San Jose, CA—Adobe is bringing Frame.io’s video collaboration platform to its millions of Creative Cloud customers. It is also including it in updates to After Effects and Premiere Pro. With Frame.io for Creative Cloud, video editors and key project stakeholders can collaborate seamlessly in the cloud.
“The combination of Premiere Pro and Frame.io gives customers the world’s only end-to-end solution for video creation from ingest to editorial to output,” said Steve Warner, vice president of Digital Video and Audio at Adobe. “This is the first step toward building a powerful, cloud-based platform for the future of video creation.”
Frame.io for Creative Cloud
This is the company’s first integrated review and approval workflow for postproduction. It allows editors to get final approval faster and easier. Now, as part of a Creative Cloud subscription, video creators can share work in progress with an unlimited number of reviewers anywhere in the world.
In addition, they can get frame-accurate comments and annotations directly inside of Premiere Pro and After Effects—without leaving their timeline. Moreover, they can utilize Frame.io’s accelerated file transfer technology for faster uploading and downloading of media with 100GB of dedicated Frame.io storage.
Another capability is working on up to five different projects concurrently with another remote user. And users can work with Camera to Cloud; this is a fast, easy as well as secure way to get footage from cameras to editors and motion designers.
Updates in After Effects and Premiere Pro
What’s more, the latest release of the Adobe Creative Cloud video applications is now available. It offers new features and workflow refinements that help video pros and social storytellers create compelling content.
After Effects Updates 
With After Effects updates, native M1 support now launches up to seven times faster. Compositions are also rendered twice as fast on M1 Macs compared to an Intel 10-core iMac Pro.
In addition, scene edit detection powered by Adobe Sensei uses the latest artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technology to automatically detect scene changes in an edited clip. Subsequently, it places them as individual layers or creates markers at edit points for faster project setup.
Extended viewer also enables users to view 2D and 3D layers located outside a frame’s edge when using the draft 3D engine. They can also see more of the design; navigate 3D space; as well as move 3D layers more easily. Users can hide or dim the area beyond the frame to get a look at the final shot.
Finally, binning indicators for 3D layers now show which 3D layers render together in the same 3D space; this enables them to intersect and cast shadows on each other. As a result, users have a visual map of how After Effects composites 2D and 3D layers together.
Premiere Pro Updates
The Premiere Pro update reimagines the import, header bar and export experience. Following a public Beta, the redesigned core workflows are more intuitive and visual. Import now focuses on media rather than project settings. It lets video creators scan and scrub files for assembling media from different locations. This makes it faster for pros and easier for new users to get started.
Moreover, the header bar now provides a cleaner, more centralized navigation. Users can better switch between the core tasks of import, editing and exporting. Export also lets users quickly upload media directly to YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. It features smart presets that take the guess work out of encoding and preparing files for delivery.
Now, auto color powered by Adobe Sensei uses AI to generate first-pass color corrections. It acts as a guide to help new content creators become familiar with adjustments. It is also a jumping off point for experienced users to fast track their color correction before moving on to secondary color tasks, like skin tone or sky adjustments.
Other performance and workflow improvements include the ability to show and hide markers by color; a Remix progress indicator for audio clips; and improved trim mode playback looping.
What’s more, new free Adobe Stock assets comprise thousands of HD video footage and motion graphics templates available in app.
Frame.io for Creative Cloud is now preinstalled with Premiere Pro and After Effects. Creative Cloud customers can log into Frame.io from within Premiere Pro or After Effects using their Adobe ID.
