Effects and transitions

High-bit-depth effects

Premiere Pro includes some video effects and transitions that support high-bit-depth processing. When applied to high-bit-depth assets, such as v210-format video and 16-bit-per-channel (bpc) Photoshop files, these effects can be rendered with 32bpc pixels. The result is better color resolution and smoother color gradients with these assets than would be possible with the earlier standard 8 bit per channel pixels. A 32-bpc badge appears to the right of the effect name in the Effects panel for each high-bit-depth effect.

To enable high-bit-depth rendering for these effects, select the Maximum Bit Depth video rendering option in the New Sequence dialog box.

For instructions on filtering the effects in the Effects panel so that you can easily find high-bit-depth effects. See “Filter effects by type” on page 278.

Note: 32-bpc effects render at 32 bits per channel only when every effect in the render pipeline is a 32-bpc effect. If you place an 8-bpc effect into a sequence that contains a 32-bpc effect, Premiere Pro renders all the effects in the sequence at 8 bits.

Karl Soule explains high-bit-depth effects and YUV effects in a pair of articles on the Adobe website:

•"What is YUV?"

•"Understanding color processing: 8-bit, 10-bit, 32-bit, and more"

Applying, removing, finding, and organizing effects

Find and group effects

Standard effects are listed in the Effects panel and are organized into two main bins, Video Effects and Audio Effects. Within each bin, Premiere Pro lists effects by type in nested bins. For example, the Blur and Sharpen bin contains effects that defocus an image, such as Gaussian Blur and Directional Blur.

Find audio effects in bins named for the type of audio clips they support: mono, stereo, or 5.1.

You can also locate an effect by typing the effect name in the Contains box.

To open the Effects panel, choose Window > Effects, or click the Effects tab.

Karl Soule explains the meanings of the icons for 32-bit (32-bpc) and YUV effects in a pair of articles on the Adobe website:

•"What is YUV?"

•"Understanding color processing: 8-bit, 10-bit, 32-bit, and more"

Filter effects by type

Three buttons appear under the search field toward the upper left of the Effects panel. These buttons act as filters for three types of effects:

• accelerated effects (See “GPU-accelerated effects” on page 276.)

• 32-bit Color effects (See “High-bit-depth effects” on page 278.)

• YUV effects

When you toggle one of these buttons on, only effects and transitions of its type are shown in the list of effects below. You can toggle one or more of these buttons to filter the list of effects for any combination of attributes.

Last updated 1/16/2012