Mask tool keeps showing a watch symbol and freezing
Bug Description below
Since updating to the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, the masking/object tracking tool has become extremely slow or completely unresponsive.
When I attempt to create or track a mask around a moving object, Premiere displays a watch/stopwatch-style loading icon and appears to get stuck processing indefinitely. In previous versions of Premiere Pro, I was able to perform the same masking tasks quickly and reliably on the same system and with the same type of footage.
Steps to Reproduce
- Open a project in Premiere Pro.
- Select a video clip.
- Attempt to create/use a mask and track a moving object.
- Premiere displays the watch/processing icon.
- The masking process becomes extremely slow or appears to freeze indefinitely.
Expected Behavior
The masking tool should begin processing/tracking the object within a reasonable amount of time, as it did in previous versions of Premiere Pro.
Actual Behavior
Premiere becomes stuck displaying the processing/watch icon, making the masking feature effectively unusable and preventing me from continuing work that depends on object masking.
Additional Information
This behavior began after updating Premiere Pro. I did not experience this issue with the masking workflow before the update. I have also seen reports from other Premiere Pro users describing similar problems with masking/tracking performance.
The September update does not appear to have resolved the issue. Because masking is an important part of my editing workflow, I would appreciate it if Adobe could investigate this as a potential regression and address it in an upcoming update.
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