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Work Area Bar

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Work Area Bar

Postby GriffinR » Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:20 pm

Hello,

I accidently moved my work area bar in a project I'm working on. Now it's in manual mode. Any way to get it back to auto mode?
I thought I saw a post describing a slick way to do this.

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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby Steve Grisetti » Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:44 am

Unfortunately no. Once you manually set it, it will remain in position until you change it.

It will, however, be back on automatic once you start a new project.
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby Chuck Engels » Wed Dec 23, 2020 10:14 am

Does it still work to double click on the bar and it automatically will cover the entire project?
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby Steve Grisetti » Sat Dec 26, 2020 9:11 am

That will set it to your movie's length, Chuck. But it still won't automatically resize as you edit.
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby GriffinR » Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:31 pm

Thanks everyone. I thought I could reset this.
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby Bob » Sun Dec 27, 2020 8:19 pm

Hello Bob,

A long time ago, I posted a work around to reset the work area bar which involved editing the project file. This was for Premiere Elements version 7, but it's possible that Adobe is still using the same conventions for storing the settings for this in the project file. It wouldn't hurt to look. But, before you do, make sure you've double clicked the work area bar to cover the entire project length and save the project. I'd also recommend locating the project file (it's the one ending in ".prel") and make a copy.

The project file is a text file that can be edited. If you are using Windows, the wordpad app can do it. Read the following topic thread for details: https://muvipix.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8540&start=15#p75696.
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby GriffinR » Mon Dec 28, 2020 5:51 pm

This was a great idea however the Prel file appears to be encrypted.

What if I grouped all the files. Copied them, open a new project and paste them in. Just a thought.
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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby Bob » Mon Dec 28, 2020 7:00 pm

That's too bad. I didn't expect Adobe to do that. If I were still using Premiere Elements I would have checked that. Sorry!

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Re: Work Area Bar

Postby GriffinR » Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:18 pm

Hi Bob,

Please don't be sorry. I appreciate your input.

Thanks again,

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