Premiere Pro how-to
How to freeze frame in Premiere Pro (Frame Hold, Time Remap)
Short answer
To pause the action for a moment, put the playhead on the frame, right-click the clip and choose Insert Frame Hold Segment, or use Time Remapping: add a speed keyframe and drag that segment down to 0%. To turn a whole clip into one still frame, choose Clip > Video Options > Frame Hold Options and hold on the In point, Out point or Marker 0.
Checked against: Adobe Premiere (formerly Premiere Pro), 2026 releases, Windows and Mac.
Method 1: Freeze part of a clip (Time Remapping)
Show Speed on the clip
Click the clip's fx badge and choose Time Remapping > Speed. A rubber band (speed line) appears across the clip.
Add a speed keyframe
Move the playhead to the frame where the freeze starts and Ctrl-click (Windows) or Cmd-click (Mac) the rubber band.
Create the hold
Drag the keyframe down until the speed reads 0%, then Ctrl-Alt-drag (Option-Cmd-drag) the keyframe sideways to set how long the frame stays frozen.
Method 2: Freeze the whole clip (Frame Hold Options)
Mark the frame
To freeze a frame other than the first or last, open the clip in the Source Monitor and press M to set Marker 0 on that frame.
Set Frame Hold
Select the clip, choose Clip > Video Options > Frame Hold Options, tick Hold On and choose In Point, Out Point, Marker 0 or a timecode. Click OK.
ClipVideo OptionsFrame Hold Options
Method 3: Quick option
Insert Frame Hold Segment
Put the playhead on the frame, right-click the clip and choose Insert Frame Hold Segment. Premiere cuts the clip and inserts a two-second hold; drag its edge to change the length.
If it doesn't work
| What you see | Fix |
|---|---|
| The wrong frame is frozen | With Frame Hold on In or Out point, trimming doesn't change the frozen frame. Use Marker 0 and move the marker. |
| Audio keeps playing over the freeze | Time Remapping holds only video. Cut the audio at the freeze or lower it with keyframes. |
| Can't find Time Remapping | Click the small fx badge on the clip in the Timeline (make the track taller if it's hidden). |
| Freeze frame looks soft | Frames from fast motion contain motion blur. Pick a sharper frame a few frames earlier or later. |
Questions people ask
How do I freeze the last frame in Premiere Pro?
Put the playhead on the last frame, right-click and choose Add Frame Hold, then extend the held clip; or use Frame Hold Options with Out Point.
Can I add text over a freeze frame?
Yes. Put a text layer on a track above the frozen section.
What's the difference between Add Frame Hold and Insert Frame Hold Segment?
Add Frame Hold freezes everything from the playhead to the end of the clip. Insert Frame Hold Segment inserts a short hold and then the clip continues.
More Premiere Pro guides
Sources and how we checked
- Adobe Help: Freeze a video frame for the duration of a clip (checked 2026-10-05; Adobe blocks automated readers; text read from the Internet Archive copy of 10 Sep 2026)
- Adobe Help: Freeze a frame for a portion of a clip using Time Remapping (checked 2026-10-05; Adobe blocks automated readers; text read from the Internet Archive copy of 17 Sep 2026)
Adobe documents Frame Hold Options and Time Remapping; Insert Frame Hold Segment and Add Frame Hold follow Premiere's current right-click menu as described by several current guides.
Reviewed October 5, 2026 by the Koldflux team. Each step is compared with Premiere Pro's own documentation (linked above) and with the top search results for this task; where they disagree, the maker's documentation wins. Steps without a source link follow the menu names that several current guides agree on.