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January 31, 2023
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Set Default Export Folder to Current Project Folder

  • January 31, 2023
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PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE

Get this to the top of the development list.

 

Make the default export folder (when you first go to export) the CURRENT PROJECT FOLDER, you know, the one that has the .prproj file in it that you're working on.

 

I can't count the number of times I've exported something only to spend 15 minutes trying to find it in File explorer. 


For those who want it to stay in the last used folder, or a designated export folder, put those options in settings, but the default behavior should be to export to the current folder, then allow the user to select another.

 

If the user selects another folder, have it stay with the project, so the next time the project is opened (after editing something else), it defaults to that folder. If the user opens another project, exports default to that project folder, or one that was saved in an earlier session of that project.

 

(I think we've only been asking for this for about 10 years.)

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Ivan Stepanov
Legend
February 1, 2023

You can try free extension Compass. It does exactly what you want:

https://knightsoftheeditingtable.com/compass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM1a8fAqnQk

 

The only catch is that it won't work in recent (23.0+) versions of Premiere, as there is a bug in API. But when it will be fixed, Compass will work again.