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Kale_elb
Participant
August 17, 2012
Answered

Auto Select Clip with playhead

Hopefully this will be an easy query to answer.

I would like to have premiere auto select a clip on the timeline via the playhead position.

Eg: if I'm using the up & down arrows to go to next and previouse edit, I want the clips to auto select when the playhead jumps to the next clip.

I'm in the process of coming over from Avid but i really miss this behaviour in Premiere.

Can Someone help me out?

Kale.

Mac

Pr CS6

    Joe @ F8
    Joe @ F8Correct answer
    Inspiring
    July 1, 2015
     

    Check/uncheck this option: Sequence > Selection Follows Playhead

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    byMarian
    Participant
    February 3, 2025

    Can anyone say if this option still exists? I cant find it anymore!

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      byMarian
      Participant
      February 3, 2025

       

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        Mike Ingram
        Mike Ingram
        Participant
        March 6, 2025

        Thank you for following up your own question, I struggled to find where this option was too.

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          The Jive Aces
          Known Participant
          February 7, 2023

          Found this thread because I am trying to do the exact opposite. The playhead seems to auto select the clip it is over and it is annoying the crap out of me!

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            eevans05
            Participant
            September 10, 2016

            The Sequence > Selection Follows Playhead is great but the one thing that tripped me up was making sure that the video tracks that I wanted to select were turned on.

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            Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
            Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
            Legend
            July 8, 2015

            This is a new feature to Premiere Pro CC 2015. This didn't exist for the OP in 2012 with CS6. I marked it correct for the current CC 2015 behavior. I hope that's OK.

            Thanks,
            Kevin

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            Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
              gavins58469420
              gavins58469420
              Participant
              October 9, 2015

              I'm experiencing the same issue...I have no idea how this function became enabled, but I need to turn it off. I've tried hitting F8 and clips are still being selected at playhead. Can you please advise? Help appreciated, thanks. - G

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              Joe @ F8
              Joe @ F8
              Inspiring
              October 9, 2015

              This was answered three posts above:

              Check/uncheck this option: Sequence > Selection Follows Playhead

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                excited_Genie16B8
                Legend
                August 17, 2012

                Can't be done.  Selecting requires a click.

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                  Joe @ F8
                  Joe @ F8Correct answer
                  Inspiring
                  July 1, 2015
                   

                  Check/uncheck this option: Sequence > Selection Follows Playhead

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                    Department4
                    Department4
                    Known Participant
                    July 8, 2015

                    F8: that was EXACTLY what I was looking for coming to this thread. THANK YOU. I found it annoying how the new APP15 was selecting clips at the playhead. Feature disabled. Thanks!

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