Adobe updates Premiere and After Effects

Adobe has unveiled a series of updates in Premiere and After Effects designed to streamline editing and to make motion workflows more intuitive.

In Premiere, Adobe has introduced faster AI masking, new effects, smarter audio controls, and tighter connections to Stock and Firefly, without pulling users out of the timeline:

Global Audio Mute lets users silence audio across the entire app in one click. Marker Search lets users pull up any marker by colour or name across every open project.

With Channel Blur, Gradient, and Noise FX, users can handle precise compositing or add organic animated texture right inside the timeline.

3D Spinback and Slide transitions give users dynamic motion with professional-grade easing controls built directly into the editing workflow.

Single Word Captioning puts users in control at the word level without disturbing the broader caption block.

The new Stock Panel Checkout lets users preview and license Adobe Stock assets without leaving Premiere. When sending multiple assets into a project through Firefly Boards, a sequence is created automatically.

Object Mask is now faster and more refined with softer, more natural masks, and if media goes offline and gets relinked, users can regenerate the mask without starting over.

The Sequence Index Panel gives users long-form edit control in one place. A/V Display Mode shows video and audio waveforms together in the Source Monitor, so complex timelines are easier to read and navigate.

In After Effects, Adobe has unveiled tools aimed at making complex motion work “faster, smarter and more connected.”

Object Matte reimagines rotoscoping with four AI-powered tools, Object Selection, Quick Selection, Selection Brush, and Refine Edge, replacing the brush-only Roto Brush with the same AI precision already available in Premiere.

3D in After Effects is getting a “major” upgrade, bringing motion design work closer to full 3D production. Userscan now add real surface depth with Displacement Maps, apply cinematic Depth of Field across models, meshes, text, and shape layers, and use scripting APIs for Parametric Meshes for more control over complex scenes.

Users can now import SVG files directly into After Effects as editable shape layers, with gradients, strokes, and transparency all intact. And with a new copy-paste workflow from Illustrator, users can bring vector content across without any conversion.