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Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro

Overview
Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software
Video editing software
Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...

 application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

, a suite of graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

, video editing
Video editing
The term video editing can refer to:* Linear video editing, using video tape* Non-linear editing system , using computers with video editing software* Offline editing* Online editing...

, and web development
Web development
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet . This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development...

 applications developed by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

, though it can also be purchased separately. When purchased separately, it comes bundled with Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the user to transcode them to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio upon project completion...

, and Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation is a direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software. It supports adding metadata to recorded content....

. Premiere Pro supports many video editing cards and plug-ins for accelerated processing, additional file format support, and video/audio effects. Starting with the version in Creative Suite 5
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

 (CS5), it is a native 64-bit application for Mac and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, making it one of the few cross-platform non-linear editing system
Non-linear editing system
In video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...

s (NLEs) available. As a 64-bit application, it does not run on 32-bit computers. However, in the Master Collection and Production Premium Suites, a version of Premiere Pro CS4
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

 is included for 32-bit computers.
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Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software
Video editing software
Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...

 application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

, a suite of graphic design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

, video editing
Video editing
The term video editing can refer to:* Linear video editing, using video tape* Non-linear editing system , using computers with video editing software* Offline editing* Online editing...

, and web development
Web development
Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet . This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development...

 applications developed by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

, though it can also be purchased separately. When purchased separately, it comes bundled with Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the user to transcode them to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio upon project completion...

, and Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation is a direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software. It supports adding metadata to recorded content....

. Premiere Pro supports many video editing cards and plug-ins for accelerated processing, additional file format support, and video/audio effects. Starting with the version in Creative Suite 5
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

 (CS5), it is a native 64-bit application for Mac and Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

, making it one of the few cross-platform non-linear editing system
Non-linear editing system
In video, a non-linear editing system is a video editing or audio editing digital audio workstation system which can perform random access non-destructive editing on the source material...

s (NLEs) available. As a 64-bit application, it does not run on 32-bit computers. However, in the Master Collection and Production Premium Suites, a version of Premiere Pro CS4
Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

 is included for 32-bit computers.

Premiere Pro is used by broadcasters such as the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 and The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show
The Tonight Show is an American late-night talk show that has aired on NBC since 1954. It is the longest currently running regularly scheduled entertainment program in the United States, and the third longest-running show on NBC, after Meet the Press and Today.The Tonight Show has been hosted by...

. It has been used in feature films, such as The Social Network
The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...

, Captain Abu Raed
Captain Abu Raed
Captain Abu Raed is a 2007 Jordanian Film directed and written by Amin Matalqa. It was the first feature film produced in Jordan in more than 50 years. The Royal Film Commission of Jordan endorsed Captain Abu Raed to be submitted to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the...

, and Monsters
Monsters (2010 film)
Monsters is a 2010 British science fiction film, written, shot and directed by Gareth Edwards. Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy star in the lead roles.-Plot:...

, and other venues such as Madonna's
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour
Confessions Tour was the seventh concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It supported her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor. Madonna confirmed the possibility of going out on a tour as early as November 2005. Jamie King, Madonna's longtime collaborator, was then hired on...

.

Features


Premiere Pro supports high resolution video editing at up to 10,240 x 8,192 resolution
Display resolution
The display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed. It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube , flat panel or projection...

, at up to 32-bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV
YUV
YUV is a color space typically used as part of a color image pipeline. It encodes a color image or video taking human perception into account, allowing reduced bandwidth for chrominance components, thereby typically enabling transmission errors or compression artifacts to be more efficiently...

. Audio sample-level editing, VST audio plug-in support, and 5.1 surround sound mixing are available. Premiere Pro's plug-in architecture enables it to import and export formats beyond those supported by QuickTime or DirectShow, supporting a wide variety of video and audio file formats and codecs on both MacOS and Windows. When used with Cineform's
CineForm
-CineForm Intermediate:CineForm Intermediate is proprietary video codec developed for CineForm Inc by David Newman and Brian Schunck. On March 30, 2011, the company was acquired by GoPro which in particular wanted to use the 3D film capabilities of the CineForm 444 Codec for its new 3D HERO®...

 Neo line of plug-ins, it supports 3D editing with the ability to view 3D material using 2D monitors, while making individual left and right eye adjustments.

After Effects


Premiere Pro is integrated with Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects
Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing...

 through Adobe Dynamic Link, allowing compositions from After Effects to be imported and played back directly on the timeline. The After Effects composition can be modified, and after switching back to Premiere Pro, the clip will update with the changes. Likewise, Premiere Pro projects can be imported into After Effects. Clips can be copied between the two applications while preserving clip attributes. Premiere Pro also supports many After Effects plug-ins.

