Adobe Premiere Pro CS4

See how independent filmmakers used Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 Production Premium software to turn their inspiration into reality. Click on any of these four interviews. For additional customer successes, see the following stories.

Featured success stories

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2008 Customer Demo Reel

See how audio and video professionals are using Adobe products to create cutting-edge content.
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The Basement

See how tight integration in Creative Suite 4 Production Premium helps The Basement create visual effects for film and TV.
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August Evening — Chris Eska

An independent filmmaker wins top honors in multiple film festivals using Production Premium featuring Adobe Premiere® Pro CS4.
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Captain Abu Raed — GigaPix Studios

A post-production veteran discovers the power of Creative Suite 4 Production Premium featuring Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 while finishing his award-winning film.
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Peter and the Wolf — BreakThru Films

BreakThru Films wins an Oscar for best animated short film and other top honors for "Peter and the Wolf," created using Adobe video software.
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More success stories

Superman returns

Superman Returns

From film output to previsualization and visual effects, Adobe software, including Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects®, Illustrator®, and Photoshop®, had it covered for artists on "Superman Returns."
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Unforgettable Events

Leading wedding videographers continue decades of award-winning work using Adobe video products.
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Edit 1 Media

Edit 1 Media completes polished wedding and corporate videos on-site in a day using Adobe video tools.

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The Aviator

Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator" re-creates the high-flying world of Howard Hughes with more than 300 shots created by visual effects artists armed with After Effects and Photoshop software.
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Big Machine Design

Learn how Big Machine Design developed a fresh, elegant broadcast graphics package for the ABC News show "20/20" that is flexible enough to allow the show's staff to update graphics weekly.

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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

Relying on After Effects and Photoshop, Stephen Lawes, compositing supervisor of "Sky Captain," was able to produce the movie with no locations, no sets, and minimal props.
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Sundance Online Film Festival

With the help of Adobe video products, the Sundance Online Film Festival brings the annual Park City, Utah, Sundance Film Festival to millions via the Internet.
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UCLA Arts

UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts

High school students gain college experience with Adobe video and design software.
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USC School of Cinema-Television

By focusing on visuals and sound to create compelling stories, students at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television use Adobe video products to achieve their creative visions.
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Testimonials

"One of the most impressive aspects of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 is its support for metadata and native support for the Panasonic P2 format. We just filmed a piece in the P2 format, and the metadata — the place, the studio, the locale, the person who captured the footage, and more — was instantly contained in every file. Not only can we capture footage quickly using a tapeless workflow, but we can also track, find, select, and organize our files more easily than ever."
— Javier Ramos, audiovisual designer, Vasava

"We couldn't be happier with what Adobe is doing to support tapeless workflows and new cameras and editorial formats with Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. Getting content into our workflow from multiple sources is now faster and more efficient than ever. We can take advantage of the efficiency of tapeless workflows and the ability to natively edit files from the latest formats. In our business, eliminating the need to transcode or rewrap footage is a huge time saver."
— Jacob Rosenberg, CTO, Bandito Brothers

"We are especially excited about XMP and metadata support in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4. We spend far less time searching for clips and creating rough cuts."
— Ray Tragesser, vice president and CTO, Euphoria

"Of all the new features in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4, I'm most excited about Speech Search. It is simply awesome and will save producers hours of transcribing time. I really like the way you can do a fast search to find text, then click on the word and the clip will load and cue up. It's an editor's dream!"
— Skip Bowman, NLE specialist, CBN Broadcast Operations

"I've tried other video editing software and I prefer Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 hands down. Its integration with other Adobe tools and its facility for creating and delivering video to multiple media are invaluable in my business. I think users of other products will start to see the light when they look to the future and consider the benefits of Adobe Premiere Pro CS4."
— Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza, director, Pure West Films

"The workflow improvements in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 are numerous. I especially like the copy and paste of transitions, blending modes, subclips from the timeline panel, DVD import, sequence project management, and — probably the best new feature after Speech Search — the Media Browser. I love it!"
— Skip Bowman, NLE specialist, CBN Broadcast Operations

"The new Media Browser panel in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 lets me access the footage I want, view camera metadata, and organize files — even directly off the memory card in file-based formats. It is a great way to search, view, and sort through assets to quickly find the ones I want to work on. When I'm working on documentary films involving hundreds of hours of footage, new ways to stay organized like the Media Browser are a terrific asset."
— Isaac Anderson, owner, Vision FilmWorks

"For cross-media projects that include video we often have to review hours of footage to find usable material before digitizing it down to a computer workstation. With Adobe OnLocation CS4 software, we can record directly to a hard drive in real time, saving hours of production time. We can then seamlessly and efficiently integrate the footage, including the Shot List and metadata, into Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and After Effects CS4."
— MJ Anderson, vice president of creative services, Trekk Cross-Media

"Students can now output their work to Adobe Encore CS4, create a SWF file, and share their work on the web in minutes for other students to comment on and critique. This helps the collaborative aspect of what we do in the classroom, but it's paramount to the success of our eLearning curriculum as well."
— Dominique Elliott, professor of broadcast design and motion graphics, Savannah College of Art and Design