It’s only a hundred bucks, and it’s surprisingly capable. If you weren’t sold on FCPX, or if you don’t feel like shelling out for either it or Premiere Pro, that makes Premiere Elements 10 an intriguing choice. Now, Apple has ditched Final Cut Express – Final Cut Pro X is its only option. Then, Adobe brought their Premiere Elements to the Mac, complete with native AVCHD editing – something Apple’s editors lacked (at the time requiring time-consuming transcoding).
Windows users for some time have enjoyed budget-priced video editors from Sony and Adobe the Mac user base has had only Final Cut Express. Macworld has published the review I wrote of Premiere Elements 10.
Click “Timeline” instead of “Sceneline,” and Premiere Elements 10 becomes a more conventional editor.