Adobe is continuing to add new features to the beta versions of its Premiere Pro and After Effects, as well as improvements to its Frame.io. The latest additions are designed to enable editors and motion designers to work faster and more efficiently. Adobe also has added a live co-editing feature to Photoshop that is being private beta-tested.
Just prior to filmmakers beginning their annual trek to the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, Adobe had a welcome gift prepared for them and their colleagues in the form of new features in the latest beta versions of Adobe’s Premiere Pro and After Effects, in addition to Frame.io. The new features are designed to speed up and enhance video workflows.
Premiere Pro
Two new tools are available in Premiere Pro (beta):
- Media intelligence and search panel
- AI-powered caption transition
With the new media intelligence and search panel, video editors are able to immediately find the ideal film clip from among large libraries of files. This addresses a significant pain point for video editors, who no longer have to painstakingly hunt through gigabytes of files manually. Instead, AI-powered media intelligence automatically recognizes clip content, including objects, locations, camera angles, and metadata-like shoot date or camera type. Users just type in the clip type needed into the new search panel and media intelligence will locate the clips.
Also added to Premiere Pro is an AI-powered caption translator, which automates the process of multi-lingual caption generation. It supports native caption translation in 17 languages.
After Effects
Two new features are available in After Effects (beta):
- Improved caching
- Improved HDR support
Improved caching will enable users to immediately play back an entire composition at the moment it is cached.
With improved HDR support, users are able to more accurately import, monitor, and export high dynamic range content, for more vivid motion design work.
Frame.io
Adobe has also expanded Frame.io camera to cloud support with direct integration into Canon EOS C80 and C400 cameras, enabling users to automatically upload and access footage directly from set in Frame.io.
Photoshop
With a focus on collaboration, Adobe has added live co-editing to its Photoshop desktop (beta) and Web apps in private beta testing. With this functionality, multiple creators can simultaneously access and edit documents from different computers, splitting tasks to complete projects more efficiently and collaboratively.
This capability offers advantages for creators, clients, and educators. It enables creative teams at large enterprises to collaborate on highly matrixed projects, solicit stakeholder input, and address feedback, all in a single file. Also, it streamlines client feedback by enabling them to directly collaborate on a file, view edits, and make comments. In the classroom, students can follow along live as educators demonstrate workflows and teach techniques in Photoshop. Comments and edits can be made directly in a student’s document by teachers to help enhance learning and contextualize feedback.
To sign up to test the live co-editing feature, go here.
Support
In other news, Adobe has committed an additional $5 million to the Adobe Film & TV Fund in support of underrepresented creators and filmmakers. This brings the total of the fund to $11 million.
To assist the Los Angeles creative community impacted by the recent wildfires, the Adobe Foundation has made a $1 million charitable grant across the California Community Foundation: Wildfire Recovery Fund and Entertainment Community Fund.
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