Operation Manual

Adobe Premiere Elements 9 guide
© 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated How to edit clips 7
Zooming in and out in the Preview window
When previewing a clip in the Preview window, you can zoom in or out of its time ruler to expand or contract its
increments. Zooming in on the time ruler helps you see changes happening over small expanses of time, even over
the duration of a single frame. Zooming out helps you see changes happening over longer spans.
To zoom in and out in the Preview window:
 To zoom in on the time ruler, drag either end of the
Zoom control toward the center (Figure 10).
 To zoom out on the time ruler, drag either end of the
Zoom control out toward the edge of the ruler.
Figure 10 Zoom control in the Preview window
Trimming a clip in the Monitor panel
When the My Project panel is in the Sceneline view, you can trim clips directly in the Monitor panel.
To trim a clip in the Monitor panel:
1. In the My Project panel, click Sceneline.
2. Select a clip in the Sceneline (Figure 11).
The clip appears in the Monitor panel, with a clip
representation containing the clip’s filename on the time
ruler of the Monitor panel.
3. Do one of the following:
 To trim the clip from the beginning, drag the In
point handle on the left of the clip representation to
the right.
 To trim the clip from the end, drag the Out point
handle on the right of the clip representation to the
left (Figure 12).
The Monitor panel shows two frames: on the left, the
clip with the location of the handle you drag, as well as
the beginning of the next clip.
Figure 11 My Project panel, Sceneline view
Figure 12 Drag the Out point to trim a clip in the
Monitor panel
Zoom control