

The only Windows software Apple has ever licensed (to our knowledge) to create ProRes files is Fusion from Blackmagic Design. The problem that many professionals working on the Windows platform faced is that the ProRes codec can often be read but not recorded. If your client requests that the final material be delivered in ProRes, a problem arises. Before this update, Windows users had to use programs such as AfterCodecs or Blackmagic’s Fusion to export ProRes files. As Fusion was the only licensed product, most of the other companies that were offering ProRes licensing on a PC usually disappeared within a few months of appearing.

In some instances, unauthorized codec implementations have been used in third-party software and hardware products. Improved performance with the Canon Cinema RAW Light on Windows.Import for HEIF files created on iOS devices.Export support for Apple ProRes on Windows.If you’re using or considering the purchase of a product that encodes or decodes ProRes Apple basically warns you to steer clear.ġ3.0.2 update for Premiere Pro CC features the following: Apple clearly states that using any unauthorized implementation (such as the FFmpeg and derivative implementations) might lead to decoding errors, performance degradation, incompatibility, and instability.


With this latest update from Adobe there is now, wait for it, export presets for Apple ProRes, including ProRes 4444 and ProRes 422 formats directly from within Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Media Encoder for both macOS and Windows 10 users. HEIF files, recorded on iOS devices can be imported into Premiere Pro and Media Encoder on macOS and Windows. This feature requires macOS 10.13, or higher, and Windows 10 (version 1809 or higher).įaster Canon Cinema RAW Light performanceġ3.0.2 also includes faster decoding for Canon Cinema RAW Light footage and improved playback performance on multicore Windows 10 machines. This new update also allows users to import ProRes HDR footage with Rec2020 and PQ/HLG color information from HDR media in ProRes containers.
