Hey everyone,

I’m a Premiere Pro editor, and I’ve been running into a really annoying problem that I think a lot of editors deal with but don’t talk about enough.

The problem 👇

When we animate keyframes (position, scale, etc.), we often try to move them perfectly straight (like only left/right on the timeline).

But in Adobe Premiere Pro:

• When you drag keyframes, they slightly move up/down unintentionally
• That tiny vertical movement messes up the motion
• Result = animation feels weird, shaky, or inconsistent
• This is the video what exactly I'm talking about: https://youtu.be/nS0-KNhBYAU?si=Xb8G-ws9RYoOw9gg

There’s no proper way to lock axis while dragging.

In Adobe After Effects, you can just hold Shift to lock movement.
👉 Premiere doesn’t have that. And honestly, it should.

Current tools (and their problems)

• Keyrails → does this nicely, but it’s paid
• KeySlides → similar idea, but it runs as a separate external app, not a clean in-Premiere experience

So right now:
👉 Either you pay
👉 Or you deal with a workaround
👉 Or you just suffer with messy keyframes 😅

What I want to build 🚀

I want to create a FREE tool/plugin-like system that:

• Works with Premiere Pro
• Lets you lock axis while dragging keyframes (like After Effects)
• Feels smooth and natural
• Ideally has a simple toggle inside Premiere

Basically:
👉 A clean, simple, editor-friendly solution to a real workflow problem

About me

I’m a video editor, not a developer.
I understand the problem deeply, but I don’t have the coding skills to build this alone.

Who I’m looking for 🤝

Someone who:

• Knows Python / scripting / app dev
• Interested in building useful tools
• Curious about video editing workflows

Important (being honest)

This is not a paid project right now.

But:

• This can genuinely help thousands of editors
• We can turn it into a proper product
• Later we can explore things like donations / website / small monetization

I’m not chasing money here — I just want to fix this frustrating problem.