How to install, use and edit Premiere Pro templates

What is a Premiere Pro template: a .mogrt or a project file?

A Premiere Pro template is one of two things: a Motion Graphics template (a .mogrt file) or a project file with the designer’s sequences inside. Find out which one you have before you do anything else, because you handle the two differently.

Adobe’s After Effects help describes a .mogrt as a template made in After Effects with the Essential Graphics panel, carrying custom controls for Premiere Pro. In practice, you work with the controls the designer built into the file.

A project template works the other way round. Instead of a set of controls, you get project material that you open and change like your own edit. Mixkit says which kind you are downloading. Mixkit’s Premiere Pro transitions page marks its “Liquid swipe left to right transition” as Premiere Pro / mogrt, and a zoom transition on the same page as Premiere Pro / project.

A note on sources. On 3 November 2026 we checked Adobe’s Premiere Pro help pages on titles and Motion Graphics templates, and they gave us no step text we could verify. So this guide does not print Premiere’s install menu path from memory. For that one step, follow the readme that ships with the template or Adobe’s Premiere Pro user guide for the version you run.

How do I install a Premiere Pro template?

Download the file and check whether it is a .mogrt or a project. Keep it in a folder you won’t move, then install the .mogrt or open the project as the template’s readme says. Work in a copy of your edit until you know it behaves.

1. Read the label before you download. On the template page, look for the format. Mixkit writes “mogrt” or “project” under each Premiere Pro item. If a page says “After Effects / project”, it is an After Effects file, not a Premiere template. Our guide to using After Effects templates in Premiere Pro covers that case.
2. Read the licence for that item. Mixkit sets licences per item type, and Adobe Stock and Motion Array each have their own terms. The licence section below compares them.
3. Make one templates folder and keep it. Put every download in a single folder with a clear name for each template, and don’t rename or move it later. A template that brings its own media is easier to fix when everything sits together.
4. Read any notes that come with it. If the download includes a readme, check it for fonts, plugins or settings and install those first.
5. For a .mogrt: add it to Premiere Pro’s Motion Graphics templates as the readme or Adobe’s Premiere Pro user guide describes, then add it to your sequence.
6. For a project file: open it in Premiere Pro, or bring the sequence you need into your own project, as the readme describes. Then copy the parts you want into your edit.
7. Save a copy of your project before you edit. If the template misbehaves, you can go back without undoing an afternoon of work.

Presets are a different file type. If what you downloaded ends in .prfpset, follow how to import Premiere Pro presets instead.

How do I edit a .mogrt template once it is on my timeline?

Select the template clip and change the controls it exposes. Those controls are all a .mogrt offers, because the designer set them up in After Effects before export.

A few habits keep edits tidy:

• Duplicate before you change. Copy the template clip to a spare track, edit one copy and keep the other untouched as a reference.
• Change text first, then timing. Long text can break a layout built around a short placeholder. Try the longest line you plan to use before you style anything else.
• Watch the whole clip. Scrub through the in and out animation, not just the hold.
• Need a change with no control? The .mogrt can’t give you one. Ask whether the seller supplies the After Effects project behind it, change it there, and bring it back as described in After Effects templates in Premiere Pro.

Project templates give you more room. What’s inside is open to you, so you can retime a transition or swap a colour directly. The cost is that you can also break it, so work on a duplicate sequence.

Where can I get Premiere Pro templates, free or paid?

For free files, Mixkit offers Premiere Pro templates with no sign-up. For a large paid library, Motion Array and Adobe Stock both list Premiere Pro templates, each with a different licence model. Prices below are as each page showed them on 3 November 2026.

Mixkit is best for trying templates at no cost. Its category pages give exact counts, such as 47 free Premiere Pro logo templates, logo reveals among them. The pages we checked give no Premiere Pro version numbers, no Windows or macOS notes and no file sizes, so check each download yourself.

Adobe Stock is best if you already work inside Adobe’s apps and want templates with a standard licence. On the India plans page, the 10-credit Individuals plan allows templates up to 10 a month and videos up to 1 a month. The 25-credit plan with AI Studio is ₹4,789.62/mo, with templates up to 25 a month and a 7-day free trial.

Motion Array is covered in the next section. For a longer list of template sites, see the best Premiere Pro template sites.

How do I use Motion Array templates in Premiere Pro?

Download a Premiere Pro template from Motion Array on a plan that includes templates. Then install it with the same steps as any other template: check the format, read the readme, and install the .mogrt or open the project.

Which plan you need depends on what else you download. The Motion Array pricing page names these plans:

• Video Templates: one user, with a licence for any type of project. Video templates, presets and motion graphics.
• Everything: one user. Video templates and presets and motion graphics, plus footage, music and sound effects, graphics and photos, video-editing plugins and LUTs.
• Team: 2 to 7 seats, for companies with fewer than 50 employees worldwide.
• Business: for agencies and companies with 50+ employees. Unlimited users, a licence covering commercial use worldwide, a dedicated account manager and priority customer care.

The page shows no prices in its text, so we list the price as not published. Payment is by PayPal or any credit card, and local taxes may apply.

