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September 22, 2026
Question

Lastest object mask takes forever to finish loading

In version 26.5, the object mask tool took just a few seconds to show target was selected, but now it’s taking a few minutes for 2 seconds of footage or sometimes not working at all. Anyone has fixed it?

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    Community Manager
    September 24, 2026

    Hi COO Builder_Company L1630,

    Welcome to the community! Are you still experiencing this issue? If so, please let us know which version of Premiere Pro you’re currently using and whether the issue occurs with a specific clip or project.


    Thanks,
    Sumeet

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    Participating Frequently
    September 25, 2026

    Yes, i'm on 26.5.1 version and this issue occurs on entire projects. 

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    Community Manager
    September 25, 2026

    Thanks for the details! I’m unable to reproduce this issue on my end. Would you mind sharing a download link to a short sample media file with which you’re experiencing the performance drop with Object Mask in the newer versions of Premiere, compared to the previous version where it worked better? This will help us diagnose the issue more effectively on our end.

    Regards,
    ​​​​​​​Sumeet

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    Community Expert
    September 24, 2026

    You have to have a higher end system for this to work smoothly. Could you share your system specs?

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    Participating Frequently
    September 25, 2026

    i'm using mac m4 base 10-core CPU, 16GB of unified memory, and 256GB of storage. it wasn’t an issue for previous versions tho

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    MarekMularczyk
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    October 7, 2026

    Maybe your specs are too low, not enough RAM maybe. I’m on Surface Pro with 32GB of RAM and it’s working fine

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    MarekMularczyk
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    September 22, 2026

    What version are you on?

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    Participating Frequently
    September 25, 2026

    i'm on 26.5.1 version. i'm using mac m4 base 10-core CPU, 16GB of unified memory, and 256GB of storage.

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    MarekMularczyk
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    October 7, 2026

    Have you tried 26.3 or 26.1?

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