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Jourdan Aldridge interviews Jason Druss about Adobe Premiere's new Color Mode and its implications for video editors.

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…

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