Track targeting broken?

[jeffb56004601]

I might be crazy, but in the latest release if I copy a clip from one sequence to another, the pasted clip shows up on a non-targted track. That is if the clip is on track 1 of the source sequence and the target sequence has track 4 selected as the target, the clip pastes to track 1 instead. It's entirely possible that I'm doing something wrong, but I seem to remember that the clip should paste to the target track regardless of the source track number. Help??? TIA

[Stan Jones]

The latest release as of your posting yesterday is 22.5. I just tested, and it is behaving correctly for me.

Hover over what you are calling track targeting, to be sure you are using the "target" and not the "source patching."

Stan

[jeffb56004601]

Thanks Stan. I am using the target selection, not the source patching. It's a mystery. I may reinstall or reset preferences and see if that solves it. I've been using Premiere since the late 90s, but I'm always open to the possibility that it's user error...lol.

[Stan Jones]

Yes, user error crops up regularly. But a long shot!

I would also try switching workspace or a revert to saved layout.

Stan

[jeffb56004601]

Sounds like we have a bug. Also the auto color function on Lumetri is broken as well. Color sliders are slow to respond or don;t and 'auto color' button takes 2-3 clicks to work. I edit daily on PP so I have a good feel for how it *should* work : )

[Tony5C92]

Just recently started happening to me. I click all the different "target" tracks, copy/paste but always writes on the track I have copied from. I have even just reinstalled PP but to no avail, and now the source target on the far left of the timeline have all gone.

[jeffb56004601]

Exact same issue here. No matter what track is targeted the paste hapens on the original clips track number.

[Peru Bob]

Is only track 4 targeted?

[Tony5C92]

For me personally, it doesn't matter which track is selected, it always pastes on the track I copied from.

[Spartan Pro Wrestling]

same

[jeffb56004601]

It happens no matter what target track is selected.

[BabyEyes]

Thanks for posting this. I just did the latest upgrade last night and am having the exact same problem. It's driving me bonkers. Definitely would appreciate if someone has a fix. In the meantime, Adobe please fix this! One can only hope.

[Peru Bob]

Please post that here, where the Adobe engineers read all threads:
https://adobe-video.uservoice.com/forums/911233-premiere-pro

[TorqueOS]

Same problem for me, thought I was going insane and had done something wrong. Tried many options but nothing seemed to fix the issue. Eventually downgraded to 22.4 and the problem went away. Tried going back to 22.5 to see if the issue was a one off but it returned swiftly. 

[Stan Jones · Accepted solution]

I can't decide whether I should feel stupid, or wait to see if I am missing something.

I knew the Beta had a new set of shortcuts for pasting/track targeting, but I now see this was implemented in 22.5:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2022-5.html#paste-same-track

This does change the DEFAULT behavior.

Because I am using a custom keyboard setup, it did not affect me. I changed to the "Adobe Premiere Pro Default," and voila, I see the same behavior being described.

The change adds a keyboard shortcut to paste to the targeted track, but it is unassigned.

I remember thinking, in the Beta testing, that I would like the new behavior. But you can also reassign the shortcuts so it works the old way.

Stan

[buddym36033649]

Yes, I see now.  The default behavior has changed to paste to the same track it was copied from.  Now it makes sense.  Not sure why it had to be changed, though.

[Warren Heaton]

Premiere Pro is matching the Final Cut Pro classic copy and paste clip behavior.  I think this feature request is something close to 18 years old.  Better late than never.

[Andreas23820458xiaw]

It's the behavior of Avid Media Composer, too. But I always considered it a great advantage of Premiere Pro to be able to choose a target track by default.

[buddym36033649]

This happened to me today and I thought it was just me.  I often create titles an then copy and paste them into a target track, usually V3 or V4.  But then I would find the location I wanted with the playhead, hit paste and it would just dump it in the same track that I had copied it from.  Did not used to behave that way.

[Spartan Pro Wrestling]

Same problem here all of a sudden.  It does not matter what target layer is sleceted.  If you copy footage on track 3 or any other.  It will only paste on the same layer.  Even in new projects.  Unless you lock every other layer.  Rediculous. 

[Stan Jones]

Spartan,

See my  post above, where I discover this is a change in the default behavior for the paste keyboard shortcut:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/premiere-pro-discussions/track-targeting-broken/m-p/13027276#M418096

Stan

[Spartan Pro Wrestling]

Thank you. I will try that today.

[jeffb56004601]

So it's a feature not a bug...lol. I don't pay as much attention as I should to release notes as I should it seems. Thanks to everyone who chimed in on this one. I don't like the new copy/paste method, but I'll deal. 

[by Hampton]

I agree 100%. Maybe some people find this useful but I'm not one of them. LOL!

[buddym36033649]

Yeah, it just changes my workflow again, but I'll also deal!