Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro is a standalone, non-linear, video editing application developed by Adobe Inc., and distributed as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. It is primarily used for producing professional videos across various industries, such as broadcast media and advertising.^[4][5]

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Premiere Pro 2025 running on Windows 11
Developer(s)	Adobe
Initial release	September 23, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-09-23)
Stable release	25.2 / April 2025
Preview release	25.2 / April 2025
Operating system	Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later or Windows 11[1] macOS 12 or later[1]
Type	Video editing software, special effects, visual effects[2][3]
License	Trialware, Proprietary, term
Website	adobe.com/products/premiere

Premiere Pro provides tools for creating visual effects.^[2][3] Its predecessor, Adobe Premiere, was launched in 1991. Premiere Pro replaced it in mid to late 2003 as a more advanced, professional-grade application. Additionally, Adobe Premiere Elements, a separate product aimed at the consumer market, was introduced with a simpler and more accessible, user-friendly interface.

History

Original Adobe Premiere

Adobe Premiere

Developer(s)	Adobe Systems SuperMac Technology
Initial release	December 1991; 33 years ago (1991-12)
Final release	6.5 / August 2002; 22 years ago (2002-08)
Operating system	Classic Mac OS Microsoft Windows
Successor	Adobe Premiere Pro
Type	Video editing software
Website	adobe.com/products/premiere

In 1991, the original version of Adobe Premiere was developed by Adobe Inc. Premiere was one of the first computer-based non-linear editing systems. The first version was released on Apple Mac in 1991, and for Microsoft Windows in September 1993.^[6] The final version was released in 2002.

The project's conception began at SuperMac Technology, originally named Reel Time, a QuickTime-based video editor designed for the company's Video Spigot video capture card.^[7] The software project was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 1991 and renamed Adobe Premiere.^[7]

Premiere was the second of many QuickTime-based video editors on the market.^[8] As a result, its ability to import new video formats could be enhanced by updating to a newer, compatible version of QuickTime. However, it was limited to processing video and images at a maximum width of 1,024 pixels.^[9]

Features

Premiere Pro supports high-resolution video editing up to 10,240 × 8,192^[10] resolution and up to 32-bit color depth in RGB and YUV. It offers features such as audio sample-level editing, VST audio plug-in support, and 5.1 surround sound mixing. The software also supports a wide variety of video and audio formats and codecs across macOS and Windows. With the Cine Form Neo codec, it enables 3-D editing and viewing with 2-D monitors.

Workflow integration

Premiere Pro supports program files from Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects. Premiere Pro projects can also be imported into After Effects, and clips copied between the two applications retain most of their attributes.

Projects from Premiere Rush are compatible with Premiere Pro,^[11] allowing for advanced editing features and usage of professional-grade tools.

Adobe Story, On Location and Prelude

The Premiere Pro workflow integrates metadata across all stages of video production. Adobe Story provides script integration functionality within the Premiere Pro workflow, while Adobe OnLocation embeds metadata directly into the footage. Within Premiere Pro, speech recognition technology analyzes audio and aligns it with the corresponding script dialogue using embedded metadata.^[12]

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. Some supported features in these applications include metadata and ingest logging, media output encoding, and more.

Current applications

• Dynamic Link is a workflow that integrates After Effects with both Premiere Pro and the discontinued Encore. Files can be transferred between the two without re-rendering.
• Elements Organizer is a digital asset management application that accompanies Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements,^[13] providing a centralized interface for managing photos and video projects.
• Media Encoder is a rendering tool that adjusts project output settings. Users can tailor renders to specific platforms, be inclusive to a wider audience, and keep a lower file size.
• Premiere Elements is a scaled-down version of Premiere Pro tailored to novice editors and consumers. Its entry screen offers clip organization, editing, and auto-movie generation options. Premiere Pro project files are incompatible with those from Premiere Elements. Unlike many of its competitors, Premiere Elements can handle unlimited video and audio tracks,^[14][15] with multiple key-frame 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.
• Premiere Rush is a simplified, cross-platform video editing software application that integrates with Premiere Pro. First released in 2018, it is published by Adobe alongside Premiere Pro as part of Adobe Creative Cloud,^[16] replacing Premiere Clip for editing on mobile devices. As hinted by the name, Premiere Rush is aimed at short turnaround times in favor of advanced editing tools.^[17]

Notable projects edited on Adobe Premiere Pro

The following films and television series were either fully or partially created with Premiere Pro:

