User Guide

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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Note: The Effect Controls panel will not display effects if multiple clips are selected in the Timeline panel.
• To expand or collapse video or audio effects headings, click the Show/Hide button in the heading. When the
arrows are pointing up , the heading is expanded to reveal all the effects in that section; when the arrows are
pointing down , the heading is collapsed
• To expand or collapse an effect or its properties, click the triangle to the left of an effect or property
name.Expanding a heading (such as Motion) reveals properties associated with that effect; expanding an
individual property reveals a graphical control, such as a slider or dial.
• To reorder the effects, click an effect name, and drag it to a new location in the list. A black line appears while you
drag when the effect is above or below another effect. When you release the mouse, the effect appears in the new
position.
Note: Fixed effects (Motion, Opacity, and Volume) cannot be reordered.
• To show the timeline beyond a clip’s In and Out points, deselect Pin To Clip from the Effect Controls panel menu.
The areas of the timeline beyond the selected clip’s In and Out points appear in gray. When Pin To Clip is selected,
only the timeline between the clip’s In and Out points appear.
• To play audio in the selected clip, click the Play Audio button . This control is only available if the selected clip
contains audio.
To adjust or reset controls in the Effect Controls panel
The Effect Controls panel displays all the controls that you use to change parameter values for an effect. Controls can
include underlined text, sliders, effect point icons, angle controls, menus, color swatches, eyedroppers, and graphs.
❖ Do any of the following:
• To change a property value, scrub the underlined text left or right.
• Click the property value, enter a new value, and press Enter.
• Expand the property by clicking the triangle next to the property name (if available), and then drag the slider or
angle control (depending on the property).
• To set an angle, drag inside the angle control area, scrub the underlined text, or select the underlined text and enter
a value.
Once you have clicked inside the angle control, you can drag outside of it to quickly change the values.
• To set a color value using an Eyedropper tool, click the desired color anywhere on the computer screen. By default,
the Eyedropper tool selects a one pixel area. Ctrl-clicking an Eyedropper tool samples a 5 x 5 pixel area.
• TosetacolorvalueusingtheAdobeColorPicker,clickthecolorswatch,selectacolorintheAdobeColorPicker
dialog box, and then click OK.
• To reset an effect’s properties to their default settings, click the Reset button next to the effect. All properties
that don’t contain keyframes are reset to their default values. If a property contains keyframes, that property is
reset to the default at the current time only. Keyframes that occur at the current time are reset to the default value.
If no keyframes occur at the current time, new keyframes are created using the default values.
If you accidently click Reset, restore your work by choosing Edit > Undo.