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Obarotimi
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January 29, 2023
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Premier Pro Auto reframe no longer working

  • January 29, 2023
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When Auto reframe came out, it would automatically reframe, say for a moving subject. Having not used it for a while, I went back to use it, and it no longer works this way. Once the subject is out of a 9:16 frame, Premier no longer auto reframes or tracks the subject. Video shot at 16:9. Any suggestions?

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    idk_3000
    Inspiring
    October 30, 2025

    Same issue. Analyze bar gets to about 90% and then never goes any further. Has there been any progress on this?

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    tashi.hope
    Participating Frequently
    August 6, 2024

    Won't analyse for me either, it's been a year - so sick of this sh1t

    bradend6289696
    bradend6289696
    Participant
    August 7, 2024

    Searched multiple articles with no success but found a solution on YouTube that worked for me. Sad that adobe support hasn't helped. 

    This worked for me
    1. go to the clip and right click. Make sure that "scale to frame size" is not checked. 

    2. in effect controls, delete the re-frame effect.

    3. re-add the "Auto Reframe" effect and it should hopefully work. 

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      Spencer5E9C
      Participating Frequently
      April 6, 2023

      +1 I started having this bug too. It completely misses the action and doesn't reframe things, even on very simple clips where the camera is locked and the subject isn't moving much.

      ryancgreen
      ryancgreen
      Participating Frequently
      March 22, 2023

      This has started happening to me as well. It used to work fine, not it writes a couple keyframes at the beginning and nothing else. I even upgraded my ram to 64gb, to see if that would help, but it doesn't.

       

        Stan Jones
        Community Expert
        Stan JonesCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 22, 2023

        ryan,

         

        I responded to your other post; I had not seen this thread with its reports of some users getting okay results.

         

        For any of you having problems, upvote this bug report:

        https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-bugs/auto-reframe-sequence-making-strange-decisions/idi-p/13468796#M447962

         

        The sample I used was 50 seconds. It takes it 20 seconds to center the talking head subject, then at 30 some, it drifts to the left, then back, then off again.

         

        I tested today, and the problem is still present in Beta 23.4.0.15.

         

        Stan

         

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          Christopher26946754qevt
          Participant
          February 13, 2023

          I'm running Premier Pro and auto reframe locks up at 45% complete during "analysis" and then I get a low memory warning. Something not working right. 

            Mohammad.Harb
            Community Expert
            Mohammad.HarbCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 2, 2023

            What is the frame rate of the original video and the sequnce ? 

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            ObarotimiAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            February 4, 2023

            for me 30fps and size 1920 x 1080

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            goncba
            Known Participant
            February 2, 2023

            Well I have a similar issue.
            From Premiere Pro 2023 it just won't work on vertical sequences.
            Every time I use it on a 9:16 sequence, not only is not centering the subject but is completely sending him out of the screen.
            I used Auto Reframe a lot on cc2022 and I never had any issue, but the one from cc2023 is driving me crazy.
            Is almos unusable and I prefer to manually center the person than use Auto Reframe.

            Is anyone could help me to solve this, I'll be so grateful.
            Thanks!

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            ObarotimiAuthor
            Participating Frequently
            February 4, 2023

            Exactly what happens to me. However, I tried a stock video, and it worked.

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              ObarotimiAuthor
              Participating Frequently
              February 4, 2023

              actually it's not consistent. Tried another stock video and it didn't work

               

                Matt Young14394008
                Matt Young14394008
                Legend
                January 30, 2023

                I just tested with a walking subject and auto reframing to 9:16 tracked with him perfectly.  Not sure why it's not working for you.  Have you tried different motion tracking settings in that drop-down menu?

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                ObarotimiAuthor
                Participating Frequently
                January 30, 2023

                Thanks for replying. Yes, I did. I always have done. Part of the problem is the Reframe Offset and Reframe scale don't change any more. They stay at 0.0 and 100%. I have to do it all manually and select overwrite generated path. In fact, there is no generated path - that is the problem.

                Matt Young14394008
                Matt Young14394008
                Legend
                January 30, 2023

                I think the reframe offset and reframe scale settings are supposed to be at those values after auto reframing.  Those parameters are for manual adjustments only.  

                I just tested again with a 16:9 shot that pans across a stationary person - so the person goes from being framed far right to far left.  Auto reframed to 9:16, and the person is in the frame the whole time, again moving from right to left as the camera pans.  And the Reframe offset and Reframe Scale are still at 0.0 and 100%.

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