Adjustment layer scales up to match seq resolution unpredictably

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July 30, 2025
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Hi, I have noticed that PPRO unpredictably scales/crops to fit to sequence's resolution dragged adjustment layer

so adjustment layer of 1920x1080 dragged into 640x320 or 1280/720 seq becomes 640x320 or 1280/720 accordinly, scaling from lower than 100% shows that the layer gets cropped

while for 4k footage it doesn't upscale

I am building script that has to set adj layer scale in accordance with the seq's resolution, but cannot get to understand how to ensure the scale is correct as there is no way to extract real clip's box

Correct answer Ann Bens

Adjustment layers are not supposed to be scaled.

If your sequence is 1920x 1080 so will your AL made from that sequence be.

To avoid surprises, the AL should be the same as the sequence and not drop an AL with a different resolution in that sequence.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Ann is correct. Adjustment Layers are not like media clips. They are a specific tool for certain applications. And do not work correctly when scaled.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Ann BensCorrect answer

Community Expert

Adjustment layers are not supposed to be scaled.

If your sequence is 1920x 1080 so will your AL made from that sequence be.

To avoid surprises, the AL should be the same as the sequence and not drop an AL with a different resolution in that sequence.

Hey EvgeniiAuthor

Inspiring

Imho user overall shouldn't be bothered creating different adjustment layers for different sequence resolutions - it is worse from the UX point. User should be able to reuse AL project item within many sequences. And apparently there is a feature that suppose to fit the AL within any sequence, but it doesn't work as it should - sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. So to me it is just a bug

I have been developing adobe automation tools for many years, and I got used to always search for the workarounds, this is unfortuntanly the reality of every dev in this field. I am just trying to understand if there is any reliable way to see the real size of the clip once it is imported?

Another workaround that comes to my mind, just use super large AL and it will probably fit corretly with all sequences. But again, I cannot realy rely on this. So that's why I am asking

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

It would be handy if we could just create an AL that could scale, but I've had several interactions at NAB with devs who all say the way the things are designed, for specific reasons, it cannot work.

So maybe a different type of AL structure/effect could be created that could scale ... is possible. With I'm sure limitations of what it could do. But they'd have to make the thing of course.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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