Question from Photoshop User Wanting to Upgrade to Premier Pro

Hi - hoping someone can offer some advice here.
I am a professional aerial photographer, although that may be a misnomer, because all my work is about video (rather than stills). I've been using Photoshop (Creative Cloud package) for all my video editing for over a year, but find myself needing a few features that are only in Premier Pro.
My questions are:
Does Premier Pro use .psd files like PS? I would love to have a seamless transition and be able to pull up my exising .psd files which I created in PS, to allow me to do further editing, etc.
Any thoughts on changing over? Will this be a big step change? I don't really want to disrupt my operations too much. I fully realise these are open/subjective questions, but any opinions will be appreciated!
Can I still edit the occasional still photo? I'll probably purchase Premier Pro with a Creative Cloud package anyway, so does that come with the ability to edit stills?
Thanks,
Jacques

Pr Pro works very well with Photoshop. You can import psd files as separate layers, or merged together, or as a sequence with the layers stacked.
Does Premier Pro use .psd files like PS? I would love to have a seamless transition and be able to pull up my exising .psd files which I created in PS, to allow me to do further editing, etc.
Having both Pr and Ps to work with is a big plus. It may take some learning on your part, but I would think that will go fast. Besides, that's what we're here for, to help you.
Any thoughts on changing over? Will this be a big step change? I don't really want to disrupt my operations too much. I fully realise these are open/subjective questions, but any opinions will be appreciated!
The psd files can be opened for editing in Ps from within Pr. The saved edits then appear in Pr when you switch back
Can I still edit the occasional still photo? I'll probably purchase Premier Pro with a Creative Cloud package anyway, so does that come with the ability to edit stills?

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