With Adobe Max just around the corner, Adobe announced some updates to its video processing software. As usual, performance boosting is always the biggest want from content creators and Adobe usually announces added performance with its updates. So what was announced today? More AI integration and yes, general performance boost.
Premiere Pro Updates
HDR is a more common phrase today when it comes to video. About as much as you hear about it in photography. As I’ve explained here, HDR equates to being able to see details in the darker and brighter parts of a scene or image. Adobe has added HDR for broadcasters support which supports the Sony’s XAVC in a .mxf wrapper as well as Apple ProRes in .mov. Pretty common CODECs for HDR and are fully color managed. When you add your footage to your sequence, Adobe is able to determine your codec and apply the Rec 2100 HLG color space. This is great for not only keeping the fine details visible, but great for artistic color grading. If you need to mix Rec 709 footage with some HDR footage, Premiere will automatically map the footage into a HLG format as an “HDR Graphics Lite” color space footage format. This update is also a part of After Effects.
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Scene Edit Detection
This is a simple use of AI to help find where a video was previously cut. When clip cuts are detected, markers are added to the timeline to help you speed through any new edits needed on the clip.
Quick Export
This has been added to the Adobe public BETA. Pretty simple, actually. This allows you to export a project with about two clicks based on a predetermined set of parameters that you use most often. The regular export menu will still exist.
After Effects Update (Beta)
The UI is still the overwhelming dump of menus we all know and love, but now we more 3D object controls are implemented. This is for your objects as well as the 3D camera you use in your scene. The new interface adopts the same interface found in Dimension, Adobe’s 3D modeling software.
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Oh yeah, performance boost for both
Yes there’s supposed to be a boost in performance as the software continues to harness the power of CPUs and GPUs .As a Ryzen user, I wish Adobe was more vocal about its support of Ryzen systems. Intel gets all the press, but Ryzen is just as good if not better and usually costs less.
You can find out more about the Adobe updates over on the company’s blog.