Photoshop


Premiere Pro also integrates with Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...

. Photoshop files can be opened directly from Premiere Pro to be edited in Photoshop. Any changes will immediately be updated when the Photoshop file is saved and focus returns to Premiere Pro.

Adobe Story and OnLocation


The Premiere Pro workflow takes advantage of metadata
Metadata
The term metadata is an ambiguous term which is used for two fundamentally different concepts . Although the expression "data about data" is often used, it does not apply to both in the same way. Structural metadata, the design and specification of data structures, cannot be about data, because at...

 in the script of a video production. The script is created in or brought into Adobe Story
Adobe Story
Adobe Story is a collaborative script development tool from Adobe Systems Inc. It can be used to accelerate the process of creating screenplays and turning them into finished media. Adobe Story is capable of being integrated with Adobe Production Premium Suite.Adobe Story is available both as a...

, then passed to Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation
Adobe OnLocation is a direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software. It supports adding metadata to recorded content....

 to capture footage and attach any relevant metadata from the script to that footage. Finally, in Premiere Pro, speech recognition
Speech recognition
Speech recognition converts spoken words to text. The term "voice recognition" is sometimes used to refer to recognition systems that must be trained to a particular speaker—as is the case for most desktop recognition software...

 can match the audio to the dialogue from the script in the metadata. Clips can be searched based on their dialogue in Premiere Pro, and can be sent to Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore
Adobe Encore is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the user to transcode them to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio upon project completion...

 to make searchable web DVDs.

Other integration capabilities


There are other integration functions, such as Edit in Adobe Audition
Adobe Audition
Adobe Audition is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.-Origins:...

, Dynamic Link to Encore, and Reveal in Adobe Bridge.

In addition to the effects and transitions included with Premiere Pro, a number of both commercial and free third party plug-ins are available to enhance the software's capability.

Advantages over Premiere Elements


An entry-level version, Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Premiere Elements
Adobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for nonlinear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements. In 2006, it was identified as the number one...

, is available for the consumer market on Windows and Mac. Some of the notable advantages of Premiere Pro over Premiere Elements are multiple sequence support, high bit-depth rendering, multicamera editing, time remapping, scopes, color correction tools, advanced audio mixer interface, and bezier keyframing. Premiere Pro also includes Encore for more elaborate DVD menu authoring and Blu-ray Disc authoring, and OnLocation for direct-to-disk recording.

History


Premiere Pro is the redesigned successor to Adobe Premiere, and was launched in 2003. Premiere Pro refers to versions released in 2003 and later, whereas Premiere refers to the earlier releases. Premiere was one of the first computer-based NLEs, with its first release on Windows in 1993. Up until version CS3, the software packaging featured a galloping horse, in a nod to Eadweard Muybridge's
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard J. Muybridge was an English photographer who spent much of his life in the United States. He is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion which used multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the flexible...

 work, "Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop was an early production experiment on June 19, 1878 that led to the development of motion pictures. The motion picture consists of 24 photographs in a fast-motion series that were shown on a zoopraxiscope. The photographs were taken by Eadweard Muybridge, who was...

".

