A worthwhile post as I didn’t realize you could do this with Plumepack (though I have posted about how you can do it by exporting an XML).
I do just wish Adobe would fix Merge Clips even if it breaks old projects merged clips, or just remove the feature.
Adobe had previously added Click and Drag to mutiple track targets in Premiere Pro Beta by holding down cmd/ctrl or adding shift to invert, but they have extended that it:
Toggle Track Lock
Toggle Sync Lock
Toggle Track Output
Mute
Solo
Woohoo, this is awesome!
Michelle DeLateur at ProVideo Coalition has an excellent article, “How to Troubleshoot HDR iPhone Footage in Premiere, According to Adobe“
It is a problem with tone mapping, which is currently handled best by the beta.
This isn’t necessary until you run into it, and go wait, it doesn’t look like this on my iPhone, but that has an HDR screen, so…
Nathaniel Pangaro at Apple Insider has an article entitled, “The best video editors for MacOS when iMovie doesn’t cut it.” and basically takes a look at Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Nick Lear at the Pro Video Colation has a great article on Codecs in Premiere Pro.
I still am not a fan of editing with H.264, or any compressed codec. I don’t like JPEG or MP3 either, but I know most people don’t convert to ProRES for editing like I do.
Adobe has updated Premiere Pro to Version 22.6 the August 2022 release.
This has Finer Mask Controls for Titles. Something I have honestly never used, as I do anything complicated in After Effects.
Context Menu for text and shape layers. Anything to make essential graphics easier is a good thing,.
Export Titles as Text Files, for proofreading.
Adjustable fades for Audio Ducking.
They have GPU accelerated Unsharp Mask and Posterize Time
Nothing mindblowing, but anything to improve essential graphics is a good thing.
You can Download the PDF here, and it really is a must read for pros.
It goes in Depth on Hardware and settings, workflows with Dailies, Proxy workflows, working with Productions, Mutli-Camera editing, dynamic link with after effects, turnovers, remote & cloud workflows, panels and integrations, and resources & tutorials.
And right on the first stage of text it tells you why not to use Merged clips (though it doesn’t tell about the exporting XML workaround to fix it, and honestly would rather have Adobe remove the feature if they are going to say this, though really I would rather have them FIX IT).
This guide is a must read for all editors working in Premiere Pro. I love that Adobe has done this.
Oliver Peters at digitalfilms on Six Premiere Pro Game Changers. And these are on fairly recent adds.
The Auto Transcribe is really a huge game changer, though I don’t use for Captioning though, I use it for Testimonials, and it is amazing and could really use a new interface for that use. It is amazing, and makes cutting testimonials so much faster and better.
Scott Simmons at the ProVideoCoalition has a great article entitled, “My single most loved feature in Adobe Premiere Pro.”
Customization is really the best thing about Premiere Pro.
Of course AVID was the start of this because every editor doesn’t want to work the same way or have the same setup to work on, so being able to have your own setup is so important and AVID premiered this feature in the editing space.
The original Apple Final Cut Pro also had this feature.
The new Final Cut Pro, previously Final Cut Pro X, did away with this and wants you to edit their way. You don’t have as many ways to do things and you really can’t do a lot of customization in the workspace.
DaVinci Resolve has added editing to it’s color correction program and it is great, but it also does not let you customize, it is once again how they want you to edit. Yes you can use one or two monitors, but the windows are all very fixed where they are.
Premiere though is like AVID in customization, but adds to it, especially with so many available 3rd party extensions, like from AESCRIPTS, and it’s extensive keyboard shortcut options.
Scott Simmons is so right that Premiere’s customization abilities are it’s absolute best feature and it is a shame that DaVinci Resolve doesn’t allow the same customization.