Selectable Track Mattes in After Effects could be the biggest and most exciting change to come to the program in years!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLrcyIdAlI&feature=youtu.be I hadn't noticed this features introduction to the After Effects Beta till I saw this video from Creative Dojo. This will clean up After Effect Timelines to now end, as you can basically add Track Mattes nodally, so you can add just one to a comp and use it for as many layers as you want, and if you save to an older version it will automatically add to all of the layers it is attached to. This makes Track mattes the best of both world! OMG, need this for adjustment layers too, so they can be added selectively. Wow, Adobe, this is such a cool addition.

ProVideoCoalition on How to Troubleshoot HDR iPhone Footage in Premiere, According to Adobe

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...

OWC Rocketyard on How to Organize Your Project Files and Folders for Faster Editing in Premiere Pro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo80fmxUCH4&feature=emb_imp_woyt From Josh Edwards at OWC. I totally agree on the need to organize your projects, though I do numbered system as I have posted before. You can see my organization in my earlier post on PostHaste from Digital Rebellion.

Adobe Media Encoder Beta adds Rotate & Scaling Features

Adobe announced that they are adding Rotate & Scale to an upcoming beta of Media Encoder. You asked and we listened! Coming to beta this week are two new features in Media Encoder: the ability to scale video and to rotate video. Related, we've also added a feature to flip the output width and height. This makes matching the output to a rotated clip a one-button-click.  This is great, as the iPhone has been known to record in the wrong orientation and this will easily let you correct it when recompressing to a better format.

Adobe Updated Premiere Pro to Version 22.6 August 2022 Release, nothing major that will affect my workflow

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 On first launch of a new installation or driver update Premiere needs to initialize the GPU and you will get a progress bar. Nothing mindblowing, but anything to improve essential graphics is a good thing.