Release history

Version Platform Release date Significant changes
Adobe Premiere 1.0 Mac December 1991
  • First release of Premiere
  • QuickTime multimedia and VideoSpigot format support
  • PICT image support
  • Supported up to 160 x 120 pixels movie creation
  • Supported 8-bit audio
  • Supported output to video tape
Adobe Premiere 2.0 Mac September 1992
  • QuickTime video and audio capture support
  • Title creation
  • Title, Sequence, and Construction windows
  • Slow/fast motion support
  • 5 audio and 41 movie/still-image filters
  • 49 special effects
  • 16-bit, 44 kHz audio support
  • Filmstrip file format introduced
  • Numbered PICT sequence support
  • EDL support
  • Illustrator text import
  • SMTPE timecode support
  • Adobe Premiere 3.0 Mac August 1993
  • 99 stereo audio tracks
  • 97 video tracks
  • Video waveform monitor
  • Sub-pixel motion and field rendering
  • Batch digitizing
  • Full framerate preview from disk
  • Enhanced title window
  • Adobe Premiere 1.0 Windows September 1993
  • First release of Premiere application for Windows platform
  • 24-bit AVI and QuickTime video format support
  • Autodesk Animator file support
  • AVI, AIFF, and WAV audio format support
  • Still image support (Photoshop, BMP, DIB, PCX, PICT, PCX, and TIFF formats)
  • Two video tracks, three audio tracks, and one transition and superimpose track
  • No EDL, titling, and motion and device control available in then current Mac (v3.0) release
  • Adobe Premiere 1.1 Windows February 1994
  • AdobeCap video capture module
  • Expanded graphics and audio file support
  • TARGA and ADPCM file support
  • Image sequence import support
  • Adobe Premiere 4.0 Mac July 1994
  • Support for 97 superimposition tracks plus two A/B tracks
  • Trim window
  • Dynamic previewing
  • Custom filter and transition creation
  • Time variable filters
  • Batch capture
  • Time-lapse capture
  • NTSC 29.97 frame rate support
  • Adobe Premiere 4.0 Windows December 1994
  • Adobe moves Windows platform release of Premiere directly from v1.1 to v4.0
  • Premiere 4.0 for Windows matches capabilities of Premiere 4.0 for Macintosh
  • Adobe Premiere 4.2 Mac October 1995
  • CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in
  • Data rate analysis tool
  • Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1
  • Adobe Premiere 4.2 Windows April 1996
  • 32-bit architecture
  • Long File Names support
  • Background compiling
  • Batch movie maker
  • 4K output support
  • Right-mouse button support
  • Uninstaller utility
  • Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Silicon Graphics UNIX/SGI July 1997
  • SGI O2
    SGI O2
    The O2 is an entry-level Unix workstation introduced in 1996 by Silicon Graphics, Inc. to replace their earlier Indy series. Like the Indy, the O2 used a single MIPS microprocessor and was intended to be used mainly for multimedia. Its larger counterpart was the SGI Octane...

     platform exclusive release
  • IRIX
    IRIX
    IRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. to run natively on their 32- and 64-bit MIPS architecture workstations and servers. It was based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. IRIX was the first operating system to include the XFS file system.The last major version...

     6.3 integration
  • OpenGL
    OpenGL
    OpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL...

     accelerated versions of transition and special effects plug-ins
  • Platform-specific plug-ins by Silicon Graphics
    Silicon Graphics
    Silicon Graphics, Inc. was a manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions, including computer hardware and software, founded in 1981 by Jim Clark...

     for combining 3D and video content
  • Adobe Premiere 5.0 Windows and Mac May 1998
  • Source/Program editing
  • Title window editor
  • Keyframeable audio and video filters
    Filter (video)
    A video filter is a software component that is used to decode audio and video. Multiple filters can be used in a filter chain, in which each filter receives input from its previous-in-line filter upstream, processes the input and outputs the processed video to its next-in-line filter downstream...

  • Collapsible tracks
  • Up to three hour project length support
  • Adobe Premiere 5.1 Windows and Mac October 1998
  • QuickTime 3.0 support
  • DPS Perception support
  • Preview to RAM
  • "Smart" Preview file Timeline export
  • Multi-threaded, dual processor support
  • Adobe Premiere 6.0 Windows and Mac January 2001
  • Support for web video and DV formats
  • OHCI
    OHCI
    A host controller interface is a register-level interface that enables a host controller for USB or FireWire hardware to communicate with a host controller driver in software...

     support
  • Title editor
  • Storyboard
  • Audio mixer
  • Timeline video track keyframes
  • Adobe Premiere 6.5 Windows and Mac August 2002
  • Real-time preview
  • Adobe Title Designer
  • Exporting to DVD as MPEG-2
    MPEG-2
    MPEG-2 is a standard for "the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information". It describes a combination of lossy video compression and lossy audio data compression methods which permit storage and transmission of movies using currently available storage media and transmission...

  • Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0
    (Adobe Premiere 7.0)
    Windows August 21, 2003
  • Rewritten source code for the whole program
  • Multiple nested timelines
  • Color correction tools
  • Sample-level audio editing
  • Track-based audio effects
  • 5.1 surround sound support
  • VST audio filters and ASIO audio hardware support
  • AAF export
  • Customizable keyboard shortcuts
  • Adobe Media Encoder
  • Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 Windows May 24, 2004
  • Project Manager
  • Panasonic 24p support
  • Effects favorites
  • Project-ready Photoshop file creation
  • Automatic loading of built-in After Effects plug-ins
  • After Effects clipboard support
  • One-click color correction
  • AAF and EDL import and export
  • New DeEsser and DeHummer audio filters
  • New GPU effects
  • Bézier keyframe controls
  • Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5.1 Windows March 1, 2005
  • HDV support
  • Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 Windows January 17, 2006
  • Docking Workspaces
  • Multicam editing
  • Adobe Clip Notes
  • Dynamic Link with After Effects projects
  • DVD authoring from the timeline
  • Native HDV editing
  • Native SD and HD support
  • Enhanced color-correction tools
  • 10-bit and 16-bit color resolution support
  • 32-bit internal color processing
  • GPU-accelerated rendering
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Windows and Mac OS X
    Mac OS X
    Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...

