[Now Released] Obsolete Effects, Transitions and Presets Removed

Now in Premiere Pro beta, the Obsolete Effects folder and plug-ins, Obsolete Transitions folder and plug-ins, and presets built from the obsolete effects are removed.

These effects and transitions all have faster, modern alternatives either in Premiere Pro, or offered by third parties. Their current usage is extremely low but represent an outsized percentage of project slowdowns and performance bottlenecks. Please see the table below for suggested alternatives.

CAN I OPEN OLDER PROJECTS THAT HAVE OBSOLETE EFFECTS & TRANSITIONS IN 24.6?

Yes. You can open projects made in a previous versions of Premiere Pro that contain the removed obsolete effects and transitions. The effects and transitions will still appear in your sequences, and in the Effects Control Panel on the clips they’ve been applied to, but the Obsolete Effects folder, Obsolete Transitions folder and four Presets folders – Bevel Edges, Solarize, Convolution Kernel and Blurs (Win Only) will not be accessible in the Project Panel.

You can copy and paste your applied obsolete effects and transitions between clips and sequences in your project and continue working with them on new clips and in new sequences you create.

What you can't do is create a new project and access the removed effects, transitions and presets.

PRESETS FOLDERS

The Bevel Edges, Solarize, Convolution Kernel and Blurs (WIN only) folders and effects presets in the Presets folder are removed. Those presets are built from removed obsolete effects. However, if you have applied those presets in your older projects, they will still be visible, active and available on the sequence and in the Effects Control Panel.

CUSTOM PRESETS

Any custom presets you have created and saved in a previous version may be effected if it contains at least one obsolete effect in the chain of effects. Here is what that means for the possible combination of non-obsolete and obsolete effects in a custom preset:

1. If custom preset contains one or more non-obsolete: REMAINS
2. If a custom preset contains a mix of obsolete and non-obsolete effects: REMAINS
3. If custom preset contains a single or mix of ONLY obsolete effects: REMOVED

We are encouraging everyone to start using modern, high-performance effects and transitions for a faster, more efficient experience when working in Premiere Pro.

In addition to all the great, modern alternatives to the obsolete effects and transitions within Premiere Pro's tool set, there is an extraordinarily robust and vibrant ecosystem of modern and perfromant third party effects, transitions and filters