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eelko ferwerda
eelko ferwerda
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August 16, 2019
Question

Lock segments to timeline

  • August 16, 2019
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Dear,

Currently i'm editting a film with a lot of short scenes. It happened a few times and it freaks me out but i accidently deleted parts of a scene without seeing it.

I don't know how it happened but i discovered it much later in the process.

To avoid future accidents like this i want to lock scenes tot the timeline so i can't accidently delete them. But it seems to be only possible to lock a whole layer and not parts of (multiple) layers or groups of edited footage...

is that right? And how do u avoid accidently deleting portions of edited footgae?

thnx in advance..

Eelko

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      J_Boy
      J_Boy
      Inspiring
      February 23, 2024

      This has been something I've been wishing for lately: locking all tracks for portions of the timeline. When I'm cracking open a nearly finished feature doc, I'd love the reassurance of being able to lock the entire timeline, aside for an area I need to tweak. Yes, careful methodical edits, versioning, locking tracks, proper qc - there are ways to avoid mishaps down the timeline. None-the-less this would be a really helpful feature for me.

      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Kevin J. Monahan Jr.
      Legend
      August 16, 2019

      Eelko,

      It's a cool idea. Can you share it with the devs here? Premiere Pro: Hot (5621 ideas) – Adobe video & audio apps

      Thanks,
      Kevin

      Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community and Engagement Strategist – Adobe Pro Video and Audio
      n0n0
      n0n0
      Known Participant
      May 29, 2023

      Have there been any updates made on this front?  I'd like to be able to lock portions of my timeline, instead of a whole track.

      Mike Dziennik
      Community Expert
      Mike DziennikCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 16, 2019

      And as Sam notes, you should duplicating and incrementing your projects and/or sequences regularly.

      Mike Dziennik
      Community Expert
      Mike DziennikCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      August 16, 2019

      You are right, you can only lock tracks.

      As you become more experienced this will happen less as you become better at managing your timeline. In the meantime, maybe you can use separate timelines for each of your scenes and then you can compile them together later. You could cut each scene into your main timeline as 'nested' sequences which means they are easier to spot if you accidentally deleted one.

      eelko ferwerda
      eelko ferwerdaAuthor
      Known Participant
      August 16, 2019

      Thnx guys!

      There's not really a solution. Nesting could be a solution to move the scenes to a dedicated locked track, but premiere still doesn't nest the audio tracks. So u still have a multtrack hell...

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      excited_Genie16B8
      Legend
      August 16, 2019

      premiere still doesn't nest the audio tracks.

      Depends on how you do it.

      Dragging a sequence from a bin to another will nest everything.

      S
      SamLanes
      Inspiring
      August 16, 2019

      Yes, you can only lock a whole track.

      There might be a way you can work whereby you could work on a higher track for the section that you are focusing on, then move it down to the locked track when complete?

      Alternatively (and the best practice) regularly duplicate your sequences and work on a later number (e.g. work on v1.1, then duplicate and name the new sequence v1.2 and work on that) so that you always have an old sequence to come back to.

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