Bring back the old masking tool in premiere

When you want to animate a mask the Program Monitor needs to be in FRAME mode.

Might want to read the HELP on the subject.

Use object masking in Premiere Pro

As someone who’s used both Pr and Resolve for over a decade … and as I teach pro colorists also, a lot of time working in Resolve  and talking resolve with buds … Resolve is still a better grading app, and the editing bits are … better … than before, but still lacking in many of the keyboard shorts and stuff we’re used to in Premiere.

Plus, as the UI is not at all user-configurable … and I hate the UI … it’s not of interest to me as an editing app. Everyone’s mileage always varies, so you might actually like it. A good friend thinks it’s the most intuitive UI ever created. After a decade, I still struggle figuring out where the many contextual menus are buried … some hidden rather well, I compllmented their staff on that amazing ability at NAB … so we look at each other and shake our heads.

Resolve is simply a loss-leader for BM to sell hardware, period. They make no money on sales of Resolve, I doubt the actual sales income each year pays for the income recording system even. So understand, they have a specific viewpoint on what they do and when. Such as … all of my many colorist acquaintances, including some of the bigger names in fancytown CA … have long lists of bugs and ill-designed things and feature requests that haven’t been handled in years.

They still like it overall, but … there’s a lot posts on Resolve forums about how it’s becoming as bad as Premiere. I’ve personally not upgraded to R21 yet, as some buds have not been spot on pleased yet. Another build maybe.