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Opening a new project opens inside of old project

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November 2, 2017
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Recently updated to newest Premiere. Sometimes I will open a project while a current project is already open. I just go to FILE: OPEN PROJECT. There has never been any issue and the new project opens up and the old project goes away.

Now, when I open a new project, the old project stays. So I'm seeing all of the files, etc.

So I have to completely close Premiere, then open it up and open the new file.

Not a big deal, just curious if this is a bug or what.

Correct answer Peru Bob

That is how the new version works. You can open multiple projects.

Marvin_CG

Participant

Sorry I can't contribute with an answer, so maybe I can contribute with one more vote on this matter? I do too find this modality really annoying and confusing. What's the point of saving each project and giving it a specific name if at the end you have a kind of Master session full of tabs and full of unnecesary footage from a different project.

Starting on a fresh canvas was much more cleaner to my mind. Any way, I hope Adobe takes us in consideration.

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marcs34186840

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I just had the same problem and found your post. I then figured it out. Click on the three lines next to the name of your new project in the media browser (bottom left panel) and click on close all other projects.

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defaultfxsfekefquew

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I am having the same issue. How did you fix it?

R Neil Haugen

Legend

There isn't a 'fix' per se. In stand-alone or standard project mode, Premiere allows multiple projects to be open at the same time. So you need to manually close and open projects and pay attention to which project you are technically working in at any moment if you have multiple projects open.

But I'm so used to working in Productions mode that the old stand-alone projects seems like ancient history to me anymore. I don't understand working that way actually. Because in Productions mode this is never a problem.

It does take a bit of relearning your organizational practices. But is so slick to use once you get into it.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Another option past what MtD suggested, is that if there are multiple projects open, you'll have multiple Project tabs in the Project panel, and you can simply close the one you want closed from there also.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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Meg The Dog

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timbishop4000 wrote
So I have to completely close Premiere, then open it up and open the new file.

Or you can just close your current project first, before opening the new project by going to the menu File > Close Project.

MtD

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Ruben3155556242ae

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I recently ran into this same issue when creating a new project after completing the first of a few. Which brought me here. I guess the mistake is keeping Premiere open and then creating a new project.

Consequently, I created duplicate projects which made it difficult to find the project file I really needed.

Peru Bob

Correct answer

Community Expert

That is how the new version works. You can open multiple projects.

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Justus5EE6

Participant

honestly, I don't get how this is answering the question. When I open a new project and it contains all the files from the one I am running it is also not seperated. When I delete files in the new project they will also be deleted in the other. It is pretty weird, I don't really see any sense in that... does anyone know how to solve this issue?

R Neil Haugen

Legend

Of course that works. The issue I'm talking about and others are talking about is when we say new project in Adobe Premeire and deliberately don't import any media or sequence, it fills it with the media and sequences from another open project. And if close that project from before, it removes everything from my new project to, and won't let me paste my "copied" sequence into the new project.

So closing it would cause the same problem, not being able to copy a sequence and paste it into a brand new project. I'm not saying it's a bug, it's a limitation, that only allows you to copy and paste sequences within the same project, and automatically adds your media and sequences to any new project you start, even if that's not what you want.

In order to get part of my sequence in a new project, I had to cut out everything else but the sequence I wanted, export it, and then import it as media after closing all projects and starting a new one. Way more work than I want it to be.

Again, I'm not saying something's wrong, just that it works in a way that's not at all intuitive. If I start a new project, what makes it think I want my old project just added to the new one when I didn't ask Premiere to do that?

Thanks for answering the question.

We've always needed to close projects before opening or creating new ones in an old-style 'stand-alone project' mode. Having mulitple projects open in stand-alone mode can become a right mess quickly.

Which is one of the reasons I switched my shop to a Production a couple years back. I can have projects open for different clients, access all my b-roll and audio library, graphics etc. without any duplications or mess from having multiple projects open in stand-alone mode.

Try that with several stand-alone projects open simultaneously, trying to move assets around? Insta-mess.

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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