Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro
Developer(s)	Adobe
Initial release	September 24, 2003;21 years ago (2003-09-24)
Stable release	25.2 / April 2025
Preview release	25.2 / April 2025
Operating system	Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later or Windows 11 [1] macOS 12 or later [1]
Predecessor	Premiere
Type	Video editing software, special effects, visual effects [2] [3]
License	Trialware, Proprietary, term
Website	adobe.com/products/premiere

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 videos across various industries. ^{[4] [5]}

History

Original Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere
Developer(s)	Adobe Systems SuperMac Technology
Initial release	December 1991;33 years ago (1991-12)
Final release	6.5 / August 2002;23 years ago (2002-08)
Operating system	Classic Mac OS Microsoft Windows
Successor	Adobe Premiere Pro
Type	Video editing software
Website	adobe.com/products/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 Apple Mac in 1991 and for Microsoft Windows in September 1993. ^[6] 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 QuickTime-based video editor developed for the company’s Video Spigot capture card. In August 1991, Adobe Systems acquired the project and rebranded it as Adobe Premiere. ^{[7] [8]}

Premiere was the second QuickTime-based video editor on the market. ^[9] Its ability to import new video formats 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 pixels. ^[10]

Features

Premiere Pro supports high-resolution video editing up to 10,240 × 8,192 pixels ^[11] 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 surround sound mixing. The software is compatible with a wide range of video and audio formats and codecs on both macOS and Windows. Using the Cineform Neo codec, it supports 3D editing.

Workflow integration

Premiere Pro supports program files from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. 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, ^[12] allowing for advanced editing features and use of professional-grade tools.

Adobe Story, On Location and Prelude

The Premiere Pro workflow integrates metadata 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 footage. Within Premiere Pro, speech recognition technology analyzes audio and aligns it with the corresponding script dialogue using embedded metadata. ^[13]

Adobe Premiere family

The Adobe Premiere family is a group of applications and services made by Adobe Inc. for the use of professional non-linear video editing. 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, ^[14] 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 novice editors and consumers. 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, ^{[15] [16]} with multiple key-frame effects applied to each clip, as well as picture-in-picture and chroma key capabilities. It is available for Windows and macOS.
• Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software 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 Adobe Premiere.
• Premiere Rush is a simplified, cross-platform video editing software application that integrates with Premiere Pro. First released in 2018, it is published by Adobe alongside Premiere Pro as part of Adobe Creative Cloud, ^[17] replacing Premiere Clip for editing on mobile devices. As the name implies, Premiere Rush is aimed at short turnaround times in lieu of advanced editing tools. ^[18]

Release history

Adobe Premiere

Version	Release date	Platform	Significant changes
Adobe Premiere 1.0	December 1991 [19]	Mac	First release of Premiere QuickTime multimedia and VideoSpigot format support PICT image support Supported up to 160 x 120 pixels movie creation for NTSC and 192 x 144 pixels for PAL Supported 8-bit audio Supported output to videotape [19] [20]
Adobe Premiere 2.0	September 1992 [21]	Mac	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 (Edit decision list) support Adobe Illustrator text import SMPTE timecode support [21] [22]
Adobe Premiere 3.0	August 1993 [23]	Mac	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 [23]
Adobe Premiere 1.0	September 1993 [24]	Windows	First release of Premiere for Windows 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 the current Mac (v3.0) release [25] [26] [27]
Adobe Premiere 1.1	February 1994 [28]	Windows	AdobeCap video capture module Expanded graphics and audio file support TARGA and ADPCM file support Image sequence import support [28] [29] [30]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	July 1994 [31]	Mac	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 [31] [32] [33]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	December 1994 [34]	Windows	Adobe directly moved the Windows platform release of Premiere from v1.1 to v4.0 Matches capabilities of Premiere 4.0 for Macintosh [35]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	October 1995 [36]	Mac	CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in Data rate analysis tool Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1 [36]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	April 1996 [37]	Windows	32-bit architecture Long File Names support Background compiling Batch movie maker 4K output support Right-mouse button support Uninstaller utility [37]
Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Silicon Graphics	July 1997 [38]	UNIX/SGI	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 [39]
Adobe Premiere 5.0	May 1998 [40]	Windows and Mac	Source/Program editing Title window editor Keyframeable audio and video filters Collapsible tracks Up to three hour project length support [40] [41]
Adobe Premiere 5.1	October 1998 [42]	Windows and Mac	QuickTime 3.0 support DPS (Data Processing System) Perception support Preview to RAM "Smart" Preview file Timeline export Multi-threaded, dual processor support [42]
Adobe Premiere 6.0	January 2001 [43]	Windows and Mac	Support for web video and DV formats OHCI (IEEE 1394 (FireWire)) support Title editor Storyboard Audio mixer Timeline video track keyframes
Adobe Premiere 6.5	August 2002	Windows and Mac	Real-time preview Adobe Title Designer Exporting to DVD as MPEG-2

