Adobe Premiere was a former video editing software developed by Adobe Systems. It was first launched in 1991, and its final version was released in 2002. It was replaced by Adobe Premiere Pro (introduced in 2003), a rewritten version of Adobe Premiere.
Introduced in December 1991, Premiere was one of the first computernon-linear editing systems.[1] The first version for Mac released in 1991, and the first version for Microsoft Windows was released in September 1993.[2] The project began at SuperMac Technology as ReelTime, a QuickTime-based video editor for its VideoSpigot video capture card.[3] SuperMac engineer Randy Ubillos created a working demo of ReelTime in about 10 weeks while QuickTime was still in beta.[4] The software project was acquired by Adobe Systems in August 1991 and was renamed Adobe Premiere.[3] Ubillos also left SuperMac to join Adobe.[4]
Features
Premiere was one of the first QuickTime-based video editors on the market.[5] As a result, its ability to import new video formats could also be upgraded by updating to a newer compatible version of Quicktime. However, it was limited to processing video and images that were 1024 pixels wide, or less.[6]
Premiere included 24 transition effects and a plug-in architecture that was compatible with some Photoshop filters.[5]
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↑ 18.018.1Pane, Patricia J. (July 25, 1994). "Version 4.0 of Adobe Premiere for the Macintosh now available" (Press release). New York: Business Wire. {{cite press release}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
↑Fischer, Andy (April 1995). "Adobe Premiere version 4.0". Computer Life2 (4): 118(1).
↑Pane, Patricia J. (December 21, 1994). "Adobe Premiere Version 4.0 for Windows now available" (Press release). New York: Business Wire. {{cite press release}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
↑Simone, Luisa[clarification needed] (March 14, 1995). "Adobe Premiere 4.0: video the professional way". PC Magazine14 (5): 50.
↑"Adobe Ships Premiere 6.0" (Press release). Adobe Systems Incorporated. January 8, 2001. Archived from the original on April 5, 2001. Retrieved July 6, 2007.