Undo mess

[Steven L. gotz]

Undo changes what you just did. So if you change sequences and undo, you are changing the last thing you did in the other sequence.

The solution is to use the History panel instead.

[Dave Friend]

Hi Brett,

Unfortunately undo is global across the project. It is a weakness, but we were spoiled by edit.

Another thing to note is that the undo history is not persistent across sessions on any project.

You might find PPro’s “History” window to be helpful on occasion.

Dave

[Brett Nelson]

Dave,
Yes, edit* was had to beat on this. History isn’t really that helpful when it has multiple versions of “Trim” (or whatever action) and not have a clue which sequence or point on the timeline.

I’m still figuring out the best combination of saving/backing up. With edit*, I would also Save As timelines as I made significant changes, which allowed going back when a tweaked new version wasn’t going where I wanted. The only parallel in PPro is to save multiple versions of the project, but then the History is lost.

Thanks!

Brett

[Marisu Fronc]

Brett-

Although it is nowhere as easy as “save as” (which, yes, I miss INCREDIBLY!!!!!) I have started copying and renaming sequences before I make significant changes – then if I go awry I can go back to the first version, or cut and paste between, or whatever (a LOT easier than having to open an earlier version of the project – although I rename those daily so that I can “cycle back” if needed).

slainte,
marisu

[Brett Nelson]

Marisu,
Yes, this is a good idea. I was happy with this option until I realized that if I copy and paste a new sequence, then go and undo to fix my old sequence, it undoes my new copied and pasted sequence. Does this sound confusing? I’m sure you understand.

One big help on this Undo issue for me would simply be to allow a Save Sequence As or allow Copy and Paste to be exempt from Undo. Not that Adobe is asking me…

Thanks!

Brett