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Maintain folder structures on import

Forum|Forum|4 years ago
April 1, 2021
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Add an option to preserve empty folder structures on import!

Often I or an assistant editor will create a folder structure in the finder with empty folders to be populated with media later on in the production workflow (i.e. Final mix stems, color files, graphics). Currently if you import empty folders or folders with only one item in them, those empty folders disappear on import and the single item that was inside them is left outside any folder. This prevents planning and proper organization, and I'm not sure what the benefit of it is? Fewer folders? But I wanted those, that's why I made them.

Just leave the folder structures as they are, don't change them. If some users want an option to "automatically remove empty folders on import" then add that, but don't make removing them the default.

Importing empty folder structures is an essential organizational tool for any medium to large scale professional production. I made this same request in May of 2018 and have never gotten a response or seen it addressed, I really I hope I do this time!

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Gregory5F84

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I can't believe this is not getting more upvotes. It's driving me crazy that when I click "Import folder" on a folder with just one itme it doesn't import the folder

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davisbotAuthor

Participating Frequently

Just came to request this feature and realized I already did... two and a half years ago. Has this been addressed? The ability to maintain folder structures is crucial to any larger scale television or film production.

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Charm3D

Participating Frequently

When we import a folder hierarchy only the folders with more than 1 item remain. Any folders with only one item in it, the file will be imported but the folder does not remain.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Community Manager

Not only that, but If I have Folder B with one file inside folder A with no files, don't merge it with Folder B with files inside Folder C with no files and place it on the root tree and not import those folders! How am I supposed to find the footage I placed when I can't find it since it was "moved" (and the search function is broken as well).

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John Palmer

New Participant

Including sub-folders...

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John Palmer

New Participant

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE allow us to copy folder structures from the operating system directly into Premiere.

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FeedbackCommunityMember

Community Manager

When I import a folder with subfolders in it, all of the content in the folders are missing from Premiere. This means I have to manually import each subfolder's contents. Never had this problem in Premiere before and it really kills my time management, due to the slow process of individually importing all of these files. Any chance you can fix this back to the way its always been?

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davisbotAuthor

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Add an option to preserve empty folder structures on import, so if you or your assistant editor has created a folder structure in the finder with empty folders to be populated with media later on in the production workflow (i.e. Final mix stems, color files, graphics), those empty folders won't disappear on import from the finder or from Media Browser.

This is an essential organizational tool.

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default4tci94m9rf1s

New Participant

See screenshot below. I dragged over everything from the folder on the right to the project tab in premiere on the left and for some reason, some of the folders won't import. The video imports without the folder and it's ALWAYS the ones with a hyphen in it. Some with hyphens will import correctly but the ones that don't import are ALWAYS with the hyphen. The videos inside are all exactly the same type of video, 1080p, 120fps, between 10-30 seconds.

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Also, screen recording is attached. Please help. Thank you.

premierepro_importproblem.zip

Kevin-Monahan

Community Manager

Hello Sir,

I am sorry about your issue. I've seen complaints along these lines before. Usually, it's because the clips are nested deeply into a folder structure. You indicate that punctuation marks and special symbols may be at issue. However, the complaint is usually about folder structure and not much to do with the clips' naming conventions or format. I think up to 3 levels of folders are acceptable to drag in. After that, you may need to make some adjustments. Could this be your issue? Let me know.

Thanks,
Kevin

Kevin Monahan - Sr. Community & Engagement Strategist – Pro Video and Audio

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default4tci94m9rf1s

New Participant

Hi @Kevin-Monahan ,

I appreciate your prompt answer but I don't think this is the answer since the folders I'm dragging in are the ones containing the videos and not parents of sub-folders with videos nested within them. The folders i'm dragging are the direct parents of the video clip(s). Let me know if you have any other ideas.

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lmgphx

New Participant

I've stumbled across a frustrating import issue with the latest version of PP on my Mac and wondering if anyone else is experiencing this. When I go to import a folder of assets, it imports the assets, but ignores the folder in the project window. So if I have a folder of .jpg's/.mp4's/.wav's and I import them, my project window will show all the files but I lose the folder they were originally contained in, so now I have to create a new bin get back to where I started.

It used to retain the folder structure until 22.4. I've tried dragging the asset folder from the finder to the project window, right clicking in the project window and selecting import, using the new import window (ugh), selecting File>Import, all give me the same results. Adobe Tech Support was no help.

This happens on multiple Macs we use. I'm using an iMac with Big Sur 11.2.3, PPro 22.4.

Am I crazy? Was this a change? Is it an OS thing and Adobe is innocent?

R Neil Haugen

Brainiac

That's the new Import page ... yea, it only imports the contents, not the structure.

For importing the structure, do it the same as always. Set a Name, select a Location, make sure nothing is selected in the middle or far right sections. Then click Create.

That will take you to what you've seen before, and then simply import/ingest assets via the Project panel or MediaBrowser as you always have.

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...

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lmgphx

New Participant

Thanks Neil, but not sure I follow. So let's say I have an existing project, on my external drive I have a folder that contains 10 .jpg images called Photos. I want to import the Photos folder into my project with the result being I get a new bin called Photos with the 10 .jpgs contained in it that now lives in my Project window.
I'm confused by this part of your response:
"For importing the structure, do it the same as always. Set a Name, select a Location, make sure nothing is selected in the middle or far right sections. Then click Create."
Is this in the project window, new import window or someplace else? I'm not sure where the Create button is located when doing an Import.
Or is what your saying is that I need to create the new Bin myself in the Project Window and then import the .jpg's into it? This is the step I'm trying to avoid if possible.
Thanks in advance for any clarification.

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