The latest update to Premiere Pro introduces a new technology for fast, intelligent color grading called Auto Tone. Replacing the Auto button in the Lumetri Color panel, Auto Tone builds on Adobe’scolor science expertise to help editors to develop their own cinematic style.
The auto button has always been somewhat of a joke for professionals. Regardless of the application, the wild and unpleasant results that auto color provides often make a bad situation worse. Adobe is looking to change that.
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Auto Tone adjustments occur in the basic correction sliders at the top of the Lumetri panel. This provides a more nuanced result than previously available. An advanced algorithm analyzes the temperature, tint, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks, and saturation of the images to produce the best-looking results possible with a single click.
The previous Auto button only made adjustments to the exposure of the images. It didn’t take into account the temperature or saturation. This prior method was just a shot in the dark for inexperienced editors.
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The intention of Auto Tone is to familiarize new content creators with the adjustments available. It can also be a starting point for experienced editors who need to hit the ground running.
Lumetri Color was added to Adobe Premiere Pro following the end of Adobe Speedgrade, Adobe’s standalone color grading application. Lumetri Color provides editors with approachable and fast tools to breathe life into their stories by adding color.
Adobe’s commitment to continue making color grading easier is admirable. They see Auto Tone as a quick fix tool that can evolve into much more. Users can expect a more nuanced, automatic color grading experience as they refine the algorithm with each new update.
Adobe beta applications
Adobe makes beta versions of their software available for Creative Cloud Subscribers to try before their official release.
Simply launch the Creative Cloud application, navigate to Categories, and select Beta apps. Installing these apps will not overwrite the official version of the software. However, they are in beta so use them at your own risk.
The current implementation of Auto Tone analyzes unaltered source images and should be applied before adding any other color effects. It is also not currently compatible with log-encoded video or log-to-Rec709 LUTs.
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Download the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro Beta to start using Auto Tone right now.
What do you think about the new Adobe Premiere Pro Auto Tone feature? Is it a passing fad? Or, will all color grading eventually be done by an algorithm? Let us know in the comments below.
Adobe has just published some benchmark results of its upcoming Adobe Premiere Pro software for Apple M1 Macs. Compared to similar Intel-based laptops, the 13-inch Apple M1 Macs proved to be close to 80% faster in editing, rendering, and transcoding tasks. Let’s take a closer look at what we could expect soon!
Adobe has just released a couple of new Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, and After Effects update. Over the last couple of months, the company released Adobe Premiere Pro 15.0 and After Effects 18.0 with performance improvements.
Aside from “traditional” releases, Adobe is putting a lot of work to support Apple M1 Macs, with a new Adobe Audition version specifically optimized. Also, since December 2020, Adobe Premiere Pro is in the Beta stage for M1 computers.
Adobe Premiere Pro for Apple M1 Macs
Adobe released a couple of Adobe Premiere Pro benchmarks comparing Apple M1 Macs to similar Intel laptops. More precisely, they used a 13-inch M1 Macbook Pro with 16Gb of RAM and 2TB of SSD and a 13-inch Intel Core i5 laptop with the same amounts of RAM/SSD. Also, both computers were connected to an Apple Pro Display XDR.
According to Adobe, “the benchmarks were executed using Pfeiffer Consulting’s Methodology for Productivity Benchmarking, which has been fine-tuned over more than a decade and measures the time experienced operators take to execute specific tasks.” Below are their findings.
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Every video editor out here could tell you that XAVC-S files (H.264 compression) are hard to edit/playback correctly, even with a powerful computer. Indeed, these files are not meant to be edited straight out of the camera.
As you can see, these results seem promising! For example, the M1 Mac was over two times faster to encode a XAVC 4K25p clip to ProRes 422 than the Intel one. The same goes for XAVC import and playback performances.
However, as Adobe mentions:
For features that rely heavily on GPU acceleration, however, an Intel Mac with a discreet, powerful GPU can still outperform the current generation of M1 Macs in some areas.There is little doubt that Apple will address this in the future as new generations of M1 Macs close any remaining gaps with new Apple Silicon-based Macs
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Let’s hope that Adobe Premiere Pro for Apple M1 Macs will come out of the Beta stage soon so we can all run our tests and see how newer Apple computers can help content creators save time in the editing room.
Did you already try Adobe Premiere Pro Beta on an Apple M1 Mac? What do you think about these benchmarks’ results? Don’t hesitate to let us know in the comments below!
