Media intelligence and Search panel FAQs

Last updated on 2 April 2025

Learn more about how to use AI-powered media intelligence and the new Search panel to quickly locate your perfect shot in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, visual search results can find specific sections of a clip that match your search. You may see multiple visual results from a single source clip. Double-click a result to load it in the Source Monitor and see the relevant range marked by In and Out points. Or drag the result into a sequence to see the range of the result.

No, visual search does not use optical character recognition. Some cases may seem to work, like typing in “stop” to find a stop sign. In this case, the AI model understood the concept of a “stop sign” and was able to match that to the search for “stop”, but it didn’t literally read the text on the sign.

Visual search isn't based on tagging your footage. The analysis identifies your footage by mapping it into a multi-dimensional semantic understanding. When you type a search, that text is mapped into the same semantic space. The nearest matches to your search text are your search results.

This means you don’t have to learn a set of fixed tags to find your shots. You can use complex descriptions and freely try different synonyms or variations. Multi-word phrases often work better than short or single-word phrases.

No. Premiere Pro uses fixed AI models to analyze your footage and perform searches. The models may be updated and improved in future versions of Premiere Pro, but Adobe does not see or train on your footage or searches. All analysis and search happen locally on your computer without using the internet.

This file is the index of visual analysis for all video clips imported into your project. When you search for visuals in the Search panel, this index is what is used. If the index file is missing, Premiere Pro will regenerate it automatically. If you share your project, it’s best to include the .prin file.

Yes. Analysis in Premiere Pro is controlled by the preference Analyze all imported media to visually search your projects found in the new Media Analysis & Transcription preferences. When this setting is on, all clips with video material will be analyzed. When this setting is off, no new analysis will happen, but any imported clips with existing cached analysis will use that cache for visual search. This means you can take the following steps to only analyze some clips:

Turn on the analysis preference and import the clips you want to have analyzed.
Turn off the analysis preference and import the rest of your media.
When you do a search in the Search panel, only those clips that were analyzed will show results

Yes. Before you import any media, open the Media Analysis & Transcription preferences and change the Cache analysis results for re-use option to Next to the media as a sidecar file. Now when you analyze media, you’ll see a .prmi file written next to each media file with video. When other people import those media files, Premiere Pro will recognize the sidecar files and skip analysis.

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Frequently asked questions

Can visual search find parts of a clip?

Can I find specific people and label them?

Can I find audio results?

Can I find specific text in the frame?

Can I see the tags Premiere Pro has applied to each clip?

I see too many or too few results. Why don’t I see what I’m searching for?

Are there special characters to create things like Boolean searches?

Can Premiere Pro learn from my media or searches?

What is the .prin file next to my project file?

How does background analysis work? Does it slow down my computer?

How long does it take to analyze my footage?

Can I analyze only certain files?

Can I analyze using Media Encoder?

Can I analyze my media on one system and share that with anyone else who uses the media?

Can I use these analysis results outside of Premiere Pro?

Are my searches or media training Adobe’s AI?

Is this generative AI?

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