[2][3] Its derivative version, Adobe Premiere Elements, is targeted at the consumer market and features a more accessible interface.

[5] Premiere Pro has been used in the editing of multiple notable films and series, as well as projects such as Madonna's Confessions Tour.

[9] SuperMac engineer Randy Ubillos created a working demo of ReelTime in about 10 weeks while QuickTime was still in beta.

[11] Premiere was based on ReelTime, a product acquired from SuperMac Technologies Inc. and was one of the first computer-based NLEs (non-linear editing system), with its first release on Mac in 1991.

Premiere Pro supports high-resolution video editing at up to 10,240 × 8,192[13] resolution, up to 32 bits per channel color, in both RGB and YUV.

When used with CineForm Neo, it supports 3D editing with the ability to view 3D material using 2D monitors while making individual left and right eye adjustments.

Premiere Pro was used in films such as Superman Returns, Dust to Glory[14] (for video capture processing), and also in places such as Madonna's Confessions Tour.

Several features of the Adobe Premiere family are non-linear video editing, metadata and ingest logging, media output encoding, and more.