    July 2, 2007
  • Output to DVD
    DVD
    A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

    , Blu-ray Disc
    Blu-ray Disc
    Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...

    , and Flash
    Adobe Flash
    Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...

  • High-quality slow motion with time remapping
  • Direct-to-disc recording and professional on-set monitoring
  • Publish Adobe Encore projects to the web
  • Multiple project panels with smart file search
  • Improved editing efficiency
  • Output for mobile devices
  • Help documentation available online
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 v3.1.0 Windows and Mac OS X October 18, 2007
  • Native Panasonic P2
    P2 (storage media)
    P2 is a professional digital recording solid-state memory storage media format introduced by Panasonic in 2004, and especially tailored to electronic news-gathering applications. It features tapeless recording of DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO25, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO-HD, or AVC-Intra streams on a solid-state...

     MXF
    MXF
    Material eXchange Format is a container format for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards.- A brief summary of MXF :...

     import, editing, and export
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 v3.2.0 Windows and Mac OS X April 14, 2008
  • Native Sony XDCAM
    XDCAM
    XDCAM is a a series of products for digital recording using random access solid-state memory media, introduced by Sony in 2003. Four different product lines — the XDCAM SD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422 — differ in types of encoder used, frame size, container type and in...

     MXF
    MXF
    Material eXchange Format is a container format for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards.- A brief summary of MXF :...

     import and editing
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 Windows and Mac OS X September 23, 2008
  • Speech Search
  • Batch encoding using Adobe Media Encoder
  • Over 50 enhancements to editing efficiency (apply filters/transitions to multiple clips, sync lock, smart zoom)
  • Media Browser panel to efficiently browse file-based recording media (e.g. Panasonic P2 and XDCAM)
  • Project intelligence with new XMP metadata support
  • Blending modes
  • Sequence-level settings
  • Dynamic Link to open Premiere Pro sequences directly in Adobe Encore
  • Enhanced Photoshop file import
  • Mac support for OnLocation
  • AVCHD
    AVCHD
    AVCHD is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video....

     support (not available in the trial version)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.0.1 Windows and Mac OS X November 20, 2008
  • Final Cut Pro
    Final Cut Pro
    Final Cut Pro is a non-linear video editing software developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. The most recent version, Final Cut Pro X, runs on Mac personal computers powered by Mac OS X version 10.6.7 or later and using Intel processors...

     XML import
  • OMF
    Open Media Framework Interchange
    Open Media Framework or Open Media Framework Interchange is a platform-independent file format intended for transfer of digital media between different software applications....

     export
  • Enhanced third-party support
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.1.0 Windows and Mac OS X May 29, 2009
  • Additional support for REDCODE
  • Performance improvements to project load time
  • Improvements to AVCHD
    AVCHD
    AVCHD is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video....

     support
  • Performance enhancements for DV/HDV playback
  • Support for Avid-captured DV or IMX footage
  • New 16 channel audio tracks for playout
  • Export media to a still format now bypasses the AME render queue
  • Enabled .VOB
    VOB
    A VOB file is a container format in DVD-Video media. VOB can contain video, audio, subtitle, menu and navigation contents multiplexed together into a stream form. VOB is based on the MPEG program stream format, but with additional limitations and specifications in the private streams...

     extension support
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.0 Windows and Mac OS X November 10, 2009
  • Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra
    AVC-Intra
    AVC-Intra is a type of video coding developed by Panasonic that is fully compliant with the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard and additionally follows the SMPTE RP 2027-2007 recommended practice specification....

