P: Morph Cut causing Premiere Pro to crash every time. Help!

[Neco25032080tlzs]

I have been using the Morph Cut effect in my edits in Premiere Pro for years, with no real problems.

Since I installed Premiere Pro 2024 (24.1), every time I bring a morph cut to a sequence, the program crashes. I've tried multiple different ways, like creating a completely new sequence and pasting the shots there and then using morph cut, and nothing works.

I've decided to roll back to Premiere 2023 for now. I even tried using the latest Beta version, and it still crashes.

Does anyone have a solution?

[Laurie31362457mrjd]

The exact same thing happens to me. Have you found a fix?

Thanks!

[MaanviG]

hi Laurie,

Sorry for the issue, could you please share more details about your workflow, and what kind of media are you using for morph cut, along with any additional settings that will help us to investigate the crash, if possible share the steps to create this issue, or the sample project would be great.

Thanks,

Maanvig

[tola7000]

My workaround/hack:

Import your comp in After Effects... Render to media encoder to WHATEVER settings you like. Works like a charm.

[Kyle Kramb]

I've been using Beta and have not experienced issues rendering. Although batch exporting using Media Encoder has issues. Maybe that's a beta thing. 

And if I render and open in 24.4 ME crashes on export. I have over 100 sequences so hopefully this is resolved soon

[Thomas2292245005c8]

Hey everyone!

Quick update as of September 3, 2024:

I am now on Premiere Pro v 24.6.1. 

Morph Cut continues to crash Premiere.

[Kyle Kramb]

That sucks. I've been able to morph cut without issue since updating. Have you tried deleting your cache and resetting your prefs? Or starting a new project?

[MaanviG]

Hi @Thomas2292245005c8 ,

Could you please try to test this behavior by cleaning up the Cache on Premiere Pro, and please test in the latest beta build PrPro 25.0, share your feedback. If the issue persists, please let us know about it, we might need the sample project to reproduce this crash.

Thanks,

Maanvig

[chloeofthecookies]

Heyo! You might see this on all the morph cut threads so sorry for the spam, but I just wanna help spread this as far as I can cos I found a workaround. I may just be lucky with the types of projects that I'm working with, but if this helps stop one other editor from tearing their hair out, mission accomplished

So first up, I'm running a high end Mac on the latest update of Abobe Premiere. My projects are usually 2k or HD 60fps

60fps is what breaks my project when I apply a morph cut. However, if I take the two clips I want to into a 24fps project, add the morph cut (it doesn't break) and then take that BACK into the 60fps project, it works!

It's annoying cos you have to add clips into a new sequence just to use morph cut, but at least it works.

Things to note:

- Wait for the 'Analysing in background' to end. If you take it back to the 60fps and it starts to say analysing in background, sometimes that'll go away, other times you gotta take back into the 24fps and do it again 😕 Yeah, it sucks.

- Sometimes you'll have a morph cut that works, close and reopen a project, and the morph cut will say analysing in background again. As above, wait a bit, but if it's stuck, take it back to the 24fps and re-add it

Yes, this workaround is cumbersome. Yes, Adobe should fix their product. But they're not going to, so this is what we're left with :')

Also if you're having issues with morph cuts crashing on a 24fps/25fps project, I got nothing for ya friend, I'm sorry! 😞

Hope this helps!

[AgencyBlink]

Thanks for posting that!

My workaround is to copy the clips into a completely new/clean project, apply the morph cut, wait for it to analyze and then copy the clips back into the original project. That seems to work for me. Hope this helps.

[apiproductions]

You'll be happy to hear that it still does this in PP2025.

Good times!

[JustinFitch]

Morph Cut seems to work fine in the Beta version of Premiere. If I work on something that could do with some Morph Cuts, I'll leave them till the end of the edit and make a separate Beta project just to apply the Morph Cuts.

[R Neil Haugen]

Now that both the beta and shipping are the same major release, you can actually open a shipping project in the beta, close. and open in the shipping version. Make sure your typcial backup system is taken care of first, of course, but normally there's no problem when doing one thing in the beta.

[elaineh47132057]

(ugh, sorry) I haven't had to use it lately but when you need it, you need it!

[SessionOne]

In the new CC 2025, this problem occurred again. So I would say: Status: not resolved. 

Running PP '25 with a M1 Macbook Pro, keeps crashing when I add the Morph Dissolve.

[MaanviG]

Hi @SessionOne ,

Could you please share the sample project along with the media, we will try to investigate at our end and get back to you.

Thanks & Regards,

Maanvig

[Napoleon353178722199]

Same problem I have:

Version 25.0.0 - there a no issues, in later versions huge problems:

In later CC versions: Stucking issues: "Analyzing in background" - but no further processing,

in beta versions (25.1 and later): program crashes.

[gandalf the second]

I'm afraid to announce that the Morph Cut issue has not been resolved in Beta! I have to keep reminding myself to immediatly save before I try a Morph Cut! I have lost time consuming edits regardless of the auto save! I am giving up on this "feature" unless someone can demonstrate that it has been addressed and repaired. 

[gandalf the second]

Worse Still! PP crashes and when I open up the project again, it immediately crashes!! So I have to go back to a previous version. Morph cut...FIX IT or DITCH IT!!!

[vishals2588]

I gave up on this feature a couple of years back. And I've been seeing people constantly complaining about it with it being resolved. 

[vishals2588]

Without* being resolved

[Kyle Kramb]

I had issues last year but it's working now without issue - maybe try the delete preferences trick.

[MaanviG]

@gandalf the second ,

Sorry for the inconvenience, could you please share the steps to reproduce this issue along with the Machine configuration? If possible, please share the sample project where you can reproduce this crash, will investigate and get back to you.

Thanks,

Maanvig

[Thomas2292245005c8]

Back again!

I upgraded my laptop to the new apple silicon line. Apple M4 Max with 48 gb of ram.

Just added a morph cut to a motion graphics template and it insta-crashed! I had no issue using one earlier on some video clips, but the second I put one on a motion graphic, I never had a chance.

[MaanviG]

Hi @Thomas2292245005c8 ,

We usually don't apply the morphcut on MOGRT, even not a valid scenario. For more help, please refer to this link-https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/morph-cut.html.

Regards,

Maanvig

[Kcaudill]

@MaanviG, it probably shouldn't cause a Premiere crash though, even if it's not a valid scinereo. I'd rather get an alert dialog or something indicating I can't do this. If I'm quickly working through an edit and accidently drop a morph cut somewhere it shouldn't go, the software shouldn't immediately crash. That's just bad design and testing.