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What's New

What's new in CS6

New features overview

Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

Redesigned, customizable user interface

New default workspace
Redesigned Source and Program Monitors
Redesigned Project panel
Timecode panel
Primary edit display in Cinema mode
Dropped Frame indicator
Trackpad gesture support for Mac OS

Editing workflow improvements

Mercury Playback Engine improvements
Efficient ingest and logging with Adobe Prelude
Multicam improvements
Improved trimming
Continuous playback
New functionality for clip markers
Improved Adobe Dynamic Link

Audio workflow improvements

Redesigned Audio Mixer
Redesigned Audio Meter panel
New audio track functionality
Improved audio channel functionality in Source monitor
Use timecode from master audio in merged clips

Effects enhancements and workflow improvements

Adjustment layers
Warp Stabilizer effect
Rolling Shutter Repair effect
Redesigned 3- Way Color Corrector effect
Adobe SpeedGrade Color Correction

New features overview

Adobe recommends:

Video series: What's new and changed in Premiere Pro CS6
Video series: Learn Premiere Pro
Blog: What's new and changed in Premiere Pro CS6

Redesigned, customizable user interface

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New default workspace

Premiere Pro CS6 has a new default editing workspace with larger Source and Program monitors (a configuration referred to as "2-up"). This view
allows you to view high- definition video much more easily in this workspace.

To return to the standard editing workspace found in Premiere Pro CS5.5 and earlier, choose Window > Workspace > Editing (CS5.5).

Adobe recommends:

The 2-up editing workspace (CS6)
Video: Project panel and Media Browser changes
Blog: New editing default workspace

Redesigned Source and Program Monitors

The Source and Program monitors have been redesigned to be more customizable.

Customizable button bar.
Timecode numbers can be toggled on or off (also available in the Timeline).
Pop-up menu for direct access to playback resolution.
Setting button for easier access to monitor settings.

Adobe recommends:

Source Monitor and Program Monitor overview

Video: Source Monitor, Program Monitor, timecode, and Timeline panel changes
Blog: Redesigned Source and Program monitors

Redesigned Project panel

The Project Panel has been redesigned with these features:

Resizable clip thumbnails.
Clip thumbnails maximized to use space more efficiently.
In thumbnail view, scrub clips by dragging the mouse across a thumbnail. This technique is called "hover scrubbing".
In thumbnail view, clips can be selected and scrubbed with the Clip Playhead, or by using the JKL and Spacebar keyboard

shortcuts.
Mark In and Out points on clips as you are scrubbing, or on the fly as you are playing back by using the JKL and Spacebar

keyboard shortcuts.
A usage icon can be used to navigate to clips in sequences.

Adobe recommends:

Customizing the Project panel

Video: Project panel and Media Browser changes
Blog: The redesigned Project panel

Timecode panel

A panel that displays oversized timecode, and feet+frames is now available in Premiere Pro CS6.
To view the Timecode panel, choose Window > Timecode.

Adobe recommends:

View timecode in the Timecode panel
Video: Source Monitor, Program Monitor, timecode, and Timeline panel changes
Blog: The Timecode panel

Primary edit display in Cinema mode

Put either the Program monitor or the Source monitor into full-screen, “cinema” mode on your system’s primary display.
To toggle Cinema mode on and off, press the Ctrl key and the Accent key, and then click either the Source monitor or Program monitor. Press the

keyboard shortcuts once more to return to the interface.

Adobe recommends:

Source Monitor and Program Monitor overview

Video: Toggle full screen
Blog: Cinema mode

Dropped Frame indicator

Both the Source and the Program monitor now have the option to display an icon that indicates if frames are being dropped during playback.

Adobe recommends:

Dropped Frame indicator (CS6)

Video: Source Monitor, Program Monitor, timecode, and Timeline panel changes
Blog: The Dropped Frame indicator

Trackpad gesture support for Mac OS

Use trackpad gestures to navigate the Timeline and other panels in Premiere Pro using the MacBook Pro's trackpad or the Apple Magic Trackpad.

Adobe recommends:

Zoom into or out of a sequence in a Timeline panel

Video: Miscellaneous new and removed features
Blog: Trackpad gesture support for Mac OS

Editing workflow improvements

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Mercury Playback Engine improvements

The Adobe Mercury Transmit feature enables third-party capture cards to plug directly in to the performance of the Mercury
Playback Engine. The feature gives you access to CUDA acceleration and enhanced support for SDI I/O and professional
broadcast monitoring.

New support for the OpenCL-based AMD Radeon HD 6750M, and 6770 graphics cards makes the Mercury Playback Engine
(Hardware) available on certain Apple MacBook Pro computers.

More CUDA-based video cards are approved for the Mercury Playback Engine. For an up -to-date list of supported cards, see:

www.adobe.com/go/64bitsupport

Adobe recommends:

Project Settings
Device Control preferences
Video: Mercury Playback Engine: GPU acceleration
Blog: Improvements to the Mercury Playback Engine

Efficient ingest and logging with Adobe Prelude

Ingest clips using Adobe Prelude. Then log clips and create subclips, markers, In and Out points, searchable notes, metadata, and rough cuts.
You can bring the data from the Prelude project right into Premiere Pro.

Note: Adobe Prelude is a separate application.

Adobe recommends:

Adobe Prelude Help
Video: Improved markers and importing from Prelude
Blog: Using Prelude

Multicam improvements

You can now use more than four camera angles in multicam editing. You are limited in number of angles only by the power of your computer. It's
also easier to create multicam sequences.

