About Text-Based Editing

Text-Based Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro lets you edit videos using transcripts and text-editing commands.

Learn how Text-Based Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro makes editing video as simple as copying and pasting text.

Text-Based Editing is an entirely new way to edit that makes creating rough cuts as simple as copying and pasting text. Included with your subscription, it allows you to edit a transcript of your video to see changes in the visuals.

Text-Based Editing begins by transcribing source footage. You can then select the text in the source transcripts to add video clips to the timeline, build the sequence, and switch to the sequence transcript to work on the rough cut. With Text-Based Editing, you can also copy and paste text to move clips in the sequence, delete pauses, and remove repetition.

Once you’re happy with your rough cut, you can use the video editing tools for trimming and refining your cuts and pacing, as well as for color grading, audio sweetening, and adding titles or graphics. Throughout your workflow, the sequence transcript serves as a handy navigation tool, and you can use it anytime to perform edits on your sequence.

When your editing is finished, you can use the sequence transcript to generate captions for your video.

Text-Based Editing is available for 18 languages and dialects, and the same as supported by Speech to Text.