Three licence rules matter for templates:

1. A paid subscription gives unlimited downloads for one user. Automatic downloading tools are not allowed.
2. Projects you make while you pay are covered for lifetime. Once you cancel, you can’t use the downloaded assets in new projects.
3. Nearly all assets are cleared for commercial use, but a small number of image and video assets are marked “Editorial use only”. Those can’t go into advertising, movies or paid media.

The second rule is the one editors miss. Keep a note of which client projects used which templates, and finish them before you cancel. For a comparison of Motion Array’s asset model with a plan of tools, see our Motion Array alternative page.

Why does my motion graphics template give an import error?

Most failed imports come down to the wrong file type, an incomplete download or something the template needs that isn’t installed. Work through the checks below in order before you look for a deeper fix.

1. Is it really a .mogrt? A template labelled “project” is not a Motion Graphics template, so open it as a project instead. A file labelled “After Effects / project” belongs in After Effects.
2. Is the file complete? Download it again and try the new copy. If the second copy works, the first download was cut short.
3. Is it for your editor? Mixkit, for example, offers templates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve side by side. Make sure you picked the Premiere Pro version.
4. Does the readme ask for anything? Check for fonts, plugins or a minimum version. The Mixkit pages we checked give no version numbers, so the readme, if there is one, is the only place to look.
5. May you still use it? This won’t cause an import error, but check it while you are here. On Motion Array, once you cancel, downloads can’t go into new projects, even if the file still opens.
6. Try it in a new, empty project. If it imports there, the problem is in your main project, not the template.

We don’t explain numbered Adobe error codes here. The Adobe pages we checked on 3 November 2026 gave no body text we could verify, and we won’t guess at a fix.

If the thing that won’t open is a panel under Window › Extensions rather than a template, that is a different problem. See Premiere Pro extensions greyed out.

What does a Premiere template licence let me do?

It depends on the site. Mixkit’s free licence covers commercial and non-commercial use, and Motion Array covers work made while you pay. Adobe Stock’s standard licence, as its FAQ words it for images, allows perpetual use with limits. Read the terms for the item before it goes into client work.

Two Adobe Stock details are worth knowing. The free trial on its home page offers 10 Stock images, and some plans show a 7-day trial. After the trial ends, the annual subscription begins and is charged automatically, so cancel before the end if you only wanted the trial. The print-run limit does not apply to websites, social media or mobile apps. The pages we checked gave no licence terms specific to Motion Graphics templates, so check the asset page before you use one.

When is a template the wrong tool? Where mouzeclick fits (we make it)

A template is the wrong tool when you need the result to fit your footage rather than the designer’s layout: a split screen, a transition on every cut or captions that follow your words. We make mouzeclick, and its Premiere Pro panels build those jobs as clips and keyframes in your own sequence.

• Split screens. mouzsplit builds a split screen as a real sequence in seven layouts, in a new frame of 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 or 16:9. Only the bottom copy keeps its sound. The manual numbers are in split screen in Premiere Pro, and every option is listed on the mouzsplit feature page.
• Transitions on cuts. mouzetrans puts 11 transitions on your cuts: Zoom in, Zoom out, Whip, Spin, Slide push, Blur dissolve, Light flash, Shake hit, Stretch, Glitch jump and Fade to black. See mouzetrans.
• Animated looks. mouzestate writes a start look and an end look as Premiere’s own keyframes, with 15 ready looks and ease, spring or bounce, on up to 40 clips at once. See mouzestate.
• Captions (Windows only). mouzeclick Studio’s captions are written on your computer by Whisper. They go onto Premiere’s own caption track, which you can edit in Premiere, or are styled on the video in 289 looks across 27 families. Styled captions are drawn as pictures, so Premiere needs none of the fonts. More in auto captions in Premiere Pro and Premiere Pro caption styles.

Platforms. The extensions above run on Windows and Mac and open under Window › Extensions. Studio captions, Retakes and the two workspaces are Windows only. Mac setup is on the Mac install page, and all 22 extensions are on the extensions page. mouzeclick publishes no minimum Premiere Pro version, so check yours with the 3-day trial, which needs no card. Plans are in the pricing section: $25 a month, $249 a year, or $499 once for one of the first 100 lifetime keys.

Where a template is still the better pick. For a designed title, a logo reveal or a branded lower third, a template from a designer is the better choice. Mixkit alone lists 47 free Premiere Pro logo templates and 851 video templates in all, and mouzeclick is not a template library. Use templates for designed looks, and tools for repeated edits.

Questions people ask

Sources

Checked on 2026-11-03. Prices and features change: each link goes to the maker's own page.

1. Adobe: Create Motion Graphics templates in After Effects
2. Mixkit home page (free licence, 851 templates, host apps)
3. Mixkit: free Premiere Pro transition templates (140, mogrt and project labels)
4. Mixkit: free Premiere Pro logo templates (47)
5. Motion Array pricing and licence FAQ
6. Adobe Stock home page (free trial)
7. Adobe Stock video templates
8. Adobe Stock asset types (video effects FAQ)
9. Adobe Stock plans, India prices and licence FAQ

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