As I create new projects and try to save the file in a folder, it saves it in the higher folder.
ie:
-Create new project
-create new folder to save project in called "Premiere"
-new folder in "premiere folder called "project file"
-title project "example edit" and save it in "project file" folder
- file saves as Projectfile/exampleedit.prproj inside "Premiere" folder and not inside "Project file" folder
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?!?
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The name of the folder I had been saving in contained a "/". After removing that from the target folder's name, I no longer have the issue.
Glad it's resolved, but still seems like a pretty silly issue for professional software to be unable to handle "special characters" like a slash 🙄
Internally, Premiere Pro allows us to use just about any characters we want. It's when Premiere Pro interacts with an operating system, a volume file format, certain file formats (EDL, OMF, XML, etc.) and so forth that issues arrise and they can be anywhere from minor to show stopping.
Per the Final Cut Pro classic user manual:
"Filenaming Considerations
Proper filenaming is one of the most critical aspects of media and project management. When you capture your media files, consider how and wh
I FIXED IT!!!!!!! So the dash "-" in my master folder called "-work folder" was changed to "work folder" and then I restarted my computer and now the problem has been fixed. So I guess it is the right answer that with the new update the file name cannot support being in a location that has a special character. Thanks everyone for the help!
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