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July 21, 2021
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Change to Color Effect Has Been Removed - Please bring it back.

  • July 21, 2021
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Can anyone help me? I just recently turn off my computer for a night's rest then the next day this pops up. My premiere cant seem to find the change to color filter and I dont know how to get it back. pls help need this asap, big thanks.

 

 

I altered lot using this filter!!! Pls help me need this asap!! Big thanks!!!

 

Mod note: Title changed slightly.

    18 replies

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Legend
    June 10, 2025

    Most of us totally sympathize, as peer users. A lot of us "lost" effects we used, if different than your preferences.  But then, we all do work differntly anyway.

     

    As a survivor as a business owner of many years, I had to make a lot of decisions I did not like making. But were required to keep the business moving forward, if not to keep it solvent.

     

    So I learned to understand such decisions. And their necessity. Even when I don't like them.

     

    (I'm still ticked about SpeedGrade being EOL'd ... personally ... ha!)

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
    cs188creations
    cs188creations
    Participating Frequently
    June 10, 2025

    Also disappointed about this bring removed... used it all the time for quick and dirty color changes. Wish they had gotten rid of Color Replace and kept Change To Color because it was farrrr more advanced in its capabilities. Heck, I always thought Color Replace *was* the older plugin, based on how terrible it is! Color Replace is awful at handling gradients. I suppose Lumetri Color has the capabilities to get it done, but it feels like much more work to achieve the same result.

      MyerPj
      Community Expert
      MyerPjCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      December 10, 2024

      dci..man, you didn't read the announcement carefully, or at all. I'm thinking it was the 2nd paragraph, maybe the 3rd. Read it and see how you are wrong, then post here to clear up the info.

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      Adam21903416lp1l
      Participating Frequently
      December 10, 2024

      What does that even mean? where do i find a way to change to color since premiere stupidly removed it?

      dcijazzman
      dcijazzman
      Participating Frequently
      December 10, 2024
      Adam21903416lp1l - Apparently because Adobe thinks not enough people use
      Change To Color, they were willing to throw the users who find it useful
      under the bus. Worse still is that the many existing projects that use this
      effect have to be edited to make up for the gap. Adobe seems to want us to
      use Lumetri for just about everything having to do with color. Personally,
      I find it cumbersome for achieving the same end that Change To Color and
      Change Color achieved in a very simple and elegant way. I know many people
      prefer Lumetri for this particular effect, but it's such a shame that those
      who prefer the standalone effect got screwed, and have to update *every
      single instance of it* in existing projects.


      Adobe: At the very least, please return these two effects to the obsolete
      folder (whether everyone in the Adobe-sphere thinks it's a good effect or
      not), just so we don't have to update every single instance of them in
      existing projects. Thank you!
        R Neil Haugen
        R Neil Haugen
        Legend
        November 18, 2024

        Replace Color effect is still there.

         

        Although I have extensive experience in color correction and managment, I'm puzzled at using Change Color for general color correction purposes. Start a new thread on color correction/management for your needs, I'll pop in.

        Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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          masonminogue
          Participant
          November 18, 2024

          Hello, Good Afternoon to all the lovely people on thios Adobe community forum. It appears that Adobe has removed the 'Change To Color' effect in video editing under the colcor correction tab. Does anybody know how to chang to color in 2024? I do NOT know how elese to edit the color without it. 

           

          Respecftully, Mason Minogue.

          MyerPj
          Community Expert
          MyerPjCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          November 2, 2024

          Jarle Leirpoll has a preset (and an idea) to save some processing power in his free presets pack available here:

          https://premierepro.net/jarles-premiere-pro-presets-version-4/

          This will lighten up Lumetri instances

           

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            November 2, 2024

            Staffers have given rather detailed responses several times.

             

            Besides being ancient code, when mixed in process order with GPU Accelerated effects, at times the entire stack of effects get dropped from GPU processes.

             

            Plus, as I've noted, numerous pro colorists did extensive testing of them, and did not find the math used correct in some circumstances. And therefore advised any professional user to avoid them like the plague.

             

            I've never been a huge fan of the Lumetri panel. I made myself rather persona non grata with some supervisors, back when they killed SpeedGrade. For my several lengthy, detailed posts,  pointing out the massive limitations being imposed on us.

             

            That's said, I can push Lumetri to do things many of my colorist acquaintances didn't think it could do. Partly due to having a full Tangent Elements control panel. Which allows you to work multiple controls against each other simultaneously, and that allows for more targeted corrections than seem possible with mouse usage.

             

            I agree with some of your suggestions. Personally I've pushed for each specific tab/section of Lumetri to be selectable in whatever order we would like.

             

            And for us to be able to select say HSL, then Wheels, then Basic, and another HSL if we wish.

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            November 2, 2024

            Reality is a hard thing. Sorry, I know they were useful for you. I lost a couple I really liked also.

             

            But that "valuable" tool was used by under 1% of the user base. NOT valuable to the vast majority of users. Bad math and ancient code.

             

            You would be better off to give ideas for specific changes you need in the current effects to meet your needs. They aren't going to put time into something almost never used.

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
            dcijazzman
            dcijazzman
            Participating Frequently
            November 2, 2024
            Thank you. What was the reason for discontinuing these effects? Why would
            Adobe go to the trouble of even taking that step? Did the effects create a
            problem for the app's functionality?

            Also, does Adobe think 1% of their PP users should have their needs unmet
            (particularly when editing older projects that used these effects)?

            To answer your call for specific ideas to improve current effects:

            1) I have always found Lumetri has too many effects bundled into one large
            effect. Simply accessing some of Lumetri's effects takes time. Some of
            these effects should be made into simple, single offshoots. Saturation and
            Change Color for example. When a user only needs one of these effects, it
            seems like it would be easier on the app's functionality to run the single
            effect, rather than the full bundle. And it would certainly be easier for a
            user like me to use the single effect, if only because I can access the
            settings with much less time (no unnecessary scrolling and opening of
            drop-down options required).

            2A) Please bring back "Change Color" and "Change To Color" as single-use
            effects. Update the math and make it GPU-accelerated if necessary, but
            please offer the same exact settings/tools that were in the original
            versions.

            2B) Most importantly, make these new versions of "Change Color" and "Color
            To Color" seamlessly open and function when opening older projects that
            used these effects. For people like me who used these effects often, it
            will save much time and heartache, and I will be left with the impression
            that Adobe cares about all its users, even the lowly 1%.

            Thank you
              dcijazzman
              dcijazzman
              Participating Frequently
              November 2, 2024

              Color Replace is missing key tools that were present in Change Color and Change To Color. So, though it has some use, it fails when dealing with gradients and shadows of a color. Also, with old projects, users have to redo every instance of their use of Change Color or Change To Color. Adobe should have kept these two valuable effects. They can correct this error by returning them as soon as possible in an update.

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