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Adobe has made a bold statement on the future of video editing with the name of its flagship NLE. Premiere Pro is now simply Premiere, reflecting a shift away from rigid ‘pro vs creator’ labels and towards a single, unified platform powered by intelligent tools. Unveiled ahead of Sundance Film Festival, where Adobe estimates around 85% of films were made using its tools, the new Premiere leads a major wave of AI-driven updates, with masking tools speeding up tasks such as rotoscoping and selective adjustments. Object Selection and Mask can now isolate complex subjects in seconds, while redesigned shape masks offer more precision for effects such as blurring, relighting or targeted colour work. Adobe’s collaborative AI ideation space, letting teams brainstorm visually and push concepts straight into the edit. A new Adobe Stock panel keeps editors in the creative flow, with access to more than 52 million assets without leaving the timeline. Premiere also secures tighter integration with Firefly Boards,
RED FACED The rebranded Adobe Premiere includes clever new features like mask overlays
variable font animation tools. Enhanced SVG import preserves editable vectors from Illustrator, so that it is easier to animate graphics with full fidelity. Alongside the tech updates, Adobe has reinforced its commitment to the community by announcing nearly $10 million of funding and donated products via its Film & TV Fund, plus a grant programme aimed at filmmakers integrating AI into their workflows. adobe.com
Motion design is also well served. An update to Adobe After Effects introduces native 3D parametric meshes, over 1300 free Substance 3D materials and expanded “The new Premiere leads a major wave of AI-driven updates”
Baselight v7, the update to Film Light’s colour grading and finishing system, has a strong focus on VFX-heavy post-production. The release introduces a generation of machine-learning tools, matte workflows and performance upgrades that help you work faster with precision. The Segment Anything Flexi Effect enables rapid, object-based matte creation, while improved channel selection and enhanced Matte Merge simplify the management of complex, layered mattes such as cryptomattes, and a Matte Refiner and updated Edge Filter recover fine details around hair and soft edges. Baselight v7 also expands options with depth-based grading tools, more flexible transitions and smarter conforming via Transform Matching. filmlight.ltd.uk ALL ABOUT THAT BASELIGHT
Pulsar is a new desktop-based software encoder from Repro made to replace traditional hardware encoders in live streams. Included with a Repro subscription, Pulsar runs on MacOS and Windows, with Linux support planned, and allows a single workstation to stream up to four simultaneous live video feeds. This speeds up post-production streaming by moving encoding entirely into software, reducing the need for external hardware and cabling. The initial release supports 8-bit SDR pipelines and is intended as a drop-in substitute for common hardware encoders, with higher bit depths and HDR support scheduled for future updates. It enables live streaming from tools including Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve, supporting real-time collaboration without complex infrastructure. reprostream.com STREAMING WITHOUT THE HARDWARE
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