Turn on the analysis preference and import the clips you want to have analyzed.
Last updated on
Dec 16, 2024
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 (beta).
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The new Search panel is now available for testing and feedback. Try it now in Premiere Pro (beta).
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 can find things like “woman with brown hair wearing yellow shirt” but it doesn’t identify or label people.
If dialogue is transcribed, you can find it under Transcript results. You can also find audio files using embedded metadata. Media intelligence is currently limited to identifying visuals only.
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.
Since visual search is based on a semantic understanding, it works differently than the traditional search you may have used in search engines. Try multi-word searches, be more descriptive, and try different phrasings.
No, at this time, the Search panel uses exact text matches for transcripts and metadata and natural language descriptions for visuals.
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.
When Premiere Pro is analyzing your footage, you'll see an entry for Media Intelligence in the Progress panel, located in the upper right corner of the main window. You can work as normal while this analysis is running, and Premiere Pro will prioritize playback over the background analysis.
The analysis time is dependent on the speed of your computer and the complexity of your footage. Analysis runs on dedicated machine learning hardware in your system, or on your GPU. On most modern computers made for video editing, you can expect hours of footage to be analyzed in minutes.
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:
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Turn off the analysis preference and import the rest of your media.
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When you do a search in the Search panel, only those clips that were analyzed will show results
No, but we’re exploring this addition.
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.
No. The analysis results and project index are unique to Adobe’s media intelligence models and cannot be used by other applications.
No, your searches and media are not used to train Adobe’s AI models. Your privacy is important to us, and we built media intelligence to operate completely on your computer.
No, media intelligence isn't generative and does not create new pixels. This assistive AI feature is based on Adobe’s decade-long legacy of creating features that automate tedious tasks.
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