-in-picture effect
Apply an effects mask
Create a freeze frame with a motion title (NEW)
Create an animated social post (NEW)
Create Bounce Back Effect
October 16, 2017. Expert Workspace Video And Audio fx Effects Count For
Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit:
The video and audio fx Effects in 2018 versus 15 appear to be the same.
For the Expert workspace, under the fx icon/Video tab, there is a total of 20 categories/372 effects which are itemized below as category/number of effects in category:
Under Video Tab
Advanced Adjustments/8
Blur & Sharpen/5
Channel/2
Color Correction/3
Distort/8
Generate/2
Image Control/4
Keying/14
New Blue Art Effects Elements/9
New Blue Cartoonr Plus/1
New Blue Film Look/1
Perspective/4
Pixelate/1
Render/2
Stylize/10
Time/2
Transform/8
Videomerge/1
Presets
...Bevel Edges/2
...Blurs/2
...Color Effects/13
...Drop Shadows/8
...Horizontal Image Pans/12
...Horizontal Image Zooms/12
...Mosaics/2
...PiPs
......25% PiPs/96
......40% PiPs/96
...Solarizes/2
...Twirls/2
...Vertical Image Pans/12
...Vertical Image Zooms/12
Hollywood Looks/16
Under Audio Tab
For the Expert workspace, under the fx icon/Audio tab, there are no categories/19 effects which are:
Channel Volume
Delay
De Noiser
Dynamics
Fill Left with Right
Fill Right with Left
Highpass
Invert
Lowpass
New Blue Audio Polish
New Blue Auto Mute
New Blue Cleaner
New Blue Hum Remover
New Blue Noise Fader
New Blue Noise Reducer
PitchShifter
Reverb
Simple Notch Filter
Swap Channels
Note: The "Simple Notch Filter" in 2018 seems to be just a rename of Notch found in 15 (same Center (Hz) and Q sliders as well as a Bypass option).
Reminder: For both 2018 and 15, no audio effects are in Quick workspace, and there are only 20 of the 372 video effects that are available in Expert workspace.
October 16, 2017. Expert Workspace Graphics Count For Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit.
No new graphics were found under the Graphics icon located in the vertical bar to the right of the 2018 Expert workspace. As it is in 15, 2018 Graphics offers 13 categories/359 graphics which are itemized below as category/number of graphics in category. Underlined category below contains graphics content that must be downloaded in the opened project before use. Refer to content availability principle HERE.
Animals Birds and Insects/13
Animated Objects/18
Baby/21
HD Animated Objects/12
Costumes/39
Thought and Speech Bubbles/24
Food/12
Holidays and Special Occasions/55
Home/31
Miscellaneous/67
Music/6
Nature/46
Sports and Hobbies/15
Reminder: For both 2018 and 15, Quick workspace only offers 15 of the numerous graphics available in the Expert workspace.
October 18, 2017. Expert Workspace Video And Audio Transition Count For
Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit:
The video and audio Transitions offered in 2018 versus 15 appear to be the same.
For the Expert workspace, under Transitions icon/Video tab, there is a total of 15 categories/103 transitions which are itemized below as category/number of transitions in category:
Under Video Tab
3D Motion/10
Dissolve/8
Iris/7
Map/2
New Blue 3D Explosions Elements/8
New Blue 3D Transformations Elements/6
New Blue Art Blends Elements/8
New Blue Motion Blends Elements/7
Page Peel/5
Picture Wipes/3
Slide/12
Special Effects/2
Stretch/4
Wipe/17
Zoom/4
Under Audio Tab
For the Expert workspace, under the Transitions icon/Audio tab, there is 1 category/2 transitions which are itemized below as category/number of transitions in category:
Crossfade/2
Reminder: For both 2018 and 15, no audio transitions are available in Quick workspace, and Quick workspace has only 16 of the 103 video transitions that are available in Expert workspace.
