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In Premiere Pro 26.5.0 (Build 99), values changed in the Effect Controls panel using the keyboard Up/Down arrow keys are not retained.

I noticed this specifically with Audio > Volume > Level.

Directly typing a numeric value works correctly.
Dragging the value with the mouse also works correctly.
Only values adjusted using the Up/Down arrow keys revert to their previous value.

Steps to Reproduce:

Select an audio clip.
Open Effect Controls > Audio > Volume > Level.
Click the numeric value.
Change it using the keyboard Up/Down arrow keys.
Press Enter or click elsewhere.
Continue editing or play the sequence.
The value eventually reverts to its previous value.

Expected Result:
The value changed using the Up/Down arrow keys should be retained.

Actual Result:
The value reverts to the previous value.

Workarounds:

Typing the value directly works.
Dragging/scrubbing the value with the mouse works.

Premiere Version:
Premiere Pro 26.5.0 (Build 99)

Operating System:
Windows 11

This started after updating to Premiere Pro 26.5.0.

A very similar issue has already been reported in Premiere Pro (Beta) v27.0.0.33. In that report, values changed using the Up/Down arrow keys revert to their previous values, while directly typing a value or scrubbing it with the mouse works correctly. Audio Level is specifically mentioned as one of the affected parameters.
https://community.adobe.com/questions-734/effect-controls-panel-does-not-remember-values-entered-using-arrow-keys-1639834

Pinned Reply By KatieToo

Update for all on this post: Thanks for taking the time to report on this. This issue has been fixed, and that fix is now available in the latest release of Premiere v26.5.2.

If you update and still see the problem, please reply here with your exact version and build of Premiere on what OS, and we will take another look.

Thanks again for flagging this, and reports like yours are what get these fixed.

Much appreciated,
Katie

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Amy the Stuv

Community Manager

Hello everyone,

The engineers are working on this issue. In the meantime, please adjust values using the Properties panel, enter changes manually, or use the slider as a current workaround.

Apologies for the inconvenience. I’ll post again once I know when the fix is released.

Amy

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Demand Marketing

Known Participant

Thank you Amy. Speaking of the Properties Panel, that appears to accept and retain input using the arrow keys. Pr 26.5.0. Regards, Ben.

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Demand Marketing

Known Participant

I am experiencing the same bug when changing more or less any values in the Effects Controls Panel (eg crop, scale). The most annoying thing I am finding is that it applies the change visually, but when I click back on that clip, the values have reset so as soon as I change one again it goes back to a previous state. I often have this problem with Curves adjustment in Lumetri too. Very painful. I will add my vote to the other report too. Thank you for reporting!

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sheldon8282

Participant

Note, this also happens with the Lumetri Colour Panel

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sheldon8282

Participant

PLEASE FIX THIS! It took me years to figure out that it was simply because I was using the arrow keys to make adjustments!

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Amy the Stuv

Community Manager

Thank you @たくみはじめ for your bug report. We were also able to reproduce this in house and will be filing a ticket for it.

We appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

Best,

Amy

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たくみはじめAuthor

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I tested more parameters and confirmed that the issue is not limited to Audio Level.

The same behavior also occurs with Scale, Rotation, and Position.

In all of these cases, values changed using the Up/Down arrow keys revert to their previous values, while direct numeric input and mouse dragging/scrubbing work correctly.

This appears to be a more general issue with committing numeric values changed via the keyboard in the Effect Controls panel.

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

When animating text do not use the vector motion but rather the transform effects of the text itself.

Post screenshot entire effect controls and view of the program monitor.

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iridescence

Participant

I was not using it to animate the text and yet the bug still showed, if the values shown are stuck at 0, the layer will not be visible (scale: 0, pos (x,y): 0,0)

2 screenshots due to a large effects panel

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KatieToo

Community Manager

Hi @iridescence

Thanks for stopping by the Premiere forums! In order to better troubleshoot, we need to ask for a few more details like if Mac (and what macOS) or PC (whether Windows 11/10, plus what driver version & build), what version & build of Premiere are you using with our bug report details.

Premiere Version: Find the exact version/build of Premiere you’re current using.
Operating System: Specify Windows or macOS, along with the version.
Mac Chip (Mac Only): Please let us know what M-series chip you have. If Intel please include GPU.
GPU and Driver (Windows only): Please let us know your video card and driver version. We recommend updating to the most recent version; for NVIDIA users, we strongly recommend the Studio version of the driver.
Media Files: video, images, etc. and what types (can check under Media Properties)
Media Storage: Are your Scratch Disks set to your Documents folder or the same as project, and is this the same as the Media drive?

Also, if you could please let us know the following, this is also helpful to know:

Does it affect all projects or only some? What about new, empty projects?
Do you recall which Premiere this was last working in, and what might have changed? Any plugins, update to computer, etc.
When did the problem first begin?

Hope to help!
Katie

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iridescence

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Premiere Pro 26.3.2 (Build 2)
Windows 11
Nvidia 4070 Ti running driver 6.1062
Intel Core i7 13700k
Simple h.264 4k60 timeline
Scratch disks are set to same as project.
This affects new projects as well even after premiere restart.
I was using the same premiere when this problem was and was not happening.
The problem first began this morning (9/10/2026 around 9am EST)

I have found a workaround that works for now, it’s pressing the “reset to default” button for the entire vector motion tab of the graphic. The values still will not allow me to adjust them but now I can still adjust the text-specific vector motion values.

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KatieToo

Community Manager

@iridescence Thank you for those and giving us your setup specs. Our team looked into this, but could not yet recreate. I was wondering if you could provide a short screen recording to catch it while it’s doing that so we can see exactly what’s happening?

It may be small enough to fit on a reply here, or if not, I can DM you a dropbox upload link to pop it onto instead to make that easy.

Let me know!
Katie

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