Premiere Pro February 2022 Release (version 22.2)

Adobe has released Premiere Pro February 2022 (Version 22.2). Its new features include on-device Text to Speach which will be 3x faster on M1 and Intel Core i9 and 2x faster on other hardware, Remix powered by Adobe Sensei to intelligently remix music to match you video, faster 420 HEVC exports on Windows with NVIDIA GPU's, more GPU Accelerated effects, support the the M1 MacBook Pro Notch and support for the Canon EOS RS C Camera. You can read detailed info on each feature here. Still in beta are the new Auto Tone feature in Lumetri Color, and improvements to the import mode, including project naming in the title bar. I have been looking forward to REMIX, and am glad the new Import mode isn't there yet, as I have not been a fan of it in the beta, I actually find it it a huge step backwards in usability. They seem to think hitting more buttons to do the same thing is better, and it just isn't.

Scott Simmons at ProVideoCoalition on moving projects from Avid to Premiere Pro or vice versa

Scott Simmons has a great very tongue and cheek article on what your answer should be if asked to move your project form AVID to Premiere or Vice Versa. And he is so right. Yes of course you can move sequences with varying degrees of success, but projects don't move back and forth, and doing it is a bad idea. You should stay in the program that the project is started in. I have of course ended up moving to Resolve, and then having to make edit changes there and wishing I could move the project (damn I wish they would bring back SpeedGrade).

ProVideoCoalition on Puget Systems using 12th Gen Intel Processors

Jose Antunes at ProVideoCoalition has an article on Puget Systems new systems featuring the new 12th Gen Intel Processors which deliver up to 50% performance improvements in Premiere Pro. Woo! I still prefer Mac, and the new M1 Max certainly seems to have some serious speed improvements, but a 12 Gen Intel i9 with an NVIDIA would seriously crank for Premiere.

Knights of the Editing Table releases Anchor for Premiere Pro

Knight of the Editing Table have released a new Premiere Pro Extension Anchor. Anchor allows you to move the anchor point of a clip without moving the clip itself. It has an alpha mode for Clips with transparacy. And it works with already Animated Clips. Anchor is $15. I am buying every plug in from Knights of the Editing Table. These guys are amazing.

ProVideoColation on Using NDI Tools with Premiere Pro for Zoom Review Meetings

Nick Lear has posted this article on using NDI Tools instead of a streaming box to stream your Premiere Pro timeline over Zoom. This is of course not going to work as well as a dedicated streaming box. And though he says the audio from Premiere will also now playback on your machine (not sure how it does that, but he says it works, but I doubt they can hear you talk, so I would recommend LoopBack to the mix so you can combine Premiere and your Microphone to make audio (and run your computer through headphones so their isn't audio feedback). Pretty that you can try getting this running for free (or $99 for Loopback), though obviously dedicated hardware will run better.