Here are some key features of "Adobe Premiere Pro CS4":

End-to-end metadata workflow:
· Easily add metadata to clips both on set with Adobe OnLocation software and while editing using Adobe Premiere Pro, for greater project intelligence. Use speech recognition technology to create text-based metadata to help you organize your assets more efficiently. Pass the metadata through export for web publishing, enabling searchable video and helping to unlock new revenue streams.

Speech Search:
· Turn spoken dialogue into text-based, timecode-accurate, searchable metadata. Jump to a specific area of a shot by searching for keywords within the dialogue, and then use keywords to quickly locate and display what you're looking for — or even cut video based on the script

Batch encoding in the background:
· Save time with Adobe Media Encoder, a separate included software application that automates the process of creating multiple encoded versions of your source files and sequences. Manage priorities and control advanced settings for individual files.

Redesigned Adobe OnLocation CS4:
· Get critical monitoring information while you record directly to disk with Adobe OnLocation CS4, now cross-platform with a new Adobe-standard interface. Save time and take the tedium out of logging with shot lists and metadata-based project intelligence.

Editing efficiency:
· Take advantage of more than 50 of the most requested editing enhancements to make your workflow more efficient. Apply effects to multiple selections, get timecode information faster, speed work in the timeline with new keyboard shortcuts, and more

Tapeless camera support:
· Edit video natively in the latest tapeless formats, including RED, AVCHD, P2, XDCAM EX, and XDCAM HD, without transcoding or rewrapping. Browse your drives and removable media from inside Adobe Premiere Pro to find, log, and import footage.

Industry-leading Blu-ray Disc authoring:
· Maintain the pristine quality of your HD video all the way to distribution. Create high-definition Blu-ray discs with Encore CS4, working with the same interface used to create standard-definition DVDs and incorporating advanced Blu-ray features like pop-up menus and subtitles and dual-layer burning.

Faster, customizable SWF output:
· Create SWF file versions of your DVD and Blu-ray projects for the web, complete with DVD interactivity, menus, URL links, and customizable HTML templates, without opening another application. Export for streaming or progressive download, and reduce encode time by using optimized encode settings in Adobe Media Encoder.

Dynamic workflow with other Adobe tools:
· Achieve a high level of productivity from production to delivery with the tightly integrated toolset in Adobe Premiere Pro. Eliminate intermediate rendering when moving sequences into Adobe Encore software, and take advantage of new support for Adobe Photoshop files with video and blend modes.

Faster, customizable SWF output:
· Create SWF file versions of your DVD and Blu-ray projects for the web, complete with DVD interactivity, menus, URL links, and customizable HTML templates, without opening another application. Export for streaming or progressive download, and reduce encode time by using optimized encode settings in Adobe Media Encoder.

Final Cut Pro project import:
· Take advantage of the benefits of the Adobe workflow to finish your Final Cut Pro project, moving content to Adobe After Effects® software, using Speech Search to create searchable video, and exporting through Encore to Blu-ray, DVD, and the web. Use Final Cut Pro XML interchange to transfer projects directly from Final Cut Pro to Adobe Premiere Pro without conversion or rerendering, preserving commonly used effects and transitions.

Requirements:

· 2GHz or faster processor for DV; 3.4GHz for HDV; dual 2.8GHz for HD

· 2GB of RAM

· 10GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)

· 1,280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card
· Dedicated 7200 RPM hard drive for DV and HDV editing; striped disk array storage (RAID 0) for HD; SCSI disk subsystem preferred

· For SD/HD workflows, an Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape

· OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device

· DVD-ROM drive (DVD+-R burner required for DVD creation)

· Blu-ray burner required for Blu-ray disc creation

· Microsoft Windows Driver Model– or ASIO-compatible sound card