Effects and transitions removed from Adobe Premiere Pro

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 have 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.