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Premananda Hessenkamp
Participant
February 1, 2017
Answered

Handles/Anchor point not displaying in Premiere CC 2017.0.2

  • February 1, 2017
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Hi Creatives,

As you can see from the picture, I am unable to find the handles in the program monitor for the corner pin effect. This issue also extends to not being able to see the handles when I click on "Motion" in the effects control panel, which usually also gives me handles in the program monitor. Unlike in After effects, I haven't found any preference to turn these handles on/off.

I am using a Dell Inspiron Gaming Laptop (That's what it is called)
Windows 10 64 Bit Home Edition

16GB Memory

Geforce GTX 960M 4GB

Not using any secondary monitor.

Help is appreciated.

EDIT: They seem to appearing when I maximize the program monitor, but still do not display in the standard editing workspace view.

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    Correct answer Ann Bens

    That is how it is suppose to work...but I watched this user on new project, with new prefs, and he could not activate the motion 'handles' by double click on the single asset in the program monitor or click on the icon in the Effects panel --he inadvertently click on the gray bar next to the word Motion and then it activated...I am sure it was just a bug but very annoying...

    So your saying on Windows you have to click on the gray bar to activate the feature? Strange if true because I just tried it on windows computer with the latest version and worked just fine without directly clicking on the gray bar...ah computers...thanks for your comment


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    defaultcf0z9vyajgqc
    Participant
    March 15, 2023

    For me any of these fixes don't work. No matter what, the handels do not appear so I have to adjust the values just entering the values. So frustrating. BTW, I'm using latest Premiere Pro 2023. 

    Kevin-Monahan
    Community Manager
    Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    March 15, 2023

    Hi Default! 

    Thanks for the note and welcome to Adobe forums. I am one of the community managers here. Sorry for the frustration.

     

    The "secret" here is to click on the name of the effect itself in the Effect Controls panel in order to see the "handles."

     

    Does that work for you? Let me know.

     

    Thanks,

    Kevin

    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    mohamad5FC4
    Participant
    April 17, 2021

    The solution for many users (including me) is just here:
    (13) Can't See Mask Blue Edges. FIXED !!! Blue Outline now visible with stacked Pannel in Premiere pro - YouTube

    Actually it fixes the visibility of mask guideline and dimensional handles+anchor point at the same time.

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    Madalin98A5
    Participant
    August 29, 2020

     HELLO EVERYONE.

     

    I am editing on a windows operating system and neither changing my display resolutions or other tricks didnt helped me see the (blue ) anchor point or the mask. But somehow i did found a trick by creating a black video and use it as a 1st layer, and when i was selecting the text or mask I could see the anchor point.

     

    Hope that works for you too .

     

    I had used it for making a handwriting effect text .

     

    Peace !

     

     

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    markmn
    Inspiring
    April 3, 2017

    I just had a student with the same problem on a new dell laptop, and he had to select the clip in the Timeline panel and then ACTUALLY HAD TO CLICK ON THE GREY BAR NEXT TO THE WORD 'MOTION' FOR THE handles to appear...strange

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      April 3, 2017

      That is how it works or double click in the program monitor.

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      markmn
      Inspiring
      April 3, 2017

      That is how it is suppose to work...but I watched this user on new project, with new prefs, and he could not activate the motion 'handles' by double click on the single asset in the program monitor or click on the icon in the Effects panel --he inadvertently click on the gray bar next to the word Motion and then it activated...I am sure it was just a bug but very annoying...

      So your saying on Windows you have to click on the gray bar to activate the feature? Strange if true because I just tried it on windows computer with the latest version and worked just fine without directly clicking on the gray bar...ah computers...thanks for your comment

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      Mary_Dean
      Participant
      March 16, 2017

      Well, here's a partial, possible solution. I am having the exact same problem. It just started yesterday. The anchor point and boundary box just vanished from the program monitor. From you I got the idea to try it full screen, and voilà, they reappeared. But it is very difficult to work that way. So, then I tried enlarging the program monitor and it actually started working again when I enlarged it to take up about 1/3 of the entire screen. See second screen shot below. I'm on a Lenovo P50 workstation with 60G RAM, and like I said, it was working normally 2 days ago. Looking forward to a better solution.

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 16, 2017

      Your screendumps are unreadable, too small.

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      Mary_Dean
      Participant
      March 17, 2017

      There's nothing to read. You can see clearly that the "handles" on the program monitor are not visible on the first screen and visible on the second.

      elfilms
      elfilms
      Participant
      February 18, 2017

      Hi I have this exact same problem. This issue only just started recently, as about a month ago I didn't have any problems.

      I have a

      Dell Precision T1650

      Windows 7 SP1

      16Gb RAM

      Nvidia Quadro 2000

      And no secondary monitor

      I haven't changed my screen resolution in the last year. So if it was that, then why did it work in January?  And why has it worked for the past 3 years? Tried the alt-shift option. Absolutely no effect.

      This looks like some kind of PP bug if you ask me.

      How are we supposed to use this product if the basics don't work?

      **I am hoping that someone from Adobe will comment. Seeing as there seems to be no weekend support AT ALL now.

      P.S. When program monitor is maximised, the handles etc appear, but the background image disappears. So not very useful.

        Ann Bens
        Community Expert
        Ann BensCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        February 1, 2017

        Try this:

        Restart computer, hold down alt+shift while opening Premiere.

        (make a backup of all your presets).

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        excited_Genie16B8
        Legend
        February 1, 2017

        I think the issue is your screen resolution.  Take a look at step 4, specifically part A.

        Premiere Pro Troubleshooting Guide

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