First Look: Adobe Premiere Pro
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But wait, there’s more! A long time coming, Premiere Pro introduces nested timelines. This extremely powerful feature allows users to nest particularly complex portions of a project and then insert, or nest, these sequences into other timelines (now called a sequences in Premiere Pro). This allows editors to “flatten” elaborate sections and reuse them over and over again in different sections of other projects. Nested timelines also offer a lot of potential in other areas as well. They facilitate the use of multiple timelines in one project, and they allow users to apply global changes to a range of clips. They can be used for tasks such as Web pre processing or letterboxing. Many aspects of Premiere seem to be following in the footsteps of its sister product After Effects. This can be perceived as a good thing… A really, really good thing.[an error occurred while processing this directive]Premiere also now offers resizable tracks. These can also be renamed to help organize projects. It’s very easy to view video clips frame by frame at any size your heart desires. Same goes for audio. I remember the first time I expanded an audio track, resized the track and marveled at the beautiful tall audio waveform spanning 6 or 7 minutes of the timeline. Once the waveform was in view, it was very easy to scan through the waveform and isolate or remove specific sections. Very inspiring to realize that Premiere is no longer lacking when it comes to audio.
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A Professional Audio App?
It’s no longer essential to resort to external audio applications for professional quality audio production. Premiere now supports ASIO devices as well as offering full VST plug-in support. The same plug-ins that editors use with high-end audio applications can now be imported and plugged into the Premiere workflow. Premiere also ships with its own arsenal of audio plug-ins, all rewritten specifically for the new release. Audio quality and control is leaps and bounds beyond anything ever offered inside previous versions of Premiere.
Sub-frame audio editing has also been incorporated. With past versions, editors were limited to 1 frame increments and this wasn’t always conducive to removing a snap or pop in an audio track. Now it’s possible to zoom in and take a look at samples that occur 96,000 times a second. As mentioned this can be done in the monitor window, or directly on the timeline. Of course, it’s really easy to take little things for granted after playing with this app for some time. It’s now a cinch to split stereo tracks, and isolate individual channels. You can also render and replace audio tracks for a flattened audio preview with updated waveforms.
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Audio can now be modified on a clip or a track level. This is huge and is sure to be welcomed by seasoned audio pros. Adjust gain, volume, remove noise, add compression either to clips or directly to an entire track. All audio calculations are performed with 32 bit floating point precision. Similar to several popular established audio applications, Premiere now conforms all audio imported into the project. This basically makes your audio more responsive and more accessible to Premiere. This paves the way for high quality, real time audio performance. I’ve noticed that conforming audio eliminates issues when working with MP3’s or when working with clips that have varying sample rates or file formats.
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