• A Liar's Autobiography (2012)^[18]
• Act of Valor (2012)^[19]
• Avatar (2009)^[20]
• Captain Abu Raed (2007)^[21][22]
• Deadpool (2016)^[23]
• Dust to Glory (2005)^[24]
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)^[25]
• Gone Girl (2014)^[26]
• Hugo (2011)^[27]
• The Killer (2023)^[28][29]
• Monsters (2010)^[30][31]
• Nancy (2018)^[32]
• Red Obsession (2013)^[33]
• Sharknado 2 (2014)^[34]
• The Social Network (2010)^[35]
• Staten Island Summer (2015)^[36]
• Superman Returns (2006)^[37]
• Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)^[38][39]
• Thunderbirds Are Go (2015–2020)^[40]

Release history

Adobe Premiere

Version	Platform	Release date	Significant changes
Adobe Premiere 1.0	Mac	December 1991[41]	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[42][43]
Adobe Premiere 2.0	Mac	September 1992[44]	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[45][46]
Adobe Premiere 3.0	Mac	August 1993[47]	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[48]
Adobe Premiere 1.0	Windows	September 1993[49]	The first release of Premiere application for Windows 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 the current Mac (v3.0) release[50][51][52]
Adobe Premiere 1.1	Windows	February 1994[53]	AdobeCap video capture module Expanded graphics and audio file support TARGA and ADPCM file support Image sequence import support[54][55][56]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	Mac	July 1994[57]	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[57][58][59]
Adobe Premiere 4.0	Windows	December 1994[60]	Adobe moved the 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[61]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	Mac	October 1995[62]	CD-ROM Movie Maker Plug-in Data rate analysis tool Power Macintosh-native Sound Manager 3.1[62]
Adobe Premiere 4.2	Windows	April 1996[63]	32-bit architecture Long File Names support Background compiling Batch movie maker 4K output support Right-mouse button support Uninstaller utility[64]
Adobe Premiere 4.2 for Silicon Graphics	UNIX/SGI	July 1997[65]	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[66]
Adobe Premiere 5.0	Windows and Mac	May 1998[67]	Source/Program editing Title window editor Keyframeable audio and video filters Collapsible tracks Up to three hour project length support[67][68]
Adobe Premiere 5.1	Windows and Mac	October 1998[69]	QuickTime 3.0 support DPS[expand acronym] Perception support Preview to RAM "Smart" Preview file Timeline export Multi-threaded, dual processor support[69]
Adobe Premiere 6.0	Windows and Mac	January 2001[70]	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	Platform	Release date	Significant changes
Premiere Pro 1.0 (Premiere Pro CS, Adobe Premiere 7.0)	Windows and Mac	August 21, 2003	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 Pro 1.5 / CS1		April 2004	[specify]
Premiere Pro 2.0 / CS2		2005	[specify]
Premiere Pro CS3	Windows and Mac	2007	[specify]
Premiere Pro CS4	Windows and Mac	2008	Last version to support Windows XP and Mac OS X Tiger.[71]
Premiere Pro CS5	Windows and Mac	2010	Initial support of Nvidia CUDA accelerated effects
Premiere Pro CS5.5	Windows and Mac	2011	Expanded RED support
Premiere Pro CS6	Windows and Mac	2012	Warp Stabilizer[72]
Premiere Pro CC 2013	Windows and Mac	2013	[specify]
Premiere Pro CC 2014	Windows and Mac	2014	[specify]
Premiere Pro CC 2015	Windows and Mac	2015	Icon change
Premiere Pro CC 2017 (11.0)	Windows and Mac	2016	Removal of Title Menu and Title Templates; replaced with Legacy Title function[73] "Essential Graphics" introduced[73]
Premiere Pro CC 2018 (12.0)	Windows and Mac	October 19, 2017 [74][better source needed]	[specify]
Premiere Pro CC 2019 (13.0)	Windows and Mac	October 15, 2018[75]	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[75]
Premiere Pro CC 2020 (14.0)	Windows and Mac	November 4, 2019[76]	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[77]
Premiere Pro CC 2021 (15.0)	Windows and Mac	March 10, 2021[78]	Premiere Pro 15.4 is the first macOS release to run natively on Apple silicon.[79]
Premiere Pro CC 2022 (22.0)	Windows and Mac	October 26, 2021[80]	New workspace, enhanced proxy workflow, improved Apple M1 System

See also

• Adobe Premiere Elements
• Adobe Premiere Express
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Creative Cloud controversy
• List of video editing software
• Comparison of video editing software