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Mar 2, 2026 4:37 PM UTC
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Mask selection is not showing on premiere 2026 bug

TEST IN PROJECTS

In the video linked I try to show when this bug happens and when not it seems to me that is something to do with the masks folders there created or with the new rotoscopie system. I’ve tested previously the ruler and box out preview but it dind’t solve either. Premiere is updated 26.0.1.

 @Ann Bens ​@Ron Rigler ​@Dani_V. 


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    Participant
    Oct 17, 2026 9:10 PM UTC

    @Ron Rigler make something. today is 17.10.2026, and stil theeeeeeee smae problem. yes, everythingis update - adobre, creative cloud, nvidia, windows, iphone, ipad, wifi router and my instagram profile is updated… what else. “good job”. thanks fot your service, not at all. another reason swith to Resolve. bye bye adobe. wish not luck with CraftApp :D . punch to you face, nice. 

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    Participant
    Sep 25, 2026 5:18 AM UTC

    I am having  the same issue --- So Frustrating . 
    Prem Pro 26.5.1
    Nvidia RTX 3080 10 GB-- latest driver - 616.92 
    Intel i9 10980XE 3.00Ghz
    64GB RAM
    Win 11 Enterprise 25H2 
    Dell Presition 5820 tower x series
    I use three monitors - and the logitech MX Keyboard and mouse.

    I have maxed the power to High performance for PremPro on the GPU and windows. 
    Have tried everything including standing on one leg - rubbing my tummy while patting the top of my head. --- Please fix this bug - I missed a deadline. 

     

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    Participant
    Aug 20, 2026 10:00 PM UTC

    Checking to see if there is a solution or not. The new mask feature has still been buggy, along with the search feature and many other things.

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    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    Aug 22, 2026 7:41 PM UTC

    Are you in clip or frame mode?

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    Participant
    Oct 14, 2026 1:40 PM UTC

    Thank you for the reply. It started happening again. I am in clip mode. It seems when I create the mask it does not let me start in Frame mode. but even clicking frame mode does not make it appear.

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    Andrew Hunte
    Participant
    Jul 9, 2026 11:14 AM UTC

    I have the exact same problem as shown in your TEST video - the Mask UI does not sow in the Programme Monitor. The ellipse tool works, but as you can’t see its outline of its UI in the prgramme monitor then you can’t make adjustments!!

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    Known Participant
    Jun 22, 2026 5:41 AM UTC

    The same issue occurs: after deselecting the mask and selecting it again, the basic mask representation that was working previously also disappears.

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    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Jun 22, 2026 7:06 PM UTC

    Can you please share info on your system configuration, especially your GPU and driver version?

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    Known Participant
    Jun 23, 2026 6:15 AM UTC

    Adobe Premiere Pro Version
    Version 26.2.2(build 3)

    Operating System
    Windows 11 (24H2) build 26100.8037

    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz (3.79 GHz)

    RAM
    64GB 

    GPU Driver & Version 
    RTX 2060_Studio driver v595.79

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    Avisekh Mukherjee
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 14, 2026 6:45 PM UTC

    Same problem for months now. The new mask is fairly bad. Too many bugs.

    1. The selection of the mask itself doesn’t work and takes 20 clicks to find exactly where to click to get the popup to have the mask. There is small little notch below right on an already small icon where the popup works.
    2. Then assuming you managed to find it and get that popup, the outline of the mask disappears till I restart premier. Once I restart it stays there for some time before it disappears again without any warning of anything.

    In short, the new masking tool is unusable. How can we use a mask without even seething them to start with? May be till it is fixed, get us the old simple mask back. So that at least we can work with something simple that works than something advanced that doesn’t work!

     

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    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Jun 16, 2026 3:52 PM UTC

    Can you please share info on your system configuration, especially your GPU and driver version. I have seen reports where a GPU update can resolve the issue. 

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    Avisekh Mukherjee
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 17, 2026 5:54 AM UTC

    GPU is “NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti” and driver version is 610.62.

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    outlander999
    Participant
    May 1, 2026 3:41 PM UTC

    same issue cant see visual transform controls handle in premiere pro, cane see for dragging object or text, cant see too for cropping, this really annoying!

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    cmaasland
    Participant
    Mar 19, 2026 1:59 PM UTC

    When creating any mask with either mask tool, there are no overlays, edges or anchor points showing in the program monitor. When assigned to opacity, I can clearly see the effect of the mask working, but there are no visible mask edges or selections visible. 

    Seeing many others having the same issue with many different solutions, I have tried the following:

    -Toggling on/off the ruler.
    -Closing the program monitor and reopening it (when I tried to reopen it, it gave me an error saying matrix cannot be inverted)
    -Deleting everything under \Documents\Adobe\Premiere Pro\26.0
    -Resetting layouts and workspaces completely
    -Toggling off High Quality Playback
    -Adding a marker in the program monitor
    -Resizing the program monitor window
    -Using Stacked Panel Group in Panel Group Settings
    -Opening the project in a new empty project
    -Direct Manipulation on/off
    -Every color setting in mask overlay
    -Switching between Clip and Frame
    -Masking using an adjustment layer
    -Masking on a low res picture file
    -Masking in a new project with nothing imported
    -Checking all the mask properties
    -Changing my Display Scale
    -Deleting Media Cache
    -Updating my GPU driver
    -Turning Display Color Management on/off
    -Turning off NVIDIA overlay
    -Turning off Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling
    -Changing Preview File Format to any of them

    I really don’t want to roll back to an older version. I’m on v26.0.2
     

     

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    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    Mar 8, 2026 6:01 PM UTC

    ​@ANDERSON LIMA38851806y8dv 

    I had a mask I could not see (at least the boundaries) so 

    I unassigned the mask then assigned it again and boundaries showed.

    Try it!

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    Avisekh Mukherjee
    Participating Frequently
    Jun 14, 2026 6:47 PM UTC

    I tried that, didn’t work for me.

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    Ron Rigler
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Mar 4, 2026 8:34 PM UTC

    Curious if any users also see this in the beta version.
    Does this affect any other overlays like Motion: Transform?

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    Participating Frequently
    Mar 5, 2026 8:24 PM UTC

    For what I been working just the Masks. Even the film impact effects motion controls seems to work just fine. Before the change the masks selections in premiere 2025 were fine too.

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