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The latest news and updates from 2020's Adobe Max conference, including quick export for Premiere Pro and Roto Brush 2 for After Effects.

2020 might have taken away in-person film festivals and conferences, but that doesn't mean innovation and updates are on hold in the film and video industry. Adobe Max 2020 (which is both digital and free this year, from Oct. 20-22nd) is in full swing and the brand has plenty of major updates to its legacy applications like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects and its growing Creative Cloud.

Let's take a look at some of the updates, news, and highlights of interest to film and video professionals as Premiere Pro gets faster, After Effects gets smarter, and the Cloud gets bigger and better than ever.

Updates to Adobe Premiere Pro

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Adobe has announced their latest update to Premiere Pro with version 14.5. It's set to further speed up their NLE platform with added support for AMD and Intel GPUs to go along with their already updated ProRes RAW support from earlier this year. This new hardware decoding update will allow for H.264/H.265 formats with the above GPUs on Windows to help speed up Premiere Pro across the board. Here are the rest of the major updates:

• Updated audio pre-roll for faster and more responsive playback for larger projects.
• Support for HDR workflows that use Rec.2100 PQ color working space for both Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• ARRI ProRes now allows color management and the ability to work with embedded LUTs (including switching between Rec.709 LUTs and HLG LUTs).
• Added support for ProRes RAW to LOG color space conversion across the cloud.

Adobe has also unveiled new technology for a 'quick export' feature that will allow for users to quickly (obviously) and easily export their most frequently used settings directly from the platform's header bar, without going through the multiple steps currently involved. You'll also be able to customize settings and quickly match source settings or go with a default high-quality H264. The quick export is available as part of the new Premiere Pro Beta.

Updates to Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is also getting a boost with updates that include a new mode for working smarter — and more skillfully — with 3D tools. As you can see in the video demonstration above, these new 3D tools are all about 'quality of life' for those interested in working specifically with complex 3D layers and will improve how these layers can be transformed and changed at the most basic and core levels. Here are the big new features:

• 3D Transform Gizmos
• Improved Camera Tools
• Real-time 3D Draft Preview
• New 3D Ground Plane

Along with the new updates for 3D tools, Adobe has also unveiled a new Roto Brush 2 for After Effects. This new technology, which is powered by Adobe Sensei, presents an even greater way for users to separate foreground objects from their backgrounds with more precisio. Roto Brush 2 is a major update from the previous iteration and also allows for frame-by-frame object tracking and much smarter propagate selection over time. All said, this should speed up many creative tasks to help create some very cool effects.

Similar to some of the updates for Premiere Pro, you can access all these new features in the new Adobe Beta before they all eventually make their way into the next updates.

Updates to the Creative Cloud

Plugins are getting a major overhaul for the next generation of the Creative Cloud.

As always with a major conference like Adobe Max, the brand has plenty of updates across the huge array of apps and platforms available as part of their Creative Cloud. From updates for improving Photoshop and image manipulation, to new collaboration elements and curated collections, there's a lot to check out. Here are some of the biggest highlights for those that cross-over with video production.

• Live Streaming: you can now livestream your work from Photoshop, Illustrator, and Fresco.
• Photoshop Discover panel: new troubleshooting help for Photoshop using Adobe Sensei's AI to better help those stuck.
• Accelerate collaboration: new collaboration tools across the cloud for those working remote or stuck at home.
• Cloud Documents: quick sharing between Photoshop, Illustrator and Fresco with new cloud documents.
• Neural filters in Photoshop: change expressions, skin tones and clean up images in a few clicks with new Neural Filters in Photoshop.
• Innovation in 3D & immersive creation: augment reality experiences continue to improve and expand in the cloud with Adobe Aero for more powerful 3D effects.
• New ways to access and use plugins: Adobe's plugin system is getting a major upgrade with how you can find, install and keep up with all available plugins for every platform.

Overall, these new overhauls to the Creative Cloud, along with the major updates to Premiere Pro and After Effects should be great news for all those who are already on the platform, as well as those who are interested in checking it out.

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This page is a companion document to the system requirements for Premiere Pro and After Effects. It provides additional information on system components and considerations for optimal performance.

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The four key variables for a great video production system are memory, storage, graphics, and your processor.