Adobe recommends:

Editing multi-camera sequences (CS6)

Video: Multicamera improvements
Blog: Multicam improvements

Improved trimming

There are powerful new options for quickly selecting and shifting edit points using the mouse, new keyboard shortcuts, or the numeric keypad. JKL
dynamic trimming is supported, as well. The new Trim mode provides a two-up display showing the outgoing and incoming frames right inside the
Program monitor.

To open Trim mode, double-click any edit point.

Adobe recommends:

Trimming clips (CS6)

Video: Dynamic trimming and editing with the keyboard
Blog: Improved trimming

Continuous playback

The Timeline transport now continues playback unless the user specifically issues a Stop command. This feature supports real-time adjustment of
common editing actions.

Adobe recommends:

Continuous playback (CS6)
Video Adjustment layers, applying effects, and continuous playback
Blog: Don't stop playback

New functionality for clip markers

Clip markers have been improved with color labels and the ability to span a duration of time. Functionality previously available only in sequence
markers is now available in clip markers. Customize markers in the redesigned Marker dialog box. View all of your clip markers in the new
Markers panel.

Adobe recommends:

Working with Markers

Video: Improved markers and importing from Prelude
Blog: New marker functionality

Improved Adobe Dynamic Link

Improved Dynamic Link, including performance enhancements, and removal of the limitation of Dynamic Link to only work within a suite (for
example, Dynamic Link will now work between CS6 applications purchased as individual products).

Adobe recommends:

Adobe Dynamic Link (CS6)
Video: Dynamic Link improvements
Blog: Improved Adobe Dynamic Link

Audio workflow improvements

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Redesigned Audio Mixer

The Audio Mixer panel has been redesigned to include the following features.

Select between two visual metering modes.
Double-click a fader to return it to 0dB.
Separate dB scales for the meters and faders.
A context menu for meter options in the panel menu.

Adobe recommends:

Audio Mixer overview

Video: Changes to the Audio Mixer and Audio Meters panels
Blog: Audio Mixer overview

Redesigned Audio Meter panel

The Audio Meter panel has been redesigned to be more accurate, customizable, and easier to use. The Audio Meter panel offers these features:

Meters auto layout horizontally or vertically
Meters scale as needed
New Solo buttons for each channel
Audio Meter panel now meters the Source Monitor content
Several options for displaying audio

Adobe recommends:

Audio Meters panel

Video: Changes to the Audio Mixer and Audio Meters panels
Blog: The Audio Meters panel

New audio track functionality

Mono and stereo audio tracks are no longer separate. A new kind of audio track, called "Standard" can contain both stereo and mono clips.

Adobe recommends:

Overview of audio and the Audio Mixer

Video: New audio track functionality
Blog: New audio track functionality

Improved audio channel functionality in Source monitor

In the Source monitor, you can now view clips with multiple audio channels, including grouped clips, or merged clips.

Adobe recommends:

Working with audio clips in the Source Monitor
Video: Changes in audio tracks and merged clip audio
Blog: Viewing multiple audio channels in the Source Monitor

Use timecode from master audio in merged clips

A new DSLR workflow allows you to use the timecode from an audio master clip to be used when you create a merged clip. You can also choose
to omit the source camera audio when creating a merged clip.

Adobe recommends:

Use timecode from an audio master clip to create a merged clip (CS6)
Video: Miscellaneous new and removed features
Blog: Use timecode from master audio in merged clips feature

Effects enhancements and workflow improvements

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Adjustment layers

Adjustment layers, used in products like Photoshop and After Effects, are now available in Premiere Pro CS6. Adjustment layers are useful for
many things, including greater control in color correction.

To add an adjustment layer to your project, select the Project panel and then choose File > New Adjustment Layer.

Adobe recommends:

Adjustment layers

Video: Adjustment layers, applying effects, and continuous playback
Blog: Adjustment layers

Warp Stabilizer effect

Formerly available only in After Effects CS5.5 (and later), Warp Stabilizer is a CUDA accelerated effect that allows you to smooth out shaky,
handheld footage.

Locate the effect in the Effects panel, Effects > Distort > Warp Stabilizer.

Adobe recommends:

Stabilize Motion with the Warp Stabilizer effect (CS6)

Video: Warp Stabilizer effect
Blog: Warp Stabilizer effect

Rolling Shutter Repair effect

Use the Rolling Shutter Repair effect for fixing clips with rolling shutter artifacts.
Locate the effect in the Effects panel, then choose Effects > Distort > Rolling Shutter Repair.

Adobe recommends:

The rolling shutter repair effect (CS6)

Video: The rolling shutter repair effect
Blog: The rolling shutter repair effect

Redesigned 3-Way Color Corrector effect

The 3-Way Color Corrector effect is more intuitive. Tools are easier to find and use.
The 3-Way Color Corrector is located in the Effects panel. Choose Effects > Color Correction > 3-Way Color Corrector.

Adobe recommends:

Three-Way Color Corrector effect (CS6)
Video: Newly designed 3-Way Color Corrector effect
Blog: Changes to the 3-Way Color Corrector effect

Adobe SpeedGrade Color Correction

Export sequences to Adobe SpeedGrade to professionally color-grade your work.
To export your sequence to SpeedGrade, select it in the Project panel, and then choose File > Send to Adobe SpeedGrade.

Note: Adobe SpeedGrade is a separate application.

