The Essential Graphics panel received a massive overhaul in 2019. It introduced:
If there is one feature that defines the legacy of Premiere Pro 2019, it is . Before this update, the explosion of vertical video (Instagram Stories, TikTok, IGTV) presented a nightmare for editors. A project shot in 16:9 for YouTube or broadcast had to be manually cropped, panned, and scanned to fit a 9:16 vertical aspect ratio. This was a tedious, manual process of keyframing motion to keep the subject in the frame. Adobe Premiere Pro 2019
Prior to this, editors were largely confined to a list view or a thumbnail grid. Freeform View turned the Project panel into a free-form canvas. Editors could drag clips around, group them by scene, stack them, or arrange them visually in a way that made sense to their specific project logic. The Essential Graphics panel received a massive overhaul
Adobe finally listened to the community. The Keyboard Shortcut dialog was rebuilt to be searchable, filterable, and exportable. You could now easily switch between the Premiere Pro layout, the Avid Media Composer layout, or the Final Cut Pro layout. A project shot in 16:9 for YouTube or