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Sterphy
Sterphy
Known Participant
July 18, 2025
Answered

Option to Always Open Original Source Clip (Not Timeline Instance) When Double-Clicking

  • July 18, 2025
  • 1 reply
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Currently in Premiere Pro, when I double-click a clip from the timeline, it opens in the Source Monitor, but it loads the edited instance from the sequence — including any Motion effects like Scale, Position, Rotation, etc.

This is often not the behaviour I want. I would prefer the option to have it open the original, unmodified source clip, as it appears in the Project panel — especially since the Source Monitor is meant to show the source media, not timeline adjustments.

Feature Request:
Please add a preference setting that allows users to choose one of the following behaviours when double-clicking a clip in the timeline:

  1. Open the source clip (raw, unaltered from the Project panel).

  2. Open the timeline instance (current default behaviour).

Why this matters:

  • Frequently, I want to re-trim or review the original media without seeing timeline-specific changes like Scale = 50%.

  • The current behaviour creates confusion and friction, especially when editing multi-resolution media or working with scaled clips.

  • Having to manually “Reveal in Project” each time adds extra steps that could be avoided with a simple preference toggle.

Correct answer Ann Bens

It sounds like you want to have the original clip to do something else with ... so hit F as noted above, the quick tap to eliminate in/out points ... it's ready to do anything you want.

 

Other than that ... well, I still do not think I'm sure what you're trying to do.


OP uses 4K in HD timeline: when opening from the timeline the clip is set to 50% which you cannot change. That seems to be the issue. Not quite what the initial post stated.

This is something we have to live with for the time being.

1 reply

Ann Bens
Ann Bens
Community Expert
July 18, 2025

No need for a feature request: after selecting the clip in the timeline just hit F (match frame) and the original clip will open from the project window into the source monitor.

There is also a setting in the Prefs if you want the inpoint.

 

    Sterphy
    SterphyAuthor
    Known Participant
    July 20, 2025

    Thanks, but that doesn't solve the problem.  The only reason I want to do this is for retiming clips, and you can't do that this way.

    R Neil Haugen
    R Neil Haugen
    Brainiac
    July 20, 2025

    Then it's guess I don't understand your original post. You said you wanted the original clip to appear in the Source monitor, which that gets for me.

    Everyone's mileage always varies ...
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