Adobe recommends:

SpeedGrade Help
Video Exporting to SpeedGrade
Blog: Exporting to SpeedGrade

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What's New in Adobe Media Encoder CS6

Queue and Watch Folders: Independent handling of source and output
Preset browser
Import and export presets
Improved scaling of source frames
Creating custom workspaces
Workflow enhancements
Changes to exporters
Keyboard shortcuts
New keyboard shortcuts in CS6

Queue and Watch Folders: Independent handling of source and output

Source and output are now handled independent of each other. This independent handling allows a given source to be configured with multiple
outputs. Among the advantages, Adobe Media Encoder can simultaneously encode multiple outputs of a given source. Compared to individually
encoding each output, simultaneous encoding is faster.

Preset browser

The new Preset Browser provides you with options that help streamline your workflow in Adobe Media Encoder.
System presets in the browser are organized as categories based on their use (such as Broadcast, Web Video) and device destination (such as

DVD, Blu-ray, Camera, Tablet). You can modify these presets to create custom presets, also called User Presets.
In the Preset Browser, you can quickly find a preset using search, or using the enhanced navigation provided by the collapsible folder structure.

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User presets, preset groups, and aliases

You can modify system presets to create user presets. You can organize user presets in separate folders called as preset groups . Preset groups
allow you to apply multiple presets to a source in a single step.

Aliases allow you to create multiple instances of a preset for use in multiple preset groups.
For example, if you want a preset to exist in more than one preset group, create aliases to the preset instead of duplicating it. Then, add the aliases

to other preset groups. When you edit the preset, the changes are applied to all its aliases.

Managing Presets

To manage presets, use the Preset menu or the options in The Preset Browser (Window>Preset Browser). You can also right-click a preset in the
Preset Browser to view the context menu for the available options.

The Preset Browser

A. User preset B. Alias created to a preset C. Preset group D. Create new preset E. Delete preset F. Create new preset group G. Preset

settings H. Import presets I. Export presets J. Search for presets

Create presets, preset groups, and aliases

Preset Groups can contain user presets, aliases to presets, or other preset groups.

Select Preset > Create Preset to create a preset.
Select Preset > Create Group to create a preset group.
To create a preset alias, right-click the preset in the Preset Browser, and select Create Alias.
To quickly create an alias to a system preset, drag the system preset to the User Presets and Groups section.
To quickly create an alias to a user preset, Alt -drag (Win) or Opt - drag (Mac OS) the user preset to a preset group.

Modify user presets

To rename a preset, click the name of a selected preset. Type a name for the preset and press Enter. Alternatively, select
Preset > Rename to rename a preset.

To modify preset settings, select a preset, and select Preset > Settings.
To delete a preset, select the preset and press Delete. Alternatively, select Preset > Delete.

Note:

Only user presets can be edited. Changes to system presets can be saved as new user presets by clicking the Save A Copy button in the

Preset Settings dialog.

Apply presets or preset groups to the Queue

To apply presets to sources in the Queue, do one of the following:

Drag presets, preset groups, or aliases from the Preset Browser and drop them on sources or outputs in the Queue.

Dropping a preset on a source adds an output to the source.
Dropping a preset on an existing output replaces the settings of the output with the settings of the preset.

To add an output to the source, drag a source from the Queue to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.
To replace the settings of the output with the settings of the preset, drag an output from the Queue to a preset, preset group, or

alias in the Preset Browser.
Select a source in the Queue and double-click a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser .
Select a source in the Queue. Select presets, preset groups, or aliases selected in the Preset Browser. Click Apply Preset.

Apply presets or preset groups to Watch Folders

To apply presets to watch folders in the Watch Folders panel, do one of the following:

Drag presets, preset groups, or aliases from the Preset Browser and drop them on watch folders or outputs in the Watch
Folders panel.

Dropping presets on a watch folder adds new outputs to the watch folder.
Dropping presets on an existing output replaces the settings of the output with the settings of the preset.

To add an ouput to the watch folder, drag a watch folder from the Watch Folders panel to a preset, preset group, or alias in the
Preset Browser .

To replace the settings of the output with the settings of the preset, drag an output from the Watch Folders panel to a preset,
preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser .

Select a watch folder in the Watch Folders panel. Alt + double-click (Win) or Opt + double-click (Mac) a preset,
preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser .

Select a watch folder in the Watch Folders panel. Select presets, preset groups, or aliases in the Preset Browser. Alt +
click (Win) or Opt + click (Mac) the Apply Preset button.

Apply presets to Premiere Pro sequences, After Effects compositions, and media assets
during import

Apply presets to Adobe Premiere Pro sequences

Drag a sequence from the Project panel of an open Adobe Premiere Pro project and drop it on a preset, alias, or preset group in the Preset
Browser.

Note:

This procedure is the only way to add multiple presets to Adobe Premiere Pro sequences in a single step. The Export Settings dialog in

Adobe Premiere Pro allows you to apply single presets when exporting sequences to Adobe Media Encoder.

Apply presets to After Effects compositions

Drag a composition from the Project panel of an open After Effects project to a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.

Apply presets to video and audio assets

Drag video and audio assets from Finder or Windows Explorer and drop them on a preset, preset group, or alias in the Preset Browser.

Important considerations when applying presets

Dropping a single preset on an output replaces the output. The new outputs inherit the output path, output name, and source
range settings from the targeted output

Dropping a single preset on a source adds an output.
Dropping a preset group (or multiple selected presets) on an output adds outputs. The new outputs inherit the output path,

output name, and source range settings from the targeted output.
Dropping a preset group (or multiple selected presets) on a source adds outputs. Settings such as output path from existing

outputs are not inherited.

Import and export presets

Presets can be imported and exported as EPR files. EPR files are saved in the XML format.

Select Preset > Import to import EPR files. Imported presets appear in the User Presets and Groups section.
Select Preset > Export to export selected presets as EPR files.

