As @R Neil Haugen suggested, I'd use Creative Cloud Desktop to roll back to Premiere Pro 25.2.  You'll be able  to open your 25.3 project in 25.2.3 to continue from where you left off. Or, before using Render and Replace, duplicate the audio to another Audio Track prior to doing Render and Replace.  Then disable the replaced audio and link the original audio via Clip > Link. ... View more

Hi @luis_0981: Unfortunately, that model Mac is no longer an option for running Premiere Pro. You'll want to upgrade to at least a 2019 27-inch iMac, but since those are soon to become legacy Macs as well I would upgrade your hardware to something Apple Silicon based.  Premiere Pro 24.x and 25.x run really well on the M1, M2, and M3 based Macs, so it doesn't have to be a brand new M4 Mac.  Your least expensive option is going to be a Mac mini with at least 16GB of RAM.  I'd also opt for the 1TB Flash storage option or more for the Macintosh HD. Your external drive should move right over, but it likely needs an adapter since your iMac has Thunderbolt2 and USB2 and newer Macs have Thunderbolt3,/4/5 / USB-C type ports.   If you do go with a new Apple Silicon based Mac, Migration Assistant is fine for documents only.  Do not use it to migrate applications.  If you upgrade to an Intel-based Mac, full Migration Assistant should get you up and running a little more quickly. ... View more

Hi @JoostvdVen: The first thing that comes to mind is that there is an issue with the network endpoints that must be allowed to access Adobe Stock.  You can find more information here:  https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/network-endpoints.html The times I've had to refer to that, I've always just forwarded that link to the IT department. You should still be able to to visit https://stock.adobe.com/ and browse and license free audio tracks for your projects, but of course you lose the great feature of being able to audition music tracks before adding them to your projects. ... View more

Hi, @emma_5063: Which Mac do you have?  Depending on the model, yes, you may have to get a newer Mac. ... View more

@CS6 user!  Sorry that you've run into this issue. You may need to keep your older Win7 workstation around for running CS6. I keep my 2013 Mac Pro around for the few times I need to open old projects. Even if you could get CS6 installed under Windows 11, I'm not sure how well it would run beyond Windows 8.  Same goes for macOS.  I'd expect CS6 to run well from 10.9.5 to 10.12, but not anything older or newer. ... View more

Try deactivation in Photoshop via the Help pulldown menu. Also, back when CS6 was new, we used Adobe Application Manager instead of Creative Cloud Desktop. ... View more

Hi @benjaminf80448985: For what you intend to do on the After Effects side, I would take one of two approaches: - In Illustrator, use File > Export > Export As....  Set the Format pop-up menu to Photoshop, enable Use Artboards.  In the Photoshop Export Options dialog box, set the Color Mode to RGB, the Resolution to Screen (72 ppi), choose Write Layers with Preserve Text Editability and Maximum Editability enabled, Anti-aliasing set to Art Optimized, and embed ICC Profile enabled.  Import the resulting layered PSD file as a Composition into After Effects, select the Text Layers and choose Layer > Create > Convert to Editable Text to turn the Photoshop text layers into After Effects text layers. - Open your Illustrator file in Adobe XD.  Select the XD Artboard and then choose File > Export > After Effects.   You also have the option of importing an Illustrator file as a Composition, but the Illustrator text objects cannot be converted to After Effects text layers.  Anything you want to animate on the After Effects side needs to be on it's own Layer in Illustator.  If you're working with multiple Artboards that are tiled (that is, they do not overlap inside of a larger Artboard), then you need to use the "Save each artboard to separate files" option before importing it into After Effects. ... View more

Hi, @Del_Eee:   Over the past decade or two, I have purchased third-party plugins for After Effects from Toolfarm.     They are a great resource for plugins, tutorials, and news.   Video Copilot Element 3D happens to be on sale for 25% as part of their summer sale that ends today, June 20th.     ... View more

