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Simple dotted line in Premiere Pro.

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
August 8, 2025
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How do I create a simple dotted line in Premiere Pro? I'm able to draw a solid line with the pen tool, but how do I make it dotted? This must be easy and I'm missing it. Thank you!

Correct answer Kevin-Monahan

Hi Eva,

Thanks for the question. There is no native way I know of to create the effect other than creating it in Photoshop and importing it. There is a workaround you can use, as well, using the Venetian Blinds effect. Can you check that out? https://adobe.ly/4lDvwkp

I hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kevin

Ann Bens

Community Expert

You can draw a straight dotted line with the clone effect.

I do not see a way to make it curved

AndrewTheGreat

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Same question, now that Obsolete Venetian blinds is gone

JonesVid

Community Expert

I've actually wanted to draw dotted lines over route maps in Premiere and the removal of Venetian Blinds effect has prevented this. Its now under Wipe subcategory which is a different mechanism.

Write on Effect also disappeared.

Yes, you can draw a Dotted Line in After Effects but it is a 'long way around' of doing it. I just tried it out.

Not having the ability to draw a simple dotted line and doing some basic animation in Premiere Pro itself is a shortcoming.

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eva_2500Author

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Agreed, simple basic animation things like this are missing and I don't want to go back and forth between Premiere and After Effects with my project just to make these small edits like adding arrows and dotted lines. Very inefficient and easy to lose track of versions. I hope the Adobe team can take this feedback into account for future updates. Thanks!

Kevin-Monahan

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Hi Eva,

Thanks for the question. There is no native way I know of to create the effect other than creating it in Photoshop and importing it. There is a workaround you can use, as well, using the Venetian Blinds effect. Can you check that out? https://adobe.ly/4lDvwkp

I hope that helps.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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eva_2500Author

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Hi Kevin, Thanks for the response.

For the Venetian Blind effect, all I see is the Venetian Blind wipe and not the transition effect of the same name that was once under the Obsolete effects. Is there a verfied place where I can download that Obselete effect?

I also ran into this tutorial, but it also uses the obselete Venetian Blind transition effect.

youtube.com/watch?v=_GIhBFeqQco

Thank you!

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eva_2500Author

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Sorry it added a bunch of junk at the end of my post and I can't delete it.

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