easier importing?

[Walter Soyka]

[Malcolm DeSoto] “Currently, when you tell Premiere (or any program in the suite) to open or import a file, it will default to the last accessed location on the drive… Why can’t the program just recognize that you’re now working on project X and default to that folder rather than just going to the last accessed folder?!”

On the Mac, I highly recommend Default Folder X [link]. It supplements standard file dialogs with some cool hotkeys, including globally recently accessed folders.

On Windows, I make heavy use of the Favorites feature, which appears in the sidebar of Explorer windows and file dialogs. It includes a “Recent Places” item which are shortcuts to recently accessed folders.

I also love Directory Opus [link] as an Explorer replacement — I’ll use that pretty often, then drag and drop files into the Adobe apps I’m using. Sometimes I work out of Bridge, too.

I haven’t found an app like Default Folder X yet that I love for Windows, but there are a couple options that might work for you like Flash Folders and Buzz Folders.

Walter Soyka
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[Malcolm Desoto]

Thanks, Walter! I’ve never used any of those apps but they sound like they’ll at least ease the burden.

I’m on a PC. I’ll check some of these out. Thanks!

[Kuhnen Brown]

Adobe Bridge also has a favorites panel. And it can ‘place’ selected images with one click into Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator which is cool. Premiere Pro Cc latest update allows drag/drop from Bridge to any folder in the project panel.
Kuhnen Brown
InterMountain Digital