Note:

You can also drag-and-drop EPR files on an existing preset in the Preset Browser to import them.

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Show the location of a preset in Finder or Explorer

Right-click the preset in the Preset Browser and select Reveal Preset File.

Quickly find a preset in the browser

As you type in the search field , the Preset Browser filters the preset list to match your search string. All columns are scanned for matching
results.

Improved scaling of source frames

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Source Scaling options

In Adobe Media Encoder CS6, it is not necessary that you enable a crop before using this option. Also, this setting is available for any output
format with editable frame dimensions.

Use the options in the Source Scaling menu of the Export Settings dialog for better scaling of source frames within output frames of a different
size.

Scale To Fit

boxed or pillar-boxed within the output frame as necessary.

Scale To Fill

source frame is maintained.

Stretch To Fill
Scale To Fit With Black Borders

Note:

Scales the source frame to fit within the output frame while maintaining pixel aspect ratio of the source. Source frames are letter-

Scales the source frame to completely fill the output frame while cropping the source frame as necessary. Pixel aspect ratio of the

Resizes the source frame to completely fill the output frame. Pixel aspect ratio of the source is not maintained.

Source frame, including the cropped area, is fit within the output frame. Pixel aspect ratio is maintained.

This option is the same as the Black Borders option in the Crop Settings menu of Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5.

Change Output Size To Match Source

This option is the same as Change Output Size in the Crop Settings menu of Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5.

Note:

Overrides the output frame size settings to match the crop settings of the source.

Creating custom workspaces

In the new interface, you can group panels as tabs in a single frame or float them as separate panels.

1. Move the panels by clicking them and dragging them around. To group panels, drag the panel to the topmost section of
another panel. Release the mouse when a purple patch appears in the center of the host panel.

2. After you customize the workspace to your requirements, select Window > Workspace > New Workspace to create a custom
workspace.

The new Workspace is added to the Workspace menu. You can now use the options in the Window > Workspace menu to switch workspaces.

Workflow enhancements

Sources are still encoded in sequence, but all outputs of a source are now encoded in parallel. To disable parallel encoding,
select Edit > Preferences, and deselect Enable Parallel Encoding.

For multiple outputs, the Encoding panel displays a thumbnail preview, progress bar, and the completion time estimate of each
encoding output

In certain cases, export settings require an output to encode in serial rather than in parallel mode. In such cases, the queue
returns to parallel encoding after temporary serial encoding is complete.

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A. Add Source B. Add Output C. Remove Source/Output D. Duplicate

You can associate multiple outputs with a source. Each output can have a different format, preset, and output file location
assigned to it.

You can reorder outputs in the output list. However, you cannot move them to other sources.
Clicking the output file path opens the folder containing the encoded file. Previous to encoding, however, the Save As dialog

appears.

To change the output path and filename, click the Output File link for that output.
To access an encoded file, click the Output File link for that output

Use the Add Output button to quickly add an output to a source.
Both sources and outputs can be duplicated. A duplicated source uses all the outputs from the original source.

Changes to exporters

For better performance, the following exporters have been updated for this release:

AAC Audio ("Audio Only" in previous versions)
H.264
H.264 Blu-ray
MPEG4
Windows Media (Windows only)

For compatibility reasons, older versions of the following CS5.5 exporters have been included in CS6:

H.264 (Legacy)

Dolby Digital Surcode audio encoding is not available in the new exporter.

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H.264 Blu-ray (Legacy)

Preserves support for Match Source presets and Surcode for Dolby.

MPEG4 (Legacy)

Presets created in previous versions of Adobe Media Encoder can be imported into Adobe Media Encoder CS6. However, presets for H.264 and
H.264 Blu-ray apply only to legacy exporters. Presets for the Audio Only or Windows Media exporters from previous versions cannot be imported.

Change render settings for an After Effects composition

Adobe Media Encoder CS6 allows you to modify the Guide Layers render setting for an After Effects composition. To enable or disable guide layer
visibility, select an After Effects comp source, and select File > Source Settings.

Keyboard shortcuts

Result Windows Mac OS

Add item to queue
Start/pause queue
Stop queue
Open Preferences dialog
Save queue
Quit
Duplicate selected items
Select all items in current list
Open the Export Settings dialog
Undo
Redo
Adobe Media Encoder Help

Export Settings dialog

Ctrl+I Cmd+I
Enter Return
Esc Esc
Ctrl+,(comma) Cmd+,(comma)
Ctrl+S Cmd+S
Ctrl+Q Cmd+Q
Ctrl+D Cmd+D
Ctrl+A Cmd+A
Ctrl+E Cmd+E
Ctrl+Z Cmd+Z
Ctrl+Y Cmd+Y
F1 F1

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Moves playhead one frame earlier/later Left/Right arrows Left/Right arrows
Move playhead to the start/end frame
Set source range In Point to playhead's current

position
Set source range Out Point to playhead's current

position
Move playhead to the In Point
Move playhead to the Out Point
Zooms in frame preview
Zooms out frame preview

Exports preset as an EPR file

New keyboard shortcuts in CS6

Home/End Home/End

I I

O O

Q Q
W W
Ctrl++(plus) Cmd++(plus)
Ctrl+-(minus) Cmd+-(minus)
Alt+click Save Preset

button

Opt+click Save Preset
button

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Customize keyboard shortcuts

Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts (Windows) or Application > Keyboard Shortcuts (Mac OS) to customize keyboard shortcuts in Adobe Media
Encoder CS6.

