Premiere Elements 13 - some issues

So I've been playing around a little with the new Premiere Elements 13 trial. I didn't use the last version for any lengthy period, but I like to try out every new version of Elements to see if I like it. I jotted down a few notes as I was messing around:
- Can't use ALT + Mouse Wheel to zoom in/out of timeline (I find this extremely useful in Premiere Pro and other editors)
- Can't use C or S to split a clip. Have to use CTRL+K (!), or click a scissor icon on the playhead.
- The font browser does not list each font in it's own font style. You have to click each individual font to see what it looks like.
- Can't type the name of a font, you have to manually scroll to find it.
- I couldn't get the Animations for titles to work. I could select the thumbnail for the animation, but the Apply button is always greyed out, no matter what I do.
- Very limited options for text, no kerning or leading, no custom stroke, shadow, etc.
- Seems a bit buggy. I couldn't get the Vignetting effect to work. I fiddled with all the settings on both a video clip and a still image, and it just didn't do anything.
- There were some weird instances where icons went kinda screwy. Like once or twice when I was editing text, it would highlight both Left and Center text alignment icons indicating that I had both of those features turned on at once (!?). Other times the window redraw seemed a little sluggish and glitchy.
- Whenever I try to add an effect from the Hollywood Looks menu, it brings up a warning that all my previous effects on that clip will be deleted. However it will let me add those same effects *after* applying Hollywood Looks.
- When you click a menu item (File, Edit, Clip, etc), you cannot move the mouse left or right to automatically open the next menu item. You have to individually click File, Edit, Clip, etc, to open those menus.
- Everything about the interface is geared towards tablet use, so you end up using the mouse a lot more on a PC to click this button and that button.

- Can't use C or S to split a clip. Have to use CTRL+K (!), or click a scissor icon on the playhead.
You can do what ATR suggests. Change the keyboard shortcuts wherever required.
- The font browser does not list each font in it's own font style. You have to click each individual font to see what it looks like.
Could you let me know what fonts do not appear the same on the monitor as in the thumbnails?
- Seems a bit buggy. I couldn't get the Vignetting effect to work. I fiddled with all the settings on both a video clip and a still image, and it just didn't do anything.
How were you trying to apply the effect and what do you see when you do so? Did you play around with all the sliders and still see no difference on the monitor? Is there a difference you see when you click on the monitor after applying the effect/changing the parameters through the slider?
- Whenever I try to add an effect from the Hollywood Looks menu, it brings up a warning that all my previous effects on that clip will be deleted. However it will let me add those same effects *after* applying Hollywood Looks.
This is because of how the Hollywood Looks are designed to be used. Since these are effect presets (multiple effects in combination) that result in a specific "look"; they are best applied in isolation. If any previous effect is applied and we still allow a Hollywood effect to be applied, we will not be able to see what the effect does clearly. For e.g. if you already have a Gaussian Blur effect applied to your clip, and then we allow you to apply the "Red Noir" Hollywood effect, the fact that the "Reds" in the scenes will be highlighted and the others converted to B/W will not be clearly seen since the content is already blurred out. So any previously applied effects was designed to be removed. This holds good even if you apply a Hollywood look "on top of" another one. The previous one will be replaced. Having said that, you can customize the look further by either tweaking an already applied filter or by adding a newer effect on top. That is the reason you can apply an effect on top of the Hollywood Effects and not vice versa.
- When you click a menu item (File, Edit, Clip, etc), you cannot move the mouse left or right to automatically open the next menu item. You have to individually click File, Edit, Clip, etc, to open those menus.
We have made a note of this behavior and agree that this is not ideal.
Regards,
Premiere Elements Team

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