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Adobe Premiere Pro is video editing software included with Adobe Creative Cloud. It can also be installed independently of Adobe CC on Mac OS or Windows PC. It has been used by professionals to edit movies, TV shows and online videos, but its complete set of editing tools allows all users to create their own content. With Adobe Premiere, you can trim, merge, and enhance a variety of file formats, as well as perform common video editing tasks to produce high-definition, broadcast-quality video.

Editing

Adobe Premiere Pro is used by both new and experienced editors. This is because it has a non-linear video editing interface that allows all users to easily reorder media or undo previous decisions. This is done in its built-in Editing Decision List or EDL. The EDL is vital for editors creating long videos because it contains an ordered list of clip data and timecode. In addition, Adobe Premiere has an extensive set of video, image, and audio editing tools.

You will use the Selection tool most often, as it allows you to do basic selection and editing, such as marking specific edit points, selecting multiple clips, and trimming audio tracks. You can also use the Track Forward/Backward Select tool as it allows you to select all your media files forward or backward. This means that it will move all file formats displayed in the list.

In post-processing, you will most often use the Ripple Edit and Rolling Edit tools. The Ripple Edit tool trims one clip and ripples the clips following it, effectively closing the gaps between two edit points. Scroll editing is suitable for fine-tuning edit points. This is achieved by moving the Out point and In point of the two clips forward or backward in the sequence.

File formats

Adobe Premiere Pro supports a variety of video and audio formats, allowing you to use the same post-processing workflow as professional editors. You will find that most cameras and smartphones export media files in MP4 format. While this format is supported by Adobe Premiere, some MP4 codecs may not be recognized by the program. The solution to this problem is to convert the MP4 file to MOV, MPEG-2 or FLV.

Another format supported by Adobe Premiere is Virtual Reality or VR. The program can automatically detect three VR properties, namely VR Projection, VR Layout and VR Captured View. It can also detect VR video based on file frame sizes. It can detect three frame sizes: 1:1, 2:1 and 4:1, which are stereoscopic VR with top/bottom VR, monoscopic VR and stereoscopic side-by-side VR respectively.

System requirements

Adobe Premiere Pro 14.0 for Windows requires the Windows 10 operating system with 8 GB of RAM, 2 GB of GPU VRAM, and a 6th generation Intel processor.

Premium post-production program

Adobe Premiere Pro is suitable for professionals as it has a wide range of features to meet the needs of editors from different industries. The program’s terminology may seem daunting to a new user, but most of the tools are easy to use. They either use drag and drop or EDL drag and drop, allowing you to interact with your video in real time. Overall, Adobe Premiere Pro is an easy-to-use program that allows all users to create high-quality content.