For example, to change the keyboard shortcut for the cut operation from Ctrl+x to Ctrl+t, do the following:

1. Select Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

2. In the Keyboard Shortcuts panel, expand the Edit menu by clicking it.

3. Select Cut.

under tilde)

under tilde)

4. Click

5. Click Add.

6. Press Ctrl+t.

7. Click OK.

next to Ctrl+x to delete the existing command.

File menu

Result Windows Mac OS

Add watch folder
Stop current item
Show log
Show errors

Ctrl+Alt+I Cmd+Opt+I
Ctrl+ - (minus sign) Cmd+ - (minus sign)
Ctrl+L Ctrl+L
Ctrl+Alt+L Cmd+Opt+L

Edit menu

Result Windows Mac OS

Redo
Reset status
Skip selection
Show errors
Open Keyboard Shortcuts dialog

Ctrl+Shift+Z Cmd+Shift+Z
Ctrl+ . (period) Cmd+.(period)
Ctrl+Shift+. (period) Cmd+Shift+.(period)
Ctrl+Alt+L Cmd+Opt+L
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K Cmd+Opt+Shift+K

Preset menu

Result Windows Mac OS

Open Preset Settings dialog
Apply to queue
Apply to watch folders
Create preset
Create preset group
Create alias to preset
Rename user preset or preset group

Ctrl+Alt+E Cmd+Opt+E
Ctrl+U Cmd+U
Ctrl+Alt+U Cmd+Opt+U
Ctrl+N Cmd+N
Ctrl+G Cmd+G
Ctrl+B Cmd+B
Ctrl+R Cmd+R

Window menu

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Queue panel
Encoding panel
Watch folders panel
Preset browser

Ctrl+1 Cmd+1
Ctrl+2 Cmd+2
Ctrl+3 Cmd+3
Ctrl+4 Cmd+4

Main user interface

Result Windows Mac OS

Close the current panel

Maximize/Restore the panel under the pointer cursor

Ctrl+W Cmd+W
` (backtick sign

` (backtick sign

Maximize or restore current panel

Maximize/Restore panel under the pointer cursor (non-English
keyboards)

Shift+` (bactick
sign under tilde)

< <

Shift+` (bactick

sign under tilde)

Maximize or restore current panel (non-English keyboards) Shift+ < Shift+ <

Select previous/next item in list

Add previous/next item in list to current selection

Select previous/next item in list. If a folder is selected, Right Arrow opens
the folder and Left Arrow closes it.

Add previous/next item in list to current selection. If a folder is selected,
Right Arrow opens folder and Left Arrow closes it.

Up and Down
Arrows

Shift + Up/Down
Arrows

Right and Left
Arrows

Shift+Right and
Left Arrows

Up and Down
Arrows

Shift + Up/Down
Arrows

Right and Left
Arrows

Shift+Right and
Left Arrows

Export Settings dialog

Numeric field with whole numbers (ex. Frame Width setting):
Result Windows Mac OS

Increase or decrease current value by 1 Up and Down Arrows Up and Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by 10 Shift+Up/Down Arrows Shift+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by 10 Ctrl+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by 100 Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Shift+Up/Down Arrows

Bit rate field in Mbps:
Result Windows Mac OS

Increase or decrease current value by 1 Shift+Up/Down Arrows Shift+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by .1 Up and Down Arrows Up and Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by .01 Ctrl+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by .001 Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Opt+Up/Down Arrows

Bit rate field in Kbps:
Result Windows Mac OS

Increase or decrease current value by 10 Shift+Up/Down Arrows Shift+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by 1 Up and Down Arrows Up and Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by .1 Ctrl+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Up/Down Arrows
Increase or decrease current value by .01 Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down Arrows Cmd+Opt+Up/Down Arrows

Keyboard Shortcuts dialog

Result Windows Mac OS

Expand/Collapse all categories in dialog Alt+Click Category heading Opt+Click Category heading

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What’s new (CS5.5)

For a complete list of what’s new and changed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, see this post on the Premiere Pro Work Area blog.
To see the new features of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 in action, see this video tutorial series by Video2Brain.
For more information about new features in Premiere Pro CS5.5, see the Adobe website.
Merged Clips Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 features a method for synchronizing "dual-system" audio and video. This streamlines the process by

which users can synchronize audio and video recorded separately. See Synchronizing audio and video with Merge Clips (CS5.5 and later) and this

video by Video2Brain.

Mercury Engine Performance Gains New GPU-accelerated features include speed changes, footage interpretation options, field-order
processing, and video effects and transitions. More video cards are supported, as well. See this video by Video2Brain.

Usability Improvements Lot of usability improvements have been added to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5, as described in this video by

Video2Brain.

Keyboard customization: You can now customize your keyboard even more easily with the search field in the keyboard
shortcuts dialog box. See Find keyboard shortcuts and this video about keyboard shortcuts in Premiere Pro CS5.5 by

Video2Brain.

A new overlay allows you to drag clips from the Media Browser, Project panel, or Source panel into the Program panel to
perform an insert or overwrite edit. See Insert or Overwrite by dragging a clip to the Program panel.

Add keyframes directly into the timeline using the Pen or Selection tools without having to first enable keyframing. A modifier
key is no longer needed to set keyframes, as well. See Add, select, and delete keyframes.

The Unlink command now decouples the audio portion of a clip while automatically leaving the video portion selected. The
Unlink command now works on multiple clips at the same time, as well. See Link and unlink video and audio clips.

Editing in Adobe Audition A new workflow allows you to interchange with Adobe Audition CS5.5 a clip, or an entire sequence worth of video and
audio data, including tracks, individual clips, and keyframes. See Edit audio in Adobe Audition and this video by Video2Brain.

