Now in Beta: Properties panel for Premiere Pro

[Abhi Singh Principal PM]

Now you can easily access frequently needed controls in Premiere Pro using the new Properties panel. As you select clips in the timeline, the most relevant controls and quick actions will automatically display in the Properties panel.

Need to change the scale of multiple video clips and graphics? Or change the volume of multiple audio clips? You can now select multiple clips in the timeline and change properties on all of them at once.

Need access to more advanced controls? The Properties panel will guide you to the additional panels that you need.

How do you enable the Properties panel in Premiere Pro?

To access the Properties panel, select the Window menu in Premiere Pro and then choose Properties:

Go to Window>Properties to enable Properties panel

You can add the Properties panel to your existing workspace by docking it wherever you like. The Properties panel is now automatically docked in all default workspaces and will be visible when you Reset to Saved Layout.  

What has changed?

• Controls for editing Graphics and Captions have moved completely to the Properties panel.  
• You can access your Motion Graphics Templates from the Graphics Templates panel.
• Properties Window for source clips has been renamed to Media File Properties.

Which controls are available via the Properties panel?

The following controls are available via the Properties panel based on the type of clip that you have selected in the timeline:

• Video
  • Transform
  • Position
  • Scale
  • Anchor Point
  • Rotation
  • Opacity
• Audio
  • Volume
  • Pan
• Graphics:
  • All Graphics Controls

• Captions
  • All Captions Controls
• Speed Quick Action
• Fill Frame and Fit to Frame

How do I change multiple clips at once using the Properties panel?

If you select clips that have the same property value (for instance, if the scale of two graphics is 100%) then you will see the value of the property in the Properties panel and can modify the property for the multiple clips that you have selected.

If the properties for multiple clips are different (for instance, the scale of one graphic is 90% and the scale of the other graphic is 100%), you will see ‘–’ in the input field. Entering a number will change the absolute value for all selected clips. Dragging the number control will change the values relative to the amount that you entered. If you increase the values, you will see a plus (+) in front of the number while dragging and if you decrease the values, you will see a minus (-) in front of the values while dragging.

What is coming soon?

We plan to continue adding features while the Properties panel is in beta. The following are coming soon:

• Crop
• Direct Manipulation Controls for Crop and Transform in the Program Monitor
• Mute

We want to hear from you about what you would like to see added. Please try it and give us feedback!

Abhi Singh

Principal Product Manager, Adobe Premiere Pro

[Arin36889358f8ws]

How in the world did yo think this would be an improvement? Instead of having a wonderful graphics panel on the side you could do all your editing from, you now have this little, completely non-functional properties pop up. I am trying to edit text on a graphic and it won't allow me to do that. What about this is supposed to be good? It is certainly good at making us scream and yell at Adobe as it totally screws up our workflow. 

[MyerPj]

Arin, how about a screen shot. The properties panel can be as big as the essential graphics panel was, and in the same place. Its hardly and difference?

[Stan Jones]

@Arin36889358f8ws,

"Pop up" and "little, nonfunctional" makes me think you are talking about the Media File Properties pop-up, not the Properties Panel. The panel opens from Windows -> Properties, although it usually opens automatically when you select various items.

See screenshots below.

Stan

Media File Properties

 Properties Panel:

 

[Arin36889358f8ws]

Here is what I get from the ridiculous properties panel. It is not what your screenshot is showing. It's absolutely worthless and I'm tearing my hair out and hating Adobe.

[Stan Jones]

@Arin36889358f8ws,

That's what you see in the Properties panel if there is no layer selected. In my screenshot I have 2 text layers and 1 shape layer. Text layer 2 is selected.

Your screenshot shows only a Lumetri effect in a graphics object, and that Lumetri effect has no properties even if it is selected. The only way I can get a Lumetri effect alone in a Graphics object is:

create a graphics object in the timeline (e.g. with the Rectangle tool), which shows a Graphics object in the Properties panel with a Shape layer;

add a Lumetri effect, (now properties shows the Shape layer and the Lumetri effect layer; and

delete the Shape layer.

The Lumetri layer does show in Effect Controls, as it should.

Stan

[_nicdean]

Hi Abhi,

Properties panel is a great addition and I like editing multiple clips properties. I have a feature request to edit multiple identical MOGRTs from the Properties panel. We currently have to edit one by one. Here's the FR post: https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-beta-discussions/properties-panel-gt-multiple-clips-sele...

[CourtneyNewman]

this is no good at all !!! The effects panel used to have everythin in it nad was simple to use especially with the keyframesnowyou have to navigate between properties and effects to do any kind of keyframe animation ... etc... and the properties panel is so crowded and busy to look at.. basically it sucks.. is there any way to switch back ???

[Stan Jones]

@CourtneyNewman,

What version are you looking at? What is different in the Effect Controls panel?

Stan