User Guide

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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Choosing a clip to view from the Source menu
2 To clear a clip from the Source monitor, in the Source menu, choose Close to clear or Close All to clear all clips.
You can also close the current clip by clicking the Close button in the Source Monitor tab.
Source and Program Monitor time controls
The Source Monitor has several controls for moving through time (or frames) in a clip. The Program Monitor
contains similar controls for moving through a sequence.
Time controls in the Source and Program Monitors
A. Time ruler B. Current-time indicator C. Viewing area bar D. Current time display E. Duration display
Time rulers Display the duration of a clip in the Source Monitor and sequence in the Program Monitor. Tick marks
measure time using the counting method specified in the project settings. You can toggle the time rulers to display
audio samples. Each ruler also displays icons for its corresponding monitor’s markers and In and Out points. You
can adjust the current time, markers, and the In and Out points by dragging their icons in a time ruler.
Current-time indicator (CTI) Shows the location of the current frame in each monitor’s time ruler. The CTI is the
light blue triangle in the ruler.
Current time displays Show the timecode for the current frame. The current time displays are located at the bottom
left of each monitor’s video. The Source Monitor shows the current time for the open clip. The Program Monitor
shows the sequence’s current time. To move to a different time, click in the display and enter a new time, or place the
pointer over the time display and drag left or right. You can change the display between full timecode and a frame
count by Ctrl-clicking the current time in either monitor or the Timeline panel. (See “To move the current-time
indicator using timecode” on page 109.)
Duration display Show the duration of the open clip or sequence. Each monitor’s duration indicator is located next
to the Duration icon below the video display. The duration is the time difference between the In point and the
Out point for the clip or sequence. When no In point is set, the starting time of the clip or of the sequence is substi-
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