Memory

Professional video workflows rely on system memory. A good video editing workstation should have at least 32GB of memory— and as much as 128GB.

Storage/hard drives

Fast storage is critical for video production. Use solid-state NVMe or SSD storage. Unless you have a fast RAID array, spinning disks generally do not offer sufficient speed for HD and 4K video production.

The best way to achieve excellent performance (and to keep different types of files organized) is to spread the load between multiple drives. An optimal setup has three drives:

• System drive for OS and applications
• Drive for the media cache
• Media drive (or shared storage)
  

Only have two drives? Use a fast external drive for your media and Media Cache.

The media cache is where Premiere Pro stores accelerator files, including peak files (.pek) and conformed audio (.cfa). Premiere Pro can make thousands of call to these files every second). For more information, see Set Media Cache preferences.

• NVMe Flash memory drives with Thunderbolt 3.0 connectivity are excellent.
• SSD drives with USB 3.1 connectivity are also good - but have a 4TB limit.

Graphics

The GPU is used for onscreen rendering and export, priority areas for video production. Premiere Pro is engineered to take advantage of the GPU. After Effects is also GPU-optimized.

• Graphics card with at least 4GB of memory (VRAM).
• (Optional) Multiple GPUs, including eGPUs, can be used to speed up rendering and export.

Out-of-date graphics drivers are one of the most common causes of performance issues with video applications. For optimal performance, make sure you have the latest drivers for your GPU, including integrated Intel GPUs. For more information, see GPU and GPU Driver Requirements for Premiere Pro.

Processor/GPU

For CPUs, clock speed matters more for After Effects. Multiple cores have more impact for Premiere Pro. The sweet spot for running both applications is a fast CPU with 8 cores.

• Core i7 or Core i9 Intel processors or AMD equivalents are strongly recommended.
• Fast clock speed at least 3.2 GHz, or higher.
• 8 cores are ideal for Premiere Pro. The application can use more cores, but without significant added benefit. Depending on the task, Premiere Pro runs at 93-98% efficiency with 8 cores.

H.264 and H.265 (HEVC) are widely used capture formats for DSLRs, mirrorless cameras, action cameras, and phones. H.264 is also the preferred format for uploading to YouTube and social media sites. These compressed formats are well suited for capture and distribution, but they are processor-intensive for post-production.

If you work with H.264 and H.265, consider Intel Core i7 and Core i9 processors, which offer Quick Sync hardware acceleration, supported in both Premiere Pro and After Effects.

AMD and Intel Xeon processors work well for other formats, such as cinema camera formats, (such as RED, Sony Venice, ARRI) and broadcast formats (such as XDCam HD).

Adding memory is the easiest and usually most impactful place to start if you want to upgrade your system to improve performance for both Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Upgrade Premiere Pro system in this order of priority:

1. More RAM — up to 128GB if your motherboard supports it.
2. A faster GPU (or additional GPUs) for faster rendering and export
3. Faster (or more) NVMe or SSD drives
4. Faster CPU

Upgrade your After Effects system in this order of priority:

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1. More RAM — 128GB is a good target for top-of-the-line systems.
2. Faster (or more) SSD or NVMe drives
3. Faster GPU (or additional GPUs) for faster rendering and export
4. Faster CPU

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Export times are impacted both by your graphics hardware and your workflow. A second GPU (same class GPU as the primary GPU) can provide substantial speed increases for export. Creating previews during your edit can also accelerate export times.

Assuming you have a good system, performance for multicam workflows is more dependent on your project setup than your hardware. Expert users create their own project templates to standardize their setup.

A calibrated reference monitor connected through external transmit hardware is highly recommended for accurate display of interlaced and color critical content. Proper monitoring of HDR content requires an HDR-capable external display.

This is a matter of personal preference. Because the timeline is a central element in the Premiere Pro UI, an ultra wide 37' display combined with a second reference monitor is an excellent option.

Simultaneous monitoring of multi-channel audio requires a multi-channel sound card. On Windows the sound card should be ASIO-capable.

Your workflow, and how you decide to work with file formats, can have a significant impact on overall performance. Our best practices guide for working with native formats has suggestions for designing your workflow to ensure optimal performance with your hardware.

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