Unlike many of its competitors, Premiere Elements can handle unlimited video and audio tracks,[2][3]with multiple keyframed effects applied to each clip, as well as Picture-in-picture and chromakeycapabilities. It also supports many third-party plug-ins for additional features, including Premiere Pro plug-ins, After Effects plug-ins, and VST effects. It can create bars and tone and a countdown leader, just like Premiere Pro.
This program also features real-time video rendering which allows the user to instantly preview edits made to the video timeline.
Premiere Elements is available for Windows XP and also for Windows Vista and Windows 7beginning with version 3.0.2. Beginning with version 9.0, Premiere Elements was made available for MacOS X.