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hellopaul4
hellopaul4
Inspiring
Oct 27, 2026 3:34 PM UTC
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Adding a dissolve/fade to an Adjustment layer fades to black

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Add an adjustment layer above some video
  2. Add a Cross Dissolve to fade out the adjustment layer

Result:

Underlying video fades to black


Expected:
The effect of the adjustment layer should fade out. For example, if I add an adjustment layer with a Hue/Saturation effect and set the saturation to -100, if I then add a cross dissolve to the end of the adjustment layer, the underlying video should fade from greyscale back to its original full colour as we reach the end of the adjustment layer. But that does not happen - the underlying video fades to black, then jumps back to full opacity once we reach the end of the cross dissolve.

The workaround is to keyframe the opacity of the adjustment layer from 100% to 0%...but adding a cross dissolve should really achieve exactly the same thing. With some effects, I can of course keyframe the values, but if I have something like a Lumetri > Curves effect applied, that’s not keyframeable.


System info
    Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v27.1.0.27
    OS: Windows v10.0.26200, RAM: 127.91 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 32

    2 replies

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    Oct 27, 2026 4:54 PM UTC

    Its not really a bug, has been like that for many versions. I am guessing there is a reason for that.

    Meanwhile for the Curves add a second AL at the end of the first AL (with no effects) and add a dubble sided cross dissolve between them.

    It would be a lot easier if a cross dissolve worked as it has been designed on an AL

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      hellopaul4
      hellopaul4Author
      Inspiring
      Oct 27, 2026 4:56 PM UTC

      Thanks - another good workaround! But I still think that fading/dissolving off an adjustment layer should not make the underlying video fade to black - it should just fade off the adjustment(s).

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