Editing Adobe Premiere Pro (section)

== History ==
=== Original Adobe Premiere ===
{{Infobox software
| title = Adobe Premiere
| screenshot = 
| developer = [[Adobe Systems]]<br/>[[SuperMac|SuperMac Technology]]
| released = {{Start date and age|1991|12}}
| discontinued = yes
| latest release version = 6.5
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2002|08|df=yes}}
| replaced_by = Adobe Premiere Pro
| operating system = [[Classic Mac OS]]<br/>[[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Video editing software]]
}}  
In 1991, the first version of '''Adobe Premiere''' was developed by [[Adobe Inc.|Adobe Inc''.'']] Premiere was one of the first computer-based non-linear [[video editing software|editing systems]], with the first version being released on [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[Macintosh|Mac]] in 1991 and for [[Microsoft Windows]] in September 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-05-05|title=An Oral History of Adobe Premiere Software Evolution: The First 25 Years|url=https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/oral-history-adobe-premiere-software-evolution-first-25-years-618356|access-date=2020-12-29|website=Creative Planet Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175126/https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news/oral-history-adobe-premiere-software-evolution-first-25-years-618356|archive-date=2020-10-22|language=en-US}}</ref> The final version, version 6.5, was released in August 2002 for both Windows and Mac.

The software originated at [[UMAX SuperMac|SuperMac Technology]] under the name Reel Time, a [[QuickTime]]-based video editor developed for the company’s Video Spigot capture card. In August 1991, [[Adobe Systems]] acquired the project and rebranded it as Adobe Premiere.<ref name="steveblank-supermacwar10-videospigot">"[https://steveblank.com/2009/05/11/supermac-war-story-x-the-video-spigot/ SuperMac War Story 10: The Video Spigot]" by Steve Blank. May 11, 2009.</ref>

Premiere was the second [[QuickTime]]-based video editor on the market.<ref name="tidbits-videospigot-review">"[https://tidbits.com/1992/04/20/videospigot-review/ VideoSpigot Review]" by Jon Pugh, TidBITS. April 20, 1992.</ref> Its ability to import new [[video formats]] could be enhanced by updating to a newer, compatible version of QuickTime. However, it could only process videos and images at a maximum width of 1,024 [[Pixel|pixels]].<ref name="youtube-computerclan-adobepremiere1.0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubyadfqkUA |title=Video Editing on Adobe Premiere 1.0 (from 1991) – Krazy Ken's Tech Misadventures |date=2018-11-15 |last=Computer Clan |access-date=2025-04-14 |via=YouTube}}</ref>