October 18, 2017. Expert And Quick Workspaces Music Count For Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit:
In going from 15 to 2018, the same music scores and sound effects are found. And, in either version, the Quick workspace has available to it all the music scores and sound effects available in the Expert workspace. Under the ADD/Music tab/Music Score, there are 7 categories/52 music scores. Each music score must be downloaded in the opened project before use. Refer to content availability principle HERE. Under the ADD/Music tab/Sound Effects, there are 13 categories/268 sound effects. The music scores and sound effects are itemized below as category/number of items in category:
Music Score
Ambient/6
Atmospheric/8
Blues/2
Country/5
Rock-Pop/22
Urban/4
Weddings/5
Sound Effects
Ambience/49
Animals/10
Cartoon Effects/20
Crashes/10
Fire and Explosions/18
Foley/30
Impacts/20
Industry/10
Liquids/10
Science Fiction/30
Technology/30
Transportation/11
Weather/20
October 18, 2017. "Outdoor Adventure" Instant Movie Theme Error Still Has Not Been Fixed In The Newly Released Premiere Elements 2018.
Missing media patches continue to display in the finished Instant Movie which is created with the Event/"Outdoor Adventure" theme. This problem and possible fix for the issue were described HERE back in 2014 in the blog post "PE: Instant Movie Theme "Outdoor Adventure Glitches".
Note: It is not clear why this known issue has not been fixed by Adobe.
October 18, 2017. 2018 Expert And Quick Workspaces Instant Movie Themes Count For
Premiere Elements 2018 Windows 64 bit.
No new Instant Movie themes were found for Instant Movie feature in the new version. As it is in 15, 2018 Instant Movie offers 5 categories/41 themes which are itemized below as category/number of themes in category. With the exception of the default Slideshow/Pan and Zoom theme, each theme must be downloaded in the opened project before use. Refer to content availability principle HERE.
Slideshow/2
Events/12
Memories/3
Pets/2
Style/22
Theme availability is the same in the Expert and Quick workspaces.
October 27, 2017. Camera Raw For Photoshop Elements 2018/Premiere Elements 2018 Updated To Camera Raw Version 10. (For My Earlier Information On The Camera Raw Version For Elements 2018, Also Refer To The October 12, 2017 Entry In This Daily Discoveries Blog Post.)
New Camera Raw Version 10 was found available for updating under the Help Menu/Updates accessed from either the Photoshop Elements 2018 Editor or Premiere Elements Editor. The following are some links to related Adobe documents:
Updates for Photoshop Elements and Camera Raw
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/release-note/update.html
Cameras supported by Camera Raw
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/release-note/update.html
Process camera raw image files
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/processing-camera-raw-image-files.html
Adobe Digital Negative Converter
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adobe-dng-converter.html
Reminder/Example: Install of Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in now enables editing Nikon D850 nef raw (or dng) image format in the Camera Raw 10 dialog which opens in Photoshop Elements 2018, but only allows for importing the Nikon D850 nef raw (and .dng) images into a Premiere Elements 2018 project. The requirements for the processes involve
- Camera Raw version must support the camera that created the raw image format
- Photoshop Elements/Premiere Elements version must support the version of Camera Raw installed
The installation language options were found to be the same for those in try out version as compared to purchased Photoshop Elements 2018/Premiere Elements 2018 combination on DVD installation disc.
Note: Photoshop Elements 2018 installation language options included Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese whereas Premiere Elements 2018 installation language choices included Simplified Chinese but not Korean and Traditional Chinese. Same situation exists for Photoshop Elements 15/Premiere Elements 15.
February 7, 2018. Possible Source Of Confusion Related To How Adobe Named Its Latest Premiere Elements Version.
Naming of the latest version of Premiere Elements was pointed to at the beginning of the Premiere Elements 2018 First Look blog post found HERE and read
According to online reports, on October 4, 2017 Adobe announced the release of Premiere Elements 2018 as the latest version of Premiere Elements, the successor to Premiere Elements 15. What's New appears to be headed by a change in the version numbering. Starting with this latest release, the version name for subsequent versions will take on the upcoming year of the release rather than following the prior numbering system of 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.Although the latest version of Premiere Elements is marketed as Premiere Elements 2018, the installed "Premiere Elements 2018" has places where the program is identified as "16". This "16" would be in keeping with the prior numbering system of 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Recently I saw one instance where Premiere Elements 2018 was referred to as Premiere Elements 18. At this time, it is not known how frequently "18" is being used instead of "2018" especially in online posts, and I wonder about the potential for confusion between 18, 2018, and 16 in sorting out versions moving forward.
Work in progress, always rechecking for accuracy.
ATR
