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November 26, 2024

P: PS v26.1 "Import video to layers" not usable any more with ProRes (4444, 422)

  • November 26, 2024
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The "import video to layers" features is unusable after the latest update.

Since I use this feature all the time this is critical for me!

 

- i am using a .mov file that has worked before (prores 4444, 10mb, 3seconds)

- clicking ok makes the dialog hang 30 seconds with spinning beach ball

- "Making layers" process takes 7 minutes! It took 7 seconds before!

- the opened layers are all empty

 

Macbook Pro M3 Pro, macOS 15.1.1

Photoshop 26.1.0 20241113.r.121

Pinned Reply By Srishti Bali

Hi ​@hsdaiii 

 

Thank you for reporting this issue. We can confirm that this is a known bug, and our engineering team is actively tracking it. We understand this has been an ongoing issue and appreciate your patience.

Workaround in the meantime:

Please try converting your ProRes .mov files to H.264 or H.265 (.mp4) before importing them into Photoshop. You can use:

  • Adobe Media Encoder — Add the .mov file, set the output format to H.264 at maximum quality, and encode the file.
  • Adobe Premiere Pro — Export the file as an H.264 MP4.

Also, make sure to close all Adobe applications and background processes before retrying.

 

Let us know if this helps!

41 replies

Participating Frequently
May 6, 2025

hey there, I have bee scouting the internet and have not found a solution for this. I just updated to latest PS build 26.6 and it stopped opening .mov files. So much to the point it drags and drags and I have to close PS. I installed a prior version 22.2 and it works fine, like it did before. So something clearly got broken somewhere. Has there been any updates to this issue? Seems to be a bug for sure. im still looking but this is the first most recent place ive found to post.

Participant
May 2, 2025

I have the solution!

So if you have a Mac you can go to:

macOS Keychain Access.

Under login

Put the keys in alphabetical order.

Delete all the adobe keys.

Log out of Creative cloud.

Restart your CPU then the issue should be fixed!

I have Verona, Updated Photoshop 26.1, imac M1 chip if that helps!

Participant
April 5, 2025

Hello,

I recently purchased a MacBook Pro with the M4 chip and installed the latest version of Photoshop (2025).

When I try to use the “Import Video Frames to Layers” feature, I get the following error messages:

- “Could not complete the command because the file format module cannot parse the file.”
- “This computer does not support the AVX/AVX2 instruction set.”

Even after converting my video to MP4 (H.264), the issue persists. I’ve also tried launching Photoshop with Rosetta, granting full disk access, resetting preferences, and reinstalling the application — none of these resolved the problem.

It seems like this issue may be specific to Apple Silicon Macs or Photoshop 2025.
Could you please confirm:
- Is this a known compatibility issue?
- Has Adobe deprecated this feature?
- Is there a workaround or fix available?

Thank you for your help!

Participant
March 19, 2025

I'm trying to open a .mov file in Photoshop, and am getting  a typical useless Adobe "Could not open "filename.mov" because the video file could not be opened." message.

 

(4K .mov files from a Nikon Z8, updated Photoshop 2025, Windows, h.265 codecs installed)

 

Any ideas on how to resolve this?

Participant
January 28, 2025

Its been more then a month, is this gonna be fixed?? ever?

Bojan Živković11378569
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Community Expert
January 6, 2025

Restart Photoshop and try again. It happened to me, Photoshop 26.2, after restarting app it worked fine.

santiagob63652836
Participant
January 6, 2025

Meanwhile I could fix the issue using the .mov files with the codec "GoPro CineForm RGB". 
I would like to know if this is a bug that will be fixed or if support for .mov files has been discontinued !

Participant
January 6, 2025

Photoshop 26.2.0 won't import MP4 files on my Mac, despite the person sitting opposite me being able to do this. I've created an H264 .mov and .mp4 but neither will import.

Participating Frequently
January 6, 2025

I just noticed that my Photoshop 26.2 can't open MOV ProRes 444 files properly, on Windows 11.
It just shows a blank canvas. Empty frames. 🤔 🤔
I don't know if this effects other formats, or if it was a problem before this version.

Also, on a side note, the option for 25% and 50% resolution for Photoshop's Timeline does nothing. It doesn't change the resoultion during playback, as it should. It's been like that for a few versions now, would be nice to see this fixed.🤷

Participant
January 4, 2025

No news about this yet? i saw the sugestion about Beta but nope still the same problems. Fix this please.