I want a home video editing package and are looking at THREE in particular although I am open to other suggestions. Adobe Premier Elements, Roxio Creator, and Pinnicle Studio seem to stand out. Has any one got one of these, if so how do you like it or WOULD you prefer to have purchased another. I don't require allot of fancy options but I would like it to add audio either in one or two channels, us greenscree editing, and be fairly fast on the up and down load. I am using a miniDV which I understand Elements is not great with, but that could be rumor. Give any advice please. Thanks in advance.Adobe Premier Elements 3.0

Roxio Easy Media Creator 9

Pinnacle Studio 10 (it's not the newest version, but you get the idea)

Instead of taking our word for it, try them out for yourself for free. Personally, I like Sony Vegas Movie Studio.I noticed Sony Vegas Movie Studio in the list of noteables and I have a Sony camera. Can you tell me what you like about it and any thing you do not like about it. Any liability for this product is of course resolved.I mainly like it because it actually works. Heh. I've had a lot of trouble with video editing software (I also have a Sony camera) and this is the first program to not give me loads of problems and complications. The file sizes are pretty big, but it's also good quality. One problem, however, is that I have yet to figure out how customize the resolution (it's stuck at 320 x 240). Also, my videos come out a little darker than on the camera, but I'm not sure if this is an issue with the software or not. The same thing happens with my HP digital stillshot, so maybe this is normal. Sound quality is great, though.

Adobe's editing tools APPEAR to be more advanced (I have minimal experience because it won't recognize my camera), but Vegas has a lot of the same features/tools. I think you should download the free trial (it's a comparitively small file; I downloaded it on dial-up) and play around with it for a bit. I haven't been using this program long and I haven't familiarized myself with the various editing tools, so I can't comment too much about them. But as far as recording and encoding (in several popular formats) GO, I'm quite pleased. My only qualms so far are the brightness and resolution.Thanks and I will do just that. A trial version is a good idea that I had not thought of. I had read an article about Adobe that meantioned something about problems with camera downloading with mpeg-2 format. I'll give it a shot.Sounds good. Let me know how you like it.Do you recommend the Platnium version with HDV or regular package. I have a Mini DV camera Sony DCR-DVD108 that produces mpeg2 format clips. Which do you have CBMatt?I would have to recommend the Platinum version, mainly because it's the version I'm using. I haven't used the regular package, so I don't know what it might be lacking. You could try out both trials and see if the regular package is enough to suit your needs. It's a bit of a pain, but hey, maybe you'll save yourself 30 bucks or so.

My camera is a Sony DCR-TRV250 NTSC. A little old, but still nice. I'm not entirely sure what the standard video format is, but Vegas lets me record in several different formats, so I guess it's not too important. Heh.