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idiedtrying.
idiedtrying.
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September 20, 2026

Premiere Pro 26.5 – Program Monitor guides exist but are completely invisible after updating to 26.5.1

  • September 20, 2026
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Issue:
Program Monitor guides are present in my Premiere Pro project but are completely invisible. Premiere recognizes that the guides exist, but does not display them.

Premiere Pro version:
26.5 (Windows)

Operating system:
Windows 10 22H2

What happened:
I had a Premiere 26.x project with visible Program Monitor guides. After updating Premiere to 26.5.1, the guides disappeared from the Program Monitor.

I rolled Premiere back to 26.5, but the guides remained invisible.

Troubleshooting performed:

  1. Confirmed View → Show Guides is enabled.
  2. Confirmed View → Show Rulers is enabled.
  3. Confirmed the existing guides are still present under Guide Templates / Manage Guides.
  4. "Clear Guides" is available, confirming Premiere recognizes that guides exist.
  5. Created a brand-new project. Guides display normally in the new project.
  6. Created a new guide in the affected project. The new guide is also invisible.
  7. Reset Premiere application preferences. The guides briefly appeared immediately after the reset, then disappeared again.
  8. Imported the affected sequence into a new project. The guides remained invisible.
  9. Created a new sequence and transferred the edit. The guides were still invisible.
  10. Exported the existing guide template and re-imported it. The guides remained invisible.
  11. The problem therefore appears to be specific to how Premiere is rendering guides for this project/sequence rather than the guides having been deleted.

Expected result:
Existing and newly created Program Monitor guides should be visible when Show Guides is enabled.

Actual result:
Premiere recognizes that the guides exist, but they are not rendered/visible in the Program Monitor.

Important comparison:
Guides work normally in a completely new Premiere project.

When it started:
The problem first appeared after updating from the previous Premiere 26.x version to Premiere 26.5.1.

Additional information:
I do NOT want to update to a newer Premiere version as a workaround. The issue needs to be investigated in Premiere 26.5/26.x.

      4 replies

      Proshiner
      Proshiner
      Participant
      September 29, 2026

      I also have this problem, in addition:

       

      1. sometimes other graphics like the object selection tool red overlay is also not visible
      2. other program monitor graphics like anchor points, direct manipulation boxes etc not visible.

      rtx 5080 studio driver version 616.92 wed sep 9, 2026 

        Amy the Stuv
        Community Manager
        Amy the StuvCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 29, 2026

        I messaged you privately requesting the project file and your settings folder so I can try to reproduce this issue on our end.

         

        Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for sharing your specs. I do wonder if we could get a little more information from you. Is your Windows OS 11 or 10 like the original poster?

        Thank you for letting us know,

        Amy

        Amy the Stuv
        Community Manager
        Amy the StuvCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        September 21, 2026

        Hello ​@idiedtrying. 

        Welcome to the Premiere Forums. Sorry to hear you’re having this issue. I was not able to reproduce it on my Windows PC, starting in 26.5, creating an Edit Guides Template in a large multicam project, then upgrading to 26.5.1. My Guide templates still appeared normally, so there may be a step I’m missing.

        • 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.

        However, this does appear to be project / sequence specific, so it could be an issue within the sequence that impacts the playback in the program monitor. Would you be willing to share the project file and possibly your Premiere Pro → 26.0 → Profile-[username] in the Documents folder of your PC? I can provide you with a private upload link if you’re willing to share this.

         

        Hoping to help,

        Amy

          

        Proshiner
        Proshiner
        Participant
        September 29, 2026

        I opened a new sequence and the problem persists there aswell

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