Expand Shape Layer 1 and make sure that the visibility for Fill 1 is enabled. Pictured: Shape Layer 1 with visibility for Fill 1 enabled. ... View more

Try creating a temporary macOS user account for troubleshooting.   I would also run Apple hardware diagnostics.   Based on where you are at with troubleshooting, I would take the time to install macOS (Monterey 13, Sonoma 14, or Sequoia 15) on an external boot drive (a 128GB USB-C thumb drive will work) and only Creative Cloud Desktop and After Effects to see if that works as expected.. ... View more

For the past several decades, After Effects plays a key role in the design and creation of opening title sequences and show opens. From an effects standpoint, Everything Everywhere All at Once comes to mind right away.         ... View more

I'm able to confirm that Edit Original in After Effects 25.x is not opening the embedded After Effects project file as expected.   If 24.x is also installed, it will launch instead of 25.x and present an error message that the project was created in a newer version.     If only 25.x is installed, the following error message will appear: This issue does not appear to affect the Windows version of 25.x.   If the source footage is a PSD, AI, or PNG, then Edit Original works as expected. The only work around that I have found is to use File > Save As to roll 25.x projects back to 24.x and continue to work in 24.x.  Also, for the time being, start new projects in 24.x as well.   ... View more

I'm getting pretty fantastic performance on a 16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB/4TB, macOS Sequia 15.3.1, Premiere Pro 25.2.3, After Effects 25.2.2, and Media Encoder 25.2.0.   i've held off on the 25.3 updates because there may be an issue with Edit Original not opening as expected.  ... View more

Try transcoding the MP4 to ProRes 422 LT QuickTime outside of After Effects and then use File > Replace Footage to swap it out.   I usually use Shutter Encoder (donationware, but you can set the recommended donation to $0).     ... View more

Edit:  I've noticed that we have to use command/control minus to zoom out just a little bit so that the last frame isn't hidden under the right side fo the Effect Controls panel.  I think this is just in 25.3.0, but hopefully some other users still using 25.0, 25.1, or 25.2 can chime in.   End in the Effect Controls goes to the first frame of the next edit.     Use Shift O (go to Out) to go to the Out of the current clip in the Effect Controls panel. It's definately a little confusing. ... View more

Blackmagic Design and AJA Video are probably the best known for video I/O for Premiere Pro.   Here's a list of the Blackmagic Design Decklink cards that have SDI: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/models Here's the Blackmagic Design software support information: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/decklink/software   Here's the AJA Video Kona card that has SDI: https://www.aja.com/products/kona-1   Here's the AJA Video software compatibility chart: https://www.aja.com/compatibility/kona   ... View more

What project settings and Comp settings are you working at?  I would expect your hardware to handle 1080p24 or 1080p30 at 8-bpc really well with it slowing down a bit for either 2160p or 16-bpc. It would help to have the exact error message.   With some error messages, we can copy and paste the text in the message.  Or a screenshot will help. Taking a guess, you probably need to free up drive space for the Media Disk Cache.  With a 2TB C drive, the default amount should be around 200GB, but if you're also using that storage media as your boot drive and scratch disk and for applications and documents, it can fill up fast.   It will probably help to review tis as well: After Effects User Guide > Memory, Storage, and Performance > Memory and Storage. ... View more

@defaulttpks2s2fjmdr  Nudge should be working as expected after doing a paste, assuming you're using command/control + left arrow or command/control + right arrow. Here's a screen shot of what you should be seeing for Nudge under Premiere Pro Timeline actions for reference. Pictured: Premiere Pro 25.x Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box showing Nudge commands. You shouldn't have to do this, but with the prior 24.4 bug, nudge worked as expected after deselecting and reselecting the clip.   ... View more

