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leakuslokus
leakuslokus
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February 2, 2026

Premiere/MediaEncoder 26 - Masks breaking with export

  • February 2, 2026
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The new masking feature is great imo, but they sometimes break / disappear when exporting through Media Encoder. I have experienced this when using the object mask tool to then copy a mask into “opacity” to essentially create a layout roto.

 

Hoping this will work soon, or there is some solution to this, because I mainly use Encoder to render, as I have to do a lot of bulk exports. 

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      EckiAME
      Community Manager
      EckiAMECommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 3, 2026

      I cannot reproduce your issue on my MacBook. Please provide more information. Please provide more information. What is your system (OS, CPU, GPU, memory). What are the exact steps to reproduce the issue?

      leakuslokus
      leakuslokusAuthor
      Inspiring
      February 5, 2026

      sure!

      Apple M4 Pro

      48 GB LPDDR5

      20 Core GPU

      1TB SSD

      Tahoe 26.1

       

      The situation is: 

      I have an overlapping clip and an underlying clip sandwiching a third - the upper clip has a masked element from the bottom one, that I also need in the frame of the one in the middle I can not show visuals, but it’s a 50/50 splitscreen with an element that overlaps onto the top half of the image) - if i render this sequence through ME (standard Vimeo Setting), some of the same setups loose the masked element, though they are not lost when exported straight from PR.

       

      the masked elements, as well as the unmasked ones all have 2 transform effects on them, not sure if this can be a cause, but as I said - most masks stay intact, only some break. 

       

      hope this helps!

       


       

       

       

      EckiAME
      Community Manager
      EckiAMECommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      February 5, 2026

      Still not able to reproduce. Would you mind sharing a small project sample that illustrates the issue? I can send you the instructions via private message in this forum.

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