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jessehamad
Inspiring
October 31, 2023
Question

Premiere overwriting multiple projects with old projects - new projects not saved

I have been producing a series of videos over the last year or so and everything has been fine. Today I went to continue editing a project that I had almost finished and the entire project folder - sequences and source material- had been replaced with an older project. The new project is just gone. I opened another project and same thing- everything replaced with sequences and source material from the same older project. Everything that was supposed to be there was gone. I checked autosaves- same story. I now have three projects that are completely overwritten by data from an older project. All the work from the last month is just gone.

 

I always create new work files and begin each project from scratch. Each project is saved in separate folders in windows. Occasionally I will copy and paste specific elements (usually text & graphics) from an older project but it's never caused any problems in the past.

 

About to lose my mind. Any help would be appreciated!

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    jessehamadAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 31, 2023

    EDIT: I finally found an older autosave with the correct project files.. so while I still lost the most recent work, at least I didn't lose everything.. Still curious what would cause something like this.. 

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    Ann Bens
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    Ann BensCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 31, 2023

    FAQ: When to use "Save A Copy," or "Save As," and and when to simply use "Save"

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      jessehamadAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 31, 2023

      As I mentioned before, I always start new projects from scratch.. the only "cross contamination" is when I copy static elements like text or graphics from one project to another.. 

       

      I did use "save as" once recently, when I split a project into two parts- but when I opened the newly saved project, the entire contents had been replaced with timeline / material from an older project that I had finished over two weeks ago (and hadn't touched since)

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