Premiere 6.5 By Minion on Mar 06, 2008 - Updated Oct 15, 2011

i've been using premiere for a couple of years now. it does it's job, and it does it well. many stock effects and transitions (for those who choose), keyframing ability, some transfer modes (transparency), chroma keying, red/green/blue screening, opacity rubber bands, a titler, ect. standard features you would expect. noticably faster than premiere pro from my experience, as well.

theres many second party plugins available.

the project files can be opened in after effects, which splits the tracks the same way they were in premiere, and keyframes your opacity changes the same. premiere also takes psd files from photoshop.

i don't foresee myself leaving 6.5 in the near future. really happy with it and what it can do.