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rosep25555298
rosep25555298
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March 31, 2018
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Opening project on another computer in Premier 2017

  • March 31, 2018
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I am working in Adobe Premier CC 2017. I have saved my project onto a hard drive and all of my rushes are also on this hard drive. When I try to open the project on a different computer I have to relink all of the footage even though the path hasn't changed (because the rushes have always been on the hard drive). Does anyone know why this is?

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Warren Heaton
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Warren HeatonCommunity Expert
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April 1, 2018

On your external hard drive, create a template folder that contains subfolders similar to the following:

  • Camera Originals
  • Media - for video and/or audio that didn't original from a camera
  • Projects - for your Premiere Pro project files
  • Exports

Whenever you start a project, make a duplicate of this folder and change the name to correspond to the current project.  Then, keep any and every last file for the project in the corresponding folder.  Regardless of where you open your .prproj, your source footage should always link.

This assumes that you're working from an external drive with high enough bandwidth and capacity for your projects.  The folder names are just suggestions.  The main point is to have an organized workspace that you always adhere to prior to importing clips into a PR project file.

Peru Bob
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Peru BobCommunity Expert
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March 31, 2018

It could be because the hard drive letter is different on each machine.

Did you assign the same fixed drive letter in Disk Management for the external drive on each computer?

rosep25555298
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March 31, 2018

How do I assign the same fixed drive letter for the external drive?

rosep25555298
rosep25555298Author
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April 1, 2018

Click yes.

If you need the audio later, you can import the MTS file again to create a new reference to the audio.


Hi Warren

So I should relink everything without the audio, and then reimport the AVCHD file to the project to create a new reference. How do I then link this new reference to the clip?

I'll try this file organisation going forward, but all of my footage is already organised into one folder on the hard drive (I have a folder for each project).

I tend to shoot over several sessions and so I have several files just called 'AVCHD' that contain the shots from each session so I have to put them into subfolders. I've found for the camera footage sometimes when I relink it picks the wrong MTS file (i.e. one from a different shoot).

Also, because I format the card after each use so some of my audio files end up having the same name, so I put them into separate folders (audio shoot 1, shoot 2 etc).

Is there a better way of organising my files?

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