Be able to click an existing file name when choosing file path for exporting, and have your export be automatically re-named to that
This was a feature in non-beta Premiere

This has been fixed in version 22.5 which is available now. There is a slight difference between Mac and Windows that you should be aware of. On Mac you can select any file with any file extension to copy the name. On Windows, the default is to only show the same file extensions you are trying to save. So if you are exporting a .mp4 and want to copy the name from a .mov, Windows makes this hard - it hides the .mov files from you. We are working to fix that specific issue on our end somehow since it's a silly limitation. This is the same behavior as the legacy export mode. There is a workaround on Windows though. Type *.* (star dot star) and hit Enter in the filename field. This will show all files in the directory. This is a function of Windows that Premiere Pro has very little control over but we are still looking into it to see what we can do. I'm marking this request as completed, because I think the change we made addresses the request here. Thank you all for bearing with us while we worked this out.
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Silas F commented
Please bring back the small export window. It was way more efficient. For me as a pro I am struggling to have an optimal workflow. Biggest problem is having not the ability to transfer file names for new exports from existing files.
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Amoenus Franco commented
Hey Fergus! This is just a rough mockup but I think this would be a good, efficient export screen
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Lasse Gjertsen commented
Second that, this is extremely irritating. In my workflow I often need to replace files with never versions. (For instance wav files with dialogue for animating in After Effects, that often get changed and updated.)
Before when it was possible to see the files in the folders, I could simply double click the file that needed updating. Can't do that anymore. Super annoying. Please fix!
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Zach Delano commented
+1 Daniel. It's already hard to get enough space to edit on a smaller laptop screen and this new top bar is the height of an entire video or audio track. We should at least be able to move it out of the way if it has to stay.
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Daniel Reitzenstein commented
why am i losing 5% of my program to a moving top bar for home/import/edit export. this gets in the way of my editing and is never helpful and only gets in the way. please don't turn this into FCP X, you're starting to shift for the worse.
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Curtis Henson commented
Please just bring the panel back... it was SO much more efficient and BETTER! I do NOT want it to be a whole page.
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Mike Dyson commented
+1 re francis crosman needing to not be part of the team, I really don't like the 'it's the way it's going to be, get used to it...' attitude he has..
This whole thing is a major step backwards in usability for me. It's not about change, it's about adding unnecessary clicks to do the same task and removing things I use on a daily basis like seeing what files are already in a folder so i can select a previous filename and just add v2 to the end. Basic stuff that I do many times a day.
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Mike Dyson commented
Whats wrong with clicking on the filename launching the standard windows dialogue as 22.2... It works!
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Jeremy Rowell commented
As a user that exports dozens of sequences daily, this new export window is a major workflow bottleneck for me. Having the export window overtake all of the A.P. footprint is annoying, as I like to be able to move the export window to another screen. But having the filename not be able to copy the file name of another previous file is a no go for me. Working for a TV station, all my file names are number based (953652.mpg) and having to manually name dozens a day makes the new export window useless for me. I just have to go straight to media encoder. is there a shortcut to send a render straight to Media Encoder that bypasses the A.P. export window??
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Andrew Chandler commented
Fergus, thanks for an actual human response.
Adobe need to remove Francis Crossman from the team and add more folks that are willing to listen to users. This is a larger issue with the poor design of the new export UI.
Please go back to the drawing board, the "new" design is not helpful for those of us creating content as voiced by many many users.
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Ross Wilcox commented
It's astonishing. I saw Adobe put out a new update for Premiere today (22.4), and I thought, "oh great! Maybe they fixed this export issue!" Nope. Back to 22.2 I go.
Fergus, do you have an update on a fix for this broken feature? Thanks
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Katy Borluvie commented
Agreed! I can't see what the last version was called.. why????
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Pasqual Tardi commented
Bonjour,
Je trouve aussi que le fait de ne pas voir les précédents exports dans la fenêtre de destination est un problème. La perte de temps de production est réelle.
Il faudrait, comme avant, que nous puissions voir ce qui se trouve dans le dossier de destination pour pouvoir écraser un ancien export ou simplement voir quelle est le numéro de la version d'export précédent.
Et bien sûr, revenir à la version plus simple et intuitive qui consiste à nommer et donner une destination à un export dans la même fenêtre et durant la même opération.
Vos améliorations sont bonnes en général mais pas celle-ci.
Merci et vivement la prochaine mise à jour.
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Rasheed Malik commented
This is driving me crazy. Takes so much time to retype a filename for overwrite, or to create a new iteration (I often type in [filename] v1, v2, etc. I understand the impetus behind the new export window, but there shouldn't be updates that in any way make our jobs take longer. It's so frustrating.
PS - I'm on a mac, and this still is pertinent.
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Stanley Jones commented
> We think it might be useful for us to automatically highlight the file name (minus the extension) so it's easier to type or paste over it. Would that be useful?
It depends on whether you are talking about the current filename textbox or the name/folder combined dialogue.
You have 2 main methods: 1) the one used for a "new project" and (the now current release) "export" and 2) the old export and now current release quick export.
1 - you get a "File Name" text box and a "Location" link. The text box has the sequence name preentered (with extension, and with a "_1" or whatever number if the plain sequence name already exists. It is not selected and does not appear to me to have focus. (In the "new project" method, "Untitled" is entered, is preselected, and has focus.) The Location link takes you to a "Select a Folder" dialogue where you can select/change/add a folder and cannot see any files that may have been exported before.2 - you get a single "File Name & Location" link. That opens a "save as" dialogue box where you can select a folder, create a folder, etc. It also enters and highlights the sequence being exported (with the expected extension). And in that dialogue you can see and select any previous filenames with that extension.
If I want to accept the default and just click "export," either method is the same. But if I need to change the filename (or folder), I don't want a separate filename/text box. I would want the export naming to be the folder and filename combined in a single dialogue box where I can see previous exports.
And yes, I never liked the "new project" dialogue method either.
Stan
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Vannecer Masso commented
When exporting a video, you were able to click a file in the file save window and it copied the name. I now have to manually enter the name instead of clicking a previous version and adding v1, v2, etc. Help change this back please! It's making the export process a lot longer and harder!
Thank you
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Michael Stephenson commented
Hi Fergus ... it doesn't do that. Apart from being an utterly terrible Export UI ... it doesn't show ANY files in the export folder. It is a massive PITA.
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Ross Wilcox commented
It's been over two weeks and still no fix for this critical issue. I've basically given up on exporting anything in Premiere and turn exclusively to ME instead. This didn't use to be the case. Any update, Fergus?
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Andy Gilleand commented
If you click the location link, you only see the folder, not the files.
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Andy Gilleand commented
Yes, there should be an optional dialogue box for naming the file, not just a textbox. Sometimes we export multiple files named similarly, and being able to see the folder with other files when doing so helps name the files easier.