I am a part time wedding videographer. I have been sucessfully editing with Studio 9 plus for 3 years. I do two camera shoots and put video from camera one on the main video track and video from camera two on the overlay track. I sync the two tracks by listening to the audio from both tracks until there is no more echo or by a photographers flash. It works well.

I make the overlay track pip and watch both tracks at the same time. If I am not going to use a section of the overlay I delete that part or make it transparent. If I do want a section of the overlay track I change that part from pip to full overlay so it covers the main track. This is also quite easy to do in Pinnacle studio 9. When I am finished with the project I mute the overlay track audio. With this method I successfully edit a two camera shoot with a $130 program.

Adobe premiere elements has a lot more features. I am considering switching to Premiere elements when version 5 comes out later this year. However, I do have some reservations since I have read comments that elements can't handle large projects. A wedding can be 75min long. I don't want any bog down or crash problems.
Anyone doing weddings or large projects with Adobe premiere elements 4?

Thanks,

Heavytiger

Hi,
I edit about 50 weddings a year, 90% are done with Premiere Elements 3.

A great site for tutorials, info and help is muvipix.com

Hi Chuck
I have heard people complain that premiere elements is not stable with long projects. It dosen't sound like you are having any problems.

Do you use any special plugins for wedding specific transitions or effects?

thanks,

Heavytiger