Adobe Premiere Pro is one of the best video editing software for professionals and amateurs. It is a great choice for people who have basic knowledge of film creation and want to make video content at a professional level. The reasons for its popularity are quite clear due to the Adobe eco-system and locked down into the creative and graphic design workflow, and supported format dependency.
The program has a non-linear video editing interface, an unrivalled system of working tools and a powerful feature set. Adobe Premiere Pro works well with other Adobe Products. This lets users move data and assets between software to use and edit as they need. This way, they can work seamlessly without interrupting their workflow and come up with a product that is creative and well done.
First release version on Windows and macOS platform in 2003. Latest version is (14.0) for OS X El Capitan platform, released in November 2019.
Feature Overview
Premiere Pro supports high resolution video editing at up to 10,240 × 8,192 resolution, at up to 32-bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV. 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 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.
Premiere Pro can be used for all common video editing tasks necessary for producing broadcast quality, high-definition video. It can be used to import video, audio and graphics, and is used to create new, edited versions of video which can be exported to the medium and format necessary for distribution. When creating videos using Premiere Pro, various video and still images can be edited together. Titles can be added to videos, and filters can be applied along with other effects.
Latest Feature summary | Premiere Pro (November 2019 release)
New features and enhancements in the November 2019 release of Premiere Pro (version 14.0)
Auto Reframe
The content for different social media and mobile viewing platforms. Instead of manually cropping and keyframing footage, Auto Reframe automates the process using Adobe Sensei AI technology. Use Auto Reframe to reframe sequences for square, vertical, and cinematic 16:9, or for cropping high-resolution footage. Auto Reframe can be applied as an effect to individual clips or to entire sequences. Graphics and other edits are maintained within the new aspect ratio.
Graphics and text enhancements
This release of Premiere Pro has many graphics and text enhancements.
Ability to rename shape and clip layers
You can now rename shape and clip layers inside the Essential Graphics panel by clicking the name and editing the resulting text field. You can then commit your new name by pressing Enter or clicking away from the text field.
Text underlining
You can now underline text with the new Underline style button.
Multi-line text fields in Motion Graphics templates
Motion Graphics templates created in After Effects now include the option for multi-line text fields. Instead of requiring a separate text field for each line, you can now add and edit multiple lines of text in Premiere Pro when using templates.
New drop-down menu option in Motion Graphics templates
Motion Graphics templates created in After Effects can now include drop-down menus, simplifying the workflow in Premiere Pro. Use the controls in the drop-down list to choose different styles or graphic elements when customizing your motion graphics.
New keyboard shortcuts for working with the Essential Graphics panel
Premiere Pro now includes additional keyboard shortcuts for working with layers, including reordering layers, adding text, and selecting layers. For example, you can now use familiar Ctrl + Shift or Cmd + Shift with square brackets to send layers to the back or bring them to the front.
Audio enhancements
This release of Premiere Pro has multiple audio enhancements.
Mix multi-channel audio more efficiently in Premiere Pro
Better performance: Reengineered audio effects routing streamlines audio workflows for multi-channel projects.
Audio effects: Add audio effects with their native channelization options for adaptive tracks. And set up routing to the output configurations you require.
Loudness Radar effect: Use this effect with better accuracy to measure the proper channel configurations required to ensure your content meets broadcast standards.
Increased range for audio gain
You can now add up to 15 decibels of gain to audio clips. This provides more headroom for your audio, without requiring additional amplification effects and matches the gain feature in Adobe Audition.
Previously, the limit for adding audio gain was 6 decibels.
Time remapping to 20,000 percent
The maximum speed for time remapping has been increased to 20,000 percent, allowing users to create time-lapse footage from very long source clips.
New and improved file format support
This release of Premiere Pro provides improved performance for H264, H265 (HEVC), and ProRes – including ProRes HDR – on both macOS and Windows.
