Adobe announced new features on Wednesday for its video editing software and cloud sharing platform. These features have been launched to the latest Adobe Premiere Pro and beta versions of After Effects and frame.io. Premiere Pro is getting two new artificial intelligence (AI) features that will make it easier for users to search for the correct videos from their library and add AI-generated subtitle translations. The company claims these features are designed to reduce the tediousness of video professionals.
Adobe begins testing two AI features on Premiere Pro
The company shares details on two new AI features of Adobe Premiere Pro through a blog post. They are currently available in the latest beta version of the app, meaning users on the stable release channel will have to wait for a while until the feature is launched. Adobe has not announced when these features will be launched to a wider user base.
The first is a new search panel that uses generative AI (which the company calls Media Intelligence) to analyze natural language text prompts and can find the correct footage from the user library. Adobe says the feature can be used to describe visual effects in a lens, spoken word, or embedded metadata, such as a shooting date or camera type, to find the right clip. Users can also use a combination of these metrics to further refine their search.
For example, the user can type “Skate with a lens flare” and view relevant material that matches the description. The same applies to typing any word used in a clip.
In addition, the Beta version of Premiere Pro also gets AI-generated subtitle translation function. AI tools can automatically convert subtitles to 17 languages and can be added to videos in separate subtitle tracks. Users can also keep multiple tracks simultaneously to effectively edit videos containing audio in other languages.
New AI features in Adobe After Effects and Frame.io
Effects Beta’s Adobe will also have two new features. First is a new caching system that allows users to preview and play compositions without pausing for caching. This is because the new system uses the device’s RAM and high-performance connected hard disks to reduce waiting time.
HDR monitoring is also being added to the platform. The effects will now support a perceptual quantizer (PQ) and Hybrid Log-gamma (HLG) encoded HDR to allow users to view their composition more accurately.
Finally, the camera-to-Cloud (C2C) feature of the company’s cloud sharing platform Frame.io now supports Canon’s C80 and C400 cameras. These are the first Canon cameras to support cloud platforms. It joins other supported brands including Red, Fuji and Panasonic.
The integration allows users to shoot videos using these cameras, and can automatically upload proxy files to cloud servers to allow video editing professionals to access them. It is worth noting that while the proxy file can be used to edit and record videos in Premiere Pro, it must be interconnected with the actual material before exporting the video.
