# Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based non-linear video editing software developed by Adobe Inc., distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. Premiere Pro is also available as a standalone application. Primarily aimed at professional video editing, the program also provides an advanced set of tools for creating special effects and visual effects. Its derivative version, Adobe Premiere Elements, is targeted at the consumer market and features a more accessible interface. Originally introduced in 2003, it took over from Adobe Premiere, which was introduced in 1991.
CNN was one of the early adopters of Adobe Premiere Pro. In 2007, certain departments of the BBC also adopted the software. Premiere Pro has been used in the editing of multiple notable films and series, as well as projects such as Madonna's Confessions Tour, Superman Returns, and Dust to Glory.

## History
### Original Adobe Premiere

In 1991, the original version of Adobe Premiere was developed by Adobe Systems. Premiere was one of the first computer non-linear editing systems. Non-linear editing (NLE) is an editing process that enables the editor to modify a video or audio project without regard to the linear timeline. The first version for Mac was released in 1991, and the first version for Microsoft Windows was released in September 1993. It's final version was released in 2002.
The project began at SuperMac Technology as ReelTime, a QuickTime-based video editor for it's VideoSpigot video capture card. SuperMac engineer Randy Ubillos created a working demo of ReelTime in about 10 weeks while QuickTime was still in beta. The software project was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 1991 and was renamed Adobe Premiere. Ubillos also left SuperMac to join Adobe.
Premiere was the second of many QuickTime-based video editors on the market. As a result, its ability to import new video formats could also be upgraded by updating to a newer compatible version of QuickTime. However, it was limited to processing video and images that were 1024 pixels wide, or less.
Premiere included 24 transition effects and a plug-in architecture that was compatible with some Photoshop filters.
Premiere was based on ReelTime, a product acquired from SuperMac Technologies Inc. and was one of the first computer-based NLEs, with it's first release on Mac in 1991. Adobe briefly abandoned the Mac platform after version 6 of Premiere. Up until version Premiere Pro 2.0 (CS2), the software packaging featured a galloping horse, in a nod to Eadweard Muybridge's work, "Sallie Gardner at a Gallop".

### Release of Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro, a rewritten version of Premiere, was launched in 2003. Premiere Pro refers to versions released in 2003 and later, whereas Premiere refers to the earlier releases.

## Features

Premiere Pro supports high-resolution video editing up to 10,240 × 8,192 resolution, and up to 32 bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV. Audio sample-level editing, VST audio plug-in support, and 5.1 surround sound mixing are available. The plug-in architecture enables it to support a wide variety of video and audio file formats and codecs for both MacOS and Windows. When used with CineForm Neo, it supports 3D editing with the ability to view 3D material using 2D monitors while making individual left and right eye adjustments.
Premiere Pro can be used to import video, audio, graphics and to create new or edited versions of video that can be exported in the medium and format necessary for distribution. When creating videos using Premiere Pro, users can edit various videos, still images, and audio files together. Titles and motion graphics can be added to the videos, and filters can be applied along with other effects.

### Workflow integration

Some program files that Premiere Pro supports are: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects.
Video projects in Premiere Rush can be opened in Premiere Pro to make edits and open windows that are more complex.
Premiere Pro projects can also be imported into After Effects. Clips can be copied between the two applications while preserving most clip attributes.

#### Adobe Story, OnLocation and Prelude

The Premiere Pro workflow takes advantage of metadata in the script of video production. A script is brought to Adobe Story. After that, Adobe OnLocation attaches metadata and in Premiere Pro, speech recognition can match the audio to the dialogue from the script in the metadata.

#### Others

There are other integration functions, such as Edit in Adobe Audition, Dynamic Link to Encore, and Reveal in Adobe Bridge. In June 2020, Adobe launched a stock audio offering for Premiere Pro users.
Various extensions and plug-ins are available for Premiere Pro. Extensions include music libraries, graphic elements, and workflow improvements. Extensions open in their own panel within the Premiere Pro interface. Plug-ins can be created for Premiere Pro to add additional functionality. Popular plug-in suites include Red Giant, BorisFX, and NewBlue.

