22 Replies Latest reply: Dec 7, 2013 3:43 PM by Steven L. Gotz RSS

    Any way to default on FIRST of multiple clips loaded in the Source Monitor?

    PierreLouisBeranek Community Member

      When dragging 2 or more clips to the Source Monitor, or using the 'Open in Source Monitor' contextual menu in the Project window, the clip that automatically gets displayed in the Source Monitor is the last clip of the list, rather than the first one.  WHY? 

       

      Basic Human Logic 101 dictates that editors would always want the FIRST clip of the list to automatically be displayed rather than the LAST.  For example, if I open CLIP001 to CLIP025 in my Source Monitor, why on Earth would I ever want to trim and send CLIP025 to the Timeline first, before CLIP001 to CLIP024?  THIS BACKWARDS WORKFLOW IN PREMIERE DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE!!!!  Adobe, please fix this unhelpful annoyance.  I encounter it dozens of times on every project, and I imagine that every single editor out there that uses the Source Monitor to load several clips at once also encounters this illogical annoyance.

       

      If there's already a way to change this setting that I'm not aware of, I would love to know!  Otherwise I'll be sending Adobe an official FR to get this fixed.

       

      Thank you!