LucidLink's Premiere Pro panel brings selective caching to video editors

The Premiere Pro panel addresses a core pain point for remote and hybrid editing teams: the need to download or sync large media files before editing begins. By enabling sequence-aware caching directly inside the NLE, LucidLink reduces bandwidth consumption and local storage requirements, which matters most for distributed teams working with high-resolution footage. The integration also deepens LucidLink's partnership with Adobe — Adobe Ventures participated in LucidLink's $75M Series C round in November 2023 — positioning the company as a preferred cloud-storage layer within Adobe's Creative Cloud ecosystem. Watch for whether LucidLink delivers on its stated plan to extend panel integrations across additional Creative Cloud applications.

The Premiere Pro panel was first showcased at IBC 2023 in September 2023 and launched for general availability at Adobe MAX in October 2023, per LucidLink press releases. The February 2024 webinar served as a deep-dive demonstration of the panel's capabilities roughly four months after general release, featuring speakers from Adobe, LucidLink, and VERSUS, a post-production studio. LucidLink described the panel as the flagship launch in a planned series of integrations with the Adobe Creative Cloud ecosystem.

LucidLink raised $75 million in Series C funding in November 2023, led by Brighton Park Capital with participation from Adobe Ventures, Headline, and Baseline Ventures, bringing total funding to approximately $90 million, per TechCrunch, November 2023. The company reported that annual recurring revenue grew nearly 5x and its user base grew over 4x in the two years preceding the raise. Customers include Adobe, A&E Networks, Spotify, BuzzFeed, and Shopify, with over one billion files stored across 40 countries.

Since the webinar, LucidLink has continued expanding its product line. At IBC 2025 in September, the company announced TeamCache, a site-level caching add-on designed to eliminate duplicate workstation downloads and reduce bandwidth contention for in-office teams, per LucidLink press releases. TeamCache entered early access for enterprise customers, signaling that LucidLink is addressing bandwidth bottlenecks at both the individual editor level — via the Premiere Pro panel — and the team and site level.

LucidLink faces competition from established storage and media workflow vendors including EditShare, VAST Data, and IPV, per CB Insights. The company's differentiation has been its file-system approach that streams only needed data blocks on demand rather than syncing or replicating entire files.