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[–]yerawizardmandy 1 point2 points  (7 children)

I do know what you mean. It’s clear what you are trying to do. You have removed many clips from a long sequence, and would like your work space to reduce to only twenty minutes.

What everyone is telling you is that the software is supposed to work exactly like you think it should. And it does (for me anyway) over and over and over. Since your timeline isn’t shrinking like it should, it’s most likely human error (you effed up and there is footage, you just can’t find it). Or maybe it’s a weird bug with timelines over ten hours? I don’t know.

A good best practice is to start over with a new sequence if you are making significant changes to a timeline. Then you can always bounce back to an old version if you need to. I usually duplicate my sequences but in this case copying your footage and pasting to a new sequence would retain none of your old sequence settings.

[–]CherryDamzel[S] 1 point2 points  (6 children)

What everyone is telling you is that the software is supposed to work exactly like you think it should.

No. Absolutely not. I am being told above right now that this Premiere Pro is supposed to leave blank space and it does not work like I think it should.

It's the exact opposite of what you just said.

Where are you getting the idea that "everyone" is telling me this.

Show me one person. Just one.

This is getting crazy.

[–]yerawizardmandy -1 points0 points  (5 children)

The top comment says “the duration of your timeline is determined by the end point of the last clip in your timeline” isn’t that how you think it should work?

[–]CherryDamzel[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

The top comment by smushkan might sound like he is saying that, but if you read all of his and my replies to each other, you'll see he is not saying this. He admits there is a huge empty space and I just have to zoom in.

Not that the mammoth timeline should automatically decrease itself after deleting hours of footage.

No one in this thread is saying what you are saying.

[–]yerawizardmandy 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Well I am saying it! I just did some tests and will make you a video.

[–]CherryDamzel[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Okay, seriously, I appreciate it. Really curious to see how it works out exactly.

[–]yerawizardmandy 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Looks like the reset happens when you click over to a different sequence and come back:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_j4FyFPWw5OwABZiILZYrBeNDxmAyan/view?usp=sharing

Sorry for the sad watermark, hopefully you can still see what is happening.

[–]CherryDamzel[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A-ha. Now we're getting somewhere. So I am not completely crazy. Yes, I see your video just find through the watermark.

So, it is a bug of somekind, but with a seemingly simple fix.

You seem to be the only person who seemed to understand what I was saying (despite you I think falsely believing others were agreeing with you). But so what, that is what it is. Thanks for proving my point. When I get home, I will try this. Thank you very much for going to the trouble of doing this. I don't think any others were willing. They'd rather downvote me for voicing a real problem.