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June 19, 2026
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Transitions - Notable Crossfade - Very Bad

  • June 19, 2026
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Using Premiere Pro 2026 on a 2024 Mac Book Pro, Apple M4 Max, 126 GB Memory. I am getting super frustrated by the abysmal render quality of Premiere image cross fades. I am not using linear and maximum render quality & depth. Still not smooth. Years ago, it seemed to look better!! Is it too much to ask from a video editing program, that costs almost $60 for the Adobe Suite per month, to get something as simple as a video transition right??? Adobe is selling out for money, no longer interested in independent creators. During this last project, I have started to learn DaVinci. WHY DO CROSSFADES in Premiere LOOK LIKE 2 MIGRAINES STEPPING THROUGH ?! 

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    MiffyAgScience
    MiffyAgScience
    June 19, 2026

    Try reducing your preview resolution (the playback quality). This doesn’t reduce the quality of the export video but might help your computer process the playback of the video better. If you can provice some screenshots of your set up that might also help. 

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    PaulMurphyCommunity Expert
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    June 19, 2026

    This is difficult to diagnose without more detail.
     

    What clips are you dissolving from and to? What resolution and frame rate are your media and sequence set to?


    When you say the render quality is not smooth, do you mean you're seeing dropped frames during playback? If so, does the export also drop frames? This will help determine whether the issue is related to playback or to rendering.

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