Help! Timeline disappeared!

[phillip95123]

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.

[amostheteacher]

Jenny - this is a totally fantastic tip.  I thought I had lost 5 days of work and it reappeared - even after I had committed the cardinal sin of closing the programme.  Massive, and I mean massive, relief so thank you!  First time I have ever gone into a community forum and this is the reason why.

[GonKillua14]

Thank you. I almost had a heart attack and died. You really saved my life.

[defaultq5mibilmwta3]

OMG THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

[Max5558]

Thank you so much

[frederikkep29257316]

I love you, you saved me!

[Burdette320]

I'm currently using Premier Pro 2021 and your suggestion just saved my almost complete 8 1/2 hour timeline!! Thank you so much for posting this solution, in fact, I can't thank you enough! Peace and Love to you my fellow member of humanity ✌️

[wdharvey]

This makes no sense but it worked beautifully. Can anyone tell us what is going on? Why did my timeline turn up blank but when i clcik on the sequence in the list it all shows up again.

[Kevin-Monahan]

WD,

Sorry. You probably accidentally closed the sequence, but you weren't aware you did just that. You can open a sequence anytime in the Project panel. Now you know! 

Regard,
Kevin

[Stektax]

OMG THANKS YOU RESCUED ME OUT OF THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH

[juliab9763053]

Is it possible you have multiple project files open at once?

[Ann Bens]

Yes that is possible with the newest version.

[juliab9763053]

I mean, that might be why the sequence would have seemingly disappeared from the bin, if multiple project bins were open.

[Ann Bens]

I find this multiple projects open quite confusing.

Tend to avoid have more then one open.

[simong92368331]

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]

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.

[Ann Bens]

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[One]

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]

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

[MrRedGuy]

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]

Before starting a real project you might want hit the LEARN button on the Home page within Premiere first.

Will save you a lot of frustration and disappointment.

[New2PremPro]

Hi There, @Ann Bens is very much right. I guess this is deeper meaning behind: Sell more trainings.
It is hard to convince co-workers to use Adobe if this continues.

[Gangsta Shots]

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.

[kristenb28609463]

Try Window > Timeline. Worked for me!

[AirCareDPL]

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.

[New2PremPro]

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??