Adobe releases Premiere Pro 22.2: Accelerates HEVC 10bit encoding for Intel/NVIDIA GPUs
Adobe announced that Premiere Pro 22.2, its video editing software, is now available, and the latest version will introduce new features to speed up editing workflows. For example, Remix, an advanced audio restoration tool powered by Adobe Sensei, can reduce hours-long music editing work to seconds, making editing easier for creators.
Adobe has also updated Speech to Text with improved transcription algorithms and allows Speech to Text to work without an internet connection. According to the data, using the computing power of the CPU, whether in Windows or macOS systems, using Intel or AMD’s x86 processors, or Apple’s M1 series chips, the processing speed can be at least doubled, up to 3.6 times the original.
Of course, the most important upgrade is to use HEVC 10bit encoding that supports 4:2:0 HDR footage, compared to the previous Premiere Pro 22.1.1 release, using the Nvidia Quadro RTX 5000 encoded video in the corresponding format at least four times faster, according to a chart provided by Adobe. For Nvidia GPUs, Adobe recommends users use the officially recommended Studio drivers.
In addition to Nvidia’s GPUs, Intel’s GPUs will also be boosted. If the same operation is performed with the Intel Core i7-1165G7 Iris Xe display, the Xe-LP architecture GPU is at least eight times faster for 4K video encoding, and at least 13 times faster in HD simple scenes. Adobe said its software has advanced hardware encoding capabilities, including Intel Quick Sync technology on Premiere and Media Encoder, which can significantly improve encoding capabilities even on mobile devices with high-resolution displays.
Premiere Pro version 22.2 also offers new GPU-accelerated effects, including Linear Wipe and Block Dissolve. Processing through the GPU means faster processing of these effects, smoother playback during editing, and faster rendering and exporting. Additionally, Adobe says Premiere Pro 22.2 will automatically adjust the UI to fit the display notch on the 2021 MacBook Pro models.
