Select the Add Operation (+) menu to the right of the other operations at the level you want to add the Style. For example, you can add a Style operation at the clip level, or at a Custom Group level.
Last updated on
Apr 15, 2026
Learn how Style operations let you create and apply creative looks using customizable modules in Color mode.
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Style operations give you the flexibility to build and apply creative looks by combining customizable modules. Unlike Adjust operations, which focus on corrective edits, Style is designed for more expressive and stylized grading. You can use presets for quick results or mix and match modules to create your own look, making it easy to experiment, refine, and apply consistent styles across your clips.
What are Style Operations?
If Adjust is a scalpel, Style is a paintbrush. Where Adjust gives you a fixed toolset intended for a specific workflow, Style operations are customizable; you can choose the tools that you need to create the look you want.
The Style operation consists of interchangeable Modules, each focused on creating a specific effect related to color grading or image manipulation. These emphasize more extreme and creative effects than are found in Adjust and are intended to let you have fun with the image. Each module consists of more or fewer controls that let you tailor that module to your needs. These modules are tools you can actively manipulate, rather than static effects like LUTs that do only one thing.
Adjust and Style operations are meant to be used together to streamline your workflow. To this end, all the tools available in Adjust are also available as individual modules in Style, giving you total freedom to organize your program's operations and grade it.
Style operations are most powerful when applied using groups. Given the iterative nature of color grading, the Style you applied yesterday, which seemed like such a great idea, may not seem so perfect in the light of morning. If you applied the style via a custom group to all the clips within a particular scene, it’s easy enough to make whatever changes you want to the one grouped Style operation, instantly updating every clip in that scene belonging to the group.
Adding a Style
Choose Add Style to selected clip.
In the Style Browser, do one of the following:
- In the Style Presets tab, select a category to open the presets within, and then select a preset to preview how it looks in the Monitor, and see what modules it contains in the Color Controls panel.
- Select the Modules tab, then select a module to add it to the Color Controls panel, and Shift-click to add multiple modules.
When you’ve selected what you want to add, select Done to apply the preset or Modules, or select Cancel to cancel the operation.
To use a Style Operation that’s already been created but has no modules:
Select the undefined Style Module.
Select either the Style Presets or Style Modules buttons in the call to action in the Color Controls.
When the Style Browser opens to either the Style Presets or Style Modules tab, do one of the following:
- In the Style Presets tab, select a category to open the presets within, and then select a preset to preview how it looks in the Monitor, and see what modules it contains in the Color Controls panel.
- Select the Modules tab, then select a module to add it to the Color Controls panel, and Shift-click to add multiple modules.
When you’ve selected what you want to add, select Done to apply the preset or Modules, or select Cancel to cancel the operation.
Tip
You can also Shift-click to add a combination of Presets and individual modules, or to add a combination of multiple Presets.
Once you’ve added either a Preset or one or more Modules, the controls appear in the Color Controls panel ready for you to customize, if necessary.
Swapping existing styles
To swap all modules in a current Style with another preset or other modules:
Select the Swap button.
In the Style Browser, do one of the following:
- In the Style Presets tab, select a category to open the presets within, and then select a preset to preview how it looks in the Monitor, and see what modules it contains in the Color Controls panel.
- Select the Modules tab, then select a module to add it to the Color Controls panel, and Shift-click to add multiple modules.
When you’ve selected what you want to add, select Done to apply the preset or Modules, or select Cancel to cancel the operation.
The preset and/or modules you’ve added take the place of whatever modules were there before.
Using the Style Browser
The Style Browser consists of two tabs that let you take different approaches to adding style to your program.
Using Style Presets
This is where you can browse, preview, and apply installed presets on your computer. Premiere (beta) comes with a set of presets that are ready for you to use. However, you can also install presets from elsewhere (either in-house styles defined by other people in your organization, or styles that you obtain from third parties). You can also save your own presets for future use when you come up with something you really like.
Creating new styles with Style Modules
If you want to create your own style from scratch, the Style Modules tab lists all available modules. Most of these modules are added in a neutral state that doesn’t change the image until you make an adjustment, but other modules apply a default modification that makes it easier to get started customizing them to your needs.
