Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium
Overview
What's new in Production Premium?
Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium software offers a sleek, fresh editing environment in Adobe Premiere Pro; 3D tracking and extruded text and shapes in Adobe After Effects; new Content-Aware tools in Adobe Photoshop Extended; and faster editing in Adobe Audition. New additions are Adobe Prelude for logging and ingest and Adobe SpeedGrade for color grading and finishing.
Save up to 40% when you switch from Final Cut Pro or Avid to Production Premium (volume customers only) or new Adobe Creative Cloud by November 30, 2012.
See the top new features in CS6 Production Premium
Find out about a new Adobe Premiere Pro interface, timesaving Global Performance Cache in After Effects, and more.
Work without interruption
Work faster with the new Global Performance Cache in After Effects and new support for OpenCL and NVIDIA® Maximus™ in the Adobe Mercury Playback Engine within Adobe Premiere Pro.
Infuse your projects with creative inspiration
Let ideas flow in a fresh editing environment. Use exciting new tools in After Effects, GPU-enabled effects in Adobe Photoshop Extended, and professional color finishing effects in Adobe SpeedGrade.
What's inside
Integrates with:
Adobe Story
Features:
Work without interruption
Work with tools in Adobe Creative Suite 6 Production Premium software that keep pace with your imagination. Global Performance Cache dramatically improves the Adobe After Effects workflow. The Adobe Mercury Playback Engine becomes even more powerful with support for OpenCL and NVIDIA Maximus configurations in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe Premiere Pro
Get amazing performance from the 64-bit Mercury Playback Engine on desktops and laptops, with optional GPU support. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 adds support for MacBook Pro OpenCL-based GPUs and NVIDIA Maximus dual-GPU configurations.
Sleek Adobe Premiere Pro user interface
See more of your video and less clutter thanks to an efficient, highly intuitive interface featuring customizable Project panel views, transport controls, an Audio Meter panel, and track headers. Play clips directly in the Media Browser.
Native 64-bit operating system support
Power your production workflow with native 64-bit Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop Extended, SpeedGrade, Encore, Illustrator, and Adobe Media Encoder.
Global Performance Cache in After Effects
Create more in less time. After Effects intelligently optimizes and preserves your previews. Now you can beat deadlines instead of waiting for frame updates.
GPU acceleration
Get even faster editing and effects with GPU-accelerated features in Photoshop Extended, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, SpeedGrade, and Encore.
Broad format support
Work with virtually any format, with no transcoding. Support includes DSLR, RED, ARRIRAW, AVC-Intra, AVCHD, DPX, Sony XDCAM, XDCAM 50, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD, Panasonic P2, DVCPRO HD, HDV, and DV footage.
Timesaving integration and Dynamic Link
Save time on every project thanks to deep integration and roundtrip editing among components. Adobe Dynamic Link eliminates intermediate rendering as you refine assets between After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Encore.
Interoperability with third-party tools
Preserve your creative intention with high-fidelity exchange between components of Production Premium and third-party software and hardware. Use Adobe Mercury Transmit for better integration with I/O hardware.
Roto Brush in After Effects
Isolate moving foreground elements from their backgrounds in fewer steps using the Roto Brush in After Effects, automatically creating transparency around foreground elements.
Logging and ingest in Prelude
Help ensure your media is tagged with the right information and is easy to find, allowing more efficient post-production workflows and improved lifecycle management of your footage. Adobe Prelude can be used on its own and as an extensible platform that can be customized for virtually any file-based workflow.
Robust metadata for production management
Enjoy rich metadata support throughout Production Premium for efficient editing and project management. Ingest and log media with Adobe Prelude. Use metadata-rich scripts to track complex productions with Adobe Story.
Faster, more flexible Adobe Media Encoder
Quickly and easily output to virtually any screen. Create and organize your favorite presets in the new Preset Browser for faster export and batch encoding in the background.
Fast Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and web DVD authoring
Send Adobe Premiere Pro projects directly to new 64-bit Adobe Encore without rendering. Speed up your authoring workflow with rock-solid performance and stability. Open and save large and high-resolution projects faster.
Broadcast workflow compatibility
Create ActionScript panels that enable tight integration between third-party tools and Adobe video and audio products through the Adobe SDK. This is an attractive, cost-effective broadcast solution that enhances productivity and enables a smooth workflow.
Let your creativity flow freely
Let ideas flow in a sleek, fresh Adobe Premiere Pro editing environment. Use tools like extruded text and shape layers in After Effects, new GPU-enabled effects in Photoshop, and color finishing in SpeedGrade to take creativity from inspiration to realization.
