Why are my premiere exports defaulting to “work area” rather than “sequence in/out”

[Robbie34135385e7mh]

I’ve got so used to my exports just defaulting to sequence in/out as I set them to, now they’ve just started doing this. For some strange reason there’s no option to have “sequence in/out” set as one of your preferences for exports. Why does Adobe make certain things like this so difficult when the solution should be so simple?

It means that I’ve got used to sequence in/out and so I go into automatic pilot not checking it, next thing I know my export is taking one hour and I don’t know why and then I remember it’s set to work area. I almost never want the whole work area exported.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Robbie34135385e7mh - Thanks for submitting your bug report. We need a few more details to try to help with the issue.
Please see, How do I write a bug report?

Which version of Premiere Pro are you using?

In the export settings there is a drop down box labeled "Range" that is where you will see "Source In/Out" Is that not available to you?

Sorry for the frustration.

[Robbie34135385e7mh]

Version 25.2.3

Yes, it's available. It's just not set as the default anymore like it used to be and it seems like something there should be a preset for if you're using it multiple times every day.

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Robbie34135385e7mh - For a new sequence that hasn’t been exported before, Premiere will automatically check whether In and Out points are set. If you set In/Out points before clicking the Export tab, the export settings will default to Source In/Out, based on that range.

[Robbie34135385e7mh]

I don't really understand then, because I'm definitely setting the in/out points before but it's not doing that. 

[jamieclarke]

Hi @Robbie34135385e7mh - Can you try and hold down "SHIFT" while launching Premiere and check the boxes
"Reset app preferences" (Backup Preferences first)
Let us know if that helps your issue.  

I am not able to reproduce your issue with the steps below:

1. File > New Sequence

2. add media to Sequence

3. add In/Out markers on Timeline

4. Click the export Tab

Results:

Source In/Out is the option in the range dropdown box.

[Stan Jones]

@Robbie34135385e7mh,

The range setting is "sticky" per sequence. As Jamie says, when first used for that sequence, it should detect entire source, in/out, work area. If you change it, even if you don't export, it will show that setting the next time you enter export.

If you have Work Area turned on, and export without setting in/out points, it will show work area the next time, even if you set in/out points. But if you change it to in/out, it will show in/out the next time (even if you don't have in/out points).

If it wasn't doing that, then resetting preferences, as Jamie described, is worth a try.

Stan

[jamieclarke]

I see what is probably happening.  Stan is right if you create a new sequence but have Work Area Bar turned on then the export tab will default to Work Area.

[theok8577996]

In older versions, this option was removed in the exportscreen if you disabled workarea.

That's the still the best option to avoid confusion.