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Inside Premiere’s Color Mode: Adobe’s Biggest Color Grading Overhaul in a Decade
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- The No Film School Podcast
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- May 8, 2026
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Summary
No Film School’s Jourdan Aldridge sits down with Adobe’s Jason Druss at NAB 2026 to discuss Adobe Premiere’s new Color Mode, a three-year effort to rethink color grading for video editors. The conversation covers why Adobe rebuilt its color pipeline, how Color Mode differs from Lumetri and traditional pro-color tools, and what editors can expect from operations, styles, modules, film emulation, AI object masks, and upcoming beta features. Jason also shares his path from film school and color grading at NFL Films to product marketing at Blackmagic, Frame.io, and Adobe. In this episode, No Film School's Jourdan Aldridge and guest Jason Druss discuss... Adobe’s major NAB 2026 focus: the public beta launch of Color Mode in Premiere Why Adobe built Color Mode as a pro-color system designed specifically for video editors The limitations of Lumetri and the challenges of round-tripping to dedicated color tools How Alexis Van Hurkman helped lead the creation of a new color grading workflow inside Premiere The role of private beta feedback from hundreds of working editors Jason Druss’s career path through film school, wedding filmmaking, Blackmagic, NFL Films, WarnerMedia, Frame.io, and Adobe How Frame.io Drive connects with Premiere workflows and Adobe’s NAB demo process The design philosophy behind Color Mode’s simplified interface and shallow learning curve New Color Mode concepts including operations, styles, modules, clip groups, and sequence-level grading Film color, contrast kit, range controls, and customizable film emulation tools Why Adobe sees Color Mode as a new approach to creativity without unnecessary complexity Upcoming beta features including HSL qualifiers, skin tone lines, auto color, auto balance, vignette modules, and more film stocks Memorable Quotes: “What…