AMD has collaborated with Adobe Systems to offer OpenCL hardware-accelerated video editing on the Microsoft Windows platform with the next version of Adobe Premiere Pro.
The combination of expanded support for open standards and the Adobe Creative Cloud is claimed to offer access to powerful professional post-production editing tools anywhere.
The new version of Adobe Premiere Pro will be optimised for AMD’s graphics processing units (GPUs) and accelerated processing units (APUs) to deliver real-time editing with formats from DV to HD and 4K Ultra HD at higher frame rates.
The new software in combination with OpenCL can leverage AMD graphics cards and AMD A-Series APU’s to perform real-time edits, apply effects with the support of the new Lumetri deep-color engine, and multi-stream and mixed format accelerated workflows with AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology.
Accelerated by OpenCL, the new software is claimed to achieve up to 4.3X faster exports from a source format with effects to a preferred final destination format for quick and easy distribution and publishing.
AMD Software Alliances senior director Neal Robison said, "Through AMD’s strong relationship with Adobe, video editors no longer have to wait for the rendering of edits, effects and composites; most everything can now be achieved at high-quality in real-time."
AMD said that the expanded support on Windows and OSX complements the already available Mac OSX OpenCL support for Adobe Premiere Pro.
