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JX_SL
Participant
January 24, 2026

Object Mask causes Program Monitor to turn black in interlaced sequences

  • January 24, 2026
  • 4 replies
  • 104 views

Product

Premiere 26.0.0


Operating System

macOS Sequoia 15.7.3


Hardware

Mac Studio (M2 Ultra)


Problem Description

When using Object Mask and assigning it to Opacity in an interlaced sequence, the Program Monitor turns black.


Steps to Reproduce

  1. Launch Premiere Pro 26.0.0

  2. Create a new project

  3. Create a sequence with interlaced field settings (Upper Field First or Lower Field First)

  4. Add a clip to the timeline

  5. Apply Object Mask

  6. Assign the Object Mask to Opacity


Expected Result

The Program Monitor should display the image correctly when Object Mask is applied to Opacity, regardless of whether the sequence is progressive or interlaced.


Actual Result

  • The Program Monitor becomes completely black

  • Setting Sequence Settings → Fields to No Fields (Progressive) resolves the issue

  • When Display First Field is enabled in the Program Monitor, playback is visible, but the image turns black when playback is stopped

  • When the sequence is set to Upper Field First, the image appears correctly after rendering, but not consistently during playback or pause


Additional Information

Object Mask appears to behave correctly only in progressive sequences.
Please confirm whether Object Mask supports interlaced sequences, or if this behavior is a bug in Premiere Pro 26.0.0.


Frequency

Always / 100% reproducible

4 replies

Adobe Employee
January 26, 2026

@�d�m_Bezzeg4186 @JX_SL @47550491 Can you please try resetting preferences and deleting media cache?

Delete the Media Cache and Media Cache files:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro/faq-how-to-clear-your-media-cache-in-30-seconds-in-premi...

If that doesn't work, try resetting the preferences:
https://helpx.adobe.com/in/premiere-pro/using/reset-preferences.html

Vikas
Adobe Employee
January 26, 2026

@JX_SL Thanks for reporting the issue, if possible can you share the source footage with us to investigate further.

Vikas
January 25, 2026

I have an issue with the new Object Maskt. The Mask works fine on Progressive Sequence, if i change the sequence to uper or lower field. The Mask and the full Monitor is Black and dont work.

MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB Sequoia 15.7.3

Adobe Employee
January 26, 2026

Hi @47550491 Thanks for reporting the issue. If possible can you share source media with us?

Vikas
January 24, 2026

Dear Adobe Support Team,

I am reporting a critical and fully reproducible issue in the latest Adobe Premiere Pro v26 release. To be absolutely clear: this occurs in the stable, non-BETA version.

System configuration:

  • Operating System: Windows 11

  • GPU: ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4070 Ti

  • RAM: 64 GB DDR5

  • System: high-end, up-to-date hardware configuration

  • NVIDIA GPU driver: latest official release

Issue description:

  • The automatic object-based masking / rotoscoping itself works correctly.

  • The object is properly detected and tracked.

  • However, the moment I adjust anything on the masked clip (e.g. apply an effect, color correction, opacity change, transform, etc.),
    the Program Monitor immediately turns completely black.

  • The image only reappears after rendering, making real-time editing effectively impossible.

Important note:
The exact same workflow works flawlessly in the Premiere Pro BETA version on the same machine and software environment. This strongly indicates a regression bug in the v26 stable release, not a hardware or performance limitation.

This issue is:

  • not related to system performance,

  • not related to GPU compatibility,

  • but clearly a software bug affecting the stable release.

My questions:

  • Is this issue already known to Adobe?

  • Is there an official fix planned for this behavior?

  • Is a hotfix or near-term update expected to restore proper Object Mask Tool functionality in the v26 stable version?

In its current state, one of the flagship features of Premiere Pro is only usable in the BETA build, which is not acceptable for professional production workflows.

I would appreciate a concrete response regarding the status of this issue and the expected timeline for a fix.

Kind regards,
Ádám

Ann Bens
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 24, 2026

Not seeing this on my machine.

Did you try trashing prefs and media cache?