Install the Layer panel in Premiere Pro

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Install the Layer panel in Premiere Pro and sign in, so you can generate video, images and audio into the sequence you are cutting, and edit, reframe or upscale a clip without leaving the edit.

Before you start

  • Premiere Pro on macOS or Windows, with the Creative Cloud desktop app signed in. The download page lists the minimum Premiere Pro version for the current build.

  • A Layer account. The panel is free with every plan, including the free one; generations use your workspace's Creative Units, as they do in the browser.

  • An internet connection. Generation runs on Layer, not on your machine.

  • If your company signs in to Layer with single sign-on (Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace or another provider), first sign in to Layer in your default browser through your identity provider, for example from the Layer tile on your Okta dashboard. The panel's sign-in then only asks you to confirm a code, never for a password.

Steps

  1. Go to layer.ai/integrations/premiere-pro and click Download for Premiere Pro. You get one .ccx file for macOS and Windows.

  2. Double-click the .ccx. The Creative Cloud desktop app installs the panel in a few seconds.

  3. Restart Premiere Pro, then open Window, UXP Plugins, Layer AI. Dock the panel wherever you keep your tools.

  4. The first time it opens, the panel asks you to sign in. Click Sign in on Browser.

  5. Your browser opens Layer's sign-in page, and the panel shows a code. Sign in with your Layer account and confirm that the code on the page matches the one in the panel.

  6. Back in Premiere Pro, the panel opens with Layer's tools.

Result

The panel stays signed in between Premiere Pro sessions. Describe a shot, a plate or a sound and the result comes back ready to drop into the timeline; select a clip to change it with a prompt, reframe it or raise its resolution. Every generation is saved to a Layer session you can open in the browser.

Production tips

  • Reframe for each placement. Cut the master in 16:9, then reframe the clips for 9:16 and 1:1 from the panel instead of re-cropping by hand.

  • Generate the gaps. Hook frames, background plates and end cards are the pieces most UA cuts are short of. Generate them at the sequence's resolution so they drop in without scaling.

  • Keep the creative with the cut. Choose the Layer project at the top of the panel before you start, so the generations for this edit sit together for the team.

If something goes wrong

  • Layer AI is not under Window, UXP Plugins. Restart Premiere Pro; a panel registers only on launch. If it is still missing, check that your version meets the minimum on the download page and that the Creative Cloud desktop app is signed in, then double-click the .ccx again.

  • The install fails with a permission error on a work computer. Your company manages Creative Cloud and does not let you install plugins yourself. Ask your IT team to install the panel for you: they can deploy the same .ccx to managed machines with Adobe's Unified Plugin Installer Agent.

  • The sign-in page asks for a password, and your company uses single sign-on. You don't need a separate password. Sign in to Layer in your browser through your identity provider (for example your Okta tile), then click Sign in on Browser in the panel again. You can't sign in to a Layer plugin covers this and the panel's other sign-in messages.

  • Couldn't start sign-in. Please try again. Check your internet connection and click Sign in on Browser again. If you closed the browser page, click Reopen the sign-in page.

  • Your workspace is missing after you sign in. You signed in with a different account than the one invited to the workspace. See You can't sign in or can't see your workspace.

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