Premiere Pro’s new AI-powered tools aim to make video editing a lot easier
Ask any video editor and they will tell you post-production can take forever to finish. In an effort to ease up the workload, Adobe is currently working on a number of new editing features for its Premiere Pro and After Effects software.
Between the two, Premiere Pro is taking the lionâs share of the upgrade sporting some AI-powered tools in its package (opens in new tab). Text-Based Editing, in particular, utilizes the companyâs Sensei AI framework to âautomatically [analyze] and [transcribe] clipsâ into text. That way, another editor or producer can grab said text as it appears and then paste it into a videoâs timeline in any order. To further help with consistency, Adobe is introducing âAutomatic Tone Mapping and Log Color Detectionâ allowing users to combine âHDR (High Dynamic Range) footage from different sourcesâ into one project. This could eliminate the need to manually tweak footage just to have a uniform look.Â
Additionally, Adobe is throwing in some collaboration tools. Sequence Locking, for example, allows editors to lock a portion of a video âso it becomes view-onlyâ to everyone else. Work While Offline, as the name suggests, lets you continue working offline where you can then upload your changes at a later time without messing with other people’s edits. And there are Presence Indicators that show whoâs working on what.
Other notable features in the update include GPU acceleration for select professional formats like Sony Venice V2, support for four new languages like Swedish in Speech to Text, plus background autosave. The company also claims this is the fastest version ever of Premiere Pro thanks to some âsignificant under-the-hood improvementsâ, but other than the aforementioned GPU acceleration, Adobe doesnât provide exact details on how much better it is.
Affecting After Effects
The changes for After Effects are mostly optimizations like âfaster timeline layer selection⊠[and] new keyboard shortcuts for Selectable Track Mattes. The Properties Panel will now display context-sensitive options based on software selections so tools are more easily available. Plus, you donât have to dig through a maze of menus. Arguably the biggest change is the addition of the ACES (Academy Color Encoding System) and OpenColorIO tools to ensure footage quality stays consistent when âsharing assets with other post-production appsâ.Â
We reached out to Adobe to see if thereâs any way users can try out these features before release. A company representative told us people can download Premiere Pro Beta (opens in new tab) to get their hands on just Test-Based Editing. The rest of the update âwill be on display at the 2023 NAB (National Association for Broadcasters) Show from April 15 â 19 in Las Vegasâ. For those not going, you’ll just have to wait for the official launch set for some time in May 2023.
Itâs no secret Adobeâs software is expensive and not the most user-friendly, to say the least. If youâre looking for other options, be sure to check out TechRadarâs list of the best After Effect alternatives for 2023. Â