Adobe delivers a Windows UI performance bump alongside simplified color correction and a divisive AI audio tool in its latest beta

Color and 3D workflow improvements come to After Effects and Premiere Pro alongside AI-powered dubbing and lip sync features.

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This year, the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) 2024 will take place from September 13 through September 16 at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Ahead of this event,Adobehas announced several important updates toPremiere Pro(Beta), After Effects, andFireflyServices (beta). Here’s a breakdown of all of these updates.

Color management gets a whole lot easier in Premiere Pro (Beta)

Adobe Premiere Pro | See at Adobe

There are plenty of video editors on the market, but Premiere Pro gives some of the very best tools. It can easily apply filters, help you tidy up your segments, and more. It has been used to create Emmy nominees such as The Bear, Saturday Night Live, and more.

✅Perfect for:Video content creators who want a powerful and convenient software.

❌Avoid it if:You want a simple video editor with only the basic tools.

After Effects now works seamlessly with Substance 3D and has better performance too

Adobe After Effects | See at Adobe

This program is Adobe’s digital motion graphics and effects software that can be used for animation and post-production. It’s been used to create several movies and shows.

✅Perfect for:Enhancing videos in post-production with effects and graphics.

❌Avoid it if:You don’t need to add extra elements to your videos.

Adobe Substance 3D | See at Adobe

This 3D software provides tools to not only create but also capture and tweak 3D assets. It’s been used when creating Emmy-nominated shows like Fallout, Avatar the Last Airbender, Shogun, and Star Wars Ahsoka.

✅Perfect for:Creating or altering 3D assets that can be used within Premiere Pro.

❌Avoid it if:You don’t work with 3D assets.

Easily improve audio quality and create believable translations into different languages

Adobe Creative Cloud | See at Adobe

This subscription gives you access to over 20 creative Adobe apps including Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator, Lightroom, Express, and Firefly — the generative AI image creator.

✅Perfect for:People who tend to use a variety of different creative programs and want the most powerful options available.

❌Avoid it if:You don’t need access to this many creative apps.

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Pros for editors and cons for the dubbing industry

Adobehas essentially improved its video editing suits by making it easier to work with footage from different sources without color inconsistencies. Premiere Pro Beta will support a wide gamut color space for Log (found on some modern GoPro cameras) and RAW-format videos, allowing seamless integration with After Effects while maintaining HDR ranges for colors and brightness. Color management is often daunting to budding video editors, but at least the headaches of importing files with differing formats are being eased.

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Critically, updating After Effects to add hardware acceleration for its UI on Windows will prevent slowdowns when working on complex projects using thousands of keyframes.

This should significantly simplify the lives of long-form video content creators and hopefully lead to the eventual appearance of a performantArm-native After Effects buildforWindows on Armdevices.

Personally, the color correction bumps take a backseat to the continued improvements to Adobe’s audio suite, with its enhanced speech API carrying over the same kind of benefits found inAdobe Podcastthat we’ve used in our ownWindows Central Podcastto clean up background noise and generally improve quality.

UsingAdobe generative AIfor dubbing and lip sync might be divisive, as it essentially replaces the need to hire native speakers from other regions, but I’ll still try it when it becomes available. For now, I’ll be digging back into tutorials covering the absolute basics of color correction because it’s still a daunting environment for me. Still, it’s great to see Adobe making the process more streamlined; just please bring it toARM64 without emulation!

I’ve been a long-term microphone enthusiast and even dabbled in freelance voiceover work before joining Windows Central. Making the most of home recording equipment made it possible for me, and Adobe still holds some of my highest praise for its podcasting tools.

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