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Thierry2665435118xi
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September 5, 2024
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Paint Bucket effect disappeared from my Premiere

  • September 5, 2024
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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

    최고의 답변: Lily34282570nhj5

    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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    scotte57842618
    scotte57842618
    Known Participant
    February 5, 2025

    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
    Participant
    February 3, 2025

    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
    Participant
    November 12, 2024

    yeah its pretty annoying

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    supersnek5
    Participating Frequently
    October 17, 2024

    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.

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 17, 2024

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

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      supersnek5
      Participating Frequently
      November 5, 2024

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

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      Lily34282570nhj5답변
      Participant
      October 14, 2024

      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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        PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        September 9, 2024

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

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          Thierry2665435118xi작성자
          Participant
          September 9, 2024

          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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          PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          September 9, 2024

          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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            PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            September 5, 2024

            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
              Participant
              September 5, 2024

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

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                Thierry2665435118xi작성자
                Participant
                September 6, 2024

                me too, i use the paint bucket to add strokes

                  kglad
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                  kgladCommunity Expert
                  Community Expert
                  September 5, 2024

                  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.



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                    carsonj57995956
                    Participant
                    September 23, 2024

                    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
                      Participant
                      September 23, 2024

                      "**as a preset" typo from above. 

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