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Add Frame Hold on Premiere Pro 2026 does not work

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As the title states. This morning after updating I was simply trying to cut a video file over top to stay at it’s preferred frame. Once I cut the layer at the preferred point I right clicked to Add Frame Hold, yet no matter what I did the frame would not hold. It would either create another cut and not frame hold, or it would do nothing and not frame hold.

Other users in the past recommended right clicking and Clicking Ok once you click on Hold Frame Options, but that did not work as intended either.

Obviously an easy work around is to just take a snapshot of the preferred layer at the preferred time and reimport it, but the frame hold saves me several clicks and is easier for project hand off.

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VicBond007

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I have the same problem and this has been a feature that I use daily.

It seems like if the speed is adjusted on a clip (uncompressed 8bpp RGB AVI, so the most basic of basic formats), if I then cut and then apply a frame hold to the newly cut clip (because I want to hold on the frame that I’m actually looking at...) the frame hold either a) grabs a random frame in the original source clip that may or may not even be visible on the timeline, or b) just decides to not apply the hold no matter what frame hold settings that I try to apply. In both instances, the bug does NOT happen 100% of the time. If it happens, I can close the project, reopen it, perform the exact same steps on the exact same clip, and sometimes it will work just fine (at the expense of losing everything else that I've changed since my last save). This happens on both of my very different computers, so this doesn’t seem to be a spec issue or an installation issue, this is likely a Premiere issue, especially since a rollback fixes it.

The last working version of Premiere for me was 25.6.6. 26.0 and 26.2 are broken. I have not tested further since I haven’t seen anything pertaining to this in patch notes.

I don’t care much for new features when basic 30-year-old tools that I depend on, start to fail regularly. I am paying a subscription fee to run old, unmaintained software.

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Ann Bens

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Post your OS and full computer specs.

uncompressed avi needs a lot of horsepower to properly edit.

Is there a reason for using uncompressed footage?

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VicBond007

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AMD 5950x, 64GB RAM, PCIE4 NVME, RTX 4090. Don’t see why that matters, since per above, Premiere 25.6.6 works fine, and this isn’t a performance complaint. I don’t care if Premiere renders at 1-frame-per-fiscal-pay-period, the issue is that 26.x is grabbing wrong frames (or just refusing to hold) when applying a hold to a clip whose speed has been manipulated. I’m trying to pause on a progressive 1080p I-frame, not max out the latest generative AI whizzbangs in 8K with AV1 source footage.

I am using uncompressed RGB AVI because it needs the LEAST horsepower to edit, since it’s not undergoing any decompression, has no P or B frames that need a referenced I-frame, nor is it undergoing any realtime YUV->RGB conversion. It needs drive bandwidth to handle the high bitrate and sufficient space to store it, both of which I have plenty to spare. Because every frame exists in a vacuum, in a color format that computers already prefer, it should be the least problematic format to work with.

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ThearyRhines

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I was having this issue because warp stabilizer was applied to the clip. When I removed it the frame hold worked perfectly fine. Not sure if that’s what issue other people are having but it worked for me.

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Peru Bob

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@ThearyRhines

Use warp stabilizer and nest, and then apply the frame hold to the nest.

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mark_8961

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I’m having same issue. Just updated yesterday. But weirdly it was working fine all this morning. Tried quiting. Restarting the computer all together. Not helping.

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Chris38211305qie5

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I have the same problem. Add Frame Hold does a cut, then the frame hold segment just plays like normal, not a frozen frame.

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RogerOverall

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Same here. Adobe seems to be introducing glitches instead of producing stable products. Features that worked before suddenly don’t in new releases. I’ve tried everything.

Annoyingly, a solution that works once, doesn’t work the next time. Eg. “instead of cutting, THEN trying to add a frame hold; move your playhead to the desired frame then add a framehold without cutting.”

It worked once. So tried it again. No luck.

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Unisus

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it is endless, endless glitches and non-features being constantly added. Earlier the mask feature was frozen on a hand-grab signal and I couldn’t edit the pen vertices. The freeze frame doesn’t work anymore. Adobe is literally just endlessly reinventing the wheel. I still cannot comprehend why this is happening. Cmd+W also closes panels now if they’re focused. Nothing in this program works as intended. It is virtually one of the worst programs I have ever used in my entire life. Layer management is trash. To this day we can’t just click and select layers and paste into them. We can’t really rick click layers or drag them around. Zooming in and out of the timelines is so insanely complicated. They’ll always pay support and receipt their diehards to tell us in the dorkiest of scoldings that “OMG! THERE’S A KEYBOARD SHORT CUT FOR THAT!!”” Except I don’t judge GUIs on whether or not Adobe is building for its staff and keyboardists. The whole thing is falling apart.

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Dani_V.

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Hi @Hunter22157998mvlf,

Sorry you’ve been experiencing issues. Let us know if the suggestions helped. Otherwise we need a few more details like hardware and operating system information. Please see How to Report a Problem.

Is this issue happening with a specific clip or a specific project (or is it happening with different clips and in other projects)? Could you share additional details of the media you are working with? (source, format, resolution, fps, effects applied, etc).

A screen recording of the behavior can also be helpful if you’re able to share.

Sorry for the frustration,

Dani

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Unisus

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Hi! Just fix it. You have enough money to buy about 3 of each computer. Stop begging for people to give you information. Report the bug, and fix it in your own time with your own staff using your own systems. You have so many bugs and glitches it’s beyond belief. We’re getting sick of the “sorry, but we need you to tell us all your information!” spiel. It’s universal, it’s everyone and everywhere. Your problems are persisted across the board. Figure out which bug goes to which system on your time. We’re sick of this product and its terrible user interface and god awful layer management, “custom Adobe file select menus” instead of native file selects. And everything else you shove in here that breaks everything constantly.

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Tom_edit

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instead of cutting, THEN trying to add a frame hold; move your playhead to the desired frame then add a framehold without cutting.

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

Tried trashing preferences?

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