Obsolete Effects, Transitions and Presets removed

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.

Obsolete Effect Name 

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 

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