What are Curator Productions?

In Curator, a Production is simply an Adobe Premiere Pro project file (a .prproj) that has been saved into the Curator database. You can think of it as a .prproj file that you can retrieve whenever you want. You can create new Productions or open and check out existing Productions, depending on what you're working on.

Productions menu

From Curator for Adobe version 3.4.1.26/ 3.4.46 onwards, you can access your existing Productions and create new Productions straight from the Productions menu.

If you have a Production checked out, the Productions menu will display the name of your checked out Production, highlighted in green.

If you are using an earlier version of Curator for Adobe, please see the sections below for more information on creating and managing Productions.

Creating a new Production

To create a new Curator Production, click Create production.

Opening/checking out an existing Production

For more information, watch the video on checking out a Production below:

You just need to find a Production you want to work on and check it out. The easiest way to do this is to press the Select production drop-down in the top right-hand corner. You can see recent Productions in the drop-down list, or you can click Browse all Productions to open a new tab showing all the Productions available to you.

Checking in a Curator Production

If you're happy with your changes and want to stop working on the active Curator Production, you can check the Production back in by selecting the Check In button located at the top of the panel. This will upload the current .prproj as a new version and will give you the chance to add version notes so your colleagues can see what changes you've made at a glance.

If you're not happy and want to discard the changes you've made (rather than register them as a new version into Curator) you can choose to discard the lock you have made against the checked-out Production.

Once you check in or discard the Production, the .prproj file will still be open in Premiere Pro. You can close the project using File > Close Project, or by right-clicking the project bin tab.

What if I check out the wrong Production?

You can either check in the Production you're working on, or discard it. If you've not made any changes to the Production since checking out, discarding will prevent you from creating a duplicate version in Curator.

What if I forgot to check out a Curator Production before I started working?

Depending on whether you've started work on a new Production, or continued work on an existing one, follow one of the below options:

New Curator Productions

If a new production has been started, before having first been created and checked out in Curator, then it's necessary to select the Create Production button located a the top of the panel. By performing this action, Curator will take your current active Premiere Pro project and create it as a new Curator Production asset inside the system. Allowing you to also re-name and add metadata to the new asset as required.

Existing Curator Productions

If work has been conducted on an existing Production in the system, without it having first been checked out by the editor, then it's necessary to give Curator the latest version from your active bin. To do this, first, find the existing Production within Curator and select Check out.

Rather than leaving the default settings, instead, press the drop-down arrow to the right of PROJECT FILE. This will give you the option of selecting Link local project, rather than retrieving the project stored in Curator. By doing this, the Curator for Adobe panel will give Curator the latest version of the production from your machine and then check it out to allow work to be started.

Can anyone else work on my Curator production whilst I have it checked out?

When a Production is checked out by any user, it's locked to this account until it has been checked back in. This means that only one person can work on a Production at any given time.