Change project lock status in Production

Project lock status

Projects displayed in the Production panel can be in one of three states:

Open, Read/Write

Projects in this state have a solid icon with a green pen indicating that only you are able to edit the project. Other editors can open your project, but they can only view it, not make changes. The user name you enter in Preferences > Collaboration is shown next to this project in the Project Locked column. You can move or rename this project in the Production panel.

Open, Read Only

Projects in this state have a solid icon and may also have a red lock. In either case, you are not able to modify the project, only view it. If a red lock is present, it means another editor has the project open Read/Write, and their name will appear next to the project. Any open Timeline or Project panels from these projects will have a lock icon in the panel tab. You cannot move or rename projects in this state. Holding Cmd/Ctrl while double-clicking a project will open it in read-only mode.

Closed

Projects in this state have an outlined icon and may also have a red lock. In either case, the project is closed on your system and is not using any memory or processing power. If a red lock is present, the name of the editor working on the project appears next to the project. You can move or rename closed projects only if they do not have a red lock icon.

Change a project lock status

If a project is in a read-only state or is locked by another editor and is in a read-only state, you can open it to do the following tasks:

• Load clips and sequences into the Source Monitor
• Set In/Out points and perform edits from the Source Monitor
• Play sequences in the timeline and Program Monitor
• Export media, XML, AAF, EDL, etc.
• Copy project items into a project that is open Read/Write

If another editor makes changes to a read-only project that you have open, you will get a notification. If you are working in a Read-Only project, if the user who is editing the project saves new changes, Premiere shows you a notification. In the Production panel, the name of the project appears in italics. In the Project panel, a yellow triangle appears next to the project. These notifications indicate that you are no longer looking at the most current version of the project. Indications that a project has been changed by someone else Indications that a project has been changed by someone else.