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Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 running on Mac OS X Lion
Developer(s)	Adobe Systems
Stable release	CS6 (6.0.1)^[1] / May 25, 2012; 4 days ago (2012-05-25)
Written in	C++
Operating system	Windows and Mac OS X
Type	Video editing software
License	Proprietary
Website	Adobe Premiere Pro home page

Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite, a suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems, though it can also be purchased separately. When purchased separately, it comes bundled with Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Encore, and Adobe OnLocation. 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 (CS5), it is a native 64-bit application for Mac and Windows, making it one of the few cross-platform non-linear editing systems (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 is included for 32-bit computers.^[2]

Premiere Pro is used by broadcasters such as the BBC^[3] and The Tonight Show.^[4] It has been used in feature films, such as The Social Network,^[5] Captain Abu Raed,^[6] and Monsters,^[7] and other venues such as Madonna's Confessions Tour.^[8]

Contents

1 Features
2 Release history
3 Major films edited on Adobe Premiere Pro
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Features

Premiere Pro supports high resolution video editing at up to 10,240 x 8,192^[9] 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.

Integration

After Effects

Premiere Pro is integrated with Adobe After Effects 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. 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 in the script of a video production. The script is created in or brought into Adobe Story, then passed to Adobe OnLocation to capture footage and attach any relevant metadata from the script to that footage. Finally, in Premiere Pro, speech recognition 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 to make searchable web DVDs.^[10]

Other integration capabilities

There are other integration functions, such as Edit in Adobe Audition, 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, 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 CS3 and later 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 Mac in 1991. Up until version Premiere Pro 2.0 (CS2), the software packaging featured a galloping horse, in a nod to Eadweard Muybridge's work, "Sallie Gardner at a Gallop".

Release history

Version	Platform	Release date	Significant changes
Adobe Premiere 1.0	Mac	December 1991^[11]	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^[11]^[12]
Adobe Premiere 2.0	Mac	September 1992^[13]	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^[13]^[14]
Adobe Premiere 3.0	Mac	August 1993^[15]	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^[15]
Adobe Premiere 1.0	Windows	September 1993^[16]	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^[17]^[18]^[19]
Adobe Premiere 1.1	Windows	February 1994^[20]	AdobeCap video capture module Expanded graphics and audio file support TARGA and ADPCM file support Image sequence import support^[20]^[21]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	Mac	July 1994^[22]	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^[22]^[23]^[24]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	Windows	December 1994^[25]	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^[26]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	Mac	October 1995^[27]	CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in Data rate analysis tool Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1^[27]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	Windows	April 1996^[28]	32-bit architecture Long File Names support Background compiling Batch movie maker 4K output support Right-mouse button support Uninstaller utility^[29]
Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Silicon Graphics	UNIX/SGI	July 1997^[30]	SGI O2 platform exclusive release IRIX 6.3 integration OpenGL accelerated versions of transition and special effects plug-ins Platform-specific plug-ins by Silicon Graphics for combining 3D and video content^[31]
Adobe Premiere 5.0	Windows and Mac	May 1998^[32]	Source/Program editing Title window editor Keyframeable audio and video filters Collapsible tracks Up to three hour project length support^[32]^[33]
Adobe Premiere 5.1	Windows and Mac	October 1998^[34]	QuickTime 3.0 support DPS Perception support Preview to RAM "Smart" Preview file Timeline export Multi-threaded, dual processor support^[34]
Adobe Premiere 6.0	Windows and Mac	January 2001^[35]	Support for web video and DV formats OHCI 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
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	July 2, 2007	Output to DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and Flash 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 MXF import, editing, and export
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 v3.2.0	Windows and Mac OS X	April 14, 2008	Native Sony XDCAM MXF import and editing
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4	Windows and Mac OS X	September 23, 2008^[36]	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 support (not available in the trial version)
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.0.1	Windows and Mac OS X	November 20, 2008^[37]	Final Cut Pro XML import OMF export Enhanced third-party support
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.1.0	Windows and Mac OS X	May 29, 2009^[38]	Additional support for REDCODE Performance improvements to project load time Improvements to AVCHD 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 extension support
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.0	Windows and Mac OS X	November 10, 2009^[39]	Panasonic P2 AVC-Intra support (including new sequence presets)
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v4.2.1	Windows and Mac OS X	December 8, 2009^[40]	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 qualified nVidia CUDA graphics cards^[41] 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^[42]	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^[43]	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 files from JVC 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^[44]	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 more NVIDIA cards (Geforce GTX 570, 580, Quadro FX 3700M, FX 3800M, 2000, 2000D, 2000M, 3000M, 4000M, 5010M, 6000) MPE acceleration of more video effects Merge clips for dual system audio Closed captioning playout to firewire and third-party hardware Adobe Audition CS5.5 integration Improved speech-to-text using Adobe Story scripts Canon XF metadata support New Film Dissolve effect, Subtract and Divide blend modes
Adobe Premiere Pro CS6	Windows and Mac OS X	May 25, 2012	Added new features.

Major films edited on Adobe Premiere Pro

Avatar
(only portions)
Dust to Glory
Superman Returns (for the video capture process)
Captain Abu Raed
Playing Columbine
Monsters ^[7]

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