Error relinking "mask data" in Premiere 2026

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May 26, 2026
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Aside from the slew of issues with the new masking system, after relearning how to do what I've been doing for years, I sent a project to a client so they can proceed and all of the mask data (after relinking) has completely failed. like the keyframes are there but instead of tracking perfectly around a person like it did before, it's some random polygon shape that's not even moving. Is there a way to relink these masks so they're.. ya know.. accurate to the work that's been done?

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RobShultz

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Can you please describe your work flow so that we can try to analyze what is going wrong?

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georgia houseAuthor

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I did a lot of work using the new Object Mask feature, tracking it around an individual so I can place different backgrounds behind them. I was doing this work on a Mac. I transferred the project to my PC and relinked all the footage, then relinked the custom masks, and upon relinking none of the masks are tracking as they were before. Instead of creating a mask around the object, for example, it’s just a basic polygon shape. So none of the masks I had fine tuned before are as they were.. if that makes sense..

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