User Guide

ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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To brighten or darken the user interface
Adobe Premiere Pro lets you brighten or darken the application’s graphical user interface (GUI). For example, you
may prefer to lower the brightness when working in a darkened editing suite or when making color corrections.
Changing the brightness preference affects panels, windows, and dialog boxes but doesn’t affect scroll bars, title bars,
andmenusthataren’tinsidepanels.Inaddition,thebrightnesspreferencedoesn’taffecttheapplicationbackground
on Windows.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > User Interface.
2 Drag the User Interface Brightness slider to the left or right. Click Default Brightness to restore the default
brightness level.
3 To set the interface to match the background color specified by the Windows operating system’s current
appearance settings, select Use Windows Background Color.
To change the Windows operating system’s appearance settings, right-click the Windows desktop and choose
Properties, and then customize options in the Appearance tab in Display Properties For Windows. Consider using
the Windows Classic style to reduce the font size of title bars (see Windows online Help).
To use the Events panel
Adobe Premiere Pro Events lists warnings, error messages, and other information you can use to identify and
troubleshoot problems, particularly those associated with plug-ins and other components from third-party devel-
opers. An alert icon , , on the status bar notifies you of an error. Double-clicking the icon opens the Events
panel, and clearing the associated item from the Events panel removes the icon from the status bar.
1 Do either of the following:
• Double-click the alert icon in the status bar.
• Choose Window > Events.
2 Do any of the following:
• To learn more about an item in the list, select it and click Details.
• To clear the events list, click Clear All.
Predefined workspaces
To use an Adobe workspace
Each Adobe video and audio application includes several workspaces for various tasks. For example, Adobe Encore
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DVD has workspaces for editing in the Timeline and for designing slideshows, menus, and navigation. You can
choose a workspace at any time. When you choose one of these workspaces, the current workspace is redrawn
accordingly.
❖ With the project you want to work on open, choose Window > Workspace, and select the desired workspace.
To create or modify a workspace
As you modify a workspace, the application tracks changes, saving any modifications with the project. The next time
you open the project, the most recent version of the workspace is used. You can also choose to restore the original
layout of the workspace.