Previewing and adding Presets or Modules
Any time you select a preset or Module, it’s previewed in the Monitor, and all associated Modules and controls appear in the Color Controls panel. You can hold down the Shift key to preview multiple Presets or Modules to see how they look together.
For example, some artists may choose to save “fragmentary” presets that do very specific and frequently needed adjustments and are meant to be used together, for example, a set of tinting presets, and a separate set of contrast presets that you can mix and match to create different results quickly. Other artists may just want to start with multiple blank modules to create an entirely new look from whole cloth.
Whatever you choose, whichever presets and Modules are selected when you select Done are applied to the selected Style operation of the current clip.
Re-opening the Style Browser
If you’ve already added presets and/or modules to a style, you can reopen the Style Browser in the following ways:
- Using the Swap button in the Style header at the left of the modules, you can change the entire style to something else.
- Using the Add button (+) at the right of the existing Modules, you can add more modules or another preset to what’s already there.
Editing Style Controls
Since there’s no limit to the number of Modules you can use to create a style, there are additional methods available to manage the many controls that may appear within a Style operation.
Collapsing and expanding Modules
Each module can be collapsed or expanded to help you manage available room in the Color Controls panel. When modules collapse, they hide all controls except for any that are pinned.
Methods of collapsing and expanding modules:
- To collapse or expand a single module, either select its name at the top-left of the module or right-click the name and choose Expand or Collapse Module.
- To collapse or expand all modules, right-click the name and choose Expand or Collapse All Modules.
Pinning Controls
While a Module is open, you can right-click any control and choose Pin Control to add a Pin icon to the left of the name. Pinned controls remain visible when modules are collapsed, so this lets you pin a subset of the most important controls you want to adjust across multiple modules, so when you collapse all modules, only the pinned controls appear. This is a great way to manage space in the Color Controls panel.
To unpin a control, right-click that control and choose Unpin Control.
Editing Modules
Since Style operations are fully customizable, it’s as easy as possible to modify and arrange them. Here are all the methods of managing modules:
- To add a module, select the Plus (+) button to the right of the other modules in the Color Controls panel, and use the Style Browser to add one or more modules.
- To replace a module with a different module, right-click it and choose Replace Module, and then use the Style Browser to choose another module.
- To rearrange modules, select the name of a module and drag it to another position before or after other modules in the Color Controls panel. A line shows where the module will go when you drop it into place.
- To mute all controls within a Module, do one of the following:
- Open the module (if necessary) and select the Mute button at the left of that module’s controls.
- Option-click any open or closed module to mute it.
- To reset all controls within a Module, open the module (if necessary) and select the Reset button at the left of that module’s controls.
- To remove a Module, right-click it and choose Delete Module.
Copy and pasting all Style Modules
To copy all the modules from one Style operation and paste them to another Style operation:
Select the Style operation you want to copy from.
Select the three-dot menu in the Style module’s header area, and choose Copy Style.
Select the Style operation you want to copy to.
Select the three-dots menu in the Style module’s header area, and choose Paste and Replace.
Delete all Style Modules
To delete all Modules from a Style operation and leave it blank:
Select the three-dot menu in the Style module’s header area and choose Delete Style.
Saving Style Presets
To save the Modules in the current Style operation as a preset:
Select the Save Preset button in the Style header to the left of the modules.
Type a name into the Save Preset dialog and select Save.
The name of the Style operation you’ve just saved as a preset changes to the preset name, and that preset now appears in the My Presets section of the Style Presets tab of the Style Browser for future use.
Managing Style Presets
Style presets are managed in the following folders on disk.
On macOS
To install Style presets that are available only to the local user:
- Select Go > Go to Folder from the macOS Finder and enter this path: ~/Documents/Adobe/Common/Assets/Color Styles
This location contains the Color Styles folders and presets. Premiere uses the Style presets stored here to populate the Style Browser. Styles within folders are organized into a category named after the folder.
On Windows
To install Style presets that are available only to the local user:
- On Windows, LUTs are stored in the C:\Users\<user_name>\Documents\Adobe\Common\Assets\Color Styles\ location.
This location contains the Color Styles folders and presets. Premiere (beta) uses the Style presets stored here to populate the Style Browser. Any styles within a folder are organized under a category named after the folder.
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