Renaming clips in Project Panel do not update in Sequence?

[southwestform]

I have some clips that were already imported into the Sequence/Timeline and I made a duplicate of the Sequence.

I decided to rename the clips in the Project Panel so they made more sense when working, though they are not updating in either version of the sequence.

1. Is there a way to get them to update the names in the Sequences?

2. Is it a bad idea to rename clips after they are already imported into the Sequence?

Thanks.

[Meg The Dog]

Go to File > Project Settings > General and check the box for Display the project item name and label color for all instances:

MtD

[southwestform]

Interesting, I would have never found that...

Is there a reason it is not on by default? Is there a reason you don't want to rename clips after importing them?

Thanks.

[Meg The Dog]

southwestform  wrote

Is there a reason it is not on by default? Is there a reason you don't want to rename clips after importing them?

If I had a clip in the Project Panel named "BC interview at airport" and I wanted to name the extracted section on the timeline "talks about childhood", I would not want the name of the clip in the project panel changed.

It's your choice as to the way Premiere handles the clip names/labels, which ever you prefer.

MtD

[Kevin-Monahan]

While this was the solution in past versions, see Neil's response. It is the correct answer for the current version.

Thanks,
Kevin

[johnm27994604]

Same question, but the answer provided in 2019 no longer appears relevant: "Display the project item name and label color for all instances" is no longer in the Project Settings / General.  Other solutions?

[R Neil Haugen · Accepted solution]

It's been moved to the Sequence menu, the wrench icon of the sequence header block.

Top option in the dialog that pops up.

Neil

[johnm27994604]

Thanks!  Oof: should have been able to find that myself.  Really appreciate the help!

[R Neil Haugen]

It's kinda frustrating when suddenly something you use is somewhere else.

And in this complex app, there are SO many other places it could be ... jeepers.

Neil

[Jediah30700796cpsn]

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