Now’s the time to elevate your colour grading. Adobe Premiere Pro now supports NVIDIA GPU acceleration for 4:2:2 video colour editing in general release.
The 4:2:2 colour format is a game changer for professional video editors. It provides twice as much colour information as the typical 4:2:0 colour formats while only increasing the raw file size by 30 percent. This significantly improves colour grading and chroma keying while preserving the quality of text.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU-equipped PCs and laptops support 4:2:2 encode and decode, advanced video editing and AI workflows.
4:2:2 benefits
Consumer cameras have typically used 4:2:0 8-bit colour compression. This allows them to compress video to use less data, but as a result, they only capture a fraction of the colour information. 4:2:0 8-bit is sufficient for video playback, but video editors benefit from the additional quality that 4:2:2 10-bit cameras enable.
4:2:2 unlocks several key benefits in video production:
- Enhanced Colour Accuracy: 4:2:2 doubles the amount of colour information in video streams, giving editors more flexibility when colour grading so they can perform more precise and nuanced adjustments during colour correction.
- Superior Keying: 4:2:2 is especially advantageous for chroma keying techniques like green screening. It enables cleaner and more accurate extraction of subjects from backgrounds, as well as sharper edges on small, detailed objects like hair.
- Clearer Text: Text readability is a notorious problem when encoding. With 4:2:0, colour frequently bleeds into text, making it hard to read. 4:2:2 makes text sharp and clear.
The 4:2:2 format had not been widely adopted for two reasons. 4:2:2 cameras were very expensive and typically bought only by professionals. In the past two years, though, this has changed. Major manufacturers have released mass-market cameras for prices under $600. In addition, 4:2:2 is a more complex encoding format that requires more compute power. This means that streams can stutter, making it impractical to use. Many editors choose to create proxies before editing these files, which takes a lot of time.
The GeForce RTX 50 Series added hardware acceleration for 4:2:2 encode and decode, solving the compute problem. These GPUs accelerate 4:2:2 encoding by ten-fold and can decode 10 times as many 4K, 30-FPS streams per decoder. Adobe is now adding support for 4:2:2 GPU decode, allowing video editors to take full advantage of the new GPUs.
Save time with AI
Adobe Premiere Pro offers a remarkable suite of advanced AI features that streamline processes, boost productivity, and open up new creative possibilities. These features are accelerated by GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs. The GPUs include specialised AI hardware and fifth-generation Tensor Cores that provide the compute power needed to run the latest and most demanding AI features.
Among the AI features the GPUs enable is Adobe Media Intelligence, which uses AI to analyse footage and apply semantic tags to clips. This feature helps users quickly and easily find specific footage by describing its content, including objects, locations, camera angles, and even transcribed spoken words. Media Intelligence benefits from the generational upgrades of GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, providing a 30 percent boost in performance on the GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU compared to the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU.
RTX acceleration also enables the Enhance Speech feature in Premiere Pro. This feature significantly improves the quality of recorded speech by filtering out unwanted noise and making the audio sound clearer and more professional.
To experience these cutting-edge AI-powered features, as well as user favourites like Scene Edit Detection, Auto Reframe, and Auto Colour in Adobe Premiere Pro, contact Dax Data today.
