Professional project management

Adobe Premiere Pro will soon include a new set of tools called “Productions,” which focus on professional productions for managing projects and organizing and sharing assets. These new features are designed from the ground up, based on the needs of top Hollywood directors and editorial teams. Productions, Adobe’s new feature set, was first introduced at the Sundance Film Festival and has been tested on recent films such as “Terminator: Dark Fate” and “Dolemite Is My Name.”

Tools for demanding professionals

It's clear that the Productions edition is aimed at the most demanding users of Adobe Premier. However, it's not just a tool for Hollywood directors. The emphasis on organization and collaboration can benefit anyone from a solo professional to complex production teams. Features include the ability to divide projects into smaller pieces, media referencing, project locking, and an emphasis on shared local storage.

With complex projects, assets can now be subdivided between reels, scenes, or other smaller units of production. Show episodes can be separated by season, allowing easy access to title sequences or other common assets.

Organized workflow

Along with a focus on easy access to media, Productions promises to implement media referencing across tasks. This means no backups are needed, which will save space and speed up individual tasks.

To organize all of these features, Adobe Premiere Pro is also set to receive a new production dashboard, providing easy control of these new features. Changes to the disc are kept in sync, whether they are made in Premiere or to the file itself, and all projects can be controlled from the dashboard.

Acceleration of production

Finally, multiple editors can work on different projects within the same production. Project locking prevents shared editing, while allowing access for viewing and copying. Render files are also shared, reducing playback time. This entire shared workflow can be monitored via the Production panel.

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