PLEASE HELP WITH PREMIERE 6!!!!

[Worried]

I'M JUST STARTING TO USE THIS SOFTWARE. I FINALLY UNDERSTOOD HOW TO EDIT AND EVERYTHING. BUT MY PROBLEM COMES WHEN I SAVE THE PROJECT AND WANT TO OPEN IT AGAIN TO CONTINUE EDITING. WHEN I DO SO, ALL THE CLIPS ARE GONE, AND ALL I CAN SEE ARE A FEW GREEN RECTANGLES ON TOP OF THE TIME LINE.

HOW CAN I RECOVER WHAT I HAD ALREADY DONE?

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/b]

[Marc Peters]

Strange. Premiere needs the original files to produce the output - you aren't deleting the source clips are you (long shot )

[SLUGFly]

I'm new to premiere too, and I noticed after saving my file that it was only 97 k. Knowing this is impossible I did some digging through the help folders and found that the saved project is actually only the instructions on where to put pieces of clips and what to do to them. The actual video is only on the movie or clip that you captured. So check to find out where your video goes after you capture it (scratch disk options) and make sure it's in a safe spot where you won't lose it.