Adobe Premiere Pro

Version	Release date	Icon	Platform	Significant changes
Premiere Pro 1.0 (Premiere Pro CS, Adobe Premiere 7.0)	August 21, 2003		Windows	Full rewrite of code Deep nest of timelines New Color Correctors Sample-level audio editing Audio effects on tracks 5.1 Audio VST Audio Initial Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) support Editable keyboard shortcuts Adobe Media Encoder
Premiere Pro 1.5 / CS1	April 2004		Windows	Support for all Standard HD resolutions Support for Panasonic 24p advanced Support for Bezier Keyframes Added four filters: Auto Levels, Auto Color, Auto Contrast, and Shadows and Highlights Added 2 audio filters: DeHummer and DeEsser Added custom presets Added Snap on Sample feature Tighter integration with other Adobe products [44]
Premiere Pro 2.0 / CS2	January 17, 2006		Windows	Added support for HDV, HD, and Flash Video Added Clip Notes, using PDF to review and approve video content Integration with Adobe After Effects 7.0, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Adobe Encore DVD 2.0, and newly made Adobe Bridge [45] [46]
Premiere Pro CS3	2007		Windows and Mac (Intel only)	[ specify ]
Premiere Pro CS4	2008		Windows and Mac	Last version to support Windows XP and Mac OS X Tiger. [47]
Premiere Pro CS5	2010		Windows and Mac	Initial support of Nvidia CUDA accelerated effects
Premiere Pro CS5.5	2011		Windows and Mac	Expanded RED support
Premiere Pro CS6	2012		Windows and Mac	Warp Stabilizer [48]
Premiere Pro CC 2013	2013		Windows and Mac	[ specify ]
Premiere Pro CC 2014	2014		Windows and Mac	[ specify ]
Premiere Pro CC 2015	2015		Windows and Mac	Icon change
Premiere Pro CC 2017 (11.0)	2016		Windows and Mac	Removal of Title Menu and Title Templates; replaced with Legacy Title function [49] Essential Graphics introduced [49]
Premiere Pro CC 2018 (12.0)	October 19, 2017 [50] [ better source needed ]		Windows and Mac	[ specify ]
Premiere Pro CC 2019 (13.0)	October 15, 2018 [51]		Windows and Mac	Selective color grading Display color management Intelligent audio cleanup Add, rename, and edit Lumetri instances Premiere Rush files editable in Premiere Pro Edit and transform vector graphics Essential Graphics and Motion Graphics template enhancements Better integration with other Adobe programs and functions Performance enhancement and new file format support, including Australian closed-captioning standard New home screen Auto-save improvements Quick timecode entry [51]
Premiere Pro CC 2020 (14.0)	November 4, 2019 [52]		Windows and Mac	Auto Reframe, feature that uses artificial intelligence to reframe videos for square or vertical aspect ratios Time remapping maximum is increased to 20,000% without the need for nesting sequences Ability to export HDR content with HDR10 metadata [53]
Premiere Pro CC 2021 (15.0)	March 10, 2021 [54]		Windows and Mac	Native support for Apple silicon. [55]
Premiere Pro CC 2022 (22.0)	October 26, 2021 [56]		Windows and Mac	New workspace, enhanced proxy workflow, and improved Apple M1 System
Premiere Pro CC 2022 (22.2)	February 8, 2022 [57]		Windows and Mac	Improved Remix tool, GPU acceleration for more effects, and workflow enhancements [58]
Premiere Pro 2023 (23.0)	October 18, 2022 [59]		Windows and Mac	Enhanced masking tools with new color visualization Faster export times with improved hardware acceleration Improved sequence locking in Team Projects Upgraded speech-to-text for 18 languages
Premiere Pro 2024 (24.0)	October 10, 2023 [60]		Windows and Mac	Text-Based Editing: Select, cut, and trim directly from transcript Enhanced Lumetri Color interface Automatic tone mapping for HDR workflows Background auto-save and smoother playback
Premiere Pro 2025 (25.0)	October 2024		Windows and Mac	AI-powered timeline suggestions using Adobe Sensei Real-time collaborative editing enhancements Native support for AV1 hardware decoding Smart audio ducking with dynamic voice detection

See also

• Adobe Premiere Elements
• After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Express
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Creative Cloud controversy
• List of video editing software
• Comparison of video editing software

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External links

• Official website