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Jan 27, 2026 5:27 PM UTC
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Premiere Pro 2026 v 26.0 Multicam functionality is gone. Using the number keys or mouse to select a camera does not work.

Premiere Pro 2026 v 26.0

Multicam functionality is gone. Using the number keys or mouse to select a camera does not work.

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    roberts2771643
    Inspiring
    Oct 16, 2026 6:37 PM UTC

    OK. This is strange, but the 1,2,3,4 keys on the number pad will give the desired effect if you have the extended keyboard. IF not I’m not sure how or if you can simulate the number pad, but the number pad on the keyboard works as intended. Hopefully this is helpful. 

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    roberts2771643
    Inspiring
    Sep 21, 2026 8:57 PM UTC

    Adobe 26.5.1, MACPRO M2 ULTRA 128GB RAM 

     

     Multicam switching and editing in timeline broken for me also. Was there ever a fix? I hate that features like this keep getting broken and yet Adobe still keesp delivering AI features we don’t really want. I took a two month break from a heavy multi-cam show and came back to this update and broken feature I use every day. FFS

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    docofilm
    Participant
    Feb 17, 2026 10:27 PM UTC

    Quite a few if not most of us, have been forced to use work-arounds because of Adobe Premiere’s severe limitations at synchronizing footage:  any more than one clip on a track, and we’re forced to round-trip out of the program to solutions like PluralEyes, etc.  This has meant that synchronized sequences could be “converted” into Multicam sequences by right-clicking on them and selecting the “Enable” submenu item.

     

    It seems possible that Adobe broke this feature.  But overall Adobe needs to finally take synchronization seriously.  For years, it’s been a joke, assuming that we only have a single clip per track to synchronize in a project.

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    VidEditorErin
    Participant
    Feb 19, 2026 12:25 AM UTC

    I agree. Coming from the Avid world, where I worked for decades, the syncing and grouping, working with grouped clips, and multigroups is just SO much smarter there. Don’t get me wrong, Premiere has a lot of great features, but it feels lightyears behind in this aspect.

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    VidEditorErin
    Participant
    Feb 1, 2026 4:13 AM UTC

    I am having a similar issue. I’ve been editing the past few days on various projects using multicams without issue. However all the sudden one that I created will not show the alternate camera when I try to change it. I have it enabled on the timeline, and other clips work fine. But all the sudden all I see is black when I switch cameras on my timeline. When I go back to my multicam sequence and try to change the camera there, I can see the other camera. But then, on my edit timline I can no longer see the main camera. It’s like my main timeline is only allowing me to see one camera angle at a time. Obviously I have restarted Premiere, and that didn’t fix it. I created a new (not a copy) test sequence and put some of the multicam clip on there, and the same issue is occuring.

    I’ve seen nothing but BUGS all around on v26 and it’s really time consuming to try and fix it left and right.

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    Community Manager
    Jan 27, 2026 9:05 PM UTC

    Hi ​@danscofi,

     

    Sorry you’ve been experiencing issues. We need a few more details to help, like hardware and operating system information. Please see How to Report a Problem.

     

    Have you tried resetting your workspace and resetting your preferences? (make a backup first)

     

    Is your multicam track the only targeted track in your sequence when you are trying this? And do you have any third-party plugins or panels in use? 

     

    Could you also let us know let us know if this is happening on all projects or if it is project-specific?

     

    Sorry for the frustration,

    Dani

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    roberts2771643
    Inspiring
    Oct 14, 2026 4:14 PM UTC

    For me, I’ve reset prefs. In the timeline is a single multi-track clip. It used to function that when I hit the number key (1,2,3,4 for cam 1, cam2, cam3, cam 4) it would insert an edit and switch camera, giving me the ability to cut in real time and then go back and refine my edit. This feature no longer works. It worked fine when I last used it on a multi-cam have show. We were on hiatus for a few months and when we returned to work it was no longer working after recent update or two. 

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    roberts2771643
    Inspiring
    Oct 14, 2026 4:41 PM UTC

    adding that it happens in new projects and old. premiere 26.5.2. Mac Pro M2 Ultra 128GB ram. Mac OS 15.5

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    danscofiAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    Jan 27, 2026 5:26 PM UTC

    Premiere Pro 2025 v 25.6.4

    Multicam functionality is gone. Using the number keys or mouse to select a camera does not work.

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    Inspiring
    Jan 27, 2026 10:24 PM UTC

    working perfectly fine for me

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    franciscoh20607020
    Participant
    May 26, 2026 9:23 AM UTC

    Sane here hitting another camera button changes the full clip to that camera in the timeline. I have to manually cut select and choose the camera number

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