Accelerated Video Effects More video effects and transitions are now GPU-accelerated for the Mercury Playback Engine. See List of GPU
accelerated effects in Premiere Pro CS5.

Unified Audio Effects Audio effects are now combined into a single, unified effect. See Audio effects and this video by Video2Brain.
Expanded native support for RED digital cinema workflows The RED R3D Source Settings dialog has been redesigned, and offers intuitive

controls to those working with RED media. Saves and loads the latest versions of RMD, creates presets, and allows you to adjust color with a
histogram or with curves. Choose a desired Color Science, and apply settings to multiple RED clips simultaneously. See File formats supported for

import and this video by Video2Brain.

Speech analysis improvements with Adobe Story You can find and fix speech analysis errors more easily by making side-by-side comparisons
of the text of the speech analysis with the text of the Adobe Story script. You can also attach an Adobe Story script file (.astx) to a single or
multiple clips directly in Adobe Premiere Pro. You don't have to use OnLocation for this step anymore. See Improve speech analysis with Adobe
Story scripts (CS5.5 and later) and this video by Video2Brain.

Closed Captioning You can attach a closed caption data file to a sequence and display the closed captions in the Program Monitor and through
Firewire DV output. See Attach closed caption files (CS5.5 and later) and this video by Video2Brain.

Integration with Adobe CS Review Enables clients and teammates to take part in reviewing video sequences using a web browser and
annotation tools. Reviewers can make frame-accurate comments that visually correlate to the Adobe Premiere Pro timeline.

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What’s new (CS5)

For Premiere Pro system requirements, see the Adobe website.
For lists of various categories of hardware compatible with Adobe Premiere Pro, see the Adobe website.

See this page for what’s new and changed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.2).
See this page for what’s new and changed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.3).
See this page for what’s new and changed in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.4).
See this page for what’s new and changed in Adobe Media Encoder CS5.
This blog post on the animotion website details the advantages and considerations of upgrading to Premiere Pro CS5.

Native 64-bit and GPU-accelerated performance with Adobe Mercury Playback Engine Edit HD as fluidly as SD. The Mercury Playback
Engine delivers native 64-bit support, GPU acceleration, and other performance and stability improvements. Open projects faster, refine effects­rich HD and higher-resolution sequences in real time, enjoy smooth scrubbing and play back of complex projects without rendering. See results
instantly when applying multiple color corrections, the new Ultra Key, Gaussian blurs, and blending modes. Work with numerous other effects
across many video layers. Work in real time on complex timelines and long-form projects with thousands of clips. Save rendering time with real­time playback, whether your project is in SD, HD, 2K, 4K or beyond. For more information. See GPU-accelerated effects.

Expanded native tapeless workflows In CS5, Premiere Pro gains native support for XDCAM HD 50, AVCCAM, DPX, and AVC-Intra as well as
enhanced RED. Premiere Pro continues support for P2, XDCAM EX and HD, and AVCHD. You never waste valuable production time transcoding
or rewrapping, and always have access to the pristine quality of the original files. Edit video natively from the latest DSLR cameras like the Canon
5D Mark II and Canon 7D. For more information, see Importing assets from tapeless formats.

Script-to-screen workflow Collaborate on writing scripts with Adobe Story, capturing key production direction as you go. Then, automatically
create shot lists from your script in Adobe OnLocation to manage your shoot and capture logging notes. When you import the project into Premiere
Pro, metadata from Adobe OnLocation makes it easy to create a preliminary rough cut. Use Speech Search to synchronize the script to footage,
and then edit based on the dialogue transcript. With Premiere Pro, you reap the rewards of a well-planned project. For more information, see
Working with Adobe Story, Adobe OnLocation, and Adobe Premiere Pro.

Round-trip editing with Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer Leverage the unique tools in Premiere Pro in any production workflow. Final
Cut Pro export completes round- trip editing workflows with Apple Final Cut Pro and Avid Media Composer to enable a collaborative production
process. Bring the creative benefits of Adobe tools to the whole project. Explore new possibilities with After Effects, Encore, and other Adobe
applications. Edit with Speech Search, which turns spoken dialogue into searchable text for faster editing. For more information, see Cross­application workflows.

Editing and production efficiencies from metadata features Add intelligence to your assets using innovative metadata features. Turn spoken
dialogue into searchable text faster and with higher accuracy. Synchronize content with your Adobe Story script, or by using reference scripts that
are optimized for your content. Accelerate editing by marking In and Out points in the speech analysis text. Use face detection technology to locate
clips containing human faces. Plus, metadata stays with the assets you create, making your content more discoverable online. For more
information, see Understanding the script-to-screen workflow and Analyze speech for text XMP metadata.

Client and team reviews made simple with CS Review CS Review is a new online service that allows you to share dailies and works in
progress for review. CS Review eliminates the need for burning discs or swapping large files back and forth. Encode sequences and automatically
upload them in the background for review and collaboration. Clients and teammates can comment on your video using just a web browser, and
their frame-accurate comments automatically appear in the Premiere Pro sequence. Upgrading to Premiere Pro CS5 gives you a complimentary
one year subscription to CS Review. The CS Review video workflows for Premiere Pro will not be available when Premiere Pro CS5 initially ships.
Premiere Pro CS5 customers will automatically receive access to the CS5 Review video workflows when they become available.

