"Snap in program monitor" design flawed

Hi szymon — this is expected behaviour, and it’s narrower than Illustrator’s Smart Guides: in Premiere, Snap in Program Monitor only snaps objects (titles, graphics, clips) to guides — not to other objects, videos or halfway points. Adobe’s help says an object snaps when you drag it within 2 pixels of a guide.

So it’s guides first, snap second:

1. If the rulers aren’t visible, select the Program Monitor, then View > Show Rulers. Then View > Add Guide (or drag one out of a ruler). In the Add Guide dialog you can type the exact position — handy for a halfway point, no calculator needed.
2. 2. Turn snapping on with View > Snap in Program Monitor, and turn it off there again when you want to move things freely.
3. 3. To delete one guide, drag it out of the Program Monitor; to remove them all, View > Clear Guides. You can lock them with View > Lock Guides. Note guides are persistent across projects and sessions, so an old guide can still pull objects toward it.

One difference from Illustrator to keep in mind: guides themselves don’t snap to anything — you place them by dragging or by typing a position.

Help pages:Snap objects to guides in Program Monitor: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/get-started/source-and-program-monitor-adjustments/snap-objects-to-guides.htmlAdd or remove guides in Program Monitor: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/get-started/source-and-program-monitor-adjustments/add-or-remove-guides.html