Premiere Pro (May 2022 Release) New Features

Adobe has updated Premiere Pro to the May 2022 Release, and here is a quick overview of the new features.

Export GIFs with transparency.

Distribute objects in titles and graphics so they are equally distant from each other.

10x faster exports for 10-bit 4:2:0 HEVC on Mac OS for Intel and M1 systems.

Select HEVC from the Format drop-down under Export Settings to enable this option. Then under the Video tab, go to Encoding Settings. If the system supports hardware encoding, the Performance field is set to Hardware Encoding. Set the profile level to Main 10. Setting it to Software Encoding will disable hardware encoding, and Adobe Premiere Pro won’t use hardware to encode the media.

On Apple M1 systems, HEVC HLG 4:2:0 10-bit encoding still encodes via software.

10x faster exports for 10-bit 4:2:0 HEVC on AMD

To enable this option, select HEVC from the Format drop-down under Export Settings. Then under the Video tab, go to Encoding Settings. If the GPU card supports HW encoding, the Performance field will be set to Hardware Encoding. Set the profile level to Main 10. Setting it to Software Encoding will disable hardware encoding and Adobe Premiere Pro won’t use AMD hardware to encode the media. 

Improved Quicktime screen recording playback

Smart rendering improvments

HDR Proxies

Nice, the HEVC speed icnreases sound amazing, though it is still a format that I don’t use much except for capture on my iPhone.

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