Adobe a update Premiere Pro and gives a nice performance boost to its editing software. Hardware encoding is now supported on both Intel Macs and Apple Silicon computers. This has the effect of drastically reducing export times: Premiere is up to 10 times faster for a HEVC 10-bit 4:2:0 export.
Using a graph, Adobe details the jump in performance on a MacBook Pro M1 with 16 GB of RAM. The result is clear: where it took more than 6mn30 to export a complex UHD video, it now only takes 55 seconds! Hardware encoding is also present on Windows PCs with some AMD GPUs.
Other small new features have been added in this version, such as the possibility of exporting transparent GIFs, which will be practical for content aimed at social networks. Tools are also appearing to more easily adjust the spacing between text and shapes, which should simplify the design of titles and graphics.
Adobe says playing and deleting QuickTime screen recordings is smoother in this version of Premiere Pro. The update is available through the Creative Cloud.