Adobe Premiere Pro is a timeline-based video editing software

Video editing software

Video editing software, is application software which handles the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a computer non-linear editing systems...

 application. It is part of the Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite

Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The collection consists of Adobe's applications , that are based on various technologies...

, a suite of graphic design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

, video editing

Video editing

The term video editing can refer to:* Linear video editing, using video tape* Non-linear editing system , using computers with video editing software* Offline editing* Online editing...

, and web development

Web development

Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet or an intranet . This can include web design, web content development, client liaison, client-side/server-side scripting, web server and network security configuration, and e-commerce development...

 applications developed by Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems

Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...

, though it can also be purchased separately. When purchased separately, it comes bundled with Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Encore

Adobe Encore

Adobe Encore is a DVD authoring software tool produced by Adobe Systems and targeted at professional video producers. Video and audio resources may be used in their current format for development, allowing the user to transcode them to MPEG-2 video and Dolby Digital audio upon project completion...

, and Adobe OnLocation

Adobe OnLocation

Adobe OnLocation is a direct-to-disk recording and monitoring software. It supports adding metadata to recorded content....

. Premiere Pro supports many video editing cards and plug-ins for accelerated processing, additional file format support, and video/audio effects.