: The version moved away from the traditional light gray to a dark, high-contrast palette designed to reduce eye strain and focus attention on the media.
: It introduced native support for high-resolution formats like 4K (up to 4096x4096 px) and pro camcorder files such as RED ONE (.r3d) , XDCAM EX , and AVCHD .
: New templates for Sony AVC were added to optimize video for platforms like YouTube . It also features Smart Render technology, which speeds up encoding by passing unaltered frames directly to the output.
