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Last updated on Dec 14, 2023

An FX badge is an icon in the Timeline that lets you easily identify if an effect has been applied to a clip.

Before you begin

Create a project and add clips to the timeline. Apply effects to one or more clips.

  1. Click the icon in the timeline and select Show FX badges.

Result

Premiere Pro offers FX badges in different colors. Just by looking at the badge color, you can determine if you have applied an effect, modified an intrinsic effect, and so on.

FX badge color

Denotes

Grey

No effect applied (default badge color)

Purple

Non-intrinsic effect applied (such as color correction, or blur).

Yellow

Intrinsic effect modified (such as, position, scale, or opacity)

Green

Intrinsic effect modified and additional effect applied

Red underline

Source clip effect applied

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