Adjust controls in the Effect Controls panel

Last updated on Jul 13, 2025

Learn how to adjust or reset effect controls in Premiere Pro, using sliders, input fields, and reset options for precise editing.

Before you begin:

Ensure that your audio or video clips have effects applied to them.

  1. To change a property value, in the Effects Control panel, place the pointer over the underlined value of an effect property, and drag to the left or right.

     The Effect Controls panel is open. The Motion effect is selected and the Scale property value is adjsted to 100.
    Use the pointer and drag it to either the left or right to decrease or increase the property value.

  2. Alternatively, you can select the property value of an effect, enter a new value, and use Enter (Windows) or Return (macOS).

      The Effect Controls panel is open. The Motion effect is seelcted and the Scale property has a new value of 100. The open field indicates that you can enter the value directly for the property.
    Use the property field to enter a value directly to decrease or increase it.

  3. Expand the property by clicking the expand  icon next to the property name (if available) and then dragging the slider or angle control, depending on the property.

     The Effect Controls panel is open. The Motion effect is selected and the slider is set to a value.
    Use the slider under the effect to change its property.

  4. Based on the type of property, you can use the following methods:

    • To set an angle, drag inside the angle control area, scrub the underlined text, or select the underlined text and enter a value.
    • To set a color value using an Eyedropper tool, select the desired color anywhere on the computer screen. By default, the Eyedropper tool selects a one-pixel area. Ctrl-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (macOS) an Eyedropper tool samples a 5 x 5 pixel area.
    • To set a color value using the Adobe Color Picker, select the color swatch, select a color in the Adobe Color Picker dialog box.
  5. To reset an effect’s properties to their default settings, select the Reset    icon next to the effect. 

    • All properties that don’t contain keyframes are reset to their default values. 
    • If a property contains keyframes, that property is reset to the default at the current time only. 
    • Keyframes that occur at the current time are reset to the default value. 
    • If no keyframes occur at the current time, new keyframes are created using the default values.
    Tip

    To undo accidental resets, go to Edit > Undo to restore previous settings.