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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

Participant

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

Again though, I don't like assumptions. Assumptions mean that someone is deciding for me what I am meaning to do. If I deliberately try to start a new empty project, I don't want it putting something in there. As I said, what I want to do is copy a segment from one project and paste it into another one. Closing the first project removes that option. Closing Premiere and opening it again removes that option. It's a feature I want, and it's not there because Adobe decided for me that I want to import the same sequence I am working on into my new project. I'm not even sure why that would be. If I actually copied a segment or sequence out of the project, clearly I don't want the whole project placed into the new one.

Oh well, I don't get stressed about this, but it sucks because it's not what I am trying to get Premiere to do.

I understand the frustration, certainly. And as I said, they could certainly make that clear ... which it most definitely is not.

As to assumptions ... with something this complicated, there will always be "assumptions" ... which is why many parts have added shorts or controls to allow the user to control the assumptions. That should be added here also.

I didn't even realize the Import page worked as well as the MediaBrowser for importing complex assets to a current project until recently, when noted Adobe staffer/expert Karl Soule posted an article about it in the Facebook pro Adobe Pro Editors group. It's as solid for metadata handling as the MediaBrowser and for many things faster to use. Huh.

Yea, there's a lot about this app that could be more clear.

For your needs, you'd need to hit your close-project shortcut, create a new project, then open the previous. You might be able to copy something, close project, create new, and paste ... I'd have to try that.

But then, I do not like working in stand-alone mode anyway. It's just a messy ... mess. We're all different of course ...

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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