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In the edit

Adobe Premiere Pro is a professional video editing application used to assemble, colour, and finish content for film, television, and the web. Version 26.5 sharpens the tools that matter to editors who work fast and demand control.

Multi-cam editing with hardware-accelerated 10-bit decoding

• Multi-cam editing and complex timeline work with hardware-accelerated 4:2:2 10-bit decoding for AVC and HEVC in MXF on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
• Colour grading and exposure adjustments using adjustment layers and vignette tools.
• Adding closed captions directly in the timeline, and integrating graphics and audio through the built-in Essential Sound and Graphics panels.
• Working with ProRes RAW footage thanks to enhanced support in this release.
• Collaborating via Adobe integrations and accessing Adobe Stock for assets.

Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later

• Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Runs on both Apple Silicon and Intel 64-bit Macs.
• Minimum 8 GB RAM; Apple Silicon systems need 8 GB unified memory for the GPU, Intel systems require 4 GB of GPU memory.
• Interface available in ten languages including English, German, Spanish, French, and Japanese.
• If you run multiple Adobe apps, keep releases from the same group together and avoid mixing them.

Dynamic Link sends clips to After Effects without rendering

Dynamic Link lets you send a clip to After Effects for a title or effect, and the change appears back in your timeline without rendering or exporting in between. For a wedding photographer who also shoots video, dropping a still from Photoshop into a sequence is a regular move – right-click, edit in Photoshop, save, and the timeline updates.

macOS features come into play too. The Colour Space override in Premiere works well with the system-wide colour management, so your Rec. 709 exports look consistent across QuickTime and Safari. Using Spaces or Stage Manager to keep the Lumetri Scopes panel on a separate desktop is a small convenience that adds up over a long session. And if you are on an Apple Silicon Mac, the hardware decoders handle H.264 and HEVC natively, which makes scrubbing through 4K footage in the source monitor noticeably more responsive.

Adobe Stock is integrated directly. You can search for footage, motion graphics templates, or sound effects without leaving the app. Drag a preview into the timeline to test it, then license it when you are ready. It is not a replacement for your own library, but it helps when a client asks for something specific and you need it fast.

Creating a new sequence from a clip to match source properties

I start a project by creating a new sequence from a clip – Premiere reads the source properties and sets the timeline to match. From there, I drop my selects into the timeline in order, trimming the heads and tails with the Selection and Ripple Edit tools. Version 26.5 has the Paper Edit feature, which I use when a client has sent notes on a transcript. I open the transcript view, highlight the sections they liked, and drag them straight into the timeline as a rough assembly. It saves the back-and-forth of marking timecode on paper.

Once the rough cut is in place, I switch to the colour workspace. The Lumetri Color panel lives on the right side of the interface, and I use the adjustment layer workflow to grade groups of clips at once. I add an adjustment layer above the timeline, apply a primary correction, and the exposure, contrast, and white balance shift across every clip underneath. For a multi-cam interview, this is the fastest way to match two cameras without keyframing each shot.

Audio comes next. The Essential Sound panel assigns a tag to each clip – dialogue, music, or ambience – and applies the right processing. Automatic ducking lowers the music volume when dialogue is detected, which saves me from drawing volume keyframes manually. I usually tweak the sensitivity a little, but the default settings work well for most interviews.

Towards the end of the session, I add graphics. The Essential Graphics panel holds my saved templates – lower thirds, titles, end cards. I drag one in, edit the text, and it is done. If I need something custom, I open the Type tool and build it in the Program Monitor. For a quick vignette, I draw a shape layer, add a blur, and adjust the opacity. It takes about thirty seconds.

Exporting is straightforward. The Export Settings window remembers my last preset, so for a client who always wants H.264 at 50 Mbps, I hit that preset and Queue or Export directly. The hardware encoder on Apple Silicon makes the export fast enough that I can do it during a coffee break.