That should not matter.  I usually stay back at least one major OS release on my work computers.  My laptop that's running Sequoia right now is my personal one and came with it pre-installed.  If you're running Monterey (12) or Ventura (13), it's possible to update to Sonoma (14), but it needs to be done by using a link from the Apple Support web site rather than the System Settings which is going to update to Sequoia (15) and later this summer Tahoe (17, but renumbered to 26).  The links to get an older version of macOS to show up in the Mac App Store are on this Apple Support page.   Run Time Machine before upgrading your macOS.   After upgrading macOS, leave your Time Machine drive disconnected for a few days while you make sure everything is working as expected.  If anything that prevents you from working as expected happens, do a clean install of the prior macOS and then restore from Time Machine.  If your Time Machine drives is fast SSD storage, the down time to do a restore is minimal.  If it looks like your apps are running as expected after the update to macOS, plug the Time Machine drive back in, allow it backup as usual, and continue working. When when installing 24, be sure to disable "remove old versions".  This will leave 23 and install 24 along side it.  When you open your version 23, Premiere Pro will prompt you to save it as a version 24 project with "_1" appended to the project file name.  I usually  change the "_1" to "_pr24".  Whatever you don't, don't save over the 23 project file with a 24 project file of the same file name. If you take the approach of installing the new versions of Premiere Pro along side the prior versions, you'll eventually have versions 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and so forth installed.  Be sure to uninstall the older versions as you go (the uninstaller is located in the same folder as the application).  When uninstalling, you'll be promted to leave settings or remove them.  I'd leave the settings in case you ever need to reinstall the prior version.  It can make it easier to do the reinstall in the first place and gets you as close as possible to where you were when you ran the prior version without adjusting any additional settings or preferences. ... View more

Issues may come up now and again with any software.. Here are the known issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/known-issues.html Here are the fixed issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/kb/fixed-issues.html The minimum version of macOS required is macOS 12 Monteray. You can have 23.x, 24.x, 25.x and the public beta all installed at the same time. It's important to note that the current release (25.x) and the prior major release (24.x) are what's officially supported.  Having 23.x or 22.x installed requires having had it from when they were the current releases and have not uninstalled them.  So, if doing a clean install, you'll only be able to choose from 25.x and 24.x. I have pretty tight deadlines (same day or next day), so I do most of my work in the prior release 24.x; however, I keep the release version before that installed 23.x in case an older project doesn't open as expected or something unexpected happens and the current version 25.x to be ready to move up to it when the next major release drops. Pictured: Versions of Premiere Pro currently installed, with 24.6.5 used most often. My main work machine  (2019 Intel Mac Pro) is running macOS macOS Ventura 13, my slightly older laptop (16-inch MacBook Pro M1 Max) is running macOS Sonoma, and my newest laptop (16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max) is running macOS Sequoia. Pictured: Premiere Pro 23.x, 24.x, and 25.x installed under macOS Sonoma 14   Here are some screen shots of a tutorial project open on the same 16--inch MacBook Pro M1 Max. Pictured: Preview Your Clips learn project open in Premiere Pro 23.x Pictured: Preview Your Clips learn project open in Premiere Pro 24.x Pictured: Preview Your Clips learn project open in Premiere Pro 25.x It may be worth mentioning that if you're running Photoshop 2025 (version 26.7) under macOS Ventura 13, you'll get a message recommending that you upgrade to macOS Sonoma 14 to take full advantage of new features. ... View more

Premiere has After Effects' face tracking.   It's not entirely useless.     ... View more

Yes. ... View more

Masking and tracking is definitely an After Effects side task rather than Premiere Pro.   While issues come up now and again and I have a pretty long wish list, I get pretty good performance out of After Effects and Premiere Pro and Photoshop and Illustrator and InDesign.     ... View more

