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Create Project Without Importing Files

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May 26, 2022
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Hi, I am a bit confused with the new import mode feature. How do I create a project without importing and clips/files? I just want to make a blank project the way it used to default to. I am using Adobe Premiere Pro 2022 on a Windows 10.

Thank you.

Correct answer Ann Bens

You dont need to import files.

Just name the project, set path and hit create.

msouza_br

New Participant

The Way Premiere works today at start is SO ANNOYING. It's the only software I use that FORCES me to create a project file to start it. I open premiere a lot of times during the day, just to check things on videos, test something I DON'T WANT to SAVE anything.
My only solution is to always save over the same untitled project, which is a dirt way to fix it.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Huh?

All video projects are ... projects. This isn't a video player.

And you don't have to create a project to launch it, just open a previous one.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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simonp99057653

New Participant

Adobe Premiere just keeps trying to import files even though I didn't ask it to. It's really annoying me, it's never done that before... I shut it down, restart it, select "NEW PROJECT" uncheck all the boxes and hit create and it starts to import batch files! WHY?!? Like, I literally selected NOTHING!

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

There's either something starred in the center section, or some option on the right side blue indicating selected, that us what's going on.

Make sure no center items are starred, no right items blue.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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cmatts

Known Participant

this new project creation sucks. please have option to go back to how it was.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Then don't USE it.

It is your choice to either work 'the old way' or the new.

The old is just as before:

Type a Name.

Select a Location.

Click "Create"

The new empty project opens, and import assets as before.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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cmatts

Known Participant

every time i go to make a new page the screen with impossible to read file dir - i think that main thing the middle is where im saving my project.

not the equally hard to read almsot hidden - save proj location on the top.

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adobe448178967

New Participant

I had this issue as well and it's a bug with the M1 macs. It wouldn't let me create a project without selecting footage. The solution that I found was to open Premiere up in the Intel version. In Adobe Cloud, right click on Premiere and click on Open Intel version.

Sasa at UH

Inspiring

Hi,

throwing in one more oddity from my part related to this topic.

When I try to import media into a new Project the file browser in PP (22.6.2, Build 2) will only show the first file of the media library, see screenshot below. On the left hand side is macOS' (12.5.1) Finder showing correctly the content and on the right hand side PP's Import view showing only the first file.

1. This issue has been around since maybe April/May 2022, but I haven't bothered to do anything about it as you still could Create the project although only after a moment of waiting the Create button turned from greyed out to blue.

2. Now it takes forever for the button to turn blue and I'd like this to work as it is supposed to, meaning to be able to pick the files right away.

Any input?

Thank you!

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Report this in detail on their Premiere Pro UserVoice system, so it goes to the devs ... that is their input portal for the engineers.

This forum is user-to-user help (primarily) with some product support oversight. It's good to post about things like this here, so the user base can compare notes. But ALSO get them to the devs.

As most of the devs are 1) passionate editors themselves and 2) Mac based gear heads ... apparently they're not getting this on their own M1s, and so it's got to be on some subset for some reason.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Mr_dale

New Participant

+1 here. Everyone in our studio who got the update thought they HAD to import media to create new projects.

Maybe the confusion comes from this alert style message at the bottom of the new project screen? The text yells "Select media to create project". I bet Adobe can tweak the language here.

Also, we're all on Mac and the left side "local" file navigation is completely useless. It's slow and far less efficient than using the OS Finder.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Yea, it was and is confusing to look at for most of us. "They' seemed puzzled we were confused.

Sigh. Computer programs and Life ... not always a sweet combination.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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Flint Fine Art

New Participant

Okay, so how do you create a new file. This is marked as a correct answer. Hmmm.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Did you pay any attention to the entire list of options in the previous new project dialog? Most didn't.

They just changed the other options. If they're not useful to you, ignore them as you did before. And do as Ann says ... name, location, create.

Same process.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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M-L66

New Participant

Hi Neil, I'm trying just that and my create button is greyed out. I've also tried selecting a file, and it's still not available to click on.. Am I missing something?

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

Unfortunately, "we" can't see to the bottom of the options for either the center section (file selection) or right edge (actionable options). There might be things there but I can't tell.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

Ann BensCorrect answer

Community Expert

You dont need to import files.

Just name the project, set path and hit create.

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cmatts

Known Participant

these are funtially hidden

if you are working quickly everything seems to mandate loading footge and create proj w footage seleted.

if adobe is trying to copy dinvinchi all you doing is making me do is learn it faster.

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

I assume you mean "functionally hidden" .. .but the old import options are no more hidden that before. As they were never part of the new project dialog.

The old "new project dialog" had options to Name & Locate the project. AND a bunch of options that (as they are 'sticky' and most people do the same over and over) were NEVER used.

After you clicked Create at the bottom of that dialog, skipping a ton of options ... the new project opened and you imported from the project panel or Media Browser panel.

So now, you skip some different options to click Create ... and import exactly as you did before.

So ... why is skipping different unused options so suddenly horrible? Was it that much more fun or something to skip the old options?

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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