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innovative_member8814
Participant
June 10, 2026

Keyframing adjustment layer opacity causes cross dissolve to freeze the frame beneath it and fade to black

  • June 10, 2026
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When using an adjustment layer placed above a piece of footage, changing the layer’s opacity with keyframes causes any cross dissolve transitions applied to the layer to both display a freeze-frame of footage beneath it, and dip to black (not in the normal “dip to black way”, but just fading from the freeze-frame to blackness).

 

The keyframes do not have to overlap with the transition, nor do they have to even be visible in the portion of the layer to which you applied the transition.

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    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 10, 2026

    Do the clips’ properties match the sequence settings?

    innovative_member8814
    Participant
    June 11, 2026

    The adjustment layer matches. The video clip matches everything but the resolution: the sequence is 720p and the footage is 2.7K.

    KatieToo
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    June 10, 2026

    Hi ​@innovative_member8814 
     

    Welcome to the Premiere Pro forums! We are glad to see you here. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue. Please see, How do I write a bug report?

    Thanks for including good details about what’s going on and we hope to help soon!

    Appreciate your post,
    Katie

    innovative_member8814
    Participant
    June 11, 2026

    Should I leave the formatted report as a reply to your comment or as a new post?

    MyerPj
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2026

    I would suggest posting it on this tread, but using the post text box under your original comment.