Best-of-breed production tools
Use editing, motion graphics, compositing, ingest, logging, color, audio, and design tools to accelerate production workflows, inspire creativity, and deliver to any screen.
Eye-catching VFX and motion graphics
Produce dynamic logos and other sophisticated motion graphics and visual effects using industry-standard After Effects, the animation and compositing software that offers high creative control and unparalleled performance.
Photoshop imaging magic
Patch images with greater control using Content-Aware Patch.Experience fast performance when working with large files using the new Adobe Mercury Graphics Engine.
3D features in After Effects
Easily extrude ray-traced text and shapes, including vector graphics imported from Illustrator. Place and track elements in 3D space with the new 3D Camera Tracker. Freely mix 3D and 2D layers in a single composition.
SpeedGrade for crafting the perfect look
Manipulate light and color. Broad format support includes RAW, HDR, and stereoscopic. Apply precise HDR grades to source, or import sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro for more in-depth color grading.
Audio-for-video editing in Adobe Audition
Record, edit, mix, master, and sweeten audio. Roundtrip edit with Adobe Premiere Pro, or use OMF and XML to speed up project exchange with Avid Pro Tools and other NLEs.
Creative editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
Take editing in new creative directions with adjustment layers, expanded multicam editing, and the Three-Way Color Corrector in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.
Efficient Illustrator graphics
Create 2D and 3D animations fast with the Adobe Mercury Performance System, a high-performance tracing engine, tighter integration with After Effects, and a customizable user interface.
Advanced motion tracking in After Effects
Handle even the trickiest tracking jobs with the 2D planar tracking tools in mocha for After Effects CS6 from Imagineer Systems Ltd., with tracking masks and variable feather via mocha shape.
Streamlined production
Leverage metadata acquired in preproduction with Adobe Story and Prelude to search assets and dialogue during post-production in Adobe Premiere Pro. Create searchable web DVDs in Encore.
Flash Professional interactive video
Use streamlined video controls in the industry-standard Adobe Flash Professional workflow to quickly add video content to sophisticated interactive experiences.
Work smoothly with Adobe integration
Efficiently move among Production Premium components that dynamically share 64-bit memory, offer native file support to avoiddata loss, and support Dynamic Link for real-time work without intermediate rendering.
No intermediate renders with Dynamic Link
Eliminate intermediate rendering during design whether you're editing clips in Adobe Premiere Pro, changing a composition in After Effects, or refining a project in Encore.
Sharing of clips, timelines, and sequences
Drag and drop or copy and paste clips and timelines between Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. Open complete Adobe Premiere Pro projects, including nested sequences, in After Effects.
Adobe Premiere Pro timeline import/export
Save time and preserve edits when working with Adobe Premiere Pro projects in After Effects. Preserve bins, edits, markers, keyframes, nesting, transitions, and more. Make an After Effects composition an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence.
Group clip transfer
Transfer groups of clips from Adobe Premiere Pro to After Effects using a single command that preserves file organization. Dynamic Link maintains the relationship of each sequence in both applications for easy updates.
Photoshop files saved in Adobe Premiere Pro
Quickly create a new Photoshop file in your Adobe Premiere Pro project. The new file automatically matches the frame size and aspect ratio of an Adobe Premiere Pro project even in HD in one click.
Photoshop Extended video restoration
Use powerful Photoshop image editing and restoration tools to fix footage. Work with Lens Correction, Healing, and Cloning, and import Photoshop files with video layers directly into the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline.
Adobe Premiere Pro stills in Photoshop
Instantly export still images from Adobe Premiere Pro to edit in Photoshop great if you need a freeze frame from your video sequence.
Photoshop layer animation import
Control how Photoshop files look when imported into Adobe Premiere Pro. Preview all layers, choose which individual layers to import, merge them, or bring them in as a sequence to animate.
Photoshop blending modes and transparency
Apply Photoshop blending modes to clips on the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline, and import them automatically from Photoshop files. Layer transparency from a Photoshop file is imported automatically and plays seamlessly.
Adobe Premiere Pro sequences to SpeedGrade
Integrate look design and grading with other creative workflows. Send sequences directly to SpeedGrade from Adobe Premiere Pro CS6, or import EDLs from other NLEs.
Adobe Premiere Pro sequences to Encore
Send sequences directly from Adobe Premiere Pro to Encore without rendering first. Dynamic Link enables sequences to open "live" in Encore, with any changes made in Adobe Premiere Pro automatically reflected.
