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Autosave cause problems in Production

  • March 30, 2026
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So basically I have a film I'm editing (a big production).  I have each part of the film in a 20 min sequence. It crashed at one point I opened that section up via auto save. I dragged that project into the Production. It repopulated all the footage in that one project. After using it for a bit i noticed it’s very slow and occasionally i will get a warning of low memory which will sometimes crash.

I thought if i repopulated the production with footage from the previous project it will match frame back to the old location but it doesn’t. Before i re cut that whole section in a new sequence is there anything else i can do. 

Additionally I had a huge problem with my project on dropbox the project started to disappear. I moved it off dropbox. But now that section is always asking for a mask? I don’t have it and i’m pretty sure the problem was there before this happened.

Info-

I’m on a Mac Studio M4 Max, 36 GB, 2025.

I’m using Adobe Premiere 26.01 (Official version)

I’m using proxies exported from Resolve. Also i don’t have this issue with anyother sequence in my production.


Any help is much appreciated thank you!

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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
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Kevin J. Monahan Jr.Community Manager
Community Manager
March 30, 2026

Hey there, ​@bena9781905417266936,

Thanks for the detailed breakdown — that really helps.

You’ve got a few different things happening here, and they may be related.


Productions + Autosave

Dragging an autosave project directly into a Production and manually relinking can sometimes introduce issues, including:

  • duplicate media references

  • mismatched linking

  • performance slowdowns

Instead, try:

  • Right-clicking in the Production panel → Add Project to Production
    This keeps things more consistent with how Productions is designed to manage projects.


Match Frame / Relinking Issues

 

If Match Frame or source linking is no longer behaving correctly, you can try:

 

  • Edit → Reassociate Source Clips

This can help restore proper media relationships if they were disrupted during import.


Performance / Memory Warnings

 

The slowdown and low memory warnings may be tied to how the project was reintroduced into the Production.

 

You may also want to:

  • Clear Media Cache (Press Shift at launch and delete all media cache from the Reset Options dialog box)

  • Restart Premiere after clearing

Dropbox

Your instinct here is correct.

Using Productions with Dropbox (or other sync-based storage) can lead to:

  • missing or inconsistent media

  • project instability

Best practice:

  • Keep active projects on local storage

  • Use Dropbox only for backup (Auto Save is a good use case)


Mask Issue

 

The masking issue could be related to:

 

  • a missing or broken effect reference

  • or changes in the masking system in newer versions

If possible, check the clip in Effect Controls and see what specifically is being requested.


Reference

 

Here’s Adobe’s official guidance on Productions workflows:
https://adobe.ly/41yb0tE
 

 

If you can share a bit more detail on the mask warning you’re seeing, we can dig into that further.

Hope this helps — definitely a frustrating situation, but there are a few good paths to try here 👍

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
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    Ohh loving the add to production i didn’t know you could do that with an autosave thank you! Will do that if it happens again- There was no manual relinking but it did duplicate the files and they now link to the wrong project Instead of it’s individual scene projects) Edit → Reassociate Source Clips Seems wrong. Where they are on the drive is correct it’s where they are in the production that is now wrong and causing problems. I guess i just have to rebuild it. On saying that delete cache seems to be making it smoother. 

    Thanks for your help!

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