Video editors understand the tedious nature of professional-grade masking, especially when constantly switching between multiple editing applications. Consequently, Adobe has significantly simplified this task using advanced AI features. Recently, Adobe announced substantial updates to Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects, introducing powerful Adobe AI editing capabilities. These new features are specifically designed to accelerate common video editing tasks, such as complex masking, enhancing overall workflow efficiency.
Adobe AI Editing Powers Object Masking in Premiere Pro
Streamlining Selection with Artificial Intelligence
In Premiere Pro, Adobe unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered Object Mask feature. This innovation allows users to precisely select and track individuals or objects as they move through video clips. Editors can simply hover over a subject and click to generate an accurate mask overlay within mere seconds. Furthermore, this intuitive process drastically reduces manual effort.
Adobe stated that the mask is inherently accurate from its initial generation. Nevertheless, users retain the flexibility to resize or manually adjust it as needed. The company emphasized that this feature relies on Adobe’s proprietary AI model, performing all processing directly on the user’s device. Significantly, Adobe confirmed that user activity and data are never utilized to train its AI models, ensuring privacy and data security.
Enhanced Shape Masks and Firefly Integration
Accelerating Masking Capabilities
Adobe also substantially upgraded Premiere Pro’s Shape Mask tool. Users can now directly create Ellipse, Rectangle, and Pen masks straight from the toolbar. Moreover, the company refined the controls, enabling more precise movement and adjustments for intricate editing requirements.
According to Adobe, these redesigned masks can track objects in video clips up to 20 times faster than previous versions. This remarkable speed improvement significantly reduces the need for editors to constantly monitor progress indicators during processing. Additionally, a new update facilitates direct media import from Firefly Boards, Adobe’s AI-powered digital canvas, into Premiere Pro. In consequence, Adobe Stock is now fully integrated within the video editing software, offering a seamless asset workflow.
After Effects: SVG Support and 3D Tools
Expanding Creative Possibilities with AI Editing
For After Effects, Adobe introduced robust support for importing SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) files, commonly utilized in Adobe Illustrator. This crucial update streamlines workflows between the two applications. Furthermore, the update adds powerful tools that allow users to construct graphics and photorealistic objects within images using sophisticated 3D parametric meshes.
These versatile meshes encompass a range of shapes, including cubes, spheres, cylinders, cones, tori, and planes. Consequently, this significantly expands the spectrum of visual effects that professionals can create directly within After Effects, fostering greater creative freedom. However, Adobe did not specify precise availability dates for all these new features across different software versions.
