This morning I learned that Adobe has released Premiere Elements 2019. Today I will download from Adobe the tryout and take a first look at this latest version of the software. My report will be an in depth work in progress. The following was the first news that I saw online regarding the nature of this release. So in the meanwhile, please take a look at the 2019 features and other introductory details put online by Adobe.
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements/features.html
Coming soon here, details in my Premiere Elements 2019 First Look and Premiere Elements 2019 Daily Discoveries blog posts.
ATR
Let us begin...
Item 1. October 4, 2018. Premiere Elements 2019 Helpful Links.
"Download Adobe Premiere Elements | 2019, 2018, and 15"
https://helpx.adobe.com/download-install/kb/premiere-elements-downloads.html
"Premiere Elements Product Comparison"
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere-elements/buying-guide.html
"Adobe Premiere Element User Guide"
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/user-guide.html
Item 2. October 4, 2018. Premiere Elements Version Name.
Be aware that, in some places on your computer, the installed Premiere Elements 2019 will be referred to as version 17. Reminder, in the case of Premiere Elements 2018 (previous version), Premiere Elements 2018 in some places on the your computer will be referred to as version 16.
Item 3. October 4, 2018. Premiere Elements 2019 Add Media/Importing Video Created With Variable Frame Rate (VFR).
In the past, Premiere Elements has had audio sync and other problems when dealing with imported video that was created with a variable frame rate (VFR). According to the Adobe document "Add Media" dated October 4, 2018, NEW "Premiere Elements 2019 automatically synchronizes the audio with videos that have VFR footage". See HERE.
Item 4. October 4, 2018. The New Home Screen 35 Topic Choices (as of this writing).
The Premiere Elements 2019 Home Screen topic choices at this time include:
Get started with Photoshop Elements 2019 or Get started with Premiere Elements 2019
Create a Slideshow
Get started quickly with the home screen
Add speed effect to your photo
Bring in your photos and videos
Enjoy auto-generated creations
Tips for great vacation videos
Tag family and friends
Make fun memes
Create a Zoom Burst
Create multi-photo text
Create a panorama
Turn part of your photo into a sketch
Copy from one photo to another
Make movies more easily than ever
Tweet a photo
Create glass pane effects
Share photos and videos
Add text and border overlays
Create watercolor effect
Add luma fade transitions
Trim a video
Extract photos from your footage
Brighten a photo
Create a fun bounce-back effect
Create dramatic transition
Find your best photos
Organize Using Albums
Replace a photo's background
Add a vignette effect
Create Photo Text
Create slo-mo effect
Share a video to YouTube
Remove distractions
Auto Creations - Import more media for Auto Creations
Not all the topic choices target Premiere Elements.
Item 5. October 4, 2018. Premiere Elements 2019 Timeline Uploading To YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook.
In previous version, Export & Share/Online offered Timeline uploading to YouTube, Vimeo, and Facebook. In Premiere Elements 2019, the Facebook option appears to have been removed from Export & Share/Online, leaving the choice there at YouTube or Vimeo, each with H.264 video format and AAC audio at settings under HD1080 1920 x 1080, HD720 1280 x 720, or SD480 640 x 480. Frame rate was found to be dependent on project preset (NTSC 29.97 fps or PAL 25 fps).
Item 6. October 8, 2018. HD Animated Graphics Category Removed From Premiere Elements 2019 Expert Workspace Graphics.
The Premiere Elements 2018 Expert workspace Graphics/HD Animated Graphics was not carried over to Premiere Elements 2019 Expert workspace Graphics. In 2018, those HD Animated Graphics included: AngryFace-HD, Bird Circling-HD, Butterfly-HD, Dust-HD, ExclamationMark-HD, Heart-HD, Lightbulb-HD, Question Mark-HD, SadFace-HD, SmileyFace-HD, Stars-HD, and Stormcloud-HD. But, a non HD version of each of these is available in Premiere Elements 2019 Expert workspace Graphics under the category named Animated Objects.
Item 7. October 19, 2018. Home Screen Auto Creations Not Working In Premiere Elements 2019 Windows Tryout.
Now into the 15th day of the Premiere Elements 2019 tryout from Adobe, I have never gotten this Auto Creations feature to appear in the Home Screen and work as advertised. Troubleshooting of this problem has included "the wait approach" as well as making sure the "Generate Auto Creations" preference was enabled in the Elements Organizer 2019 Edit Menu/Preferences/Media-Analysis. Finding the solution in the following was unsuccessful:
What's new in Adobe Premiere Elements/Auto Creations section
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/using/whats-new.html#auto_creations
View and share auto-created collages, slideshows, and more
https://helpx.adobe.com/elements-organizer/using/auto-creation.html
This Adobe document includes a Frequently asked questions section which includes the question "I'm unable to view Auto Creations on the Home Screen. Why?" The answer given there did not help me resolve this issue. Still troubleshooting, trying to determine if the problem is (a) feature does not work in tryout, (b) my misunderstanding of Adobe description of feature, (c) feature does not work in Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit (the computer in use for the tryout), or (d) other.
Add on regarding Home Screen Auto Creations issue, see Adobe Photoshop Elements forum post dated October 13, 2018 and found HERE. Follow up on this issue is in progress.
Item 8. October 20, 2018. Adobe List For Premiere Elements 2019 Removed Features.
The list for Premiere Elements 2019 removed features can be HERE and, according to Adobe, includes:
- Flash files
- DVD (Mac Only)
- Quick time format, noting that "Codecs supported by native operating systems continue to work
- Direct share on Facebook, noting "You can save your creations to your computer and share those on Facebook separately. For more information about this issue and the workaround, see Unable to upload photos and videos to Facebook." This document that Adobe points to goes into Facebook removal issue, reasons, impact, and suggested workarounds.
Photoshop Elements 2019/Premiere Elements 2019 tryouts that were explored in this blog post each came with Adobe Camera Raw 10.4 installed and no opportunity for updates. In a tryout project's Help/Updates, each has Updates grayed out there.
A Camera Raw 10.5 (along with 10.4, 10.3, 10.2, 10.1, 10.0) is described in its 2018 releases document titled "Features Summary | Adobe Camera Raw | 2018 Releases" and dated October 15, 2018. See HERE. The document's has an Applies to: Photoshop.
Furthermore, Adobe reports a Camera Raw version 11 in its document titled "What's new in Camera Raw CC?" which is dated October 15, 2018 and has an Applies to: Photoshop. That document can be found HERE. It is not known by this writer at this time when and if a Camera Raw 10.5 and/or 11 will be available for Photoshop Elements 2019/Premiere Elements 2019 via each in project's Help Menu/Updates. More on this as more information is available.
Item 10. December 25, 2018. Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 11.1 Recently Available For Photoshop Elements 2019 and Premiere Elements 2019.
Help Menu/Updates in the Photoshop Elements 2019 and Premiere Elements 2019 workspaces is now active for use in downloading and installing Camera Raw 11.1, the latest Camera Raw update for the 2019 version of Elements. Additional information can be found
Cameras supported by Camera Raw (dated December 20, 2018)
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-supported-cameras.html
Camera Raw (dated December 10, 2018)
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/using/supported-cameras.html
Side Note: Camera Raw.8bi file for Camera Raw 11.1 could not be made to work in Elements 2018 when it was moved from Elements 2019 to Elements 2018. Paths used for the from and to were:
From: Local Disk (C:)/Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Plug-Ins/Elements 17/File Formats
To: Local Disk (C:)/Program Files/Common Files/Adobe/Plug-Ins/Elements 16/File Formats
Work in progress.
ATR
