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chris_z77-czYu1k
chris_z77-czYu1k
Inspiring
Nov 13, 2017 7:49 PM UTC
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Turn off "Selection follows playhead" PERMANENTLY!

This one is a real pain. A lot of people like this feature when Lumetri panel is open, I don't. Is there an option to turn it off permanently? Currently, it gets checked automatically every-time I switch to the Lumetri Workspace. Seriously need a way to stop this behaviour!

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    De-Frame_FIlms
    Participating Frequently
    Jan 23, 2023 9:40 AM UTC

    After i found out how to disable it it's the first thing i do after a fresh premiere install.

    [Moderator note: content removed due to Adobe policy.]

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    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
    Legend
    Jan 20, 2023 7:17 PM UTC

    Hey, Chris,

    I moved this post to the "Ideas" forum. The plan is to merge the User Voice bug after the migration. I hope that's OK.

     

    Cheers,
    Kevin

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    Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
      Bruno_UdeM
      Bruno_UdeM
      Participating Frequently
      Dec 8, 2017 8:05 PM UTC

      Hello Adobe, a lot of users are asking to be able to put this setting off... so annoying!

       

      Please, do something about it!

       

      Thanks.

       

      Bruno

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        excited_Genie16B8
        Legend
        Dec 8, 2017 8:51 PM UTC

        You can turn it off under the Sequence menu.

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          Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
          Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
          Legend
          Apr 29, 2021 12:39 AM UTC

          Community,

          This is a popular feature request. Upvote this request, please, if you have not already. Scroll up!

           

          Thanks,
          Kevin

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          Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
            gregb21518953
            Participant
            Jun 20, 2019 5:55 PM UTC

            How do you turn off Selection Follows Playhead? I've been searching online and can't find an answer.

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              slugbass
              slugbass
              Participant
              Oct 15, 2019 3:56 PM UTC
              There's an answer previously in this thread, and it works for my PC at work. I'm still trying to find an answer for my Mac at home. It's so annoying to have that thing constantly turning itself on.
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                EmiliosAvraam
                Participant
                Sep 12, 2018 9:53 AM UTC

                I found that if you toggle off the track targeting from the timeline, the "selection follows playhead" gets disabled.

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                CCS18
                CCS18
                Known Participant
                Apr 11, 2018 1:47 PM UTC

                This is driving me absolutely insane.  I have to bounce in and out of many projects all day, and every time I come back in to a project or switch over to color grading it defaults back on.  I can sort of see it being helpful when being in the color panel, but even there I don't want it.  If I really want it, I can go turn it on.  I often color grade and continue making a few edits while in that workspace.  I thought I could live with it if it was only when going into Color, but no - every time I open a project that thing is defaulted back on. Why? Why won't that setting stick? Please change this Adobe.  I am on CC 2018.

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                  vixykat
                  Participant
                  Jul 14, 2018 3:37 PM UTC

                  I just did a search on this topic today because I was hoping there was a way OUT of this madness.  Ann Benns who supposedly had "the correct answer" is dead wrong, this is still a problem.  I usually keep my Lumetri tab in the same panel as my project tab, and when the Lumetri is brought to the foreground, "Selection Follows Playhead" gets turned on.  EVERY TIME.  If I'm not color grading, I can bring the project tab back to the foreground and "Selection Follows Playhead" automatically gets turned off (which must drive people who actually LIKE "Selection Follows Playhead" just as crazy as those of us who do not).  Another frustration is that I work with a partner who doesn't know the difference and always has it turned on, and when he passes me a project file and I open it, suddenly it's turned on in all my projects.  UGH.  Soooo many times I forget that this is the case and I start moving the wrong clip or something.  SO AGGRAVATING!!!!  Side note: I wish Premiere would prioritize MY settings since I already have a project open, and when I open someone else's project, it would conform to my layout and all my settings but instead everything is kind of how that other person had it, so if they are sloppy (which he IS) and they have panels floating all over the place and "Selection Follows Playhead" turned on (and probably some other annoying things I'm not thinking of at the moment), when I open his projects that is how everything opens up.  I suppose in this case, training my partner is the "workaround" but he just ignores me.

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                    Ann Bens
                    Community Expert
                    Ann BensCommunity Expert
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                    Jul 14, 2018 5:45 PM UTC

                    Sorry but mine stays off.

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                      Snemanje poroke
                      Snemanje poroke
                      Participating Frequently
                      Mar 8, 2018 5:20 PM UTC

                      ADOBE again frustrated me to the point I ended here. And again I learned it is no way around it. Thank you Phase One, I am at least saved from Lightroom. Now Premiere is next to ditch after so many years.

                      It's madness. I grade clip by clip with curves and lumetry concurently (becasue lumetri work OK unly if curves are properly set before. And darn thing keeps turnig ON again. I updated Premiere Yesterday. What a FOOL I am (again). It was OK in CC2017 before update. Adobe keep's driving my life as it thinks it is good for me.

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                        Ann Bens
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                        Ann BensCommunity Expert
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                        Dec 3, 2017 10:08 PM UTC

                        That behaviour changed in 2018.

                        If you turn it off it stays off despite being in the Lumetri panel.

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                          chris_z77-czYu1k
                          chris_z77-czYu1kAuthor
                          Inspiring
                          Dec 11, 2017 6:06 PM UTC

                          If you change workspace and change back to a workspace that has the lumetri panel open, it will be on again.

                          I have several workspaces I jump around. one or 2 of them has lumetri panel. Whenever I go those workspaces, "selection follows playhead" is on automatically and remains so until I manually turn it off

                          Even on CC 2018

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                            Ann Bens
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                            Ann BensCommunity Expert
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                            Dec 11, 2017 8:25 PM UTC

                            I think you are right.

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