Simplify everyday tasks with small changes that make large differences Take advantage of the most requested editing enhancements. See
large productivity gains and smoother day-to- day workflows. Use automatic scene detection to create separate clips from HDV tapes. Import
assets from DVDs. Use new extend edit and find gaps keyboard shortcuts. Control keyframes with greater precision. Clean up your sequences
quickly with new commands for finding and removing gaps. For more information, see Log clips with automatic scene detection, Make rolling edits
with the current-time indicator, and Find gaps in sequences and tracks.

Streamlined encoding with revamped Adobe Media Encoder Efficiently deliver your content in virtually any format with Adobe Media Encoder,
now with a more intuitive user interface. Adobe Media Encoder saves you time by batch encoding multiple versions of your source files and
Premiere Pro sequences. Set up multiple items for encoding, manage priorities, and control advanced settings for each item individually. Use any
combination of sequences and clips as sources. Encode to a wide variety of video formats. DPX joins FLV, F4V, Windows Media (Windows only),
QuickTime, MPEG-2, MPEG- 4, and H.264 codecs. For more information, see the help document for Adobe Media Encoder: Using Adobe Media
Encoder.

Log footage from virtually any camera with Adobe OnLocation CS5 Use the powerful logging options in Adobe OnLocation when working with
tapeless cameras. tell Adobe OnLocation which shot is currently recording. Then enter notes, comments, and additional metadata. When you copy
clips from the tapeless camera, Adobe OnLocation automatically merges the information. For more information see help for Adobe OnLocation:
Using Adobe OnLocation.

Ultra Key for fast, accurate keying—even on challenging footage Key HD footage in real time with the new Ultra Key chroma keyer in
Premiere Pro. Ultra Key is optimized for footage that includes uneven lighting, wrinkled backgrounds, and frizzy hair. Ultra Key preserves shadows

and can achieve complex keys on smoke, liquids, and transparent objects. For more information, see Chromakey with the Ultra Key effect.

Native support for DSLR cameras Edit video from the latest DSLR cameras. New native support means that you never waste valuable
production time transcoding or rewrapping, and always have access to the original file’s pristine quality. Premiere Pro supports video shot on the
following DSLR cameras:

Canon EOS -1D Mark IV,
Canon EOS -5D Mark II,
Canon EOS 7D,
Nikon D90,
Nikon D300S,
Nikon D3S
Nikon D5000
Panasonic Lumix GH1 using AVCHD sequence presets.

Create searchable web-DVDs in Encore CS5 Create a more engaging experience with web-DVDs that now automatically include a search
interface, making it easier for viewers to jump directly to content of interest. When you use Speech Analysis in Premiere Pro to turn spoken
dialogue into searchable text, the information is passed along to Encore. Encore uses the metadata along with subtitles and menu button text to
make your web-DVDs searchable. For more information, see Help for Encore: Using Adobe Encore.

Dynamic Link is now bidirectional Dynamic Link communication between Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects is now bi-directional.
Previously, if you used Dynamic Link to send information from After Effects to Premiere Pro, you could not later use Dynamic Link to send
information from Premiere Pro to After Effects. You had to restart the applications to reset the direction and use Dynamic Link going in the other
direction. In Creative Suite CS5, that limitation is gone.

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Getting Started

To learn more, view these recommended resources online.

Getting Started with Adobe Premiere Pro (CS4, CS5, & CS5.5)

Kevin Monahan (May. 20, 2011)

Premiere Pro user-to-user forum

Adobe (Apr. 16, 2012)

Premiere Pro CS6: what's new and changed

Todd Kopriva (Apr. 11, 2012)

Premiere Pro CS6: New Features Workshop

video2brain (Apr. 12, 2012)

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Learn Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 and CS5.5

article (May. 9, 2011)

Workspace and workflow

Workspaces

Import a workspace with a project
Customizing workspaces
Brighten or darken the interface
The 2-up editing workspace (CS6)

For an overview of the Premiere Pro interface, see this introduction to panels and workspaces from Peachpit Press.
For an overview of the Premiere Pro interface, see this video from Learn By Video and Video2Brain by Maxim Jago.

Import a workspace with a project

Workspace selections and customizations made in a project are saved in the project file. By default, Premiere Pro opens projects in the current
workspace. However, you can instead open a project in the workspace last used with it. This option is particularly helpful if you often rearrange the
workspace for each project.

If you import a project and the workspace is empty, close the project. Deselect Import Workspace From Projects. Import the project again, and
select an existing workspace for the project.

Before opening a project, select Window > Workspace > Import Workspace From Projects.

Customizing workspaces

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About workspaces

Adobe video and audio applications provide a consistent, customizable workspace. Although each application has its own set of panels (such as
Project, Metadata, and Timeline), you move and group panels in the same way across products.

The main window of a program is the application window. Panels are organized in this window in an arrangement called a workspace. The default
workspace contains groups of panels as well as panels that stand alone.

You customize a workspace by arranging panels in the layout that best suits your working style. As you rearrange panels, the other panels resize
automatically to fit the window. You can create and save several custom workspaces for different tasks—for example, one for editing and one for
previewing.

You can use floating windows to create a workspace more like workspaces in previous versions of Adobe applications, or to place panels on
multiple monitors.

In these two tutorials Andrew Devis from Creative Cow shows how to use different workspaces, and how to customize your workspace.

Example workspace

A. Application window B. Grouped panels C. Individual panel

Choose a workspace

Each Adobe video and audio application includes several predefined workspaces that optimize the layout of panels for specific tasks. When you
choose one of these workspaces, or any custom workspaces you’ve saved, the current workspace is redrawn accordingly.

Open the project you want to work on, choose Window > Workspace, and select the desired workspace.

