Opening project on another computer in Premier 2017

[rosep25555298]

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?

[Peru Bob]

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]

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

[Peru Bob]

Have a look here:

https://www.google.com/search?How+do+I+assign+the+same+fixed+drive+letter+for+the+external+drive

[rosep25555298]

I'm working on macs and it just says "volume". I am not sure I have a drive letter?

[rosep25555298]

When I try and relink the files it also won't bring the audio of MTS files in.  It says:

The selected file does not contain audio media used by clip references in one or more sequences. These audio clip references will be deleted, and cannot be undone. Do you want to continue?

[Warren Heaton]

Click yes.

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

[rosep25555298]

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?

[Kevin-Monahan]

Hi RoseP,

Did you ever solve this issue? Let us know the solution, if you have one.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Guest]

Hi,

I have a similar issue. I use an individual account and I have 2 computers. I am using my computers in two different cities because of my job. My question is : How I can edit a project in Premiere Pro on one computer and then find it back on the other to continue working on it ?

I see that I can export my project on an external hard drive but I dont want to do that again and again each time I change computers. And I see that Shared Project might be the solution, problem is, apparently it works only for team account, plus only on a local server.

Adobe, could you, please, make the best of the cloud system and allows any individual to work on their project, whenever they are, with any devices...

Last question I have, Is Adobe Anywhere might work ? I can't find much information on it, I think it is also a LAN use.

[Warren Heaton]

Hi Lucied:

Probably the easiest way is for you to use a mobile SSD drive.  Assuming both computers have USB3 or USBC, the Samsung T5 Portable Solid-State Drive should do the trick.  It's available at 500GB, 1TB and 2TB.  Here's a link to the 1TB model at B&H PhotoVideo: Vote By Mail | California Secretary of State   If you're budget allows for it, I'd purchase two: one for primary storage and one as backup.  You can use a backup utility to clone the primary drive to the back-up drive on a regular basis.

Similar storage products are available from other well known companies like OtherWorld Computing and G-Technology.

Create a folder and sub-folders for your Premiere Pro project file, Scratch Files and any media/source footage that you're using in your edit on this drive.  Also, make sure that the Premiere Pro Scratch Disk Settings are all set to "Same as Project".

As far as making the "best of the cloud system" goes, you could opt to use Dropbox or Creative Cloud storage instead, setting up both computers to sync the corresponding local Dropbox folder or local Creative Cloud storage folder.

Adobe Rush is a start at Adobe doing they syncing for us and it works pretty well, but Rush's video editing capabilities are very modest compared to Premiere Pro's.

Adobe Anywhere for individuals would be amazing; however, it requires setting up server hardware that tends to be extremely cost prohibitive.  Everything's on the Adobe Anywhere server and you're effectively editing remotely on the workstation of your choosing.  Since it's all remote editing, you could have very, very high end footage being editing via what's effectively a video chat stream to the remote workstations (so it can be a low-end laptop).  Again, the price point for Adobe Anywhere makes it impractical for individuals and small facilities.

-Warren

[rosep25555298]

Or do you think it's because the two computers are using different operating systems?

[Warren Heaton]

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.