Adobe CS5.5 v5.5, Mac 65107916 User Manual
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Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5
What’s New
Who uses Adobe Premiere Pro?
Video and film editors and other post-production professionals use Adobe Premiere Pro to
assemble compelling stories and other types of video content from live-action video footage, still
and animated images, sound, and music. The types of projects they create range from short-form
commercials and videos to long-form broadcast programming, sporting and event coverage, and
corporate and feature films. Adobe Premiere Pro offers a comprehensive post-production toolset
and industry-leading file-based workflows that speed every stage of production. Timesaving
integration with other essential Adobe software, including Production Premium components, as
well as with other NLEs (Final Cut Pro and Avid editing software), allows you to bring the creative
benefits of Adobe tools to every video project.
assemble compelling stories and other types of video content from live-action video footage, still
and animated images, sound, and music. The types of projects they create range from short-form
commercials and videos to long-form broadcast programming, sporting and event coverage, and
corporate and feature films. Adobe Premiere Pro offers a comprehensive post-production toolset
and industry-leading file-based workflows that speed every stage of production. Timesaving
integration with other essential Adobe software, including Production Premium components, as
well as with other NLEs (Final Cut Pro and Avid editing software), allows you to bring the creative
benefits of Adobe tools to every video project.
Motion graphics designers and visual effects artists turn to Adobe Premiere Pro for a tightly
integrated, timesaving workflow, video ingest, and editing. These creative professionals especially
appreciate being able to work in real time on footage at HD and film resolutions, thanks to the
Mercury Playback Engine and broad format support including high-quality 10-bit mastering and
archiving codecs. In addition to being able to open each others’ project files and easily paste
elements between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro (when they’re used together as part of
Production Premium), After Effects users can easily use the now faster Dynamic Link to send
compositions to Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, where changes made in After Effects show up
immediately in the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline.
integrated, timesaving workflow, video ingest, and editing. These creative professionals especially
appreciate being able to work in real time on footage at HD and film resolutions, thanks to the
Mercury Playback Engine and broad format support including high-quality 10-bit mastering and
archiving codecs. In addition to being able to open each others’ project files and easily paste
elements between After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro (when they’re used together as part of
Production Premium), After Effects users can easily use the now faster Dynamic Link to send
compositions to Adobe Premiere Pro sequences, where changes made in After Effects show up
immediately in the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline.
Top new features of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5
Numerous productivity enhancements, including dual-system sound support
with merged clips and more intuitive keyboard-driven editing
As video producers at all levels try to accomplish more with fewer resources, high-performance
tools that help get the job done faster and more efficiently—with top-notch results—are essential.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 includes a number of of new features and enhancements that take
editing efficiency to a new level.
tools that help get the job done faster and more efficiently—with top-notch results—are essential.
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 includes a number of of new features and enhancements that take
editing efficiency to a new level.
Merge Clips feature for dual-system sound support
More and more, video productions use dual-system sound in their audio recording workflow, thanks to
widespread use of DSLR cameras that shoot HD video, and use of digital cinema cameras such as the
RED ONE and Silicon Imaging SI-2K. The new Merge Clips feature in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5
provides dual-system sound support that enables you to quickly match audio and video tracks originally
recorded on separate devices and media. Dual-system sound workflows give you more control over
audio quality by recording sound on a standalone digital audio recorder. But what you gain in audio
quality by recording sound on a device other than your camera comes at a price—sound and picture
need to be synced in post-production, a process that’s typically time-consuming and tedious.
More and more, video productions use dual-system sound in their audio recording workflow, thanks to
widespread use of DSLR cameras that shoot HD video, and use of digital cinema cameras such as the
RED ONE and Silicon Imaging SI-2K. The new Merge Clips feature in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5
provides dual-system sound support that enables you to quickly match audio and video tracks originally
recorded on separate devices and media. Dual-system sound workflows give you more control over
audio quality by recording sound on a standalone digital audio recorder. But what you gain in audio
quality by recording sound on a device other than your camera comes at a price—sound and picture
need to be synced in post-production, a process that’s typically time-consuming and tedious.
Using the new Merge Clips feature in Adobe Premiere
Pro CS5.5, you can quickly combine separate audio
and video source files into a single merged clip. The
Merge Clips dialog box lets you choose In points and
Out points, timecode, or a numbered clip marker as
the sync reference. The ability to use In/Out points as
sync references is essential when matching audio
clips to video clips that were shot on DSLR cameras,
which typically do not supply timecode without
additional software or special plug-ins. Referencing a
numbered clip marker lets you sync clips based on an
event that occurs somewhere in the middle of a
shot—for example, the popping of a champagne
cork. With the Merge Clips command, you can sync
up to 16 audio clips to a single video clip.
Pro CS5.5, you can quickly combine separate audio
and video source files into a single merged clip. The
Merge Clips dialog box lets you choose In points and
Out points, timecode, or a numbered clip marker as
the sync reference. The ability to use In/Out points as
sync references is essential when matching audio
clips to video clips that were shot on DSLR cameras,
which typically do not supply timecode without
additional software or special plug-ins. Referencing a
numbered clip marker lets you sync clips based on an
event that occurs somewhere in the middle of a
shot—for example, the popping of a champagne
cork. With the Merge Clips command, you can sync
up to 16 audio clips to a single video clip.
The new Merge Clips dialog box in Adobe Premiere
Pro CS5.5 lets you quickly choose different sync
references, so that audio and video recorded on
references, so that audio and video recorded on
different devices can be easily aligned for
synchronized playback.
synchronized playback.
64-bit operating system required
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 runs only
on 64-bit operating systems, such
as Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Microsoft®
Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 runs only
on 64-bit operating systems, such
as Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Microsoft®
Windows Vista® 64-bit Edition, or
Windows 7 64-bit Edition. Adobe
Media Encoder supports both 64-bit
and 32-bit versions of Windows, and
like both Adobe Premiere Pro and
Windows 7 64-bit Edition. Adobe
Media Encoder supports both 64-bit
and 32-bit versions of Windows, and
like both Adobe Premiere Pro and
After Effects, is 64-bit only on Mac
OS X. For more information about
optimizing performance, see the
complete system requirements on
the last page of this document.
optimizing performance, see the
complete system requirements on
the last page of this document.