The applications being discussed—Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder—now have beta versions available for their Arm editions. However, these beta versions currently lack several features found in their non-Arm counterparts, and users should expect the presence of bugs as well.
For instance, the beta version of Premiere Pro for Arm does not support third-party extensions, nor does it allow for the ProRes raw video format. Additionally, hardware-accelerated playback and exporting of H.264 and HEVC in MP4 are not available in this version either.
The same limitations apply to After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder. On a positive note, the development team has indicated that the major missing features will be included in future updates.
Despite these advancements, one can’t help but wonder why support for Arm architectures in these applications has been delayed for so long. Photoshop integrated Arm support almost five years ago, raising questions about the extended timeline for similar compatibility in the other Adobe applications.
It is intriguing to reflect on the factors that have influenced this delay and why it has taken a considerable amount of time for these specific apps to align with the Arm architecture. As Adobe continues to work on improvements, it will be interesting to see how quickly they can bring these applications up to speed with their existing functionalities.