Obsolete Effect Name
Learn more about the removal of the Obsolete Effects folder and plug-ins from Adobe Premiere Pro.
As part of ongoing work to modernize Premiere Pro, the Obsolete Effects folder and plug-ins, Obsolete Transitions folder and plug-ins, and presets built from the obsolete effects are now removed. These effects and transitions have faster, modern alternatives in Premiere Pro or offered by third parties. While we are continuing to GPU-accelerate more widely used effects, the obsolete effects have extremely low usage. These effects are responsible for major project slowdowns and performance bottlenecks.
Projects that were made in previous version of Premiere Pro that contain obsolete effects can still be opened. The effects or transitions will still appear in your sequences and in the Effects Control panel on the clips they been applied. However, the Obsolete Effects folder, Obsolete Transitions folder and four Presets folders – Bevel Edges, Solarize, Convolution Kernel and Blurs (Windows Only) will not be accessible in the Project Panel. You can copy and paste your applied obsolete effects and transitions between clips and sequences in your project and continue working with them on new clips and in new sequences you create. Any custom presets you have created and saved in a previous version that contain any obsolete effects will remain.
In addition to all the great, modern alternatives to the obsolete effects and transitions within Premiere Pro tool set, there is an extraordinarily robust and vibrant ecosystem of modern and performant third-party effects, transitions and filters.
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Platform |
Alternative |
Anti-Alias |
Win |
3rd Party |
Arithmetic |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri |
Auto Color |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Auto Contrast |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Auto Levels |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Bevel Alpha |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Photoshop PSD |
Bevel Edges |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Photoshop PSD |
Blend |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Blend Modes |
Calculations |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri and Blending Modes |
Camera View |
Win, Mac |
Photoshop, After Effects |
Cell Pattern |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Photoshop, After Effects |
Change Color |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Change-to-Color |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Channel Mixer |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
ChannelBlur |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Blurs |
Checkboard |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Photoshop PSD |
Circle |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Masking Tools |
Clip Name |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Metadata Burn-in |
Color Balance |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Compound Blur |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
GPU-native blurs |
CompoundArithmetic |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Blend Modes |
Convolution Kernel |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri |
Difference Matte |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Blend Mode |
Dust & Scratches |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Gaussian Blur |
Ellipse |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Masking |
Emboss |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Color Emboss |
Equalize |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Eyedropper Fill |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri |
Fast Blur |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Gaussian Blur |
Fast Color Corrector |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Ghosting |
Win |
Opacity, Speed Effects |
Grid |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Photoshop, Illustrator |
Horizontal Hold |
Win |
3rd Party |
Image Matte Key |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Blend Modes |
Leave Color |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Luma Corrector |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Luma Curves |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Median (Legacy) |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri, VR-Denoise |
Noise Alpha |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Noise |
Noise HLS |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Noise |
Noise HLS Auto |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Noise |
Non Red Key |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Ultra Key |
Paint Bucket |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri |
Radial Shadow |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Remove Matte |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Keyers and Blend Modes |
RGB Color Corrector |
Win, Mac Intel |
Lumetri |
RGB Curves |
Win, Mac Intel |
Lumetri |
Set Matte |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Keyers and Blend Modes |
Shadow/ Highlight |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Solarize |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Solid Composite |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Generators |
Video Limiter (Legacy) |
Win, Mac |
Video Limiter |
Write-On |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Essential Graphics, After Effects |
Texturize |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Three-Way Color Corrector |
Win, Mac |
Lumetri |
Threshold |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Lumetri, Color Tools |
Timecode |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
Metadata Burn-in |
Vertical Hold |
Win |
3rd Party |
Transition Name |
Platform |
Alternative |
Venetian Blinds |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Flip Over |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Gradient Wipe |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Cube Spin |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |
Radial Wipe |
Win, Mac, Mac ARM |
3rd Party |