     support (including new sequence presets)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.1 Windows and Mac OS X December 8, 2009
  • Fixed memory issue that occurred when importing large numbers of AVC-Intra files into Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 Windows and Mac OS X April 30, 2010
  • 64-bit native application (32-bit OS no longer supported)
  • Mercury Playback Engine, which supports GPU-accelerated rendering using specific nVidia CUDA graphics cards
  • Ultra keyer for chroma keying
  • Final Cut Pro XML export
  • DPX format import and export
  • Metadata integration with Adobe Story and Adobe OnLocation
  • Face detection and improved speech-to-text
  • Direct export option, bypassing Adobe Media Encoder
  • Fractional resolution options
  • Audio capture metering
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 v5.0.1 Windows and Mac OS X May 26, 2010
  • Mercury Playback Engine supports additional layers on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 GPU card
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 v5.0.2 Windows and Mac OS X September 1, 2010
  • Windows-based Mercury Playback Engine support for new NVIDIA cards (GTX 470, Quadro 4000, Quadro 5000)
  • Import and export of RED RMD files to and from REDCINE-X software
  • XD-CAM HD export
  • Source timecode in XDCAM 4:2:2 footage
  • Support QuickTime
    QuickTime
    QuickTime is an extensible proprietary multimedia framework developed by Apple Inc., capable of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. The classic version of QuickTime is available for Windows XP and later, as well as Mac OS X Leopard and...

     files from JVC
    JVC
    , usually referred to as JVC, is a Japanese international consumer and professional electronics corporation based in Yokohama, Japan which was founded in 1927...

     solid-state cameras
  • RED Rocket cards support
  • Broadcast Wave audio file format support
  • Broadcast Wave in OMF export support
  • 10-bit DisplayPort support for NVIDIA Quadro cards (Windows only)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 v5.0.3 Windows and Mac OS X December 7, 2010
  • Mercury Playback Engine support for the NVIDIA Quadro 5000m card (Windows) and the NVIDIA Quadro 4000 card (Mac)
  • Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 Windows and Mac OS X May 3, 2011
  • Mercury Playback Engine support for the more NVIDIA cards (GTX 570, GTX 580, Quadro FX 3700M, Quadro FX 3800M, Quadro 2000, Quadro 2000D, Quadro 2000M, Quadro 3000M, Quadro 4000M, Quadro 5010M, Quadro 6000)
  • MPE acceleration of more video effects
  • Merge clips for dual system audio
  • Closed captioning playout to firewire and third-party hardware
  • Adobe Audition
    Adobe Audition
    Adobe Audition is a digital audio workstation from Adobe Systems featuring both a multitrack, non-destructive mix/edit environment and a destructive-approach waveform editing view.-Origins:...

     CS5.5 integration
  • Improved speech-to-text using Adobe Story scripts
  • Canon XF metadata support
  • New Film Dissolve effect, Subtract and Divide blend modes

  • Major films edited on Adobe Premiere Pro


    Avatar
    Dust to Glory
    Dust to Glory
    Dust to Glory is a documentary about the famous Baja 1000 off-road race. Filming occurred throughout the 2003 event. The film is directed by Dana Brown of Step Into Liquid fame. The film was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. The film score was by Nathan Furst.-Cast:Mario Andretti, Sal Fish, Jimmy...



    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns
    Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...

     (for the video capture process)

    Captain Abu Raed
    Captain Abu Raed
    Captain Abu Raed is a 2007 Jordanian Film directed and written by Amin Matalqa. It was the first feature film produced in Jordan in more than 50 years. The Royal Film Commission of Jordan endorsed Captain Abu Raed to be submitted to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, the...



    The Social Network
    The Social Network
    The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...



    Playing Columbine
    Playing Columbine
    Playing Columbine is a 2008 American documentary film produced and edited by Danny Ledonne, an American independent filmmaker. The film follows the video game Super Columbine Massacre RPG! in which players experience the Columbine High School massacre through the eyes of the killers, Eric Harris...



    Monsters
    Monsters (2010 film)
    Monsters is a 2010 British science fiction film, written, shot and directed by Gareth Edwards. Whitney Able and Scoot McNairy star in the lead roles.-Plot:...



    See also


    • Adobe Premiere Elements
      Adobe Premiere Elements
      Adobe Premiere Elements is a video editing software application for nonlinear video editing, published by Adobe Systems. It is a scaled-down version of the professional-level Adobe Premiere Pro, and is optionally bundled with Adobe Photoshop Elements. In 2006, it was identified as the number one...

    • Adobe Premiere Express
      Adobe Premiere Express
      Adobe Premiere Express is a rich Internet application for simple editing of digital video files.The release was announced on February 21, 2007...

    • Adobe Creative Suite
      Adobe Creative Suite
      Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

    • List of video editing software
    • Comparison of video editing software
      Comparison of video editing software
      This is a comparison of non-linear video editing software applications. See also a more complete list of video editing software.-General information:This table gives basic general information about the different editors:- System requirements :...


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