Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, Win, SP 65051355 User Manual
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
What’s New
Top new features of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
Industry-leading performance with the Mercury Playback Engine
The ability to edit HD and higher resolution footage in real time without having to first render it or
lower its resolution by transcoding or rewrapping it with an intermediate codec is a post-
production dream come true. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 brings that dream to the desktop with the
revolutionary Mercury Playback Engine.
lower its resolution by transcoding or rewrapping it with an intermediate codec is a post-
production dream come true. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 brings that dream to the desktop with the
revolutionary Mercury Playback Engine.
The Mercury Playback Engine provides native 64-bit, GPU-accelerated support for Mac and
Windows, yielding dramatic improvements in performance and stability. You can open projects
faster, scrub through HD and higher resolution projects fluidly, and handle long-form content and
effects-heavy sequences more reliably. Play through most common transitions and effects without
waiting for rendering. Plus, you can usually see results instantly when performing tasks such as
keying with the new Ultra keyer, applying Gaussian blurs and blend modes to footage, applying
multiple color corrections, and working with numerous other effects. The Mercury Playback Engine
also makes rendering for final output much faster than before.
Windows, yielding dramatic improvements in performance and stability. You can open projects
faster, scrub through HD and higher resolution projects fluidly, and handle long-form content and
effects-heavy sequences more reliably. Play through most common transitions and effects without
waiting for rendering. Plus, you can usually see results instantly when performing tasks such as
keying with the new Ultra keyer, applying Gaussian blurs and blend modes to footage, applying
multiple color corrections, and working with numerous other effects. The Mercury Playback Engine
also makes rendering for final output much faster than before.
The Mercury Playback Engine works hand in hand with NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology that leverages
the parallel compute engine in NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to solve many complex
computational problems in a fraction of the time a CPU would take to perform the same task.
the parallel compute engine in NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) to solve many complex
computational problems in a fraction of the time a CPU would take to perform the same task.
In addition, the Mercury Playback Engine takes multitasking to a new level. Utilizing the GPU to
accelerate effects, rendering, and other processor-intensive tasks frees your system’s CPUs to
handle background tasks. The enhanced, native 64-bit system architecture in Adobe Premiere Pro
CS5 lets you use all available system RAM (up to 128GB in today’s computers), so you can run
multiple software applications at the same time. This opens the door to powerful timesaving,
multitasking workflows. For example, you can simultaneously edit a very complex, effects-laden
project in Adobe Premiere Pro while your system’s CPUs render an elaborate After Effects
composition in the background.
accelerate effects, rendering, and other processor-intensive tasks frees your system’s CPUs to
handle background tasks. The enhanced, native 64-bit system architecture in Adobe Premiere Pro
CS5 lets you use all available system RAM (up to 128GB in today’s computers), so you can run
multiple software applications at the same time. This opens the door to powerful timesaving,
multitasking workflows. For example, you can simultaneously edit a very complex, effects-laden
project in Adobe Premiere Pro while your system’s CPUs render an elaborate After Effects
composition in the background.
Supported NVIDIA
graphics cards
graphics cards
• Quadro CX (Windows)
• Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
• Quadro FX 4800 (Windows
• Quadro FX 3800 (Windows)
• Quadro FX 4800 (Windows
and Mac)
• Quadro FX 5800 (Windows)
• GeForce GTX 285 (Windows
• GeForce GTX 285 (Windows
and Mac)
Please see
www.nvidia.com
for system requirements and
compatibility.
The list of graphics cards that
are compatible with Adobe
Premiere Pro CS5 is updated on
a regular basis. For an up-to-
date list of supported cards,
please see
Premiere Pro CS5 is updated on
a regular basis. For an up-to-
date list of supported cards,
please see
www.adobe.com/
go/64bitsupport.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5
sets a new standard in
high-performance
editing thanks to
the revolutionary
Mercury Playback Engine,
with or without
GPU acceleration.
Without GPU acceleration
The Mercury Playback Engine is being used on a multicore system
with nine layers of DVCPROHD footage being played back in real
time, with color correction and other effects applied. All CPU cores
are being utilized equally, and the timeline can play back smoothly.
with nine layers of DVCPROHD footage being played back in real
time, with color correction and other effects applied. All CPU cores
are being utilized equally, and the timeline can play back smoothly.
With GPU acceleration
When you add GPU acceleration, performance gets even
better. Using GPU acceleration, the same nine-layer timeline
drops the CPU usage down to 5–10%. Even with this
complicated timeline, more layers and effects could be
stacked without affecting real time playback.
better. Using GPU acceleration, the same nine-layer timeline
drops the CPU usage down to 5–10%. Even with this
complicated timeline, more layers and effects could be
stacked without affecting real time playback.