A laptop with a digital audio workstation display is surrounded by music equipment, gears, snowflakes, and wrapped gifts on a blue, tech-themed background.
A laptop with a digital audio workstation display is surrounded by music equipment, gears, snowflakes, and wrapped gifts on a blue, tech-themed background.

Festive Wrap: Video editing using Vegas Pro and Premiere Pro

Traditional video editing all wrapped up!

Posted by By pixel perfect 5 Min Read December 10, 2024

This post is part of our Festive Wrap series, where we review all the creative themes we’ve covered this year and bring you up to date with the latest software developments. Call it a free gift 🙂

Let’s start with an AI generated image created to represent traditional video editing in a festive way – The full prompt used is below:

A laptop with a digital audio workstation display is surrounded by music equipment, gears, snowflakes, and wrapped gifts on a blue, tech-themed background.
A laptop with a digital audio workstation display is surrounded by music equipment, gears, snowflakes, and wrapped gifts on a blue, tech-themed background.

The full prompt used with DALL-E3 to generate this image

Create an illustration of festive gift wrap that seamlessly blends the modern, creative world of video editing with holiday festivity, prominently featuring a sleek, modern laptop as the central element. Surround the laptop with dynamic, flowing visuals such as digital film strips, editing interface icons, and abstract timeline elements, all woven together to create a cohesive pattern. Utilize a contemporary color palette, incorporating shades like electric blues, vibrant reds, and metallic silvers to enhance the high-tech and celebratory feel. Add subtle festive touches, such as pixelated snowflakes or digital stars, to merge the digital theme with holiday warmth. The overall design should reflect innovation and creativity, perfect for wrapping gifts for tech-savvy individuals and video editing enthusiasts.

June 2024 was Video Editing month!

Colorful spiral abstract with text overlay about a new video editing theme in June. Offers explainer tutorials and mentions Vegas Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro.
Colorful spiral abstract with text overlay about a new video editing theme in June. Offers explainer tutorials and mentions Vegas Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Back in June we presented two parallel explainer series introducing how to create a short video using Adobe Premiere Pro or Vegas Pro. Head back there now if you missed out! Here’s what we covered…

  • Getting started with Vegas Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adding video clips to a timeline and re-ordering them
  • Adding transitions and fades
  • Adding text and audio
  • Exporting a sequence as an MP4 video file

Premiere Pro updates

As the Adobe creative suite develops to incorporate more AI assistance, the most recent update incorporates new features via its Firefly AI video model, including ‘generative extend’, which extends an existing video clip by up to two seconds (for example to better match the soundtrack or fill a short, problematic gap in footage):

Adobe webpage introducing generative video editing features with Premiere Pro, highlighting the new Firefly Video Model.
Adobe webpage introducing generative video editing features with Premiere Pro, highlighting the new Firefly Video Model.

Vegas Pro updates

Vegas Pro has also seen the release of ‘point 0’ releases this year, with the latest being Vegas Pro 22. It may not surprise you to find that the ‘AI assistant’ gets top billing with this release!

Screenshot of VEGAS Pro 22 webpage announcing AI Assistant feature, described as a "creative video companion" for generating storyboards and aiding in video production.
Screenshot of VEGAS Pro 22 webpage announcing AI Assistant feature, described as a “creative video companion” for generating storyboards and aiding in video production.
A person in a denim jacket walks through a dimly lit corridor. Text above offers AI video reformatting features.
A person in a denim jacket walks through a dimly lit corridor. Text above offers AI video reformatting features.

Where to next for ‘traditional’ digital video editors?

We asked Leonardo.ai to conjure up ‘A visual representation of the future of traditional NLE video editing in 2049, 25 years from now’ Using their ”Concept Art’ engine and the ‘Game Concept Cartoon’ preset…

Image editing software interface displaying futuristic concept art and settings for creating AI-assisted visuals.
Image editing software interface displaying futuristic concept art and settings for creating AI-assisted visuals.

Here are the results returned. (Note the captions shown were AI -generated when the images were added to this page – They are NOT the original prompts used to create the images).

Futuristic control room with people monitoring screens displaying colorful landscapes.
Futuristic control room with people monitoring screens displaying colorful landscapes.
A person stands in the middle of a futuristic city street with glowing skyscrapers and neon lights, under a sky with planets. Cars line the street.
A person stands in the middle of a futuristic city street with glowing skyscrapers and neon lights, under a sky with planets. Cars line the street.
A person wearing a virtual reality headset stands in a neon-lit futuristic cityscape with colorful signs and tall buildings.
A person wearing a virtual reality headset stands in a neon-lit futuristic cityscape with colorful signs and tall buildings.
Person wearing headphones sits at a futuristic control panel with multiple colorful screens displaying abstract data.
Person wearing headphones sits at a futuristic control panel with multiple colorful screens displaying abstract data.

See you again with more festive wrap as the year draws to a close!