Version History

Version history gives you a timeline of saved snapshots of your script. You can save versions at key milestones, compare how the script has changed, and restore any previous state if you need to go back.

Saving a version

  1. Open the Versions tab in the right panel.
  2. Click Save Version.
  3. Give it a descriptive name, like "First Draft", "After Notes Session", or "Network Draft", and click Save. (If you leave the name blank, it's named "Version" plus today's date.)

That's it. The current state of the script is saved as a named snapshot.

Tip
Save a version before and after every major event: table reads, notes sessions, rewrites, polishes. When you need to look back, you'll be glad you did.

Working with a version

Click any saved version in the list to select it. Each version shows when it was saved and, where available, its scene and word counts. Selecting it reveals its actions: Restore, Compare and, for most versions, Delete.

Restoring a version

If you want to go back to an earlier state of the script, select that version and click Restore. Premiere.Studio replaces the current script with the saved version straight away, and brings back the outline saved with it, if it has one.

Restoring doesn't save your current draft first. If you might want it back, save a version of it before you restore.

Versions saved for you

Premiere.Studio also saves a version automatically before some big changes. Importing a script over the open one always saves your current draft first, and won't replace anything if it can't. Generating a full script over an existing draft tries to save one too, so save a named version first if you need to be sure. You'll see these in the version list alongside your named versions.

Comparing versions

Select a version and click Compare to see how the current script differs from it, with additions in green and removals in red. This is useful for understanding what was added, removed, or rewritten during a particular stage of development.

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