Have you had a chance to work in the Premiere Pro Timeline? You would assemble all 40 to 50 clips in a Timline and then play that as the live event happens.  It wouldn't be too different from a client attended edit session - except for it being presented to a live audience. The Timeline would have the clips groups for each song.  You'd also want to place a slug (Black Video) that's about three second long at the head of each group or before any clip that shouldn't be showing right away.  It might also be helpful if each clip faded up from black and out to black or to whatever imagery you want to be shown when a song isn't being played.   For songs that end early, you could also add edit points to jump to right before the fade to black. Unfortunately, there are no hotkeys to press to trigger playback, but Timeline markers could help. You'd use down arrow to queue up a clip and the Spacebar to play it.  You could also use X to mark a clip and option/alt K to loop that playback.  While it's looking, you can press ption/alt X to clear the In to Out (it'll still loop the marked clip) and then press down arrow to jump to the next clip immediately followed by Spacebar to continue playback. ... View more

To paint more brush strokes with Rotobrush after it's been frozen, disable Freeze.   You'll know it's disabled (unfrozen) because the Freeze button will not show as blue.  Also, you'll be able to paint brush strokes. Pictured: After Effects 24.x with Rotobrush Freeze enabled.   Regarding propogation of the Rotobrush, it can be helpful to work with shorter clips.  If working with a long clip but only using a shorter segment of it. try exporting a shorter segment as its own clip and re-importing that.  Or, trim it inside of a nested Comp.  Nested Comps make working with the Rotobrush a little trickier as you'll need to open the nested Comp in the Layer Panel.  Hold alt/option while double-clicking the nested Comp in the containing Comp Timeline to do this. As far as your screenshot goes, it looks like you may be using the Layer with Rotobrush applied as an inverted matte target for another layer.  Unfortunately, it's not so easy to tell from your screenshot.  Check the Track Matte pop-up menu for the Layer with Rotobrush to see if it's set to "No Matte" and for other Layers to to make sure that the Layer with Rotobrush is not a Track Matte Target.  Another possibility (but less likely) is that the background was painted with the Rotobursh.    As layering starts to get complex, I find it helpful to use the Solo switch to temporarily view specific Layers and isolate what is or is not visible. ... View more

For YouTube and social media, you want to be using sRGB IEC61966-2.1 under File > Project Settings > Color. On the Premiere Pro side, make sure that the Viewer Gamma is set to 2.2 Web.  If needed, override Source Clip Media Color Space to sRGB. A low-key picture quality check is to upload your exported video to FrameIO (included with our Adobe subscription) and check the playback on an iPad before publishing it elsewhere. ... View more

It's always good to have options.  Resolve can be installed along side After Effects and runs pretty well on Apple Silicon; however, it's not trouble-free. If I'm finding that what I'm doing in After Effects is a little too heavy for the system I'm working on, I usually take advantage of the following options: Temporarily work at a project color depth of 8-bpc instead of 16-bpc. Set the Composition Resolution to Half or Quarter and sometimes 6-by-6 or 8-by-8 while working on motion.  Then spot check at Full Resolution. Set the Layer Quality to Draft instead of Best. Use the Skip option in the Preview panel, either the Shift Numpad 0 already set or by setting a custom option. Use the Draft Settings Render Settings template when rendering test/sample movies to view outside of After Effects or create a custom Best Settings Render Settings template that uses Half or Quarter Resolution. Change the Video Options of the High Quality Output Module template from Apple ProRes 422 to Apple ProRes 422 Proxy and save it as a custom "Proxy Quality" Output Module template for use again later. It's also worth checking the Composition Profiler for Layer that may be taking much longer to render than other Layers and then consider what might be done to imrove that. I also seriously consider the need to move the project to a more powerful workstation which with a well organized project at the Finder/Explorer level is very easy to do.  Of course, you need to keep an eye on any dependancies like third-party plugins and fonts.  Fortunately, Adobe Fonts activate automatically if missing when a project is opened.   While we can move to another workstation with Resolve, it's not nearly as straight forward or quick. Speaking of AI options, phew, is Resolve 20 loaded with them or what?  Again, it's good to have options. ... View more

Nice.  I'll give this a try. Any chance you can write a version that changes the Composition Resolution for all Comps in the same stream?  That is, for any upstream (nested) or downstream (containing) Comps relative to the Comp currently in focus? ... View more