Documentation
Composition guides, platform safe zones, and a reusable overlay library — right inside Adobe Premiere Pro.
Requirements: Adobe Premiere Pro 2021 (15.0) or newer · Windows or macOS
Getting Started
Install
Download
TheCreatorCore-Studio.zxpfrom your purchase email.Install it with a ZXP installer — we recommend the free aescripts ZXP Installer. Just drag the
.zxponto it.Fully quit and reopen Premiere Pro.
Open the panel: Window → Extensions → TheCreatorCore Studio.
If your installer shows an "Extension Manager init failed" error, switch to the aescripts installer — it's the most reliable.
Activate
The plugin stays locked until you activate it.
Open the panel — you'll see the Activate to unlock screen.
Click Activate now, paste your license key from your purchase email, and click Activate.
Your name and email fill in automatically and every feature unlocks.
You activate once per device, and the plugin works offline afterward. Switching computers? Use Deactivate in Settings to free a seat.
The Live Preview
The left panel mirrors your Premiere Program monitor — the full composite of your timeline (video, text, graphics, effects) at the playhead. Move the playhead and pause to refresh the frame. Toggle Live to switch between the live frame and a black backdrop. Everything you set up previews here before you apply it.
Safe Zones
Keep faces, captions, and CTAs clear of each platform's on-screen UI.
Open the Safe zones tab.
Choose Instagram, TikTok, or YT Shorts.
Set the Overlay opacity.
Click APPLY — a platform-accurate overlay spans your whole timeline.
Click REMOVE before exporting.
The overlay sits on a track above your footage and never touches your edit.
Guides
Build custom composition guides.
Grid — rows and columns (Reset → 3×3).
Margins (%) — top/bottom/left/right insets, linkable with the lock icon.
Gutter (%) — spacing between cells.
Overlays — Margin box, Rule of thirds, Center cross, Action safe (90%), Title safe (80%), Diagonals (Reset clears all).
Appearance — opacity, line thickness, and guide color with recent swatches.
My presets — save any setup and reuse it across projects.
Apply / Remove: APPLY adds your guide across the timeline. With Replace existing on apply checked, it swaps the current guide; unchecked, it stacks another guide on a new track — always kept below the safe zone. REMOVE clears guides.
Asset Library
Your personal library of overlays and textures — import once, reuse forever.
Importing assets
Open the Asset Library tab.
Click Upload Assets and select your files (PNG, JPG, JPEG, or SVG).
They're saved for reuse on any project. Re-uploading a matching name
prompts you to Replace.
Using a texture pack: If your purchase included a texture pack, import those files the same way — Upload Assets → select the textures.
Store up to 30 assets. Hover any asset and click the red bin to delete it (with confirmation).
Applying an overlay
Select an asset (or None to deselect).
Choose a Blend mode (all native Premiere modes) and Opacity.
Pick a Target layer — Auto (under playhead) or a specific layer (Refresh to update the list).
Click APPLY — the overlay drops in at the playhead, scaled to fill, spanning the target clip.
REMOVE clears overlays added from this tab.
Before You Export
Everything the plugin adds lives on tracks above your footage. Safe zones and guides are on-screen helpers — use REMOVE on their tabs before rendering. Textures/overlays you want in the final video can stay.
Troubleshooting
Panel doesn't appear in Window → Extensions — fully restart Premiere; if it still doesn't show, contact support to enable CEP debug mode.
"Extension Manager init failed" during install — use the aescripts ZXP Installer.
A change didn't show after an update — close the panel and fully restart Premiere.
Live preview looks blank — turn Live on and move the playhead over footage.
Safe zones/guides didn't apply — make sure a sequence is open, then APPLY again.
Contact
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at
support@thecreatorcore.com