New and improved format support includes:
- Improved Apple ProRes HDR support
- Import of QuickTime Animation files with Delta Frames
- Import of AVI Motion JPEG files (macOS)
- Import of Canon XF-HEVC footage
- Import of Canon EOS C500 Mark II footage
- Import of Sony Venice V4 footage
- Encode Apple ProRes MXF Op1a
New encoding presets for publishing video to Adobe Stock
The following presets are added to the preset pool and can be found in the Preset Browser:
- Adobe Stock 4K DCI with Audio (40Mbps)
- Adobe Stock 4K DCI with Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
- Adobe Stock 4K DCI without Audio (40Mbps)
- Adobe Stock 4K DCI without Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
- Adobe Stock HD with Audio (20Mbps)
- Adobe Stock HD with Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
- Adobe Stock HD without Audio (20Mbps)
- Adobe Stock HD without Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
- Adobe Stock UHD with Audio (40Mbps)
- Adobe Stock UHD with Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
- Adobe Stock UHD without Audio (40Mbps)
- Adobe Stock UHD without Audio (Apple ProRes 422 HQ)
Note:
In order to ensure high-quality content for Adobe Stock, the Render at Max Bit Depth check box is enabled for the ProRes presets. The H.264 presets are set to VBR 2-pass. The VBR 2-pass option generally provides higher quality. This preset also disables hardware encoding, which optimizes quality but takes longer to encode.
Export HDR content with HDR10 metadata
Export HDR content with HDR10 metadata to ensure your content looks its best on HDR-enabled displays. To add this metadata, choose High10 (H.264) or Main10 (HEVC) from the Profile menu under Encoding Settings. Enable Rec. 2020 Color Primaries, High Dynamic Range, and Include HDR10 Metadata checkboxes.
More drivers audited in System Compatibility Report
The System Compatibility Report utility was introduced in April 2019 to ensure your system is running current drivers, as required by Premiere Pro. This utility runs when you start Premiere Pro and is also available by clicking Help > System Compatibility Report.
Benefits
1. Responsive Design
Users need an interface that they can work comfortably with for maximum productivity and efficiency. That is why Adobe Premiere Pro is constantly updated to make its interface more responsive. For example is the improved integrity of key frames in motion graphics.
2. Integrated Workflow
Adobe Premiere Pro integrates with other Adobe products for a smoother workflow. This allows team members to handle each other’s projects in other applications without disrupting their work processes. On top of that, colleagues can also communicate easily without having to get out of the application. That is made possible with the integration with Microsoft Teams where workers can exchange notes on projects and where superiors can check on each member’s progress.
3. Immersive VR Support
With the rise in the use of VR, video editors increasingly need tools that let them create videos that are immersive in all aspects. That is why Adobe Premiere Pro has new and enhanced features to support complex VR editing functions.
4. Simultaneous Editing
Adobe Premiere Pro now enables users to open multiple projects at once, allowing them to switch between scenes and lift clips from one project to another. This lets them save more time in adding needed scenes into the video they are working on each time.
5. Multiple Formats
Converting videos from one format to another can cause losses in frames or subtle corruptions. To avoid that, Adobe Premiere Pro is enhanced to support more native video file formats. This lets users add videos from their cameras directly without going through the process of conversion.
Licensing
It is available for either as a single app license subscription or as part of Creative Cloud All Apps Premiere Pro + all Adobe creative apps license subscription basis. For your licensing requirement, feel free to contact E-SPIN, we can supply in hassle free all-in-one solution, include hardware (desktop, laptop, workstation with operating system), Graphics tablet (digitiser, drawing tablet, drawing pad, digital drawing tablet, pen tablet, or digital art board) and third-party software application you may needed in one package solution.
