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General preferences

Last updated on Dec 14, 2023

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Learn more about the General preferences in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Image showing the General preferences options within the Preferences panel. — Set the default General preferences for Startup, Opening a project, keyboard shortcuts for Bins, Projects, and show or hide Event Indicator, Tool Tips, etc.

Adjust the options within the General tab of the Preferences panel.
UI option	Function
At Startup	Choose the Show Home option to display the start screen or Open Most Recent to display the files you most recently opened.
When Opening a Project	Choose the Show Home option to view the start screen or Show Open Dialog to reopen an open dialog when opening a project.
Bins	Select the behavior when you Double-click a bin or double-click with + Ctrl or + Alt.
Projects	Select the behavior when you Double-click a project or double-click with + Alt.
Show Event Indicator	Select this checkbox to view the event notification pop-up in the lower-right corner of the user interface.
Show Tool Tips	Select this checkbox to turn on Tool Tips.
Show Workspace Reset Warning dialog on double click	Select this checkbox to view the Workspace Reset Warning dialog when you double-click.
Show Project Load Error dialog	Select this checkbox to view the Project Load Error dialog when facing a project loading issue.
Display Color Management (requires GPU accelaration)	Select this checkbox to read your operating system’s ICC profile and to display colors perfectly on the monitor. This feature applies to the Program and Source monitors, thumbnail previews in the Project panel, Media browser, and Export and encoding previews in Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. By default, Color Management is disabled in Premiere Pro and Media Encoder. Leave Color Management off if your screen matches the media on the timeline. This works well for Rec. 709 and sRGB and YouTube delivery. Turn Color Management on for scenarios where you want your display to reproduce the color appearance of the timeline on a reference monitor.

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You can also check Extend dynamic range monitoring (when available), Show system compatibility issues at startup, and Show “Project:” and “Bin:” in Project panel tab.
You must configure external transmit monitors hooked up through video cards from companies like AJA or Blackmagic outside Premiere Pro to color manage.
You don’t need to configure a second monitor externally outside Premiere Pro, as it color manages a second monitor used as a transmit monitor. It’s part of the operating system’s desktop hooked through HDMI, Display Port, DVI, or Thunderbolt.
You can enable Display Color Management to manage the colors you view on your monitor. This does not change the colors in your exported files. It’s useful to judge how the colors appear on a true Rec709 display (HDTV, for example). Previously, it was necessary to manually set your OS display profile to Rec709 to view accurate colors. Still, Display Color Management takes the guesswork away and displays colors accurately no matter what ICC profile your display is set to in the OS.