it. If you later move, rename, or delete a source file, Adobe Premiere Pro is unable to find
it
the next time you open the project. In this case, Adobe Premiere Pro displays the Locate
File dialog box. You can resolve this situation by selecting one of the following options:
Display Only Exact Name Matches
Displays only the files that match the name of the
missing file when the project was last closed. If you know that the filename has changed,
deselect this option.
Select
Replaces the missing file if you first locate and select the original file or its
replacement.
Find
Starts the Windows XP Search feature.
Offline
Replaces the missing file with an
offline file
, a blank placeholder that preserves all
references to the missing file throughout the project until you relink the offline file to the
original file.
Offline All
Replaces all missing files with offline files, without asking you for confirmation.
Skip
Removes all references to the missing file throughout the project. All instances of
the clip disappear from the Project and Timeline windows.
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Skip All
Removes all references to all missing files throughout the project, without asking
you for confirmation.
Important: Select Skip or Skip All only when you are certain that you want to rework all
the instances where the file is used in the project. If you want to keep the file in the project
but can’t locate it at the moment, use Offline instead.
When you want to replace an offline file after the project is open, you don’t have to close
the project and then open it again. Instead, use the Link Media command. For more
information,
see “Using offline files” on page 87.
Note: Because a clip is only a reference to its source file, do not delete source files while
you
are using them as clips in an Adobe Premiere Pro project (unless they were captured
using
device control and you plan to recapture them). After you deliver the final movie, you can
delete source files if you do not plan to edit the project or use the source files again.
Saving a project manually or automatically
Saving a project saves your editing decisions, references to source files, and the most
recent arrangement of windows. Protect your work by saving often. If you prefer, Adobe
Premiere Pro can automatically save your project at a specified interval. For example, you
can set Adobe Premiere Pro to save a copy of your project every 15 minutes, producing a
series of files that represent the state of your project at each interval. Automatic saving
serves as an alternative to the Undo command, depending on how much the project
changes between each save. Because project files are quite small compared to source
video files, archiving many iterations of a project consumes relatively little disk space.
Adobe recommends saving project files to the same drive as your application. Archived
files are saved in the folder
[current user]
/My Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/7.0/Project-
Archive. For information about other ways of returning to earlier versions of a project, see
“Correcting mistakes” on page 44.
Note: Adobe Premiere Pro may ask if you want to save a project even though you haven’t
edited any sequences. This occurs because other attributes of the project may have
changed since the project was opened. Adobe recommends that you save changes when
