Version 2.0 of Puget Bench for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve is here, with updates reflecting today’s editing workflows, codecs, and AI-driven features.


Version 2.0 of Puget Bench for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve is here, with updates reflecting today’s editing workflows, codecs, and AI-driven features.

Looking back at what developments came to Puget Bench 2025, where our benchmark program is at right now, and what our users can look forward to in 2026.

The new Puget Bench for Creators app is here, featuring a range of enhancements and improvements to make running our benchmarks easier than ever before.

Adobe released version 25.2 for both Premiere Pro and After Effects, introducing new features, performance updates, and workflow improvements.

Adobe’s is making changes to Premiere Pro to block HEVC exports via scripts. This is forcing us to remove the HEVC encoding tests from PugetBench.

Adobe released version 25.2 for both Premiere Pro and After Effects, introducing new features, performance updates, and workflow improvements.

Adobe Premiere Pro’s Media Intelligence uses AI to analyze footage and apply semantic tags for easier asset search.

Peter Emery walks through the steps in this video tutorial to check and see if your footage is supported for hardware-accelerated decoding and encoding in Premiere Pro.

Puget Systems attended Adobe MAX 2024 in Miami, Florida, both in-person and virtually. This video recaps Puget System’s experience and key takeaways from MAX.
Mark from our consulting team recently worked with a man working on animation projects for Disney. He was coming from the Mac and wanted to decrease his rendering times in Octane. Read on about how Mark tailored a workstation to meet his needs today and in the future.