FR: Shortcut to reveal keyboard shortcut kys file

[trevor_7307]

 

Rather than have to remember where the .kys files are stored - could we have a 'reveal preset location in finder' shortcut? Or even an 'import .kys file' option?

Thanks

[Ann Bens]

You don't have to remember: do a finder/explorer search.

[trevor_7307]

It's one way, although takes several more keystrokes (assuming you*thought* you had your .kys file installed in this version/machine).

[Ann Bens]

If you did you would see either custom or a name in the kbsc panel.

[ScottSimmons]

I Second this feature request. It would be so nice if Premiere had an option to easily and quickly package up and move all of the many different preset files that can be saved within the app, including keyboard shortcuts. I wrote an article a while back about how to do just this, and it was a reminder of just how many settings are scattered all over the application and in different folders within the system. There has to be a better way, unfortunately, I don't think it's high on the Adobe Premiere engineers' list of things to do. 

[trevor_7307]

Great article @ScottSimmons . 

I understand that Helmut does the settings shuffle behind the scenes to enable users to work at different workstations with their settings.

Avid is great for this (export shared settings to a network destination then they stay in sync across all workstations). 

Also Avid you can just drag in the user settings you want from a flash drive (e.g. keyboard, composer, timeline views, bin views).

[Stan Jones]

@ScottSimmons,

I got confused about this a while back, so can someone confirm or set me straight: sync settings (as in your article) was discontinued? The recommendation now, I assume, is to leave them in the preferences folder and share it manually or via some other means?

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/sync-settings.html

Stan

[ScottSimmons]

Yea, Sync Settings is a feature that either has gone away as it's missing in the menu now. I jadn't used it in a long time because it was always a bit questionable, and it really only synced keyboard shortcuts. I don't think it would sync much else. There is a myriad of settings that would be nice if they could be synced. I feel like there are some third-party utilities that could do this, but I've never searched them out. 

[ScottSimmons]

What is Helmut?

[trevor_7307]

https://helmut.de/ 

It does a bunch of things to help various workflows. Creates projects from templates, ensures any media used is correct codec / frame rate / location, various export orchestrations.

• The centralised user control is the bit I like the sound of. When you sign in as a user to launch PP it copies your settings to the local Documents profile.

I've not used it myself but they use it on World cups / Euros etc where they are editing in a big collaborative PP environment.

[MyerPj]

I keep a folder of shortcuts (with a shortcut on the desktop) to move around quickly

[trevor_7307]

@MyerPj That's great when you are on workstations you have control of, and would be good as a common practice, but freelancing I work multiple edit rooms in multiple companies, so have to deal with what's there. Some I've worked in before, so I'm all set (unless there's been an upgrade) others require the go to keyboard shortcuts to choose, oh mine aren't here, cancel out, go find the correct Mac or Win folder (may be some confusion if anyone has previously synced settings) copy my .kys file there, go back to keyboard shortcuts, select. And even then my Prefs, overlays, time code window, metadata, project views aren't yet available. Read Scott's article linked above if you haven't already.

[MyerPj]

That's a good article, thanks for pointing it out. Even though I don't work on other machines, the article is good to help understand where those files are for backup purpose.

As for my folder of shortcuts. It / they also would work from a USB drive, so if you have one you bring with you... 🙂