Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 8 guide

To preview a clip in the Preview window:

1. Open the Media in the Tasks panel.

2. Double-click a clip in the Media view (Figure 8).

The clip appears in the Preview window.

3. Do any of the following in the Preview window:

 To play the clip, click the Play button.

 To step back or forward one frame, click the Step

Back button or the Step Forward button.

 To step back or forward five frames, Shift-click the

Step Back button or the Step Forward button.

Figure 8 Project view in the Tasks panel

Trimming a clip in the Preview window

You can trim a clip in the Preview window before placing it into the My Project panel. The Set In and Set Out

buttons mark the start and end frames of the clip. Once a clip is in a movie, you can reopen it in the Preview window

to change its In and Out points for subsequent instances, either regaining frames previously trimmed or trimming

additional frames.

To trim a clip in the Preview window:

1. Click the Organize tab.

2. Double-click a clip in the Media view.

The clip appears in the Preview window.

3. To trim the clip, do any of the following in the Preview

window:

 To set a new In point, either drag the In point

handle to the desired location or drag the current-

time indicator to the desired location and click the

Set In button.

 To set a new Out point, either drag the Out point

handle to the desired location or drag the current-

time indicator to the desired location and click the

Set Out button (Figure 9).

4. Click the Close button in the Preview window.

Note: Subsequent instances of the clip dragged from the

Project view will assume the In and Out points of the

trimmed clip. Trimming in the Preview window will not

affect instances of the clip already in the My Project panel

before trimming.

Figure 9 Set In and Set Out buttons in the Preview

window