Adobe Announces Premiere Pro "Innovations" for Audio

Adobe has announced an ‘intuitive new audio experience’ in Premiere Pro (beta) the company says makes editing faster and easier than ever before, saving experienced professionals valuable time while enabling newcomers to quickly access the tools they need.

Available today in beta, Premiere Pro’s new innovations include interactive fade handles on clips in the timeline so editors can simply click and drag to create a variety of custom audio fades. Additionally, new AI-powered audio category tagging automatically identifies and labels clips with icons for dialogue, music, sound effects or ambient noise, giving editors one-click access to the most relevant tools for each type of audio. Redesigned clip badges make it easier to see which clips have effects, quickly add new effects, or adjust effect settings. More modern and intelligent waveforms dynamically resize when track height is changed, while improved clip colors make it easier to see and work with audio on the timeline.

In addition to the new audio features available today in Premiere Pro (beta), Adobe’s groundbreaking AI-powered Enhance Speech tool – which instantly removes unwanted noise and improves poorly recorded dialogue – will become generally available to all Premiere Pro customers in February.

Together, these new features and innovations represent a major audio workflow update for Premiere Pro, empowering editors to create videos with high-quality audio and get to their final mix with fewer clicks.

“Sound creates meaning, and adds impact to film and video – it has the power to help tell a story, and move us in ways visuals alone cannot,” said Ashley Still, senior vice president and general manager, Adobe Creative Cloud. “We’re proud to empower filmmakers with new workflows that make editing audio more intuitive, so whether they’re new to audio or experienced pros, Premiere Pro makes it faster and easier to find the perfect tool.”

New Audio Workflows Supercharge the Video Editing Process

Premiere Pro’s new audio workflows give customers everything they need to precisely control and improve the quality of their sound, saving editors significant time so they can focus on what they do best: storytelling. The latest features include:

Interactive fade handles – Editors can create custom audio transitions faster than ever by simply dragging clip handles to create audio fades.
New Essential Sound badge with audio category tagging – AI automatically tags audio clips as dialogue, music, sound effects or ambience, and adds a new icon so editors get one-click, instant access to the right controls for the job.
Effect badges – New visual indicators make it easy to see which clips have effects, quickly add new ones, and automatically open effect parameters right from the sequence.
Redesigned waveforms in the timeline – Waveforms intelligently resize as the track height changes on clips, while gorgeous new colors make sequences easier to read.