Adobe Premiere Pro is a video editing application developed by Adobe Inc. and is distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. It is primarily used for producing high-quality

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s across various industries.

History

Original Adobe Premiere

In 1991, the first version of Adobe Premiere was developed by Adobe Inc''.'' Premiere was one of the first computer-based non-linear editing systems, with the first version being released on

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Mac in 1991 and for

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in September 1993. The final version, version 6.5, was released in August 2002 for both Windows and Mac. The software originated at SuperMac Technology under the name Reel Time, a

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-based video editor developed for the company’s Video Spigot capture card. In August 1991,

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acquired the project and rebranded it as Adobe Premiere.SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot
by Steve Blank. May 11, 2009. Premiere was the second

-based video editor on the market.VideoSpigot Review
by Jon Pugh, TidBITS. April 20, 1992. Its ability to import new

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could be enhanced by updating to a newer, compatible version of QuickTime. However, it could only process videos and images at a maximum width of 1,024

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Features

Premiere Pro supports

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video editing up to 10,240 × 8,192 pixels and 32-bit color depth in both RGB and YUV color spaces. Key audio features include sample-level editing, support for VST plugins, and 5.1

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mixing. The software is compatible with a wide range of video and audio formats and

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on both macOS and Windows. Using the Cineform Neo codec, it supports 3D editing.

Workflow integration

Premiere Pro supports program files from

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, and

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. Premiere Pro projects can also be imported into After Effects, and clips copied between the two applications retain most of their attributes. Projects from Premiere Rush are compatible with Premiere Pro, allowing for advanced editing features and use of professional-grade tools.

Adobe Story, On Location and Prelude

The Premiere Pro workflow integrates

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across all stages of video production. Adobe Story provides script integration functionality within the Premiere Pro workflow, and Adobe OnLocation embeds metadata directly into the

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. Within Premiere Pro,

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technology analyzes audio and aligns it with the corresponding script

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using embedded metadata.

Adobe Premiere family

The

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family is a group of applications and services made by Adobe Inc. for the use of professional

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. Supported features in these applications include metadata and ingest logging, media output encoding, and more.

Current applications

* Dynamic Link is a workflow that integrates After Effects with Premiere Pro and the discontinued Encore. Files can be transferred between the two without re-rendering. *Elements Organizer is a digital asset management application that accompanies Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements, providing a central interface for managing photos and video projects. *Adobe Media Encoder is a rendering tool used to process and export video projects. Users can tailor renders to specific platforms, enhance accessibility for broader audiences, and reduce file size. * Premiere Elements is a scaled-down version of Premiere Pro tailored to

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editors and

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. Its entry screen offers clip organization, editing, and auto-movie generation options. Premiere Pro project files are incompatible with those from Premiere Elements. Unlike many of its competitors, Premiere Elements can handle unlimited video and audio tracks, with multiple key-frame effects applied to each clip, as well as picture-in-picture and

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capabilities. It is available for Windows and macOS. * Premiere Pro is a

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-based

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application developed by Adobe Inc. and published as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud licensing program. First launched in 2003, Adobe Premiere Pro is a successor of

. * Premiere Rush is a simplified, cross-platform

application that integrates with Premiere Pro. First released in 2018, it is published by

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alongside Premiere Pro as part of Adobe Creative Cloud, replacing Premiere Clip for editing on

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s. As the name implies, Premiere Rush is aimed at short turnaround times in lieu of advanced editing tools.

Release history

Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere Pro

References

External links

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