Generative Extend for interlaced and non-square-pixel footage

• Generative Extend for more source types. In version 26.5, you can extend clips that use interlaced or non-square-pixel footage, and resolutions from 360p up to 4K UHD. If a clip is a few frames short, you can generate extra frames to hold a shot longer without cutting away.
• Paper Edit assembly. Drag from a transcript to build a rough cut. It is a faster starting point than marking clips on a bin and arranging them manually.
• Generative Media Tool for video and sound effects. You can create video clips or sound effects directly in the timeline. Useful when you need a transition element or a quick ambient sound that you do not have in your library.
• ProRes RAW enhancements. The improved support means fewer colour shifts when interpreting ProRes RAW clips, which is helpful if you work with Atomos or similar recorders.
• ARRICORE compatibility for ALEXA 35 Xtreme. If you work with ARRI footage, the metadata and colour science carry through correctly in this version.

Generative Media Tool replaces stock site searches

Version 26.5 adds three features that affect how I spend my time. The Generative Media Tool is the most noticeable. Instead of searching stock sites for a whoosh sound or a quick video transition, I type a description into the tool and it generates something in the timeline. It is not a replacement for carefully designed sound design, but it fills gaps quickly.

Paper Edit is the one that changes the start of a project. When a client sends a PDF with timecode references or a transcript, I used to mark clips in the bin and drag them in order. Now I open the transcript view, read through, and drag the quoted sections into the timeline. The clips appear in the right order with the correct in and out points. For a documentary-style project with hours of interview footage, it cuts the assembly time by a noticeable margin.

Generative Extend now supports a wider range of media. Earlier versions limited it to certain codecs and resolutions. With 26.5, you can extend interlaced footage, non-square-pixel formats, and resolutions from 360p to 4K UHD. If you have an old DV clip that needs to hold a frame longer, it works. If you are working on a 4K project with anamorphic footage, it works too.

For camera support, Sony FX5 users get XAVC and XOCN media handling natively. And if you are on a Windows machine with an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, the hardware-accelerated 4:2:2 10-bit decoding for AVC and HEVC in MXF containers makes playback smoother. On the Mac side, the enhanced ProRes RAW support is the main win for anyone shooting with ProRes RAW on a Ninja V or similar recorder.

Syncing two Sony FX6 cameras for a one-day corporate shoot

A corporate videographer I know shoots a full-day interview with two Sony FX6 cameras and a third camera for b-roll. She opens Premiere Pro 26.5 and creates a new project. The first step is syncing the two interview cameras. She selects the clips in the bin, right-clicks, and chooses Merge Clips, syncing by audio waveform. Premiere aligns the two angles in seconds.

She drops the synced multi-cam clip into the timeline and cuts the interview by switching angles with the keyboard. For the b-roll, she uses the Paper Edit feature. She has a transcript of the interview, so she highlights the sections where the subject talks about the company history and drags them into the timeline. The b-roll clips are already in a separate bin, and she places them on the track above the interview, trimming them to match the narration.

Colour is simple – she applies a Lumetri preset to the adjustment layer and tweaks the exposure for each camera angle. The automatic ducking in the Essential Sound panel handles the background music. She adds a lower third from a MOGRT template she built earlier. The whole edit takes about six hours, and she exports an H.264 master for the client and a ProRes 422 LT for archive. The hardware acceleration on her Mac keeps the timeline responsive, and she finishes by the end of the second day.

New this release

• Generative Media Tool creates video and sound effects in the timeline.
• Paper Edit assembles rough cuts from transcripts.
• Generative Extend supports more source media types and resolutions up to 4K UHD.

Mac it needs

• macOS 14 Sonoma or later
• Apple Silicon or Intel 64-bit
• 8 GB RAM minimum
• 1920x1080 display
• Apple Silicon: 8 GB unified memory for GPU
• Intel: integrated graphics or AMD discrete with 4 GB GPU memory