Find and group effects

Last updated on Jun 23, 2025

Learn how to easily locate, filter, and organize a variety of effects that you can apply to your clips in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Sort effects in Adobe Premiere Pro to quickly narrow down what you need. Create custom bins to organize your favorite effects, making them easy to access for future projects.

Find effects

  1. Launch Premiere Pro and go to Window > Effects.

  2. Browse for effects.

    Effects are categorized as Presets, Video, Audio, and more. Within each, effects are further organized into nested bins by type. For example, in Video Effects, the Blur & Sharpen bin includes effects like Gaussian Blur and Directional Blur.

  3. Enter an effect name in the search field in the Effects panel to quickly locate it.

    Use the toggle buttons in the Effects panel to sort effects by attributes like Accelerated Effects, 32-bit Color, or YUV Effects. Select one or multiple filters to display only matching effects and transitions.

Group effects

  1. Launch Premiere Pro and go to Window > Effects.

  2. Select New Custom Bin icon to create a custom bin.

    A new custom bin appears in the Effects panel.

  3. Drag any effect into the custom bin.

    This creates a copy in the bin, so the original effect remains in its default location.

  4. Select the bin’s current name to rename it.

  5. Select the bin again to activate the text field and type a new name.

To delete a custom bin, select it in the Effects panel and select Delete. You can only delete custom bins from the Effects panel.