Adobe have today released a patch for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5.

Here’s list of the significant bugs fixed in this update:

* Improved playback/scrubbing performance of footage from DSLR cameras.
* Media from Avid Unity QuickTime reference files was not imported.
* XML project files created by Premiere Pro did not work with DaVinci Resolve.
* On Mac OSX v10.7 (Lion), the Universal Counting Leader was missing countdown numbers.
* On Mac OSX v10.7 (Lion), Premiere Pro would crash when quitting.
* On Mac OSX v10.7 (Lion), closed caption overlays did not appear in Program Monitor.
* Preview in the Capture panel was not functioning properly for HDV footage.
* Image sequences lost their frame rates.
* Edges of a clip were highlighted during transitions/dissolves when using CUDA processing.
* Projects created by importing Final Cut Pro XML projects that contain multiple mono clips would lose some audio when the project was closed and reopened.
* Exporting to a QuickTime movie using DVCPRO HD settings would not complete under some circumstances, including if an image, graphic, or synthetic element was in the sequence.
* Using CUDA-accelerated Invert effect would reposition the clip.
* Premiere Pro could not find files after changing the location of the project.
* If an After Effects composition with a background color other than black was included in a sequence and Mercury Playback GPU Acceleration was enabled, the alpha channel transparency of the composition was ignored.
* MXF files created by Premiere Pro were not readable by Sony XDCAM HD decks, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer.
* ProRes files created by an ATOMOS device with four tracks of audio were not imported correctly.
* MCC closed caption files exported from MacCaption failed to appear in the Premiere Pro Program Monitor under some conditions.
* Incorrect data was being written to XML files for AVC Intra exports.
* Opacity effects were being ignored after a second transition when CUDA processing (Mercury Playback Engine GPU Acceleration) was enabled.
* Premiere Pro would hang or crash when loading a merged clip with disabled audio channels.
* various other crashes

You can download the update here:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Macintosh

http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=98&platform=Windows

It does not appear to be available through the automatic Adobe updates as yet.

If running a Matrox, Black Magic or AJA card you will need updated drivers. Normally there is a reasonable wait for these drivers to appear but Matrox have already released the correct drivers on their site. Make sure to download bith the new version of Premiere and the new Matrox drivers.

We have not thoroughly tested this release here at DVC - it was only available from this morning - however we have high hopes that it will prove to fix quite a few bugs and if you can really now see HDV as it captures a lot of people will be happy!