What is Adobe Premiere Pro?

Adobe® Premiere® Pro CS5.5 software lets you edit faster with true native format support. Get breakthrough performance on workstations and laptops; streamline collaboration; and boost productivity with an efficient, robust, cross-platform editing workflow

What’s new in 5.5?

Flexible, precise, and reliable editing tools Edit the way you want with widely accepted, customizable NLE shortcuts and powerful, intuitive trimming and editing tools that give you more precision and control. Boost productivity with dual-system sound support and enhanced project exchange with Final Cut Pro and Avid software
Fast, reliable multiscreen delivery Output your work for computers, smartphones, tablets, and television with Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5. Use intuitive presets and contextual menus to set up sequences once for multiple formats, and batch encode while you keep editing
Roundtrip workflows with Adobe Audition Get a fast, flexible roundtrip audio workflow with Adobe Audition® CS5.5 software. Pass individual audio clips and multitrack mixes or complete video sequences between Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and Adobe Audition for editing and sweetening
Direct integration with Adobe Story Speed up your editing workflow by importing scripts with metadata from Adobe Story, an Adobe CS Live online service,1,2 into Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5. Eliminate hours of routine work using Speech Search and other metadata to quickly find footage

 

• Experience industry-leading performance Work smoothly with the enhanced 64-bit Adobe® Mercury Playback Engine, now on workstations and laptops; GPU acceleration; and the ability to adjust playback resolution in the Source or Program Monitor in Adobe Premiere® Pro CS5.5 software
• Work in real time Take advantage of GPU-accelerated effects to control frame rate, aspect ratio, field order, alpha channels, pull-down removal, real-time keying, time remapping, transitions, and more
• Streamline production with a native file-based workflow Maximize quality and eliminate time-consuming transcoding and rewrapping. Adobe Premiere Pro provides native support for P2; XDCAM EX, HD, and HD50; JVC ProHD, AVCHD, and AVCCAM; DPX; and Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras as well as enhanced RED R3D and Canon XF support
• Take advantage of broad format support Import and export major video, audio, and graphic file formats, and combine them all in the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline. Adobe Premiere Pro also supports a wide range of hardware, so you can build the editing system that meets your needs and budget
• Enjoy the convenience of Adobe integration Effortlessly move assets between Adobe Premiere Pro and other Adobe applications, including Adobe After Effects®, Photoshop® Extended, Illustrator®, Flash® Catalyst®, Adobe Audition®, and Adobe OnLocation
• Achieve creative excellence Realize your creative vision with Adobe Premiere Pro CS 5.5, taking advantage of real-time stereoscopic 3D editing, support for closed captioning, time remapping, precise keyframe controls, and more
• Collaborate through third-party workflow integration Work in an open, extensible production environment. Write scripts collaboratively. Efficiently gather feedback from clients and teammates. Easily exchange projects with Final Cut Pro and Avid software, as well as other Adobe software
• Get better output faster with Adobe Media Encoder Create output more quickly for any video format or device, including web, phone, and tablet, with 64-bit Adobe Media Encoder. Use intuitive presets and context menus to configure multiple outputs from Adobe Premiere Pro and batch encode
• Benefit from an end-to-end metadata workflow Make the most of your metadata, whether you’re turning spoken dialogue into written transcripts with RapidFind, synchronizing scripts to footage, or finding clips with human faces. Customize the way metadata is displayed to match your workflow
• Be more productive thanks to an efficient metadata-driven workflow enabled by Adobe OnLocation Take control of your footage with powerful shot logging and management features and the fast, intuitive Adobe OnLocation interface. Easily place comment markers during recording, and manage metadata across assets
• Speed up video capture and editing with Adobe OnLocation Accomplish more while you’re recording or importing footage. Log live action accurately while recording, and analyze imported files quickly. Check the contents of tapeless camera media without importing it, and browse project contents in the Media Browser
• Realize your vision with powerful Encore authoring tools Send Adobe Premiere Pro projects directly to Adobe Encore without rendering. In Encore, efficiently create DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and web DVDs, all from a single project. Use flowcharts to define and view the navigation of your project
• Deliver engaging experiences practically anywhere Create video optimized for smartphone, tablet, and PC screens. From capture to delivery, use metadata to make assets easier to find in production, create engaging experiences, and make online content easier for audiences to discover through search engines
• Edit faster with a robust editing toolset Boost your productivity with the industry's best cross-platform, native file–based workflows. With the 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine and an unparalleled toolset, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 sets a new standard in editing efficiency
• Increase productivity with timesaving editing features Get more done in less time with features that make your work more efficient, whether you’re removing gaps between clips, placing effects keyframes, applying a transition to multiple clips, or extending the duration of a clip
• Manage projects, sequences, and clips efficiently Keep your projects running smoothly with fast RapidFind search results, clip instances that are updated automatically when you update the asset they reference, nested sequence, immediate playback, and more
• Gain precise audio control Take control of your audio with sample-level audio editing, direct waveform scrubbing, and flexible audio channel mapping for offline clips. View audio waveforms in greater detail
• Extend options with integrated online services Speed up editing and collaboration thanks to Adobe Premiere Pro integration with Adobe Story, Acrobat.com, Adobe CS Review, and other CS Live online services

 

 

Requirements

• Intel® Coreâ„¢2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II processor; 64-bit support required
• 64-bit operating system required: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise with Service Pack 1 or Windows® 7
• 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
• 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on removable flash storage devices)
• 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
• 1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card
• Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU–accelerated performance; visit www.adobe.com/go/premiere_systemreqs for the latest list of supported cards
• Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows
• OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
• Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
• DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
• QuickTime 7.6.2 or higher software required for QuickTime features
• Adobe® Flash® Player 10 software required to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
• Broadband Internet connection required for online services and to validate Subscription Edition (if applicable) on an ongoing basis