Top 3 Time-Saving Tips to Improve Your Premiere Pro Editing Workflow in 2025

Each year comes with new resolutions and as video editors in an ever-evolving industry, it becomes more and more crucial to make sure you are on top of your editing game. In 2025, it’s all about saving time in your editing workflow so that you can focus on creativity and creating more superior-quality videos. How do we do that though?

Using Premiere Pro in 2025 doesn’t have to be as time-consuming or as complicated as before. With these Premiere Pro editing tips and tools like Cutback, you can achieve your desired editing outcome with ease. Try the Cutback plug-in for Premiere Pro today to see just how much editing time it saves you!

With that in mind, here are our three time-saving proposals on changes you can make to speed up your Premiere Pro Premiere Editing Workflow In 2025.

1. Optimize Your Premiere Pro Workflow with Powerful Plug-ins

Take your editing to the next level by filling in the gaps of Premiere Pro with powerful plugins like Cutback. Add must-have features like AI tools that save you hours to your workspace.

Plug-ins can not only fill in the gaps that Premiere Pro is lacking but also provide you with more powerful and effective tools that get the job of Premiere Pro’s existing features done more effectively. For instance, Premiere Pro already has a transcription feature that you can utilize for text-based editing. However, it still lacks in some areas.

In consideration of this, there are several plug-ins, including Cutback, which are not only highly accurate but also have other features that make it worth the transition.

For instance, in the case of the Cutback plugin, not only do you get a highly accurate transcript in a matter of seconds, but it also has a more user-friendly user interface (UI) that optimizes actions such as editing words/phrases and the elimination process.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of Cutback vs. Premiere Pro’s transcript output for the same video:

As one example, in Premiere Pro, no toggle tool or icon makes it easy to remove sections of your video in one go, the way that there is in Cutback in the form of the scissor icons.

Additionally, Premiere Pro doesn’t have a service that offers you a summary of the contents of your video, making it easier for you to identify segments in your sequence. Plug-ins take things a step further and elevate your editing experience overall.

2. Hop on the Text-Based Editing Trend

On the topic of text-based editing, whilst every editor’s ideal workflow is different, this is one editing trend that you should consider jumping on.

Whilst most editors know what text-based editing is, it is still a largely under-utilized editing style in parts of the video editing community. This is despite the fact that it’s a highly effective editing method.

Why scrub through endless timelines when you can edit visually with text-based editing to streamline your workflow?

Using the feature characteristics that we mentioned above, a plug-in like Cutback can eliminate hours of listening to/watching the same footage over and over again to seek out the best parts.

This is the power of working from text-based editing features like transcripts, summaries, and more.

However, if you wanted to take that a step further and amplify your editing game even more, you could also adopt the usage of certain AI editing tools.

3. Embrace AI Features And Video Editing Tools

We get it—there are a lot of “ifs,” “ands,” “buts,” and “why nots” when it comes to the conversation around using AI tools for professional skills like video editing in the future. But hear us out—or better yet, keep reading!

Instead of raging against the machine that is AI, utilize it to help you cut out the mundane and boring stuff. This way, you have more time to focus on the creative aspects of video editing and can focus on finetuning your final result to your heart’s content.

If you’re still at odds with this turn of technological events, read our feature on The Pros and Cons of AI Video Editing.

We all know how it feels to hand over or post a piece of content that we’re not fully satisfied with, in the name of deadlines or not having enough time. Using AI video editing assistants like Cutback, which you still have 100% control over, can improve your editing workflow so that doesn’t happen again.

For instance, Cutback offers an Auto Rough Cut feature that will edit a rough cut for you with the click of a button. You can decide if you want it to:

• Remove repeats and put together best cuts

• Find highlights for each chapter

• Give ideas to shorten your video

• Cut video according to a script

• Put together clips with keywords

• Remove silences

Imagine having all of that base work done, in an instant, and being able to use your remaining editing time to pursue your creative vision. AI video editing tools can make that happen for you. Consider it as fueling your passion for Premiere Pro workflow optimization.

These are only a few of our tips on how to save time editing videos and how you can make editing faster for yourself in Premiere Pro by taking the pressure off of mundane tasks.

For even more beginner-friendly editing hacks and easy Premiere Pro tricks, stay tuned to Cutback’s YouTube channel as we have a video on the subject coming soon!

What are your hacks for Premiere Pro time management? Will you be using any of these tips? Don’t forget to engage with us on Cutback’s official social platforms and share your opinion.