Chapter markers in Encore
Easily set chapters or links in an Adobe Premiere Pro sequence, see those chapters in Encore, and update the list with a single click.
Edit Original in Encore
Use Edit Original to modify your original project in Adobe Premiere Pro, and then link the changes back to your DVD project.
Audio sweetening of video in Adobe Audition
Pass individual or multiple clips from Adobe Premiere Pro to Adobe Audition for precision editing. Remove background noise, retime with accurate pitch shift, and even heal damaged audio with seamless editing.
Soundtrack mixdown in Adobe Audition
Send Adobe Premiere Pro sequences with a reference video to Adobe Audition for complete soundtrack creation. You can then return the project to Adobe Premiere Pro for final output.
Accelerated editing workflow with Adobe Story
Accelerate your editing workflow by directly importing Story scripts, complete with metadata like scene and character details, into Adobe Premiere Pro. Simplify clip selection with Speech Search and metadata.
Creation of rough cuts in Prelude
Get a headstart on editing by combining clips and subclips, complete with all related markers and comments. Take advantage of a simple one-click Send to Adobe Premiere Pro option for final editing.
Transcoding to many formats upon ingest
Transcode to your preferred editing format as you ingest, allowing better storage optimization and a consistent workflow.
Vector image quality in Adobe Premiere Pro
Scale an Illustrator image in Adobe Premiere Pro, and it is continuously rasterized for pristine image quality.
Adobe Premiere Pro media export
Save time by exporting media directly from Adobe Premiere Pro to the Adobe Media Encoder queue. Render and transcode media in the background while you continue to work.
Drag-and-drop encoding
Drag and drop sequences from Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects directly into Adobe Media Encoder to encode immediately, while you continue to work on projects.
Adobe Premiere Pro metadata output
Export metadata to Adobe Media Encoder to preserve essential details about your files and improve searchability on the web.
Seamless file exchange
Import Photoshop layered files into After Effects as compositions. Text remains editable, and layers, layer effects, blending modes, masks, transparency, and color profiles are preserved.
Color precision and HDR in Photoshop Extended
Work with or create high dynamic range imagery with powerful merging tools. Adjust photographic content in 16- and 32-bit color values suitable for use in After Effects.
Photoshop Vanishing Point data export
Create a composition and position the layers in 3D space with Vanishing Point image data in Photoshop for virtual sets as well as storyboards and animatics in After Effects.
Photoshop export from After Effects
Quickly export an After Effects composition as a layered Photoshop file, and utilize powerful image effects and brush technology in Photoshop to repair or enhance layers.
Photoshop layer effects in After Effects
Import Photoshop layer effects into After Effects as a layer property for enhanced shadows, bevels, shading, and other image treatments, which can be animated.
Illustrator vectors as animated shapes
Easily convert Illustrator vectors into shape layers and animate in 2D or extrude to 3D in After Effects.
Illustrator vectors as masks or motion paths
Copy vectors from Illustrator to use as After Effects masks or motion paths. Illustrator layers and blend modes are preserved, and vector shapes can be continuously rasterized.
After Effects compositions in Encore
View changes made in After Effects immediately in Encore without rendering via Dynamic Link. Update motion menus or create compelling transitions with ease.
DVD motion menus and interactive buttons
Export H.264 and MPEG-2 movies from After Effects with markers that Encore reads as chapters.
Batch rendering of FLV files with cue points
Use markers in After Effects to create cue points that can be added to your FLV output. Convert any layer's keyframes to cue points to make it easier to trigger events in Flash based on motion or elements changing over time.
Animations as After Effects vectors
Import SWF files in After Effects as continuously rasterized vectors with alpha channels preserved, so you can scale them without any loss in quality. Use FLV assets as sources as well.
Marker and cue point export
Export composition or layer markers in After Effects as cue points in FLV files. Easily convert keyframe values into markers to apply motion tracking data and other After Effects keyframe values in Flash Professional.
Centralized file handling in Adobe Bridge
View and organize popular video and audio formats in Adobe Bridge, including Photoshop and Illustrator files and After Effects projects, along with useful presets for text animation and image effects.
Industry-standard XMP metadata in Bridge
Use industry-standard XMP metadata for complex searches based on very specific criteria, without opening a file. Metadata includes automated data from digital image capture and template-based copyright status and keywords.
Customizable environment for asset review
Customize Bridge to compact mode, or use Thumbnails, Filmstrip, and Details, resizing previews with a simple slider control.
Integration with other tools and services
Enjoy direct integration with Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Touch Apps within core components of Production Premium.*
Specifications:
System requirements
Windows
