Making changes to current project file reverts to earlier saved versions

[rjkidder]

Not a frequent user, but learning along the way to creating a 3-minute video. My general habit is to save new versions so I won't lose the others (I know PP auto-saves every 5 minutes). So, in this case, I'm importing clips into the current version but, when I do, the project reverts to an older file. Further, when I import a new clip (whether its a .MOV or a .png or whatever), it opens a new sequence with the clip all alone in the timeline. What am I doing wrong? Is there some preference box checked that I don't know about? Thanks in advance!

[Averdahl · Accepted solution]

What am I doing wrong?

By @rjkidder

It seems that you have multiple projects open instead of just one (1) project. If you have multiple projects open this could happen, iow that you import a clip and instead of importing to project A it imports into project B since that was the active one when you imported.

[rjkidder]

Fantastic! And thanks to both of you for your quick reply as I was dead in the water until I heard from you!

I will try to figure out whether "close all other projects" gives me a SAVE opportunity (I'm sure it will). My difficulty has been trying to copy a clip from one draft to another and getting it to stick without just reverting to the older version (where I edited the clip). I work in Photoshop and InDesign and Illustrator but have rare occasion to use Premier Pro, even though in a former life I've shot and edited, well, hundreds of tv spots in an edit bay or control room in the pre-digital era. (Yeah, I'm old!) Thanks again!

[Averdahl]

Fantastic! And thanks to both of you for your quick reply as I was dead in the water until I heard from you!

I will try to figure out whether "close all other projects" gives me a SAVE opportunity (I'm sure it will). My difficulty has been trying to copy a clip from one draft to another and getting it to stick without just reverting to the older version (where I edited the clip). I work in Photoshop and InDesign and Illustrator but have rare occasion to use Premier Pro, even though in a former life I've shot and edited, well, hundreds of tv spots in an edit bay or control room in the pre-digital era. (Yeah, I'm old!) Thanks again!

By @rjkidder

Great to hear that it solved the problem! 🙂

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

Are you sure that you don't have more than one project open at a time?

If you do, you may see sequences from different projects on the same timeline.