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The Paint Bucket effect disappeared from my Premiere; it’s not where it should be, and with its disappearance, all my presets that used the Paint Bucket are also gone. I use this effect a lot; it makes no sense for them to remove it from Premiere. My current version is 24.6.1

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Lily34282570nhj5Correct answer

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Found a fix for this finally - go back to an old file where you used the Paint Bucket effect and save it as a preset. When you drag it onto a new element in a new file, it functions the same as before.

BobGale57

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I had a preset where Paint Bucket was used. Dragged it onto a file in the sequence. It did not work. I just got a new workstation and was able to update to the latest version of Premiere (26.2.2).

Paint Bucket was used in combination with the Basic 3D effect, creating a color border around a P-I-P type effect. Any thoughts on why the ‘correct answer’ did not work? FYI: A mask was not used/needed as part of the original effect that I created.

Thanks.

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Kevin-Monahan

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Sorry Bob,

That effects was removed a couple of versions ago. See Paul’s response here. Sorry for the frustration. I hope the community can help you with a workaround, like importing a preset from a previous project. That’s how most people are still using that effect. Let me know if that works for you.

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Kevin

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BobGale57

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Thanks Kevin.

Yeah, for some reason importing a preset from a previous project did not work as it was supposed to. The color border did not show up and there was no place to select or change the color of the border. Anyway...

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scotte57842618

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Two solutions:
1) If youve used Paint bucket before, you can copy it and paste it into a new layer. Im using 2025 and that worked BUT it kept turning off for random frames. I thought since its been removed, there must be a replacement. It would be good if there was a stroke action for layers with alpha backgrounds, but Ive not found one specifically to do that, but you can use ALPHA GLOW and just switch off FADE OUT and youve got a stroke again 🙂

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ZakiFulford

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I found a way to apply a stroke to masks by using the lighting effect and copying my mask to the effect see bellow. Its actually the mask expantion that creats the outline however you cant use keyframes on mask expantion.

hope this helps

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thefuk

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yeah its pretty annoying

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supersnek5

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I wish Premiere would bring the Paint Bucket effect back. I was so disappointed to see that it disappeared after I updated.

I mostly used it to add strokes, so I'd be happy if they added a Stroke effect to replace it.

Making a graphic as a backdrop is not an alternative for more unique shapes.

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Ann Bens

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For unique shapes you can use the Pentool and add a stroke.

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supersnek5

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That suggestion is more time-consuming and prone to user error than the old way

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Lily34282570nhj5Correct answer

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Found a fix for this finally - go back to an old file where you used the Paint Bucket effect and save it as a preset. When you drag it onto a new element in a new file, it functions the same as before.

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PaulMurphy

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You might find this video I made about cropping and adding strokes useful: https://youtu.be/3MOjxbnvT0s

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Thierry2665435118xiAuthor

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It's not really what I want actually, I'd like it to work like Photoshop's stroke effect, where I can just drag a PNG without a background and apply the effect to add a stroke around it. I don't want to deal with geometric shapes or have to manually create an outline around the PNG with the pen tool. Anyway, I think I'll just have to do it in Photoshop and then bring it into Premiere...

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PaulMurphy

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For PNGs, you can use Alpha Glow for a quick stroke effect. Alternatively, use Drop Shadow and apply it 4 times, each incremented at a 90-degree angle to create an outline.

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PaulMurphy

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The Paint Bucket effect was removed in version 24.6 of Premiere Pro. You can find more details about the changes here: Obsolete Effects and Transitions

If you can describe what you used the Paint Bucket effect for, we can suggest alternatives.

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DJM123

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I am looking for an alternative for Paint Bucket to create strokes around video and images

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Thierry2665435118xiAuthor

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me too, i use the paint bucket to add strokes

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kglad

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in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

<"moved from using the community bugs">

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carsonj57995956

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You can save the "Paint Bucket" as a present in a previous version of Premiere and then export that preset and re-import it into the updated version of premiere. I agree with the majority of you all, it is completely unecessary to create an additional graphic layer for a simple alpha stroke, any who says otherwise hasn't spent enough time in the chair recnetly.

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carsonj57995956

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"**as a preset" typo from above.

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