Format
Last updated on
Sep 4, 2025
Learn about the latest video, audio, and still-image formats that are supported by Adobe Premiere Pro.
Note
As we introduce the next generation of Adobe Premiere mobile apps, we are discontinuing Adobe Premiere Rush. Effective September 30, 2025, Premiere Rush will no longer be available on Adobe.com. As an alternative, we recommend Premiere on iPhone; a version for Android is currently also in development. For more information, visit the Premiere Rush Discontinuation FAQ.
Supported native video and audio formats for import
Adobe Premiere Pro supports several audio and video formats, making your post-production workflows compatible with the latest broadcast formats.
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3GP, 3G2 (.3gp) |
Multimedia Container Format |
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AAC |
Advanced Audio Coding |
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AIFF, AIF |
Audio Interchange File Format |
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Apple ProRes, ProRes HDR, ProRes RAW |
Apple video compression format. Apple ProRes is a high-quality codec widely used as an acquisition, production, and delivery format. Adobe has collaborated with Apple to provide editors, artists, and post-production professionals with comprehensive ProRes workflows for Premiere Pro and After Effects. Support for ProRes on macOS and Windows streamlines video production and simplifies final output, including server-based remote rendering with Adobe Media Encoder. |
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ASF |
NetShow (Windows only) |
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ASND |
Adobe Sound Document |
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AVC Intra |
Panasonic codec |
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AVI (.avi) |
DV-AVI, Microsoft AVI Type 1 and Type 2 |
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BWF |
Broadcast WAVE format |
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CHPROJ |
Character Animator project file |
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CRM |
Canon Cinema RAW Light (.crm) files created by cameras such as the Canon EOS C200 |
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DNxHD |
Supported in native MXF and QuickTime wrappers |
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DNxHR |
DNxHR LB, DNxHR SQ, DNxHR TR, DNxHR HQ, and DNxHR HQX |
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DV |
Raw DV stream, a QuickTime format |
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GIF |
Animated GIF |
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H.264 AVC |
Various media that use H.264 encoding |
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HEIF |
High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF) capture format supported on both Mac OS 10.13 or higher, and Windows 10 (version 1809 or higher). On Windows, both the HEIF image extension and the HEVC Video Extension need to be installed. For information on HEIF image and HEVC Video extensions, see HEIF Image Extensions and HEVC Video Extensions. |
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HEVC |
H.265 media with resolutions up to 8192*4320 |
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M1V |
MPEG-1 Video File |
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M2T |
Sony HDV |
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M2TS |
Blu-ray BDAV MPEG-2 Transport Stream, AVCHD |
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M2V |
DVD-compliant MPEG-2 |
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M4A |
MPEG-4 Audio |
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M4V |
MPEG-4 Video file |
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MOV |
QuickTime format |
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MP3 |
MP3 Audio |
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MP4 |
QuickTime Movie, XDCAM EX |
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MPEG, MPE, MPG |
MPEG 1, MPEG 2 |
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MTS |
AVCHD |
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MXF |
Media eXchange Format. MXF is a container format that supports:
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Native MJPEGs |
1DC |
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OpenEXR |
Files in .EXR, .MXR, and .SXR formats |
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R3D |
RED R3D RAW file |
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Rush |
Existing projects from Premiere Rush |
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VOB |
Container format in DVD media |
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WAV |
Windows Waveform |
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WMV |
Windows Media, Windows only |
Note
Not all QuickTime codecs are supported by default. Some codecs require third-party components.
Supported still‑image and still-image sequence file formats
Note
Premiere Pro supports 8bpc (4 bytes per pixel) and 16bpc (8 bytes per pixel) still-image files.
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AI, EPS |
Adobe Illustrator |
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BMP, DIB, RLE |
Bitmap |
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DPX |
Cineon/DPX |
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EPS |
Adobe Illustrator |
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GIF |
Graphic Interchange Format |
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ICO |
Icon File (Windows only) |
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JPEG |
JPE, JPG, JFIF |
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PNG |
Portable Network Graphics |
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PSD |
Photoshop |
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PTL, PRTL |
Adobe Premiere title |
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TGA, ICB, VDA, VST |
Targa |
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TIFF |
Tagged Interchange Format |
Supported closed captioning and subtitle file formats
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Format |
Details |
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DFXP |
Distribution Format Exchange Profile |
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MCC |
MacCaption VANC |
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SCC |
Scenarist Closed Caption File |
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SRT |
Subrip Subtitle format |
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STL |
EBU N19 Subtitle File |
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XML |
W3C/SMPTE/EBU Timed Text File |
Supported video project file formats
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Format |
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AAF |
Advanced Authoring Format |
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AEP, AEPX |
After Effects project |
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CHPROJ |
Character Animator Project |
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CSV, PBL, TXT, TAB |
Batch lists |
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EDL |
CMX3600 EDLs |
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PREL |
Adobe Premiere Elements project (Windows only) |
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PRPROJ |
Premiere Pro project |
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XML |
FCP XML |
