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kevina41766135
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June 18, 2026

Stroke effect resizes image upon export

  • June 18, 2026
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I applied the “Stroke” effect to some still images to add a white border. Then I added scale keyframes to make the image move. Looks great in the timeline, but when I export, the still images (and sometimes the images beneath them) are a drastically different scale, so they get knocked outside the frame.

From reading similar bug reports, it’s possible this has something to do with GPU acceleration? Unfortunately I’m on a Mac Studio M1 Max, so it doesn’t look like I can disable GPU acceleration. 

 

Edit: Gaussian Blur effect is causing the same problem. Workaround is to reset all Motion effects (Position, Scale) and recreate those effects using the Transform effect instead. This fixed the problem.

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      KatieToo
      Community Manager
      KatieTooCommunity Manager
      Community Manager
      June 18, 2026

      Hi ​@kevina41766135 

      Welcome to the Premiere forums! We’re glad you’re here. I see you’re using an M1 Max, could we also get a few more details with Important Details for an Adobe Bug Report? I’m glad that you discovered a workaround by using the Transform effect to fix it. I believe for that Mac if it’s like this one, attaching screenshot, it’ll be grayed out and can’t be changed that way.
       

      under Project Settings > General



      Appreciate your post,
      Katie

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      kevina41766135Author
      Inspiring
      June 18, 2026

      Premiere Version 26.3.0 (Build 93)

       

      Mac Studio 2022

      Apple M1 Max

      32 GB

      macOS Sequoia 15.6.1

        KatieToo
        Community Manager
        KatieTooCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        June 18, 2026

        ​@kevina41766135 Thanks for that very much for that, wanted to be sure before testing. 

        It appears there can be resizing issues just like that when using the Motion vs. Transform for scaling and other motion with effects, including both Gaussian and Stroke, due to the order that Premiere renders them. You could try rendering the sequence in full before exporting to see if it retains how it appears when watching back on timeline, but in the future, I’d stick to Transform.

        So that workaround is in fact actually the best way to handle doing effect(s) like those and still doing a scale or other motion with it. By using Transform instead, you essentially are manually having Premiere change the render order. You’d want to also ensure on the Effects Control panel that you have the effect(s) above the Transform in terms of layering order, which it sounds like you do have that working well, so continue using Transform for that.

        Hope that helps,
        Katie

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        kevina41766135Author
        Inspiring
        June 18, 2026

        Maybe it’s not the Stroke effect. I have a still image with no effects added except Gaussian Blur, and that is giving me the same problem - it looks correct playing in the timeline, then when I export it totally resizes. If I disable the Gaussian Blur effect, it exports correctly.

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