10 LESSON 1
Touring Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
New features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 As video editors, we’ve come a long way from clunky old videotape machines and
expensive production equipment to professional-level editing on desktop comput-
ers. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 extends our capabilities even further. To get started,
we’ll begin by looking at some of the exciting new features included with Adobe
Premiere Pro CS5. We’ll review the basic workflow most video editors follow and
see how Adobe Premiere Pro fits within the different versions of Adobe Creative
Suite. Finally, we’ll introduce custom workspaces in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.
Although this is not a complete list of every new feature in Adobe Premiere Pro
CS5, it will give you an idea of some of the improvements you can look forward to
as you learn this exciting application. We will use many of these features in the les-
sons throughout the book:
t 64-bit application : Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 is now a 64-bit application. This
allows greater use of RAM and better performance.
t Mercury Playback Engine : This is a combination of software and hardware
acceleration of your video-editing experience. Edit HD video as smoothly as
SD video. Play back many effects in real time without the need for rendering.
t Expanded native tapeless workflows : Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 offers native
support for XDCAM HD 50, AVCCAM, DPX, and AVC-Intra as well as
enhanced RED support, which builds on the existing support for P2, XDCAM
EX and HD, and AVCHD.
t Ultra keyer : Adobe has added a new keyer to quickly and easily perform
keying tasks.
t Content analysis : In addition to analyzing speech and converting it to
searchable text, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 can now detect and analyze faces.
