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phillip95123
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November 11, 2017
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Help! Timeline disappeared!

  • November 11, 2017
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Hello, I was just editing, I pressed some key and my timeline disappeared! Not the timeline window itself but the actual sequence. To make matters worse I can't find the sequence in my project to reopen it!

Help is much appreciated.

    Correct answer Ann Bens

    18 replies

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    christopherl50311446
    Participant
    November 1, 2024

    This hasn't worked for me. Timeline goes the minute I click on it
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    Christopher (Kit) Lukas
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    Lepodgy31104294pmcx
    Participant
    July 16, 2023

    Adobe this is so dumb why are you so insistent on making the timeline disappear when it's the key to editing in the first place.  I don't understand the logic of you guys making the timeline disappear so much please change on the update.

     

    Gadgetsjon
    Gadgetsjon
    Participant
    February 15, 2022

    I thought a similar thing had happened to me. I remember saving my timeline and I had exported a rush of the project, so I know everything was there.

     

    SOLUTION: Because I had opened and started the project while another project was open, the sequence saved in the old project, under a different name. So when I closed Premiere, it saved the project with the imports in it separately to the sequence I was working on.


    Search your previous project for the sequence. Panic over.

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    New2PremPro
    Participating Frequently
    August 31, 2021

    Hi There,
    Unfortunately this trick doenst work in my case.
    No timeline visible and no idea how to restore this.

    Any ideas?

    Thx.

    P.S: I am sure this is a smart function. But what is the sense behind??

     

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    New2PremPro
    Participating Frequently
    August 31, 2021

    Hi There,

    is it true that all the project is lost because the timeline window was closed and can't be opened?
    The built-in autosave function makes sure that you can not go back to the old version.
    I cant believe that this is true.

    Best,

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    Air-Care
    Participant
    March 25, 2021

    I had the same problem. What I eventually figured out was that I used an image to start the process, IMG 097, which by default ended up as the project name, which of course made no sense. (and it was buried in a folder)

     

    I went to click on a nested segment while editing but lost my main timeline because it was the file name, not the project name, which I failed to change when starting the project.

     

    I found it after looking at a backup version (always back up/version your pojects!)

    I hope this made sense.

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    kristenb28609463
    Participant
    October 15, 2020

    Try Window > Timeline. Worked for me!

    Gangsta Shots
    Gangsta Shots
    Participant
    September 20, 2020

    I accidnetally closed my timeline and I figured out to get it back is to go to Window - Workspace - All Panals. That solved my problem without an issue.

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      One
      Participant
      November 26, 2019

      Pls I don't know what is going on with my Adobe premiere pro cc7.0.0 I just instilled it but I didn't see my timeline, is showing me timeline( no sequence 

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 26, 2019

      You need to make a sequence first in order to use the timeline.

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      MrRedGuy
      Participating Frequently
      March 21, 2020

      This is quite a little confusing and scary quirk to new users of the software! When you first open the project you can get a blank sequence. I found I had to go into my project (project window) and search for seq (sequences) and I found it there. Thankfully, as I spent a good while editing!!

      As I can see I am not the only one, I am quite shocked that the thread dates back three years! We are not all idiots.

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 2, 2019

      Deleted!

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      simong92368331
      Participant
      June 26, 2019

      so as of today... my timeline will not show upon opening file. it's there - just doesn't show. then i click on something and boom it's back. also when i move the play head - video scrubs but the play head visibly does not move until i hit play (space).

      i reinstalled premiere twice but no luck.

      win 10 64 1903

      hp zbook 17 g5

      16gb ram

      p5200 16gb ram

      xeon 32 core 3.4GHz

      any thoughts? thank you

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 26, 2019

      You need to give Premiere a chance to properly open before doing anything with the mouse.

      If it is still acting weird

      FAQ: How to reset (trash) preferences.

      RAM is a bit on the lean side. 32 is ok, 64 is better.

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