How do I find a shot by describing it in Premiere Pro 25.2?

Use the Search panel and Media Intelligence to find visuals without manually tagging every shot.

THE SHORT ANSWER

Here's the approach.

Premiere Pro 25.2 added Media Intelligence and the Search panel. Let Premiere analyze the imported media, then describe the shot in natural language. The release supports finding visual content, spoken dialogue and metadata in one place.

Use a concrete description such as a subject, action and camera angle. Adobe says the analysis runs locally. These steps cover the original visual-search workflow; later additions such as new audio-search and advanced filter controls are outside this 25.2 guide.

Related tutorial.

Starts at 0:28, Open the Search panel

This is a supplemental tutorial. Its compatibility with Adobe Premiere Pro 25.x has not been confirmed. Use the written steps and version-specific sources for the controls.

How to Search for Media in Adobe Premiere | Find Clips Fast with the Search Panel

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Step by step.

Premiere Pro 25.x
  1. 01

    Import and allow analysis

    Open the project and let background media analysis finish. Window > Progress shows the analysis progress.

  2. 02

    Open Search and describe the shot

    Use the magnifying-glass Search control in the upper-right area of Premiere. Enter a descriptive English phrase for the imagery you need.

  3. 03

    Inspect the returned moment

    Review the result thumbnails, scrub the match or load it in the Source Monitor, and confirm the shot before editing it into your sequence.

Another perspective.

Sources & version notes

Written for Adobe Premiere Pro 25.x. Menu names and available features can differ in other versions.

Version reference: Premiere Pro 25.x

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