

We also found the app a little sluggish when it came to dragging effects and transitions into the timeline. This is a new glitch that wasn’t an issue until we updated the app to the latest version (2021.1). On the Mac version of Premiere Elements we found that the contents of the Add Media and Project Assets panels weren’t always visible until we’d clicked on them multiple times.

Unlike the Quick workspace you can add video and audio content to multiple tracks to combine footage in more creative ways. Extra tools such as filter effects can be summoned by clicking icons on the right. The Expert workspace looks very similar to other non-linear video editing apps with a timeline along the bottom, a bin full of project assets at the right and the edited programme is displayed in the viewer. Many have thrived thanks to Adobe's forced subscription service for 99% of their products.The new Animated Mattes Guided Edit helps lets you reveal a video clip in a more creative way (Image credit: George Cairns/Digital Camera World)Īfter spending time trying the tricks and techniques introduced by the Guided Edits you’ll become more confident in exploring the Expert workspace. Without knowing for sure that there will be update to Elements 2021 for M1, it's a waste of money right now.Įither wait for an annoucment of an update and purchase it then, live with the frustrating performance, get Lightroom or step away from the Adobe ecosystem all together. The editor (for photos, haven't tried video) seems to be ok but if you have tried the Lightroom version designed for Apple silicon there is no comparison in terms of speed, smoothness and overall polish. Scrolling from the top to the bottom of my grid of images causes stuttering and delays of anywhere from 5-30 seconds depending on how fast you try to scroll. To the point of making it almost unusable. Even with only 400 photos (jpgs mind you, not RAW), the scrolling is extremely laggy on a MacBook Air M1. I can tell you that the organizer part of Elements 2021 is awful. There is a trial version which runs through Rosetta 2.

Nice to see that two months later and no one from Adobe has bothered to comment here.
