How to fix crop effect not working in Premiere Pro

Summary

The web content provides troubleshooting tips for fixing the crop effect not working in Adobe Premiere Pro, with a focus on adjusting mask settings and the order of effects.

Abstract

The article addresses a common issue faced by Adobe Premiere Pro users where the crop effect does not work as expected. It outlines two main reasons for this problem: firstly, the mask opacity may be set correctly, but the values within the crop effect are not adjusted properly; secondly, the crop effect might be placed incorrectly in the effects stack, thus not affecting the text as intended. The article offers solutions for both scenarios, such as adjusting the crop effect values and reordering the effects. Additionally, the author provides a link to a YouTube playlist with more detailed video tutorials on cropping in Premiere Pro and invites readers to subscribe to their YouTube channel for more tutorials. The author also promotes their other stories and encourages readers to support them by becoming Medium members.

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The author assumes that readers are familiar with basic Premiere Pro functions such as creating masks and keyframes.
The author suggests that reordering effects in the stack can resolve issues with effect application, implying that the order of effects is crucial for their proper functioning.
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How to fix crop effect not working in Premiere Pro

What if you’ve perfectly cropped out something in Adobe Premiere Pro, like a part of a text, so that it looks like you’re revealing the text from behind a mountain (for example).

But what if it doesn’t work?

How to fix crop effect not working

Let’s look at 2 possible reasons why it might not work.

Example 1: You have the mask created and you have keyframed it to move along with the video and the mask opacity is set to 100%, but you haven’t actually cropped out anything inside your mask.

To solve this, just simply change any of the values in your crop-effect from 0% to 100% by clicking on 0% and typing it in or by clicking and dragging the number to the right.

Example 2: You can see that this is already done. One of the values is set to 100%, the opacity is at 100% and the keyframes are created but it still doesn’t work.

In this case, the problem is that the effects are applied from the top to the bottom, so the crop effect is not actually affecting the text. To solve this, simply drag and drop the crop effect up and above the text and it will work.

If I didn’t solve your problem, I’ve actually created a whole playlist with short “cropping videos” in Premiere Pro that you can find here.

If you liked this super-short tutorial, check out my YouTube channel for 180 other short tutorials just like this one.

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