## 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. Several features of the Adobe Premiere family are non-linear video editing, metadata and ingest logging, media output encoding, and more.

### Current applications

* Dynamic Link is a workflow that integrates After Effects with Premiere Pro and with the discontinued Encore, allowing files to be transferred between the two without re-rendering.
* Elements Organizer is the digital asset management app for Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. It is able to organize all photos and video projects all in one place.
* Media Encoder is a tool to output video files in order support more audiences and to lessen the file size.
* Premiere Elements is a video editing software application published by Adobe Systems. It's a scaled-down version of Premiere Pro and is tailored to novice editors and consumers. The entry screen offers clip organization, editing and auto-movie generation options. Premiere Pro project files are not compatible with Premiere Elements projects files. Unlike many of its competitors, Premiere Elements can handle unlimited video and audio tracks, with multiple keyframe 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 (first launched in 1991).
* Premiere Rush is a simplified pro-quality video app for mobile devices, developed by Adobe and available through Creative Cloud. It replaced Premiere Clip as the mobile video editing application by Adobe Inc. today.

### Discontinued applications

* Encore (previously called Encore DVD) was a specialized DVD authoring app, which converts the output of Premiere Pro and After Effects to a format suitable for DVD and Blu-ray players. Files are automatically transcoded to MPEG-2 or H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video and Dolby Digital audio. It was discontinued along with Fireworks on Creative Suite 6.
* OnLocation was a direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software. It was soon replaced by Prelude in Adobe Creative Suite 6.
* Prelude was an ingest and logging tool for tagging media with metadata for searching, post-production workflows, and footage lifecycle management. Adobe Prelude was also made to work closely with Premiere Pro. It was announced that it would discontinued on September 8, 2021.
* Premiere was a former video editing software developed by Adobe Systems. It was first launched in 1991, and its final version was released in 2002. It was replaced by Premiere Pro, a rewritten version of Adobe Premiere.
* Premiere Clip was a timeline based video editing software on mobile platform. It is no longer supported for new and upcoming users since September 17, 2019. Extended support for all active customers lasted until March 17, 2020.
* Premiere Express was a rich Internet application for simple editing of digital video files. The release was announced on February 21, 2007. The program itself served as a free tool for users of YouTube, Photobucket, and MTV.com. As Adobe Systems allowed websites to contact them to request Express, YouTube received it on their website as a way of remixing videos on a member's YouTube account. Known as YouTube's Video Remixer, it was found on TestTube at youtube.com/testtube. It was later taken down.
* Premiere Limited Edition (LE) was a video editor for novice video editors and hobbyists. It contains most of the features of the professional version but with fewer and simpler options. It was instead replaced by Premiere Elements in September 2004.
* SpeedGrade was a tool for performing color corrections and developing looks for Premiere projects. SpeedGrade was discontinued on August 22, 2017, but can still be used by subscribers at the time. Features from SpeedGrade are now found in the Lumetri Color Correction feature in Premiere Pro.
* Story was a screenwriting and film/TV pre-production online application which integrates with the Premiere family. It allows users to create scripts for movies and TV shows.
* Ultra is a discontinued chroma key compositing app, which removes the background of video usually recorded on a blue or green screen and combines it with another video background. Ultra was only available in the CS3 package. It was later incorporated into Premiere Elements and Visual Communicator. Later versions of Premiere Pro and After Effects have had built-in chroma key compositing features.
* Version Cue was a revision control system for maintaining multiple revisions of works among teams. It was removed from the Creative Suite after CS4.

