Case Study: University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts achieves career-ready editing skills with Adobe Premiere Pro and Creative Cloud (Adobe)

University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts - Customer Case Study

The University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, a world‑renowned and highly selective film program, needed to better prepare students for a rapidly changing, multidisciplinary industry. Faculty sought an intuitive, industry‑relevant alternative to Final Cut Pro that integrated with existing Adobe tools, supported many camera formats, and would give graduates the practical skills employers require.

USC replaced Final Cut Pro with Adobe Premiere Pro and adopted Adobe Creative Cloud, equipping 160 editing stations with Premiere, Avid, and the full Adobe video toolset (After Effects, SpeedGrade, Media Encoder, etc.) to enable seamless workflows and easy project sharing between home and school. The integrated interfaces, common shortcuts, and broad codec support helped students work faster, meet deadlines, and graduate with job‑ready skills aligned to industry standards.

University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts

Norman D. Hollyn

Professor of Cinematic Arts, USC School of Cinematic Arts