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numbbaby
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June 16, 2015
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Premiere Pro CC 2015 auto selecting clip under playhead?

  • June 16, 2015
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I've noticed PP CC 2015 is auto selecting the clip below the playhead at all times (therefore effects controls change to wherever the cursor is).  While useful sometimes, I have not found a way to turn this feature off.  Anyone else having this? 

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    Correct answer Trent Happel

    Under Sequence menu, uncheck Select Follows Playhead. This was added with the new Lumetri Color panel workflow and is enabled by default if you have this panel open.

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    Bracker360
    Bracker360
    Participant
    April 3, 2020

    Thank you! Super helpful to know that. I find that follow playhead highlight feature incredibly annoying.

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      brandon5EE1
      Participant
      March 19, 2021

      Awesome. That was driving me nuts.  Couldn't quickly speed through my clips monitoring the audio with that highlighted. 

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      ounceman
      Participant
      November 8, 2018

      Thank you for this thread on how to turn the feature off. It was causing me so many extra clicks just to delete a segment, and segments were inadvertently getting deleted from my timeline when I didn't realize they were auto-selected. I can always turn it back on for color work. So glad I found this thread.

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      Sam016235468
      Known Participant
      July 18, 2018

      Most annoying feature ever.

      DrTc
      DrTc
      Inspiring
      December 20, 2016

      Is there a way to make Pr auto select the Video track instead of the audio track under playhead?

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      Meg The Dog
      Inspiring
      December 20, 2016

      Lock the audio track:

      MtD

      cliffclof
      cliffclof
      Inspiring
      March 15, 2016

      Great!  next time offer the feature, but please don't force it.

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        AshRoughCut
        Participant
        July 7, 2015

        For the color grading process I can see where I would enjoy having this feature turned on...but for general editing, it was driving me bananas and slowing me down tremendously when trying to do keyboard shortcuts to add cross disolve transitions between clips on a longer live event edit.

        For other people that might be finding this frustrating as well and not be fortunate enough to find this thread, I would recommend this only be set to ON by DEFAULT, when someone specifically launces their COLOR WORKSPACE. Then in the EDITING WORKSPACE, by default, the option would be turned off.

          Snemanje poroke
          Snemanje poroke
          Participating Frequently
          June 13, 2016

          Right.
          As I love this feature (I always wanted keyboard shortcut for clip selection) it drove me nuts when making default transitions and when color corecting - I usually have "adjustment layer" on top-most video track - so one extra click on empy space before any opration.:(


          THANK YOU ADOBE for giving this as an option. That is the correct way of adding feratures.

          What drives me even more crazy is way of adding default transition itself. It won't add it if something anywhere on timeline is selected. It won't add it even if previous transition (which was clicked and adjusted) is selected. Or it is adding it somewhere out of sight on some clip(s) which are left selected - ruining previous editing and/or wasting time to figure out why the heck transition is not showing up at given cut. Having transitions all over place sometimes is spotted only after rendering out and reviewing the final render. Ouch I HATE THIS. Let alone it bugs me that white selected empty track trhoughout all sequence.

          Does anyone else hate this "feature" of Premiere CC?
          I loose time, have to do extra thinking/clicks, findig empty space to click it is sometimes tricky on busy timelines, making undos (checking if something was happend when "nothing happend at clicking CTRL+D), ... I edit with Premiere from version 6.5 and all "pro" versiona as well. I used to train people for Avid and Incite and worked on Liquid as well. So quite some systems. This feaure is time killer like no other (and yes, it saves time when U need transitions on all selected cuts or titles - so 1 step further, 10 back). If software need special attention all the time, not to mess upp something, than this is no PRO software. Such a small feature can ruin productivity.

          I would like the voice of others.

          Richard TOULON
          Richard TOULON
          Legend
          January 9, 2018

          I also hate this:

          Does anyone else hate this "feature" of Premiere CC?

          I loose time, have to do extra thinking/clicks, findig empty space to click it is sometimes tricky on busy timelines, making undos (checking if something was happend when "nothing happend at clicking CTRL+D)

          Did you find a solution??

          Thanks

          Felipe


          Hi felipe, maybe you should have inserted the beginning of the original message from Snemanje Poroke. He is talking about transition.

          I don't really understand the problem. If a cut is selected, just push Shift + D  ( PC ), You want to add transition on a single clip at in and out, Ctrl + Shift + D . Add default transition to multiple clips . Select any clip you want and repeat the process. Does it help ?

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          Trent HappelCorrect answer
          Participating Frequently
          June 16, 2015

          Under Sequence menu, uncheck Select Follows Playhead. This was added with the new Lumetri Color panel workflow and is enabled by default if you have this panel open.

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            excited_Genie16B8
            Legend
            June 17, 2015

            I rather love this myself.  Makes grading much easier.

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