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July 17, 2026
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Firefly will not let me open a file in Premiere pro. I am getting this message "Can't open in Premiere desktop."

  • July 17, 2026
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I generated a video in firefly and I am trying to open to make edits in premiere pro and I am getting “Can't open in Premiere desktop.”

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    Trevor.Dennis
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    July 20, 2026

    @jeanniechan Have you worked it out?

    Are you using Premiere Elements or Premiere Pro?

    If you don’t have a lot of experience with Premiere regards Sequence settings etc.  the easiest way to get into it is to create the New Project, and then hit Skip when it invites you to import media.

    That takes you to the Project: ‘Project Name’  window into which you can simply drag your video files and stills.  Select one of your video files, and drag it to the Timeline. That automatically creates the sequence with appropriate settings.  From there it is easy to proceed.  Rather than try and learn it all from the get go, you could try waiting till you get stuck and Asking Google for the solution.  Googles new Ai tools are sensationally good and useful now.

    If you re using still in the video timeline, open them in Photoshop first, and crop with one of the Film/Video presets.  I have created presets for the Crop tool for the video formats I use.

    Ask us and the Premiere forum guys any time you need more help.

    July 18, 2026

    Hey ​@jeanniechan 
    This seems like a Premiere Pro Qs. Seems that ​@Peru Bob , and ​@Trevor.Dennis have sorted you out.
    Premiere Pro community
    https://community.adobe.com/p/premiere

    Cheers

    Nate

    Trevor.Dennis
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 18, 2026

    By no means a fix, but if you absolutely need to use that clip in PremPro, run it through Handbrake first.  I am sure you already knew that, and like I said, it is not fixing the Firefly generated video issue.

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    July 18, 2026