Program Monitor Disappears

[SpiderCircle]

Hey Premiere Gurus!

I hope you can help me solve this minor issue. My set up is two monitors where my right one displays the program monitor full screen.

For some reason when I move to Export it disappears, which is normal as Premiere is temporarily combining the interface. However when I return to the Edit tab the program monitor stays gone.

I try going to Window and find Program Monitor unchecked with a > leading to the name of my sequence, which is checked.

The only way I can get it to return is by closing the project and reopening, which is lame and time consuming.

What is happening here and how can I fix so it does not disappear altogether or returns when back on Edit?

Thanks you so much!

[PaulMurphy]

To help you troubleshoot the issue, I need to understand how you added the Program Monitor to your second monitor. Did you drag the Program Monitor from the Application window to the second monitor, or did you use a different method?

Cheers,
Paul

[SpiderCircle]

Yes! The program monitor was dragged from the application window to the second monitor. My workspace has been saved like this for years. 

[Brett_Rooftop]

Did you find a fix?

[R Neil Haugen]

Don't do that!

Use what is intended for that, the Transmit Out step. Go to the Preferences, and there is an option in one of the tabs for turning on Transmit Out, and selecting which monitor will be used.

I also set a keyboard shortcut of Shift-C for this so I can toggle on/off.

Then if you want the image full screen on the other monitor, use your keyboard short, it's there. And it won't change due to export steps because it's not a floating window.

[Brett_Rooftop]

Good tip Neil. I'm going to explore that solution. I have been using my program monitor on my second screen paired with a second panel of tabs (Effects controls, Essential Sound, Source monitor) and love that setup. So changing this arrangement will take some getting used to.

[R Neil Haugen]

Understood.

I've got an ultrawide 2560x1080 as my main Windows UI screen ... above it, a UHD 28" diagonal screen, that I only use for TO in Prmiere; to the left of the main UI monitor is a Dell ultrasharp 1920x1080 that always has a panel group with my Production and Projects and Source monitor in one panel, and typically Effects tab in a tall narrow panel along the edge 'next' to the Ultrawide.

I've got a small monitor to the right of the Ultrawide that I use in like 3 of my 9 custom spaces. But with changes to the EGP gone and Properties panel doing more, I need to spend a couple hours and rebuild my workspaces. I think probably at least three of them will get ditched.

But everybody works differently ... 

[Brett_Rooftop]

Sounds like a great setup! 

[R Neil Haugen]

It's useful. I like it ...  😉

[chriswithcamera]

Exact same problem. 

I use a second monitor and once I click EXPORT the program monitor vanishes and will only reappear by using the FULL SCREEN button, which is not what I want and does not have the same utility. 

[chriswithcamera]

Found a fix.

Workspace > ALL PANELS > Workspace (back to whatever you were using when it vanished).

[Brett_Rooftop]

It is a fix, but if you have multiple sequences open (pancake timelines etc) then when you reset your workspace you lose all of those and have to re-open them.