Adobe Video Fall Updates 2023: Premiere Pro, After Effects, FrameIO

During IBC, Adobe has announced more updates to its professional video creation products in Creative Cloud*. Adobe has been on a tear with updates around its video editing software Premiere Pro as well as its compositing package, After Effects. Some previous updates include changes to the interface, new features and of course the growing AI integration.

Premiere Pro Updates

A few months back, Adobe allowed editors to speed up the rough cut workflow with its text-based editing tool. I can speak first hand that this tool has been a bit of a game changer for creating social media/promotional content at the speed of typing on a keyboard. But Adobe isn’t stopping here.

Improved Text-based editing

Adobe has allowed even more speed when removing pauses in dialogue. Instead of going line by line to find the pauses, now an editor can select all the text and Premiere Pro will highlight the pauses for removal.

Image: Adobe - Premiere Pro text-based editing interface

Enhanced dialogue

Previously, enhanced audio tools were only available in the Adobe Podcast service as a beta online. This has now been implemented into Premiere Pro with additional controls to really fine tune how much better crappy audio is cleaned up.

Color grading enhancements

The Lumetri color panel has included some bug fixes for the QuickTime gamma issue as well as better LUT management, metadata and timecode burn-in, Blackmagic RAW installer guidance and performance boost. I admit that I still enjoy Davinci Resolve more for creative color grading, but Lumetri is getting closer and closer to Resolve on that front.

After Effects Updates

Adobe continues to make After Effects a true 3D workspace for video compositing. Substance 3D has also provided some free 3D assets that can help get a creator started with beautiful, 3D motion graphics. No Substance subscription required.

Roto Brush AI improvement

The new Roto Brush is in public beta and it has continued to get better with not only the selection process, but the motion tracking has improved because of AI Sensei. This is the tool used to separate a subject in a video file for compositing.

3D Workflow

Now the tools are all available within an After Effects composition as Adobe has optimized the 3D rendering engine. One can only assume this includes the Apple Silicon architecture. No more round-tripping from After Effects to other 3D applications. Lighting and texture assets are all in one place.

Image: Adobe - After Effects 3D tools

FrameIO Updates

FrameIO is a great tool for sharing assets of a creative project with your team members or clients. Now there’s more flexibility in how files can be shared as a comparison view for your team or client reviews. This is going to be key considering how often generative AI images are created with different iterations. Adobe has also updated workflow with its Camera-to-Cloud (C2C) interface by adding more compatible devices:

• Atomos Ninja

• Atomos Ninja Ultra

• Accsoon Seemo

• Accsoon Seemo Pro

• Fujifilm GFX 100ii

The Accsoon annoucement is huge considering the entry price of Accsoon gear.

More information on the Fall 2023 Adobe Video updates can be found here on the Adobe blog. These updates are now available in public beta for you to try out, but the official updates will hit the apps later this fall. . .usually around October and Adobe Max. Get your hands on the Creative Cloud suite if you’ve not gotten into the Adobe products just yet by going here* for a free trial .

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Latest Adobe Video Update Adds More AI Integration

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.

Image by Adobe

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.

Image by Adobe

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.

Free Motion Graphics Templates For Ya

I recently put together some generic motion graphics templates for anyone wanting to apply them to their videos. These templates are just a few lower thirds based on social media, a transition template and also an intro/outro template. You can only use these in Premiere Pro. The templates allow you to customize the text you display with them as well as change colors on some of the elements. Download the templates from here. Save them to your computer or your Creative Cloud library.

I'm also starting a tutorial series for beginners to learn how to use After Effects. First off, let me say that I'm not the best After Effects user out there, but I do know enough to create usable animations and motion graphics. The tutorial series will be on my YouTube channel as a playlist. Here's the first installment below. This first installment is a little long, but that's on purpose. I don't intend for the subsequent chapters to be this long. Hopefully this will work well for beginners. Thanks for checking it out and SHARING it with others! 

How Ant Pruitt Creates Time Lapse Video With Premiere or After Effects

My homie MIchael Wilson asked that I show how I create my time lapse videos.

If your camera doesn't have built in time lapse capability you'll need an intervalometer and also proper software such as Adobe Premiere or Adobe After Effects.  There are also options for mobile phones such as the app Lapse It.  You can also do a web search to find less expensive time lapse software for your computer.

This is my way of creating these. My way may not be the best way. My way works for me at this particular time. Your mileage may vary. 

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