Notepad in Premiere?

[Vadim Cherny]

Is there a kind of Notepad in Premiere Pro where you can write text notes for the current project?

[Michael Grenadier]

don't think so, but you can add markers to clips or sequences which is what I usually do for specific notes.  I also usually create a google doc and share it with my client so all notes, info, etc are readily available without having to search thru 1000 emails.

[Stan Jones]

There are several text fields in the metadata display in the Project Panel. (Description, Log note, Scene, etc) I used description a lot to track clip info. 

Stan

[James Langley]

There was postnotes which was an amazing extension, but i'm not sure what's happened. 

Postnotes.io doesn't seem to be live anymore

[robgarfinkel]

Post Notes moved to a new location, and has a new version as of late last year.

[R Neil Haugen · Accepted solution]

Yea, postnotes is gone it seems.

You can open the Windows "Notepad" utility text app, drag/drop that onto your project panel, and it will work. You can open, add/change things in your note. But ... note! (ha) ... you have to delete the notepad from your project if you want to use the Project manager for consolidation/archiving.

Neil

[anixcool]

What are you talking? Can you please explain steps how can i do that? Premiere wont allow docking external app.

[R Neil Haugen]

You don't 'dock' the Notepad app. Save a Notepad comment to disc. Open Explorer, drag/drop that file into the Project panel.

Neil

[anixcool]

Tried that. Premiere says unknown file. It still opens notepad when i double click it in project panel, it dose not show me the text in premiere pro.

[R Neil Haugen]

Yes, it does open Notepad. And you can use it to work away. And save it. I do this quite a bit. Helps me know where I am, what I've just done, what I need to start working on next.

This is an alternative to using say text fields in the Metadata section or Markers in sequences and timelines. It's there in the Project panel as any other asset, though Premiere freaks if you try and say use the Project manager with the Notepad file still there.

Being as Premiere doesn't have a (for many of us) particularly useful note keeping process.

Neil

[anixcool]

Okay. Thanks for the reply! Hope Adobe will add the notepad panel in Premiere Pro in future update.

[Meg The Dog]

This is a useful thing to know. It works on Mac as well with the note being created in TextEdit, as long as the note is saved as a .txt file and not .rtf.

The main positive for me is that the note is locked into the Project, when you have to re-open a project a year later - the link to the note is right there for you.

MtD

[R Neil Haugen]

A project note-keeping system seems like it should be such an obvious element that any NLE should have, right?

Weird that Premiere doesn't have one. Especially with such an effort to get both the Productions process and Team Projects spread out among the user base, where collaboration is the prime goal.

You'd think having a notes capability would be the first thing they'd add.

Neil

[mpbMKE]

I think the goal we're looking for is to have an in-app solution to avoid alt-tabbing between programs. I can keep Acrobat or Word or Notepad open for notes without putting a link in the project, but what I really need is a window inside of Premiere where I can keep track of everything. Sadly, it looks like Postnotes was the only option for this, and it appears to be 4+ years dead.

[R Neil Haugen]

I don't need to alt-tab to Notepad ... as noted above, create a Notepad file, then drag/drop that onto the Project panel. Now you can open and add things to it from the project panel. Not perfect but workable.

Neil

[mpbMKE]

And it still launches to another program, which is exactly what I'm saying I'm trying to avoid. 😂😂😂

Whether it be Alt-Tabbing or double-clicking in the project, it's the same annoying back-and-forth of switching windows. I get that there's currently no solution, but repeating the same workaround isn't helpful, either. I just hope that adding my voice to this same registry of complaints about the topic enthuses someone to figure it out and offer an alternative. If I could code Premiere extension panels I'd do it myself, but alas.

[Phillip Harvey]

Neil, thanks for the suggestion! I never knew you could do that. 

[R Neil Haugen]

Learned that, and many other things, in Jarle Leirpoll's book The Cool Stuff in Premiere Pro ... at over 1200 pages, with an extensive table of contents and index, it's the best Premiere Pro manual out there.

Neil

[smallfra.me]

Post Notes is back with Post Notes 2! It's said to work for Premiere Pro and After Effects. The updated app includes TimeCode stamping in Premiere Pro with clickable timecode links in the notes. More information available at: postnotes.app

I'm not affiliated with the app in any way, but I was a user of the original Post Notes app, and they recently sent me info about the new app! Looking forward to incorporating this back into my workflow!

[caroline_edits]

Hey Saa4, great question! Lots of good suggestions here. To create notes in Premiere, determine if you want your notes to be on the clips in the timeline or if you'd like them to sit in the project panel. I would use @mgrenadier's suggestion for clips in the timeline, @Stan's idea for keeping the notes stored all in one place. 

Caroline

[smallfra.me]

Post Notes is back with Post Notes 2! It's said to work for Premiere Pro and After Effects. The updated app includes TimeCode stamping in Premiere Pro with clickable timecode links in the notes. More information available at: postnotes.app!

[R Neil Haugen]

That's good news!

Neil

[anixcool]

Wow!! Thats awesome....!!!

[Rowan!]

Post Notes 2 for PrPro & AAE is now available for Mac and PC. This is a completely rewritten version of the original program, fresh off the press. Now includes To Do list and ability to link to a specific timecode point (in PrPro only).

[zawilliams]

Not sure if anyone is still looking, but we just released a V2 of Post Notes: https://postnotes.app

Figured it was time to bring it back. We also have it working for After Effects now too.