Pro tools and the PRO badge
On the Creator plan the Pro tools stay in the app with a blue PRO badge. Click the badge to see the upgrade question. Nothing is hidden and no project is ever locked.
On this page
On the Creator plan every Pro tool is still where you expect it, marked with a blue PRO badge. On the Pro plan and during the Pro trial there are no badges: everything is open.
Where you see it
- Menus: a Pro command shows PRO at the end of its line. Choosing it, or pressing its shortcut, asks to upgrade instead of running.
- Panels: AI Edit, Voiceover, Multi-Camera and Scopes open greyed, under the line "PRO … is part of VLPremiere Pro."
- Effects panel: effects and transitions outside the core set carry the badge. In Effect Controls › Add Effect their lines end in PRO.
- Export: ProRes and DNxHR show PRO in the format list, and so do the HDR choice, "Write YouTube text beside the video" and Send to Export Queue.
- Captions and projects: adding a caption track in a new language, Transcribe Missing Parts, Transcribe and Caption This Clip and File › Open Premiere Pro Project or XML… ask to upgrade.
- Buttons: WB Selector in Color › Basic and Show Full Size in Effect Controls show the badge.
Upgrade to Pro?
Click the PRO badge (or a locked menu line) and the window Upgrade to Pro? opens. Upgrade opens your account on vlpremier.com, where you choose Pro. Cancel only closes the window and you carry on working.
When the upgrade is done, come back to the app: it checks your licence at once and every Pro tool unlocks, with no restart. More: Upgrade from Creator to Pro.
What stays the same
- Projects are never locked. A project with Pro effects or a multicam sequence still opens, plays and exports on Creator.
- Creator keeps the whole editor: the timeline, captions in one language, Text Studio, Shorts, color, audio mixing, Stabilize Clip, Record Screen, SRT and VTT caption import and H.264 / HEVC export.
- The core effects are in every plan: 41 video effects (Lumetri Color, LUTs, blurs, keys, crop and transform and more), 25 audio effects, and Cross Dissolve, the Dips, Wipe, Push, Slide and the audio transitions.
The full list is on the pricing page, under Compare plans.
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