## Notable projects edited on Adobe Premiere Pro

The following films and television series were fully or partially edited on Premiere Pro:
* A Liar's Autobiography (2012)
* Act of Valor (2012)
* Avatar (2009)
* Captain Abu Raed (2007)
* Deadpool (2016)
* Dust to Glory (2005)
* Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
* Gone Girl (2014)
* Hugo (2011)
* The Killer (2023)
* Monsters (2010)
* Nancy (2018)
* Red Obsession (2013)
* Sharknado 2 (2014)
* The Social Network (2010)
* Staten Island Summer (2015)
* Superman Returns (2006)
* Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
* Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020)

## Release history
### Adobe Premiere

| Version | Platform | Release date | Significant changes |
| Adobe Premiere 1.0 | Mac | December 1991 | The 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 |
| Adobe Premiere 2.0 | Mac | September 1992 | 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 |
| Adobe Premiere 3.0 | Mac | August 1993 | 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 |
| Adobe Premiere 1.0 | Windows | September 1993 | The First release of Premiere application for Windows platform 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 then current Mac (v3.0) release |
| Adobe Premiere 1.1 | Windows | February 1994 | AdobeCap video capture module Expanded graphics and audio file support TARGA and ADPCM file support Image sequence import support |
| Adobe Premiere 4.0 | Mac | July 1994 | 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 |
| Adobe Premiere 4.0 | Windows | December 1994 | Adobe moves Windows platform release of Premiere directly from v1.1 to v4.0 Premiere 4.0 for Windows matches capabilities of Premiere 4.0 for Macintosh |
| Adobe Premiere 4.2 | Mac | October 1995 | CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in Data rate analysis tool Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1 |
| Adobe Premiere 4.2 | Windows | April 1996 | 32-bit architecture Long File Names support Background compiling Batch movie maker 4K output support Right-mouse button support Uninstaller utility |
| Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Silicon Graphics | UNIX/SGI | July 1997 | 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 |
| Adobe Premiere 5.0 | Windows and Mac | May 1998 | Source/Program editing Title window editor Keyframeable audio and video filters Collapsible tracks Up to three hour project length support |
| Adobe Premiere 5.1 | Windows and Mac | October 1998 | QuickTime 3.0 support DPS Perception support Preview to RAM "Smart" Preview file Timeline export Multi-threaded, dual processor support |
| Adobe Premiere 6.0 | Windows and Mac | January 2001 | 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 | Windows and Mac | August 2002 | Real-time preview Adobe Title Designer Exporting to DVD as MPEG-2 |

### Adobe Premiere Pro

| Version | Release date | Platform | Significant changes |
| Premiere Pro 1.0 (Premiere Pro CS, Adobe Premiere 7.0) | August 21, 2003 | Windows and Mac | 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 7.5 / Premiere Pro 1.5 / CS1 | April 2004 | | |
| Premiere 8.0 / Premiere Pro 2.0 / CS2 | 2005 | | |
| Premiere Pro CS3 | 2007 | Windows and Mac | |
| Premiere Pro CS4 | 2008 | Windows and Mac | Last version to support Windows XP and Mac OS X Tiger. |
| 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 |
| Premiere Pro CC 2013 | 2013 | Windows and Mac | |
| Premiere Pro CC 2014 | 2014 | Windows and Mac | |
| 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 "Essential Graphics" introduced |
| Premiere Pro CC 2018 (12.0) | October 19, 2017 | Windows and Mac | |
| Premiere Pro CC 2019 (13.0) | October 15, 2018 | 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 |
| Premiere Pro CC 2020 (14.0) | November 4, 2019 | Windows and Mac | Auto Reframe – Uses Artificial Intelligence to intelligently reframe videos for square or vertical aspect ratios Time remapping's maximum is increased to 20,000% without the need for nesting sequences Ability to export HDR content with HDR10 metadata |
| Premiere Pro CC 2021 (15.0) | March 10, 2021 | Windows and Mac | Premiere Pro 15.4 is the first macOS release to run natively on Apple silicon. |
| Premiere Pro CC 2022 (22.0) | October 26, 2021 | Windows and Mac | |