Adobe Premiere Pro users can now access Masstech’s storage, workflow and lifecycle management solution, Kumulate, from directly within Premiere Pro via a panel.

The Adobe panel can be added to any Kumulate system with “minimal configuration” (individual editing stations don’t need to be added as locations in the system). Storage movement and workflow tools are then presented as a plug-in within Adobe Premiere Pro, allowing users to access their entire inventory across any type of online or deeper storage tier, including cloud, local disk, optical disk, and LTO.

All assets on all storage tiers are searchable to Premiere Pro users from within the new panel, using search criteria including structured, unstructured, and time-based metadata. These tools allow users to access their content libraries from within Adobe Premiere Pro, “dramatically speeding up workflows”, according to the press release.

Premiere Pro and other assets can be restored directly to editing storage, including individual sequences, complete projects, or selected files from a project. Kumulate’s UI allows users to browse proxies, and features editing tools such as Adobe markers to define and initiate partial restores when only a portion of a file or project is required. For customers operating multiple Kumulate systems, Kumulate’s Federated Search enables search across the content in disparate systems, and subsequent copy of remote assets to the local storage.

Other Kumulate features now accessible from within Premiere Pro include “frame-accurate” proxy playback of stored assets; bi-directional marker support (Adobe markers can be included within the archived asset and can be imported back into Premiere from Kumulate); and advance monitoring. Transfers, transcodes, and workflow jobs can be viewed within the Adobe Panel.

“Kumulate already works with a huge range of MAMs, PAMs, NRCS systems and NLEs, but we are delighted to be able to offer additional workflow benefits to Adobe Premiere Pro users,” comments George Kilpatrick, CEO, Masstech. “Being able to access their entire video library in our next generation storage without leaving their editing application will allow Adobe users to spend more time on the core creative component of their job and less time searching for files and assets.”