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numbbaby
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June 16, 2015
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Premiere Pro CC 2015 auto selecting clip under playhead?

  • June 16, 2015
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I've noticed PP CC 2015 is auto selecting the clip below the playhead at all times (therefore effects controls change to wherever the cursor is).  While useful sometimes, I have not found a way to turn this feature off.  Anyone else having this? 

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    Correct answer Trent Happel

    Under Sequence menu, uncheck Select Follows Playhead. This was added with the new Lumetri Color panel workflow and is enabled by default if you have this panel open.

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    Bracker360
    Bracker360
    Participant
    April 3, 2020

    Thank you! Super helpful to know that. I find that follow playhead highlight feature incredibly annoying.

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      brandon5EE1
      Participant
      March 19, 2021

      Awesome. That was driving me nuts.  Couldn't quickly speed through my clips monitoring the audio with that highlighted. 

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      ounceman
      Participant
      November 8, 2018

      Thank you for this thread on how to turn the feature off. It was causing me so many extra clicks just to delete a segment, and segments were inadvertently getting deleted from my timeline when I didn't realize they were auto-selected. I can always turn it back on for color work. So glad I found this thread.

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      Sam016235468
      Known Participant
      July 18, 2018

      Most annoying feature ever.

      DrTc
      DrTc
      Inspiring
      December 20, 2016

      Is there a way to make Pr auto select the Video track instead of the audio track under playhead?

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      Meg The Dog
      Inspiring
      December 20, 2016

      Lock the audio track:

      MtD

      cliffclof
      cliffclof
      Inspiring
      March 15, 2016

      Great!  next time offer the feature, but please don't force it.

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        AshRoughCut
        Participant
        July 7, 2015

        For the color grading process I can see where I would enjoy having this feature turned on...but for general editing, it was driving me bananas and slowing me down tremendously when trying to do keyboard shortcuts to add cross disolve transitions between clips on a longer live event edit.

        For other people that might be finding this frustrating as well and not be fortunate enough to find this thread, I would recommend this only be set to ON by DEFAULT, when someone specifically launces their COLOR WORKSPACE. Then in the EDITING WORKSPACE, by default, the option would be turned off.

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          excited_Genie16B8
          Legend
          July 7, 2015

          The feature is turned off by default for Editing.  Even when switching to Color, where it's on, it gets turned back off when switching to any other workspace.

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            AshRoughCut
            Participant
            July 7, 2015

            Good! I didn't realize that because upon the new update, I replaced the stock EDITING WORKSPACE with my personalized DUAL MONITOR WORKSPACE I always use. But after the update, that feature was automatically applied to my personal workspace so I have been battling it for two weeks until finding this thread to know what to call the feature, find it and turn it off.


            So I change my recommendation to Adobe to make the next update not auto apply that setting to peoples old workspaces they have created. lol

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              Trent HappelCorrect answer
              Participating Frequently
              June 16, 2015

              Under Sequence menu, uncheck Select Follows Playhead. This was added with the new Lumetri Color panel workflow and is enabled by default if you have this panel open.

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                excited_Genie16B8
                Legend
                June 17, 2015

                I rather love this myself.  Makes grading much easier.

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