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degrades gracefully.
Areas that can’t be played at the project’s full frame rate are indicated by a red line in the
time ruler. To play these areas, you can set the time ruler’s work area bar over the red
preview indicator and render a preview file. This renders the segment as a new file on the
hard drive, which Adobe Premiere Pro can play at the project’s full frame rate. In the
timeline, rendered areas are marked with a green line.
Note: Projects refer to preview files in much the same way as source media. If you move
or
delete preview files without using Adobe Premiere Pro (in Windows XP) and reopen the
project, Adobe Premiere Pro prompts you to locate the files or ignore them.
To set the area to be previewed (the work area):
Do any of the following:
• Click the textured center of the work area bar, and drag it over the section you want to
preview. Make sure that you drag the work area bar from its center; otherwise you cue
the current-time indicator instead.
Grabbing the work area bar (above) and dragging it over the section to preview (below)
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• Drag the work area markers (at either end of the work area bar) to specify the beginning
and end of the work area.
Dragging the work area markers to mark the beginning (above) and end (below) of the work area
• Position the current-time indicator, and press Alt + [ to set the beginning
of the work area.
• Position the current-time indicator, and press Alt + ] to set the end of the work area.
• Alt-click the work area bar to resize it to the width of all contiguous clips under the
point you click.
• Double-click the work area bar to resize it to either the width of the time ruler, or the
length of the entire sequence, whichever is shorter.
Hovering the pointer over the work area bar displays a tool tip that shows the work
area bar’s start timecode, end timecode, and duration.
To render a preview:
Set the work area bar over the area you want to preview, and choose Sequence > Render
Preview. (The rendering time depends on your system’s resources and the complexity of
the segment.)
By default, you can also render a preview by setting the work area bar and pressing
Enter.
Previewing on another monitor
You can display the sequence on any monitor connected to your computer. Previewing on
another monitor requires video hardware that provides an appropriate video port for the
preview monitor. Some video-editing cards and operating-system software products
support a preview monitor independent of the desktop, and others support a preview
monitor that is contiguous with the desktop so that it can also function as additional
space for windows and palettes. See the documentation that came with your videoediting
card and operating-system software.
If you’re editing a DV project, you can preview the sequence on a television monitor via
your IEEE 1394 connection and DV camcorder or VCR. You can set up this option using
Adobe Premiere Pro’s built-in settings.
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