Sync Watchtower to project file, not bin

sofimarshall

Hi all, curious if there's a way to have watchtower sync a folder to a Premiere project file, rather than a bin inside of a project file. I use productions in Premiere and have individual projects for things like music, sfx, etc. I could add a top level bin inside each of those projects and have watchtower sync to that, but it's a bit redundant. I'd open my music project, only to have a bin inside it also called music that syncs to the music folder on my hard drive. Ideally, I'd simply have the music folder on my hard drive sync to the music project in Premiere.

If this isn't currently possible, are there any plans to implement it now that productions are the dominant workflow in Premiere?

Thank you!

Sir_Ivan

Hello there, there is no such option in Watchtower, primarily because Watchtower writes metadata about linked folder to a bin, as there is no option to write metadata to project itself.
I think of an option to write metadata to a separate file, but this method not as robust as storing data inside project itself.

What if you try this:

link a folder needed (e.g. Music)
go inside created bin (double click on a bin). Another panel should open, Bin: Music
close panel Project: ProjectName
now, if you close and reopen project, you should see Bin: Music right away

While I'm writing this, I wonder how that would work in Productions, will Project panel layout work the same way?

sofimarshall

Hi Ivan, thanks for your reply and for the workaround! I just tested it and your method does work in Productions. I'll just do that for now.

Thank you for making great products!