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masks option gone in the latest 2026 premiere update?

Forum|Forum|15 days ago
February 11, 2026
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where did the masks functions move in the latest update? I need to create custom shape masks, not just cropping - - and that option seems to have disappeared.

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Victor CHM

Participating Frequently

Why change a simple, reliable tool to something this over engineered.

R Neil Haugen

Legend

The new masking is incredibly more powerful than the old one. I’m doing things that would have requried going to AE to rotoscope, which I avoided ... so I’m doing things I would have simply chosen not to do before. So the new tool is actually amazing.

It is different to use ... especially at first. And they didn’t make it obvious (why not ... who knows ...) but you can select the Opacity effect and tap a key-short an voila, you have a mask appear.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

j0El

Participating Frequently

You gotta be a bot. This new masking is HORRIBLE. It only selects half of my object I need masked. They should have absolutely left a manual option, at least until they worked out the bugs. Or don’t drop an update until the thing actually works. Manual was slow, but it got the job done. I literally have no way of doing the edit I need to do now. I’m so close to ending my sUbScRiPtiOn and things like this really push me closer to the edge.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Masking has been revamped.

Use object masking in Premiere Pro

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pablo__0231

Known Participant

There is a new “masks”-tool in the toolbar. After adding a mask, you have to move it from “unassigned masks” to the desired attribute. That last part is very clunky for my taste :\

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Danielgaan

Participant

Wayyyy to clunky!

drewbh11Author

Participant

I'm a long time user of Premiere and all for updates. but this latest update has moved or removed a feature I frequently use and I cannot find it. please help!!

I cannot find the elliptical / rectangular mask functions. where have they moved??

often crop does not work for me (because I'm using archival photos and scans). so I need to be able to create custom masks.

j0El

Participating Frequently

I just found them! You have to long-press the mask button (which is in the toolbar now). There you have 4 options, including the ones you're looking for.

Problem is, there seems to be no way to adjust any of them. A guy above claims you can manually adjust, but I cannot. I've been using Adobe for 10 years, I would think I'd be able to figure this out. I'm really frustrated with this new update.

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