Prevent duplicates from importing premiere pro

[Naima-Naima]

Sometimes I work on 2 projects similtaneously and they share some of the same footage. I sometimes copy a sequence from one project and paste it to the other project. Then it brings the source, even though it is already there. It gets so messy that way. Is there a way to ask PP to not import duplicates?

Thanks

[John V Knowles - WM]

Yes, it's in the Preferences:

Go the top menu, Premiere Pro>Preferences>Media.

Deselect the option “Allow duplicate media during project import” and click “Ok”