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Homosolus
Homosolus
Known Participant
Jul 1, 2026 7:23 PM UTC
Acknowledged

Direct Manipulation Overlay Does Not Update After Timeline Resolution Change

Changing the timeline (sequence) resolution updates the displayed image correctly, but the Direct Manipulation overlay (transform bounding box) remains at the previous resolution, resulting in an incorrect frame position and size.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Have sequence with some footage.
  2. Change the sequence/timeline resolution (either upscale or downscale).
  3. Select a clip and enable Direct Manipulation.
  4. Observe the Direct Manipulation overlay.

Expected Result

The Direct Manipulation overlay should immediately update to match the new timeline resolution and remain correctly aligned with the displayed footage.

Actual Result

The displayed image updates to the new timeline resolution, but the Direct Manipulation overlay retains its previous dimensions and position.

  • When the timeline resolution is increased (upscaled), the overlay appears much farther away from the footage.
  • When the timeline resolution is decreased (downscaled), the overlay appears smaller and is positioned inside the footage instead of around its boundaries.

The footage scaled correctly; only the Direct Manipulation overlay is using stale geometry. Also this bug is %100 reproducable with every clip type.

This is how it looks like when upscaled from 1920x1080 to 3840x2160

 

There also seems to be a flicker happening in addition to incorrect overlay as well. If you try to change the position via direct manipulation, footage flickers to the corners of the frame.

Also in some cases when you adjust the position after reopening the same sequence/project timeline becomes red and it falls back to software encoding rather than hardware encoding. But i can’t reproduce that everytime and don’t know what triggers it.

System info
    Application: Premiere v26.3

    GPU: RTX 3060 Ti with Nvidia Studio Driver ver. 610.47
    OS: Windows v10.0.26200, RAM: 31.82 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 24

      6 replies

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      Oct 15, 2026 2:44 PM UTC

      I thought it was fixed. I reported this in the beta 7 months ago.

      Make a new sequence and copy everything over.

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      Sambu HL
      Participant
      Oct 15, 2026 2:31 PM UTC

      I have a similar and related issue. When changing sequence resolution or aspect ratio etc. the Direct Manipulation does not display correctly. It seems to change the the aspect ratio of the updated settings. Very unhelpful when trying to transform your footage where you want it in the new aspect ratio. As you can see from the image it’s clearly not fitting the footage as it should and has done for a long time in Premiere Pro.

      I’ve updated to 26.5 today and still have the issue. happens to existing footage in the timeline and new clips added to the timeline. Doesn't make sense and if it’s a design choice change then it should be reverted.
       

       

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        Sambu HL
        Participant
        Oct 15, 2026 2:46 PM UTC

        As an addition to this, when toggling from crop to direct manipulation, the crop displays the correct edges of the footage, the direct manipulation doesn’t.

         

        Also, I somehow just resolved this issue by keeping my project open, opening another older project and copy pasting something from that older project into my new one. Not sure where along those events it resolved itself but hopefully that helps Adobe fix this weird thing. Or at least the OP to have a temporary workaround for their issue ​@Homosolus 

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          KatieToo
          Community Manager
          KatieTooCommunity Manager
          Community Manager
          Oct 15, 2026 4:15 PM UTC

          ​@Sambu HL Thank you for updating this post with those details and your workaround. The engineers are still investigating on this issue in the meantime, and keeping an eye on any further updates.

          Past workarounds included working in 26.0 Premiere as it does not have this issue, but also switching between sequences seems to clear the issue as well.

          Sorry for your frustration with this issue, and we will return to update this post once a fix has become available.

          Thanks!
          Katie

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          Homosolus
          HomosolusAuthor
          Known Participant
          Sep 4, 2026 1:52 PM UTC

          It’s really disappointing to see that this still hasn’t been fixed in the beta, despite being reported two months ago. we’re talking about something as fundamental as CHANGING THE TIMELINE RESOLUTION, not like some niche part of the program that’s broken. I guess bloating the software with more AI features is more important than fixing actual bugs.

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            KatieToo
            Community Manager
            KatieTooCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            Jul 1, 2026 7:30 PM UTC

            Hi ​@Homosolus 

            Welcome to the Premiere forums, glad you’re here! Thanks for taking the time to write in about this issue and including all those helpful details and screenshots. Our team has been made aware of the issue and is currently investigating further. I’ll be sure to update you once I receive more information about that.

            Thank you again, you’ve been a great help!
            Appreciate it,
            Katie

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