Paint Bucket effect disappeared from my Premiere

[Thierry2665435118xi]

The Paint Bucket effect disappeared from my Premiere; it’s not where it should be, and with its disappearance, all my presets that used the Paint Bucket are also gone. I use this effect a lot; it makes no sense for them to remove it from Premiere. My current version is 24.6.1

[Thierry2665435118xi]

It's not really what I want actually, I'd like it to work like Photoshop's stroke effect, where I can just drag a PNG without a background and apply the effect to add a stroke around it. I don't want to deal with geometric shapes or have to manually create an outline around the PNG with the pen tool. Anyway, I think I'll just have to do it in Photoshop and then bring it into Premiere... 

[PaulMurphy · Accepted solution]

For PNGs, you can use Alpha Glow for a quick stroke effect. Alternatively, use Drop Shadow and apply it 4 times, each incremented at a 90-degree angle to create an outline.

[Zeeshan24750937qwor]

Thank you, the drop shadow worked great. I just saved it as a preset.

[Naama_Klein2622]

Hi, I didn't quite understand how you do this. Could you explain it to me again or alternatively send me a preview as a file?

[Lily34282570nhj5 · Accepted solution]

Found a fix for this finally - go back to an old file where you used the Paint Bucket effect and save it as a preset. When you drag it onto a new element in a new file, it functions the same as before.

[supersnek5]

I wish Premiere would bring the Paint Bucket effect back. I was so disappointed to see that it disappeared after I updated. 

I mostly used it to add strokes, so I'd be happy if they added a Stroke effect to replace it.

Making a graphic as a backdrop is not an alternative for more unique shapes.

[Ann Bens]

For unique shapes you can use the Pentool and add a stroke.

[supersnek5]

That suggestion is more time-consuming and prone to user error than the old way

[Ann Bens]

Better something than nothing.

[thefuk]

yeah its pretty annoying

[ZakiFulford]

I found a way to apply a stroke to masks by using the lighting effect and copying my mask to the effect see bellow. Its actually the mask expantion that creats the outline however you cant use keyframes on mask expantion.

hope this helps

[scotte57842618]

Two solutions:
1) If youve used Paint bucket before, you can copy it and paste it into a new layer. Im using 2025 and that worked BUT it kept turning off for random frames. I thought since its been removed, there must be a replacement. It would be good if there was a stroke action for layers with alpha backgrounds, but Ive not found one specifically to do that, but you can use ALPHA GLOW and just switch off FADE OUT and youve got a stroke again 🙂