The all-new Adobe Premiere CS6 takes a leap forward in its development and provides the professional video creators and producers with all the tools they need for their day to day work.
Adobe is acclaimed worldwide for its impressive software tools, many of which have become true industry standards in different fields. This is the case of video production and Adobe's powerful video editor, Adobe Premiere CS6.
The new version Adobe Premiere CS6 maintains a similar interface structure to previous ones, keeping the learning curve to a minimum while offering a bunch of new features that make video creation and edition easier for everyone. Performance has also been enhanced, thanks to the new Mercury rendering engine – which enables you to see effects in real time.
Many of these are related to new technology standards, such as the possibility to export to Blu-Ray format or the support for tapeless videocameras. Others are focused mainly on improving general workflow, making Adobe Premiere CS5.5 fully compatible with other Adobe tools, with the SWF format, and even with Final Cut Pro. Chroma management in Adobe Premiere CS5.5 has been improved thanks to Ultra Key, and the new Adobe Story can mark specific times in the program’s time line based on characters' dialogues.
Video edition professionals will undoubtedly find in Adobe Premiere CS6 the ultimate companion to video authoring. Beginners however may feel overwhelmed by the complexity of this program, in which case the best options are to turn to a simpler video editing tool or take the time to revise Premiere's extensive documentation. On the other hand, you should take into account that Adobe Premiere CS6 is only available for 64-bit systems and requires quite a powerful machine.
Adobe Premiere CS6 is a state-of-the-art video authoring tool that features all the tools, functions, filters and effects you need for professional video edition and creation.
Recent changes
What's New
Version CS6 (6.0):
Enhanced Mercury Playback Engine- Work dramatically faster thanks to sweeping performance, stability enhancements, and support for NVIDIA Maximus dual-GPU configurations and certain MacBook Pro OpenCL-based AMD GPUs. Adobe Mercury Transmit enhances integration with third-party I/O devices.
Fluid, high-performance editing workflow - Take advantage of the most requested editing enhancements, including over 50 new features to help editors switching NLEs move more comfortably to Adobe Premiere Pro.
Dynamic timeline trimming - Finesse your editing with precision using all-new advanced trimming tools. Trim clips your way--directly in the timeline via keyboard entry or dynamically in the Program Monitor using JKL shortcuts.
Warp Stabilizer effect - Easily stabilize a bumpy camera move or lock a shot automatically with the same powerful technology as in Adobe After Effects® software. The new GPU-accelerated Warp Stabilizer removes jitter and rolling shutter artifacts and other motion-related irregularities.
Expanded multicam editing - Quickly and easily edit multicam footage from as many cameras as you have on the shoot. Sync via timecode, switch between tracks in real time, and adjust color across multiple shots.
More intuitive Three-Way Color Corrector- Better manage the color in your projects with the more intuitive Three-Way Color Corrector for precise primary and secondary color correction. Instantly improve video image quality with Adobe Photoshop® style auto-correct functions.
New adjustment layers - Apply effects across multiple clips. Now you can create adjustment layers, similar to those in Photoshop and After Effects, to apply effects to clips on tracks below them. Easily create masks to adjust a selected area of a shot.
Improved, customizable monitor panels- Work the way you want and edit more fluidly. A less cluttered, customizable interface lets you focus on your media by letting you choose which buttons to show or hide in the monitor panels.
Even faster Project panel workflows - View, sort, and arrange media easier than ever with the redesigned Project panel. Edit faster with the ability to scrub and skim clips, set in and out points, and resize clip thumbnails.
Native DSLR camera support - Work natively with the footage shot with the latest video cameras, including ARRI Alexa, Canon Cinema EOS C300, RED EPIC®, and RED Scarlet-X cameras. Native support lets you start editing immediately, without transcoding or rewrapping the footage.
Enhanced, flexible audio tracks - Freely combine and pan mono and stereo clips. For more advanced audio workflows, new Multichannel master and Adaptive track types enable total audio routing flexibility and easy export to multichannel file types.
Adobe Prelude CS6 integration - Use Adobe Prelude to efficiently log footage, add comments and markers, and create rough cuts that can be brought into Adobe Premiere Pro. Comments and markers are associated with the media, making it easy to organize.
Adobe SpeedGrade CS6 integration - Easily export your Adobe Premiere Pro sequences into SpeedGrade CS6 for a complete finishing solution. Easily handle grading tasks like matching shots and creating consistent nuanced color to visually enhance your projects.
Uninterrupted playback- Edit, apply filters, and adjust their parameters, all during playback. Dynamically preview video by looping playback and adjusting parameters on the fly, thanks to the Mercury Playback Engine. (May require a supported GPU.)
Rolling Shutter Repair effect - Easily repair media with rolling shutter artifacts such as wobble and skew. Based on technology in the Warp Stabilizer, this powerful effect can be applied without stabilization and offers enhanced controls.
New Preset Browser - Access commonly used settings immediately using the new Preset Browser in Adobe Media Encoder CS6. Organize presets by category, set favorites, and customize your most frequently used encoding presets.
Performance and stability improvements - Encode video faster when outputting a single source to multiple outputs with Adobe Media Encoder CS6. Get a significant performance boost when using watch folders on a network.
New RED EPIC and RED Scarlet-X support - Take advantage of new support for RED EPIC 5K and RED Scarlet-X footage that lets you import it directly into Adobe Media Encoder CS6 for transcoding to HD and SD formats.
More popular device and format presets - Save time and encode content more easily by using Adobe Media Encoder presets that help ensure your video looks great on widely used output formats and devices, including mobile devices and HDTV.
New 64-bit Adobe Encore CS6 - Speed up your authoring workflow and get rock-solid performance and stability with Adobe Encore® CS6, now natively 64 bit. Open and save projects faster, and get dramatic performance working on demanding projects.
Faster MPEG import - Bring MPEG assets into Encore CS6 even faster as multiple import processes happen simultaneously in the background.
Pixel aspect ratio correction in previews - View the correct pixel aspect ratio when previewing DVD simulations, thanks to new pixel aspect ratio correction in Encore CS6.
Enhanced DVD and Blu-Ray Disc authoring - Get even more functionality when authoring DVDs and Blu-ray discs. New 64-bit Encore CS6 adds support for 8-bit color for highlight buttons and menu color quality enhancements and lifts the 99-slide restriction for Blu-ray slide shows.
Enhanced web DVD authoring - Create powerful web DVD experiences that replicate all the functionality of their Blu-ray Disc counterparts, thanks to new web DVD support for pop-up menus, multipage menus, and looping menu playback.
Notes
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Pros
Excellent video authoring solution for professional video editors
Fully compatible with other Adobe tools
Supports the newest technology: Blu-Ray, digital tapeless cameras
Cons
Too complex for beginners
