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bdelpesco
bdelpesco
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May 12, 2020
Question

Timeline & Sequence Missing after saving and closing PP2020

  • May 12, 2020
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After editing a 16 minute sequence on the timeline, I saved and closed the project. All source material is saved to an external hard drive. When I opened the project the next morning to begin narrating, the project bin showed all my source materials - clips and stills - but no sequence on the timeline.

 

I've looked through all recently used bins and sub-folders, and every folder on the external hard drive for the sequence, as well as an autosave, to no avail. I loaded all previous sequences for this project, in case it was somehow linked to them, but no luck there either. 

 

I reset the panels to default, and reset the software preferences, per other suggestions for this issue from previous posts. I've done a text search for the title, and it brings up the project (projectname.prproj) as I sacved it on my external HD, but clicking on that file brings up the 26 items in the project bin with no sequences.  Is there anything else I can try to locate that sequence?

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    Daniel91stras
    New Participant
    December 16, 2022

    Ok, I literally had the Exact problem and thanks to this thread, I found my sequence! Using windows search tool, I searched ".prproj" and my most recent auto saves came up of course. What was odd is that my most resent auto save was under the name of my LAST project...as in, the project I worked on and finished before starting this one with the lost sequence. I opened it up, and THERE was my entire sequence and everything. I have no clue why it was named after my previous project even though I started a new one with all the auto saves under the new project's name. But I would encourage those who have lost their sequence to try opening their most recent auto save from the project they did before the current one. In short, current project title (auto save) had everything BUT the sequence, and the previous project title (auto save) had the same date as the current title AND included my lost sequence. 

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      919-771-4177
      Participating Frequently
      July 2, 2022

      Today I had this (or similar happen), sequence suddenly........vanish.     I saved a project numerous times the day before and the next day the sequence was blank.   

       

      I took the advice of doing a sequence search in the project panel & luckily that worked.   I found the sequence in a green folder, double clicked on it and quite a few hours of work came back.   

       

      I still don't know what causes this, or how / if I did something to cause it.  It's also not saving in creative cloud, I'll have to fiddle with that / check the preferences.   

       

      I did not find my project in auto save in my first attempt.  

      MyerPj
      MyerPj
      Community Expert
      July 2, 2022

      You didn't 'lose' your sequence, it was simply closed. It may seem like that sequence is the only thing happening in a project, but actually you can have MANY sequences. For instance to break the project up into parts, start on another sequence and load either of them at any time. If you want to try something new, make a copy of a sequence and work on one or the other and you always have a point to go back to. Etc.. ad infinitum..

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        Irin5D42
        Participating Frequently
        July 5, 2022

        this is simply not true I had the adobe tech on my computer as well and he could not find it.. this was a isssue if you google it at the time never talk in the definite because I did in fact loos the sequence 

        tropicalratchet
        tropicalratchet
        New Participant
        March 12, 2021

        Been using Premiere and AAE for years and this exact issue just happened to me today for the first time ever. Hours on end of lost footage, sequence disappeared within older autosave files where it was the only sequence in use. This happened immediately after a crash due to a warp stabilize effect put onto a nested clip inside of the sequence. If anyone has found any fixes for this I'd love to hear. For now; I am restarting the entire project essentially...

          MyerPj
          MyerPj
          Community Expert
          March 12, 2021

          Like I mentioned above, sometimes I backup in the middle of the day if I've done enough work on something I never want to do again! It's painful to start over. 

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            DC_Asst.Aid
            New Participant
            April 2, 2021

            I used a warp stabilizer effect put onto a nested clip inside a sequence also. I ended up having to find the original I have saved and skipped the warp stabilize effect after it accured a second time.

              MyerPj
              MyerPj
              Community Expert
              May 12, 2020

              Bummer. It is a good search within project to search for 'sequence' as Phillip said. Otherwise, the only chance is with an autosave. The way to use those is to copy the most recent one to your actual project folder, then open it there. If that doesn't work, go back a version, copy to the main folder, etc, etc...

               

              In general in computing, I tell my clients to backup immediately after you do something you never want to do again. So, when they are hammering the database, they might backup in the middle of the day, if they have done a lot of work in the morning. Etc. Everyday I start editing by copying the project file and renaming it with a sequential number, and dropping it into an archive folder. At the end of the day, I update / copy all the new files to another drive, so if one fails I have another. Also, if I bungle up some sequence or make some changes I have to fight my way back I can go to that days save very easily. So, check carefully your autosave files, then develop a backup method that helps in cases like this.

                bdelpesco
                bdelpescoAuthor
                Participating Frequently
                May 12, 2020

                Thanks, Myer, I had in the past, with Premiere CC, saved each day's work as a new file with the date after the title. In the melee of learning Premiere Pro, I forgot that habit. Now I know it's crucial. Thanks for your time.

                  MyerPj
                  MyerPj
                  Community Expert
                  May 12, 2020

                  Win or Mac? What version of PP?

                   

                  Sequences only exist in projects in case you not sure about that. Searching your disks for *.prproj is the way to find projects.

                   

                  If you open the project you said you found, from the File menu Project Settings on the 'Scratch Disks' tab, it will show where the Auto Save folder is, so you can look there. PP doesn't delete projects. It's very good to make copies of your projects from the OS onto a different drive. Like your c: drive if the project is on an external drive. Also, make sure your drive has a consistent drive letter assigned to it in Windows. 

                    bdelpesco
                    bdelpescoAuthor
                    Participating Frequently
                    May 12, 2020

                    Hello Myer,

                    I'm on a mac, running catalina 10.15.4, and Premier Pro 2020 14.1.0

                     

                    Yes, I've looked in the project bins, and on the external drive for the sequence. I've searched through the autosaves, and tried to open up a version from the previous day, before I saved and closed the app down, but it just opens the same project bin with source material, and no sequence file, and an empty timeline.

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                    Phillip Harvey
                    Community Expert
                    May 12, 2020

                    Forgive me if this is a bit elementary and something that you've already addressed. It sounds like maybe you  have. But it's quite common for newer people to lose their sequence in their Project because it will have the same name as the piece of footage that they've used to start their sequence. I'll attach a pic.

                    The sequence in the pic was started by dropping the source media onto an empty timeline. It has the same name as the clip used and is located in the Project Panel right next to where the clip was kept. If you put your Project Panel in list mode it can make it a little easier to differentiate between different media types. Double click the Sequence icon to reopen it.

                     

                    Now, if you've actually deleted your sequence from the Project Panel, that's something that you'll need to track down in your auto saves.

                      bdelpesco
                      bdelpescoAuthor
                      Participating Frequently
                      May 12, 2020

                      Hi Philip, Thank you for your input. I've searched my project panel for that icon/sequence, and there isn't one in the bin, or any of the surrounding bins.

                       

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                      Phillip Harvey
                      Community Expert
                      May 12, 2020

                      Your pic is of a bin (a folder). Is it also not there in the Project Panel?

                      Edit: sorry it looks like you've said that. Again, if you've looked through your Project Panel and all the bins and you're absolutely sure that there is no sequence icon in any of those, then you may have deleted it on accident. That is when you'd want to go back into your Auto Saves to see when and where it does appear.

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