I’m not sure what is going on over at Adobe. They have released yet another update for Premiere Pro, version 13.1.3.

The issues fixed in 13.1.3 include launching the application, scrubbing the timeline, and opening older projects. The fact that Adobe has to release an update to fix something as simple as launching the application is a worry.

As well as a ton of supposed fixes for Premiere Pro, the program also gets some new features.

New Features

Better HEVC performance on Mac

Multichannel audio mixing improvements allowing for up/down mixing of 5.1 <-> stereo using the Channel Mixer effect. For more information, see Audio effects and transitions.

More flexibility for caption file exports

Graphics layers are now in the same order in the Essential Graphics panel and the Effects Control panel

Warp stabilizer improvements that make it easy to clean up handheld footage from different cameras or fine-tune camera shake to match your creative intent. Comprehensive refinements make the Warp Stabilizer workflow more powerful and much faster.

This release of Premiere Pro removes support for importing MKV formats.

Below is the massive list of all of the fixes that come with 13.1.3.

AAF exports

Premiere Pro 13.1.3 fixes a critical issue with AAF exports from Premiere Pro where some source media associated with XMP may be deleted after rendering. This issue only occurs in versions 13.1, 13.1.1 and 13.1.2 of Premiere Pro.

Improved stability in the following areas

Launching the application

Running the tutorial

Opening older projects

GPU drivers

Adjusting scale

Adjusting keyframe values

Scrubbing the timeline

Modifying speed with nested sequences

Caption workflows

File format support

Freeform mode

Keyboard shortcuts

3rd party support

Audio Fixes

Optimizations to reduce noise output from MacBook Pro 2018

Stretched clips are not triggering Auto-ducking in Essential Sound Panel

Effects setting not being retained when “Maintain Pitch” is turned on when stretching

Channel Mixer missing on stereo tracks and unavailable on stereo clips

Multi-channel sequence turns mute when switching to another sequence

Speed / Duration “Reverse Speed” and “Maintain Audio Pitch” previews in silent

Timeline and source sequence solo state do not match

Playing audio files in reverse can cause buzzing if clips are not 48k or 96k

Added a default preset for “Multiband Compressor”.

Buzzing on audio transition when clips are remapped

When channels are modified, fades are not working properly

Scrubbing will ignore soloed channels in the meters panel

Multi-channel: 3rd party effects are being instantiated as mono on adaptive tracks

Channel monitoring settings are lost when toggling between several sequences

Captions

Captions

White OP-47 Captions turn Yellow on export to embedded OP-47 captions

Export of Caption Background Colors for STL export

Long Teletext captions are imported incorrectly

Line Spacing from Captions Import Settings is not used at STL import

Resizing Caption block can cause buttons to draw over each other

Improve handling of text styling correctly at SRT export

Added control line height control in caption preferences

Handle the line spacing correctly for free positioned lines

Display of styles may be incorrect after STL import

Handle nested tags correctly at STL import

Formats

When capturing DPX clip with AJA, timecode is incorrect and has the wrong format

HEIF image not showing the thumbnail correctly

RED file LUT colors are not reflected in thumbnails

Prores 422 HQ files has significant black/white levels difference on Windows

Lumetri scope is showing many black bars for HEVC HDR image on Windows

Some MPEG-4 AV file import as Audio only file

Improved ProRes 4444 performance

Effects and Editing

Effects and Editing

Added support for scaled clips with matching aspect ratios for Warp Stabilizer

If a speed change is applied in the project panel, it changes time remapping values

Force Touch and drag on transitions will cause the mouse cursor to disappear until restart

Multi-cams do not contain a description or comment metadata tags in xml

Cannot drag keyframes in color wheels section and HLS Secondaries

Morph Cut Analysis Banner does not disappear

Scrubbing past end of clip will flash an upside-down frame on Metal

Direct manipulation of video effects fails on Mac if you Control click on a control point

Dip to Black and Dip to White transitions do not allow Copy/Paste

Flattening a multicam with Time Remapping results in wrong keyframes when speed is applied

Find dialog doesn’t find any results while in Freeform view

Can’t apply effects to a group selection in Freeform view

Transmit output to 2nd (primary) monitor doesn’t work if Premiere is running on a secondary monitor. Preference cannot be set.

Improved behavior when switching workspaces

Render and Export

Render and Export