Adobe Premiere review
7.4/10★★★★★Industry-standard editor with Firefly AI tools like Generative Extend and Object Mask
- Best for
- Professional editors who need precise control plus time-saving AI
- Price
- Paid · from $22.99/month
Free: 7-day free trial; the mobile app is a free download - Platforms
- Windows, Mac, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Adobe, San Jose, USA · since 1982
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (26K) · Android 4.3★ (6.8K)
What it is
Premiere is Adobe's professional video editor, now on desktop and mobile. Its AI tools include Generative Extend, which uses Firefly to lengthen clips and ambient sound, Object Mask for one-click masking and tracking, text-based editing, colour matching, audio enhancement and captions.
What the AI does
- Generative Extend (Firefly)
- Object Mask with tracking
- Text-based editing
- Colour match
- Enhance speech and audio tagging
- Automatic captions
Pros and cons
- Most powerful editor in this list
- Generative Extend fixes short clips and awkward cuts
- Works with Photoshop and After Effects
- Now has well-rated mobile apps
- Subscription only, and the priciest here
- Steep learning curve
- Only 25 generative credits on the single-app plan
How it scores
Best raw edit quality and control; harder to learn and costly for casual creators.
Feature checklist · 4 of 9
- Automatic captions with styles (yes)
- Turns long videos into short clips automatically (no)
- Edit video by editing the transcript (yes)
- Removes silences and filler words automatically (no)
- AI translation and dubbing into other languages (no)
- Adds AI-generated or stock B-roll automatically (no)
- AI audio clean-up and noise removal (yes)
- Editing apps for iPhone and Android (yes)
- Free plan exports without a watermark (no)
Alternatives
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- CapCut 8.3/10Social creators who want a free, full-featured editor on every device
- Kapwing 7.9/10Social and marketing teams who want a fast, collaborative editor in the browser
- Descript 7.8/10Podcasters, YouTubers and teams who edit talking-head video
- Wondershare Filmora 7.8/10Hobbyists who want a full desktop editor with AI help at a low yearly price