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larryc53227652
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October 19, 2017
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Don't open multiple projects at once: Premiere 2018

  • October 19, 2017
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Just updated Premiere and I'm seeing a feature that I really disliked about FCP - the fact that you open multiple projects at the same time.  I do find this occasionally useful, but not on a daily basis and really it ends up being more confusing and I can't always tell when I've completely closed an old project unless I quit and restart Premiere.

Is there a setting so that I only open one project at a time like the way it used to be?

The way it used to be was perfect for me, but now it would require multiple steps to either start a new project or open a different project if I already have one open.

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    Correct answer Trent Happel

    There is no way to turn off multiple open Projects in 12.0. This was heavily requested feature.

    You can go to the Window menu > Projects to note what Projects are currently open. You can also go to the File menu > Close All Projects (to close all Projects) and then choose the single Project that you would like to only have open.

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    calebw77683556
    Participant
    February 15, 2018

    This is a real dumb feature to be forced into using. At least give us the option to opt out. So many times we go between projects that aren't related and we don't want both running in the background or cluttering up the workspace.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    February 15, 2018

    At least give us the option to opt out.

    You have that.  You've never lost it.

    File>Close Project.

    TaranVH
    TaranVH
    Inspiring
    February 15, 2018

    Jim, you're really not helping things with a response like that.

    You're revealing that you fundamentally do not understand why this feature, implemented in this way, is so very problematic for so many people.

    We've got a whole thread full of people trying to explain why they find this incredibly frustrating to deal with, and it feels to me like you're not even trying to understand what they're saying.

    File>Close Project is not an adequate solution. It adds one more step to a process that users do many times per day, it's far too easy to forget to do it, it's far too easy to not realize that you have multiple projects open, and double-clicking on a .prproj file in Explorer will still open it as an additional project.

      TaranVH
      TaranVH
      Inspiring
      February 1, 2018

      Woooooow,

      Just updated to 2018.0.1, (from 2017.1.2) in the hopes that they would have fixed this.

      This feature really is as bad as everyone's been saying.

      It'd be a great feature... if it was OPTIONAL. And if it was very easy to tell which project you are "in" at any given moment. Otherwise, yeah, different projects can get mixed together VERY easily. Chaos.

      Fortunately, there is a fix. Even though adobe never told us about it, and actively discourage us to use it:

      Re: Don't open multiple projects at once: Premiere 2018

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        christopherp28904734
        Inspiring
        February 1, 2018

        Yes, I did some more work with two projects open today.   It is chaos.   It created six folders with the same name.  I'm trying to understand the logic, but I'm also about to give up.

          KeithHopkin
          KeithHopkin
          Inspiring
          January 30, 2018

          Worst feature ever! Please get rid of this!!!!!

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          christopherp28904734
          Inspiring
          January 24, 2018

          I like the idea of having more than one project open, and I just opened two projects for the first time.  However, I can't figure out what I'm looking at.  One thing I have seen so far, is that PrePro has created numerous new folders in my project #1.  I guess they have come from project #2.  It is going to take a lot of work to figure out the logic here.

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          sharkfoot
          Inspiring
          January 24, 2018

          Agreed. This new feature is terrible. I have been searching for a way to turn this off and ran into this post. ADOBE - Please make this open multiple projects feature a feature that you can turn on and off via a preference toggle.

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          brandont81978300
          Participant
          January 15, 2018

          Please make this feature optional. It is very annoying and confusing. Has never been necessary for me.

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          jblo
          Inspiring
          January 11, 2018

          Here's a general thought for Adobe and ALL developers. New you introduce a NEW feature, try to make it a NEW feature, not a change to the way your long time users are used to working.

          Why not make a "file>open additional project" option? Then the people who want the new feature get it, people who don't aren't forced to change their work flow. Everyone is happy.

          I remember when apple changed "New Folder" keystroke to "New Network connection" or something like that. I spent months trying to remember that I had to take additional steps to do something I do dozens of times a day, all so i could now easily do something  do a couple times a month.

          New function=new keystroke. Why is that so hard?

          My 2 cents.

            Kevin-Monahan
            Community Manager
            Kevin-MonahanCommunity Manager
            Community Manager
            January 12, 2018

            Hi JBlo,

            Why not make a "file>open additional project" option? Then the people who want the new feature get it, people who don't aren't forced to change their work flow.


            I like it. Let the devs know here.

            Thanks,
            Kevin

            Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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            margaretc22015906
            Participant
            December 13, 2017

            Is there video tutorial to help with best practice of this feature?  I'd love to incorporate it into my workflow but it seems to keep getting in the way. I have to close projects and cycle through my folders to open the new one.  I can never open just one project ect.  If I saw someone using it maybe it would be easier to wrap my head around. 

            Thanks!

            R Neil Haugen
            R Neil Haugen
            Legend
            December 13, 2017

            Here's one bit they have on the help pages ...

            Open multiple projects and share on a network |

            Neil

            Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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            margaretc22015906
            Participant
            December 12, 2017

            The backlash is obvious, please disable this feature.  And while you're at it, can we go back to legacy title?

            BrianDavison
            BrianDavison
            Known Participant
            December 12, 2017

            Or ensure that it works properly / give people the option to turn it off.

            Legacy titles is actually something I feel they handled very well. You can either use the new titler (which isn't perfect, but useful in many cases) OR use the legacy titler.  File > New > Legacy Title.  You're covered either way.

              Flavio_St
              Flavio_St
              Inspiring
              December 13, 2017

              It's a great new feature! Closer to the great FCP7. But to be like that, every project would have to be opened inside the projects panel in a new tab (instead of floating like it is now) wouldn't that be great?

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              damiand30436604
              Participant
              December 11, 2017

              In theory it's a nice added feature, but you stopped half way and didn't make it easy or obvious how to switch between projects. And it should have been a feature I can enable/disable in preferences. "Lots of people" doesn't mean you can force it down every user's throat.

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