One of the most exciting updates to Adobe’s video editing and motion graphics software is text-based editing and enhanced transcription in Premiere Pro.
Ahead of NAB 2023, the video industry’s premier conference in Las Vegas, Adobe also detailed upgrades to After Effects and Frame.io. And recent tech software announcements can’t help but mention generative AI. Adobe described Firefly, his generator for text-prompt-based images, envisioning several use cases that might one day be introduced to Premiere Pro and After Effects.
“We are exploring the possibilities of natural language content creation with Firefly, which allows you to describe your desired look and instantly change colors and settings to match,” said Adobe.
text-based editing
Adobe previously added automatic transcription to Premiere Pro, and with this update, you can edit your videos based on that text. Search for words and phrases and add clip sections to your timeline with a single click. This also allows you to use Ripple Delete based on the transcript to quickly remove sections where the speaker pauses. Once you’ve cut and moved bits based on your transcript, you’re ready to caption your project.
These editing features are currently in public beta and will ship in May.
New color editing tools
Premiere Pro’s new automatic tone mapping and log video detection automatically manages color in your projects. Editors can mix and match her SDR and HDR source videos and automatically apply the correct look-up table (LUT). This saves the editor from having to search for the right LUT for her and apply it individually for each source camera.
It’s easy to see what’s new automatic tone map box in the sequence settings panel and Automatic detection of log video color space box in the Preferences panel. This feature supports not only smartphone content, but also professional camcorders from DGI, Panasonic, Sony and Canon. The Adobe rep said he didn’t mention RED and Arri professional cameras, but as the company announced in his press briefing he announced improved format support for the RED V-Raptor X and ARRI Alexa 35. There is no doubt that these supports will be provided.
better performance
Adobe also announced that this is the fastest version of Premiere Pro the company has ever released, and that more features like transitions, effects, title templates, color scopes, and more will take advantage of GPU acceleration.
Small but notable user requests
We want to meet your needs, and this version update is no exception. None of these make headlines, but they’re sure to make an editor’s life easier. Here’s a snapshot of Adobe’s presentation on these earth-breaking helpers.
Improved collaboration
Premiere Pro’s collaboration tools also see improvements such as progressive project loading. This saves editors from having to wait for an entire large project to load before starting work. Another new feature our editors will love (trust me I lost my job for forgetting to save) is Background Autosave. And the new Sequence Lock feature means you can avoid conflicts between editors. When one editor locks a sequence, other collaborators are temporarily read-only.
After Effects updates
After Effects is now 30 years old, and we see an update in this announcement as well.that new[プロパティ]Panels free motion graphics editors from having to dig through timeline layers and choices to change what they see or are working on. The new integration of OpenColorIO (OCIO) and its Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is important for film editors, allowing them to achieve consistent colors while working in a variety of other applications. After Effects also gets community-requested features like multi-frame shape rendering and selectable track matte keyboard shortcuts.
Frame.io now works with your photos
Frame.io, the standard cloud collaboration service for professional video editors, is now under the umbrella of Adobe and has some notable new features at NAB this year.
Interestingly, Camera Raw files are now supported thanks to Photoshop’s Camera Raw module. Still cameras can take advantage of the platform’s Camera to Cloud feature. This is similar to tethering, but instead of showing up on your connected PC, your photos show up in the cloud, ready for collaborators.
The company has announced Camera-to-Cloud support for the Fujifilm X-H2 and X-H2S cameras. An open API also allows third-party applications such as Capture One to integrate with cloud sharing services. Frame.io’s security, on the other hand, is enhanced with a “forensic watermark” that tracks how content is copied, edited, or transferred.
