Cloud rendering in Premiere FAQ

Last updated on Apr 2, 2026

Get answers to common questions about cloud rendering, supported assets, media behavior, and workflow limitations in Adobe Premiere.

If your project contains locally stored assets:

  • When you use the Export tab to render using the cloud, you’ll get a consolidated list of things incompatible with cloud rendering. You’ll be given the options to:
    • Fix the errors and come back
    • Ignore and continue
  • If you ignore and continue using cloud rendering, this locally stored asset will be replaced with a missing media screen in the rendered output.

Cloud rendering supports sequences of any size and duration containing:

  • All fonts, including custom fonts used in your project components, such as text graphics within MOGRTs and captions.
  • Built-in and custom MOGRTs.
  • Built-in video or audio effects and transitions.
  • Any LUTs added through the Lumetri panel, built-in LUTs, or ones applied through the Interpret Footage method.

If you use a non-Adobe font, custom MOGRT, or any effects or transitions from the third-party sequence (any non-media asset) in the sequence:

  • When you use the Export tab for cloud rendering, you'll get a consolidated list of assets incompatible with cloud rendering. You'll also get the options to:
    • Fix the errors and come back
    • Ignore and continue
  • If you ignore and continue using the cloud rendering service, the output won't contain the font, MOGRT, effects, or transitions from the third-party plug-in. Whenever the service faces a situation where it's not able to understand the non-Adobe font, it renders out the text in Lucida Grande font.

The output location for your renders can be at the project or folder levels on Frame.io.

Go to the Export tab and select Frame.io as the destination.

Under the Publish section, select Select Frame.io Location from the Frame.io location dropdown list.

Select any location at the project or folder levels.

Select any folder present with the project as the output location on Frame.io.
Select any folder present with the project as the output location on Frame.io.

No. There’s no limit to the size of the media. Cloud rendering is built to support all types of video outputs (supported by Premiere), from short promos, social media posts, to long-form videos. 

Cloud rendering can be used for both Premiere and Team Projects.

Some of the items are currently not relevant to cloud rendering workflow. While rest some of the others are currently not supported with cloud rendering.

The version of the file (original or proxy) you'll import from the Frame.io panel in your project will be the version rendered over the cloud on export. So, you'll see no difference in the result you’ll get from local rendering or the output rendered over the cloud. 

Cloud rendering isn't currently supported for ProRes-RAW and HEIF/HEIC formats. All other formats that Premiere supports should be working fine. Please let us know if you encounter any issues with formats that don't produce the expected output.

In the Essential Graphics panel, select the Creative Cloud icon next to Add Adobe Fonts to open the Adobe Fonts page.

Add Adobe Fonts option to add a new font family.
Add Adobe Fonts option to add a new font family.

Browse and use Add Family to add desired font families.

Go to the Creative Cloud desktop app and select Manage Fonts under the Resource Link section.

Manage fonts option in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application.
Manage fonts option in Adobe Creative Cloud Desktop application.

Use the Install family option to install the recently added font families.

The newly installed fonts will be visible in the fonts drop-down list under the Text section.

When you enable Show fonts from Adobe at the upper-left corner of the font drop-down list, Premiere will list all Adobe Fonts to choose from.

Enable Show fonts from Adobe option to list only the Adobe Fonts.
Enable Show fonts from Adobe option to list only the Adobe Fonts.

Follow the cloud rendering setup instructions, but when you reach the Unlock Feature dialog, enter the feature unlock code and select the Disable button.

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