Why not combine After Effect into same software?

One main reason is that they technically use two different render engines. While the idea makes complete sense to have them under the same roof, it would be a complete rewrite of the code from the ground up.

One main reason is that they technically use two different render engines. While the idea makes complete sense to have them under the same roof, it would be a complete rewrite of the code from the ground up.

On paper combining Pr and Ae seems ideal but the truth is Premiere Pro and After Effects are programs that help utilize very different workflows. Both programs are rendering, processing and editing between frames constantly and require a lot of processing power from the CPU to get the job done smoothly. I think of Pr as laying down the foundations of a building and constructing the building from the ground up, while Ae is more of the design, interior team & exterior team.

That’s a great question which would be a great change. But I think at the moment they probably haven’t developed an array between the two softwares to allow the two systems to work simultaneously. Both systems utilize a lot of memory and processor. Just think of when you edit your Premiere projects in After Effects, if both softwares are open, chances are that you’ll experience latency and sometimes Premiere will crash (at least that’s the case with me, using intel i7 16 GB ram). I don’t see why they wouldn’t adopt that idea in the future though.