System requirements
Minimum system requirements for Premiere Pro
Windows
Minimum specifications | Recommended specifications | |
Processor | Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent |
Intel® 7thGen or newer CPU – or AMD equivalent
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Operating system | Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1803 or later | Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit) version 1809 or later |
RAM | 8 GB of RAM |
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GPU | 2 GB of GPU VRAM | 4 GB of GPU VRAM |
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Monitor resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1080 or greater |
Sound card | ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model | ASIO compatible or Microsoft Windows Driver Model |
Network storage connection | 1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only) | 10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow |
Internet | Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.* | |
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macOS
Minimum specifications | Recommended specifications | |
Processor | Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU | Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU |
Operating system | macOS v10.13 or later | macOS v10.13 or later |
macOS v10.13 or laterRAM | 8 GB of RAM |
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GPU | 2 GB of GPU VRAM | 4 GB of GPU VRAM |
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Monitor resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1080 or greater |
Network storage connection | 1 Gigabit Ethernet (HD only) | 10 Gigabit ethernet for 4K shared network workflow |
Internet |
Internet connection and registration are necessary for required software activation, validation of subscriptions, and access to online services.*
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VR system requirements
Note:
Requirements vary between VR systems. The requirements listed here are the base requirements only.
Head Mounted display | Operating system | Other requirements |
Oculus Rift | Windows 10 |
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HTC Vive |
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Windows Mixed Reality | Windows 10 | On Windows:
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Hardware acceleration system requirements
Feature | Operating system |
Hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding |
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Hardware-accelerated HEVC encoding |
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Hardware-accelerated H.264 decoding |
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Hardware-accelerated HEVC decoding |
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Recommended graphics cards
Applicable for Premiere Pro and Premiere Rush on desktop
WINDOWS CUDA
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000
- NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000
- NVIDIA Quadro GV100
- NVIDIA Quadro GP100
- NVIDIA Quadro P6000
- NVIDIA Quadro P5200
- NVIDIA Quadro P5000
- NVIDIA Quadro P4000
- NVIDIA Quadro P2000
- NVIDIA Quadro P2200
- NVIDIA Quadro P1000
- NVIDIA Quadro M6000
- NVIDIA Quadro M5000
- NVIDIA Quadro M4000
- NVIDIA Quadro M2000
- NVIDIA Quadro K6000
- NVIDIA Quadro K5200
- NVIDIA Quadro K5000
- NVIDIA Quadro K2000
- NVIDIA Quadro K1200
- NVIDIA TITAN RTX
- NVIDIA TITAN V
- NVIDIA TITAN XP
- NVIDIA TITAN X (Pascal)
- NVIDIA TITAN Z
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA has publicly released windows ODE drivers that support the CUDA 9.2 SDK used in the latest release of Premiere Pro. This is not the Microsoft default driver, but you can download this driver directly from NVIDIA, Version 411.63 (of the 410 series drivers).
WINDOWS OPENCL
- AMD Radeon Pro W5500
- AMD Radeon Pro W5700
- AMD Radeon Pro W3200
- AMD Radeon Pro SSG
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 9100
- AMD Radeon Pro W4100
- AMD FirePro W5100
- AMD FirePro W7100
- AMD FirePro W8100
- AMD FirePro W9100
- AMD FirePro W7000
- AMD FirePro W8000
- AMD FirePro W9000
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 4130
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 4150
- AMD Radeon Pro WX 4170
- AMD FirePro W6150M
- AMD FirePro W7170M
MAC METAL
- AMD FirePro D300
- AMD FirePro D500
- AMD FirePro D700
- AMD Radeon R9 M290X
- AMD Radeon R9 M380
- AMD Radeon R9 M390
- AMD Radeon R9 M395X
- AMD Radeon Pro 560
- AMD Radeon Pro 570
- AMD Radeon Pro 575
- AMD Radeon Pro 580
- AMD Radeon Pro M395X
- AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
- AMD Radeon Pro Vega 64
- Intel® HD Graphics 6000
- Intel® Iris™ Graphics 6100
- Intel® Iris™ Pro Graphics 6200
- AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
- AMD Radeon Pro Vega 48
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS CHIPSETS
- Intel® HD Graphics 5000
- Intel® HD Graphics 6000
- Intel® Iris Graphics 6100
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics 6300
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics P6300
- Intel® Iris Graphics 540/550
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics 580
- Intel® Iris Pro Graphics P580
- Intel® Iris™ Plus Graphics 640/650
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