Adobe Releases New Versions of Premiere, After Effects, Audition and Other Media Apps

This week, Adobe released new versions of its video and audio applications: Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, Media Encoder, Character Animator and Premiere Rush. There is a LOT in these new releases. Here are the details.

NOTE: This information is taken from a number of Adobe press releases.

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO

Premiere Pro (version 15.0) is the first release in the 2021 versions of the Creative Cloud video applications. This version provides new support for graphics functionality and cross application workflows, enabling new features such as Captions in Premiere Pro and Media Replacement in Motion Graphics templates.

Within a major release, project files are forward and backward compatible: you can open and save any Premiere Pro v15.x project with any 15.x version of Premiere Pro – including Dynamic Link with After Effects 18.x versions. If you open a project from a previous version, Premiere Pro 15.x will save the original project and create a new 15.x project file.

New features include:

• New Caption workflow. Captions are now integrated seamlessly into editorial, connecting text with the Timeline and the design tools in the Essential Graphics panel, so you can make better videos and do it faster.
• Media Replacement. You can now swap out specified media within a motion graphics template, such as logos and video clips. This gives you even more creative freedom to create work that stands out from the crowd.
• Faster Warp Stabilizer. Dramatically faster analysis of shaky footage, while the actual stabilization remains the same.
• Team Projects. Access to the Search bar is now available while indexing. As well, access to the Search Bar and SmartBin content is now significantly faster than before.
• Equitable Language. Adobe replaced non-inclusive language and reference imagery in Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition.
• Copy and Paste Audio Effects in the Audio Track Mixer. You can now copy and paste complete audio effects racks between audio tracks. Pasted audio effects racks include all of the effects and settings of the original track. You can further adjust individual settings in the pasted track effects racks without affecting the other tracks.
• Legacy Audio Effects Removed. Premiere Pro 15.0 removes several legacy audio effects, including Chorus, DeClicker, DeCrackler, DeEsser, DeHummer, DeNoiser, Dynamics, EQ, Flanger, Multiband Compressor, Phaser, Pitch Shifter, Reverb, and Spectral Noise Reduction. All of these have already been replaced by new or equivalent effects.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

AFTER EFFECTS

New features include:

• Media Replacement in Motion Graphics templates and Essential Properties. Create Motion Graphics templates that have replaceable media such as images and videos. Editors can use them in Premiere Pro to create complex graphics and animations with customizable parameters and swappable media.
• Real-Time 3D Draft Preview. A new real-time 3D rendering engine provides instant feedback on designs in the Composition panel so you can explore ideas more easily and iterate on design more quickly.
• 3D Ground Plane. This enables designers orient their designs in space, providing a horizon line and vanishing point. You can toggle a grid on and off for accurate orientation and use snapping to align objects in space or in relation to each other. Ground Plane button only appears when using the new Draft 3D preview mode.
• Improved Composition Toolbar. Work seamlessly across both 2D and 3D, by surfacing the most-used composition tools based on context. This avoids the need to constantly enable/disable a large number of settings as you switch back and forth. The updated Composition panel toolbar has been reorganized and displays options dynamically, based on the currently selected layer.
• Team Projects performance improvements. Cloud-based collaboration is more fluid and efficient. After Effects artists can now share and receive changes to Team Projects faster. Searches are now at least twice as fast, thanks to more efficient indexing.
• Equitable Language. Adobe replaced non-inclusive language and reference imagery in Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

AUDITION

New features include:

• Insert Mode in Waveform Editor. The new Insert mode in the Waveform edior enables you to insert audio at playhead position without overwriting. This feature is especially useful for voice workflows in the Waveform editor, Insert Recording mode also supports punch and roll, allowing the speaker to preview the preceding audio before recording the new segment. This makes it easier to match the cadence and delivery of the original performance. Select Overwrite mode if you want to overwrite audio.
• Keyframe Dragging. Keyframe dragging is now limited until the clip edge and cannot be dragged beyond clip boundaries.
• Equitable Language. Adobe replaced non-inclusive language and reference imagery in Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

MEDIA ENCODER

New features include:

• Support import of ARRIRAW footage. With support for ARRI Alexa Mini LF (ARRIRAW) footage Adobe Media Encoder now offers a comprehensive, cross-platform (Windows and macOS) solution for workflows, from camera media through to delivery.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

CHARACTER ANIMATOR

New features include:

• New Example Puppet. Hopscotch the Frog is a new example puppet in the Home screen with posable limbs. Drag near his neck to make him squat. Try out the different triggers or make him hop away.
• New project file format. Your newly created or Saved-As projects will now be saved in a faster and more compact format that is more resilient to power loss and file-syncing conflicts.
• Snap to Frames & Snap to Objects. The Timeline menu options, Snap to Frames and Snap to Objects, let you control snapping of tracks, takes, and markers to frame boundaries and other objects in the timeline.
• Pin Feet When Standing. This parameter lets you pin the character’s feet to the ground when not walking is now set to on by default. Use this parameter when you have a single left or right view that is sometimes walking and sometimes standing.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

PREMIERE RUSH

New features include:

• New color presets. You can now choose from a selection of new color presets in Premiere Rush to enhance your videos.
• Apply color edits to all the clips in your video. You can now apply your color edits to all the clips in your video at once. With this feature, you can save time and make your video more cohesive in terms of color.
• Easily flip/mirror video clips, images, stickers, and overlays. You can now apply the flip and mirror feature horizontally or vertically to video clips, images, stickers and overlays.
• New sound effects. You can now choose from more than 1,500 sound effects to add excitement to your video.
• Performance Improvements. Comprehensive optimizations for Premiere Rush on iOS deliver better battery life, less heating, and faster exports: up to 7x faster on iPhone 12 Pro. The improvements apply across the board with some variation in export gains, depending on the footage and iOS model.

NOTE: Link for more Adobe information and demos.

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