Bring all your footage and photos together:

• Use footage from virtually anywhere
• Import photos, too
• Get the big picture

Easily organize and find your videos and photos:

• Manage your videos more easily
• Map your memories
• Find photos that contain specific objects
• Tag photos faster using your Facebook Friends list
• Organize visually
• Quickly find specific people in photos
• Quickly find your best clips
• Find a specific scene fast
• See just the videos you want to see
• Find videos faster than ever
• Pinpoint your search
• Know where your videos are

Choose smart moviemaking options:

• Turn photos into entertaining movies
• Adjust color with greater ease
• Easily correct or enhance color
• Create a polished movie instantly
• Quickly trim all but your best footage
• Fix imperfections fast
• Easily fix audio problems
• Easily put your subject in a new setting
• Enjoy a perfect balance of audio
• Add the perfect soundtrack

Edit with ease and control:

• Choose from two editing modes to fit your needs
• Enjoy optimized SD and HD video editing
• Make movies with drag-and-drop ease
• Edit and preview in one convenient place
• Get the full effect as you work
• Edit with more control in the Timeline
• Work the way that suits you
• See just the tools you need
• Direct it all
• Work smoothly with effects
• See every detail
• Feel free to experiment

Customize with TV-style effects and transitions:

• Go Hollywood with popular movie styles
• Slow down or speed up the action
• Enhance your footage with powerful photo-blending techniques
• Add visual interest with eye-catching transitions
• Show all the action
• Have fun with animations
• Get creative inspiration
• Impress your audience with dazzling effects
• Tie it all together with a theme
• Add visual pop right where you want it
• Add artwork and animations
• Get creative with stop-motion animation

Sound your best:

• Edit to the beat of a favorite song
• Narrate your stories
• Mix and refine audio for greater impact
• Create a rich, full soundtrack

Add professional-quality menus and text:

• Customize your discs with interactive menus
• Animate titles to fit your movie
• Add a scene index for easy navigation
• Add polished credits

Share virtually anywhere:

• Share videos and slide shows on Vimeo
• Get HD quality on standard DVDs
• Quickly share on other popular sites
• Export in AVCHD format
• Share optimized media
• Create movie discs in a few simple steps
• Share your stories on the web
• Share on the go
• Create web DVDs
• Share in Online Albums
• Share movies in high-quality HD
• Preview before you burn
• Optimize for any screen
• Share in many ways from one location

Supported import/export formats include:

• AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc (export only), DV-AVI (import/export on Windows, import only on Mac OS), DVD, Dolby® Digital Stereo, H.264, HDV, MPEG-1 (import only), MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3, QuickTime, Windows Media (Windows only), and many more.

Bring all your footage and photos together:

• Use footage from virtually anywhere
• Import photos, too
• Get the big picture

Easily organize and find your videos and photos:

• Manage your videos more easily
• Map your memories
• Find photos that contain specific objects
• Tag photos faster using your Facebook Friends list
• Organize visually
• Quickly find specific people in photos
• Quickly find your best clips
• Find a specific scene fast
• See just the videos you want to see
• Find videos faster than ever
• Pinpoint your search
• Know where your videos are

Choose smart moviemaking options:

• Turn photos into entertaining movies
• Adjust color with greater ease
• Easily correct or enhance color
• Create a polished movie instantly
• Quickly trim all but your best footage
• Fix imperfections fast
• Easily fix audio problems
• Easily put your subject in a new setting
• Enjoy a perfect balance of audio
• Add the perfect soundtrack

Edit with ease and control:

• Choose from two editing modes to fit your needs
• Enjoy optimized SD and HD video editing
• Make movies with drag-and-drop ease
• Edit and preview in one convenient place
• Get the full effect as you work
• Edit with more control in the Timeline
• Work the way that suits you
• See just the tools you need
• Direct it all
• Work smoothly with effects
• See every detail
• Feel free to experiment

Customize with TV-style effects and transitions:

• Go Hollywood with popular movie styles
• Slow down or speed up the action
• Enhance your footage with powerful photo-blending techniques
• Add visual interest with eye-catching transitions
• Show all the action
• Have fun with animations
• Get creative inspiration
• Impress your audience with dazzling effects
• Tie it all together with a theme
• Add visual pop right where you want it
• Add artwork and animations
• Get creative with stop-motion animation

Sound your best:

• Edit to the beat of a favorite song
• Narrate your stories
• Mix and refine audio for greater impact
• Create a rich, full soundtrack

Add professional-quality menus and text:

• Customize your discs with interactive menus
• Animate titles to fit your movie
• Add a scene index for easy navigation
• Add polished credits

Share virtually anywhere:

• Share videos and slide shows on Vimeo
• Get HD quality on standard DVDs
• Quickly share on other popular sites
• Export in AVCHD format
• Share optimized media
• Create movie discs in a few simple steps
• Share your stories on the web
• Share on the go
• Create web DVDs
• Share in Online Albums
• Share movies in high-quality HD
• Preview before you burn
• Optimize for any screen
• Share in many ways from one location

Processor:

• 2 GHz or faster with SSE2 support; dual-core required for HDV or AVCHD editing and Blu-ray or AVCHD export for PC
• Multicore Intel for Mac (64-bit)

Operating System:

• Windows XP with Service Pack 2
• Windows Media Center
• Windows Vista (all applications run native on 32-bit operating systems and in 32-bit compatibility mode on 64-bit operating systems)
• Windows 7
• Windows 8 (Adobe Premiere Elements Editor runs native on 32/64-bit operating systems; all other applications run native on 32-bit operating systems and in 32-bit compatibility mode on 64-bit operating systems)
• Mac OS X v.10.6 through v.10.8

Hard Disk:

• 4 GB of available space to install applications; additional 5 GB to download content

Memory:

• 2 GB of RAM

Optical Drive:

• DVD-ROM (compatible DVD burner required to burn DVDs; compatible Blu-ray burner required to burn Blu-ray discs)

Others:

• Graphics card with the latest updated drivers
• Color monitor with 16-bit color video card for PC
• 1024x768 display resolution
• Microsoft DirectX 9 or 10 compatible sound and display driver for PC
• DV/i.LINK/FireWire/IEEE 1394 interface to connect a Digital 8 DV camcorder
• QuickTime 7 software
• Windows Media Player (required if importing/exporting Windows Media formats)

Note:

• Internet connection required for Internet-based services

Supported import/export formats include:

• AVCHD, Blu-ray Disc (export only), DV-AVI (import/export on Windows, import only on Mac OS), DVD, Dolby® Digital Stereo, H.264, HDV, MPEG-1 (import only), MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MP3, QuickTime, Windows Media (Windows only), and many more.