You can dock panels together, move them into or out of groups, and undock them so they float above the application window. As you drag a
panel, drop zones—areas onto which you can move the panel—become highlighted. The drop zone you choose determines where the panel is
inserted, and whether it docks or groups with other panels.

Docking zones

Docking zones exist along the edges of a panel, group, or window. Docking a panel places it adjacent to the existing group, resizing all groups to
accommodate the new panel.

Dragging panel (A) onto docking zone (B) to dock it (C)

Grouping zones

Grouping zones exist in the middle of a panel or group, and along the tab area of panels. Dropping a panel on a grouping zone stacks it with other
panels.

Dock, group, or float panels

Dragging panel (A) onto grouping zone (B) to group it with existing panels (C)

Dock or group panels

1. If the panel you want to dock or group is not visible, choose it from the Window menu.

2. Do one of the following:

To move an individual panel, drag the gripper area in the upper-left corner of a panel’s tab onto the desired drop zone.

Drag panel gripper to move one panel

To move an entire group, drag the group gripper in the upper-right corner onto the desired drop zone.

Drag group gripper to move entire group

The application docks or groups the panel, according to the type of drop zone.

Undock a panel in a floating window

When you undock a panel in a floating window, you can add panels to the window and modify it similarly to the application window. You can use
floating windows to use a secondary monitor, or to create workspaces like the workspaces in earlier versions of Adobe applications.

Select the panel you want to undock (if it’s not visible, choose it from the Window menu), and then do one of the following:

Choose Undock Panel or Undock Frame from the panel menu. Undock Frame undocks the panel group.
Hold down Ctrl (Windows®) or Command (Mac OS®), and drag the panel or group from its current location. When you

release the mouse button, the panel or group appears in a new floating window.
Drag the panel or group outside the application window. (If the application window is maximized, drag the panel to the

Windows taskbar.)

Resize panel groups

When you position the pointer over dividers between panel groups, resize icons appear. When you drag these icons, all groups that share the
divider are resized. For example, suppose your workspace contains three panel groups stacked vertically. If you drag the divider between the
bottom two groups, they are resized, but the topmost group doesn’t change.

To quickly maximize a panel beneath the pointer, press the accent key. (Do not press Shift.) Press the accent key again to return the panel to
its original size.

1. Do either of the following:

To resize either horizontally or vertically, position the pointer between two panel groups. The pointer becomes a
double-arrow .

To resize in both directions at once, position the pointer at the intersection between three or more panel groups. The
pointer becomes a four-way arrow

2. Hold down the mouse button, and drag to resize the panel groups.

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Dragging divider between panel groups to resize them horizontally

A. Original group with resize icon B. Resized groups

Open, close, and scroll to panels

When you close a panel group in the application window, the other groups resize to use the newly available space. When you close a floating
window, the panels within it close, too.

To open a panel, choose it from the Window menu.
To close a panel or window, press Control-W (Windows) or Command-W (Mac OS), or click its Close button .
To see all the panel tabs in a narrow panel group, drag the horizontal scroll bar.
To bring a panel to the front of a group of panels, do one of the following:

Click the tab of the panel you want in front.
Hover the cursor above the tab area, and turn the mouse scroll wheel. Scrolling brings each panel to the front, one after

another.
Drag tabs horizontally to change their order.

To reveal panels hidden in a narrow panel group, drag the scroll bar above the panel group.

Drag horizontal scroll bar to see all panels in narrow group

Working with multiple monitors

To increase the available screen space, use multiple monitors. When you work with multiple monitors, the application window appears on one
monitor, and you place floating windows on the second monitor. Monitor configurations are stored in the workspace.

Save, reset, or delete workspaces

Save a custom workspace

As you customize a workspace, the application tracks your changes, storing the most recent layout. To store a specific layout more permanently,
save a custom workspace. Saved custom workspaces appear in the Workspace menu, where you can return to and reset them.

Arrange the frames and panels as desired, and then choose Window > Workspace > New Workspace. Type a name for the
workspace, and click OK.

(After Effects, Premiere Pro, Encore) If a project saved with a custom workspace is opened on another system, the application looks for a

Note:

workspace with a matching name. If it can’t find a match (or the monitor configuration doesn’t match), it uses the current local workspace.

Reset a workspace

Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.

Choose Window > Workspace > Reset workspace name.

Delete a workspace

1. Choose Window > Workspace >Delete Workspace.

2. Choose the workspace you want to delete, and then click OK.

Note:

You cannot delete the currently active workspace.

Brighten or darken the interface

You can lower the brightness, as when working in a darkened editing suite or when making color corrections. Changing the brightness affects
panels, windows, and dialog boxes but does not affect scroll bars, title bars, and menus that aren’t inside panels. In addition, the change doesn’t
affect the application background on Windows.

1. Choose Edit > Preferences > Appearance (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Appearance (Mac OS).

2. Drag the User Interface Brightness slider to the left or right. Click Default to restore the default brightness level.

The 2-up editing workspace (CS6)

In Premiere Pro CS6, there is a new workspace called, "2-up". 2-up refers to the large Source Monitor and Program Monitor found at the top of the
interface. This arrangement allows you to focus more on the images, and less on the user interface.

The 2-up editing workspace and the Preview Area

In Premiere Pro CS6, the new default editing workspace does not display the Preview Area in the Project panel, as it had in past versions of
Premiere Pro. You can view the Preview Area by choosing the panel menu > Preview Area in the Project panel.

Reverting to the Editing workspace from Premiere Pro CS5.5

You can use the other workspaces, including returning to the standard editing workspace found in Premiere Pro CS5.5 and earlier. To use the
standard editing workspace from Premiere Pro CS5.5, and earlier, choose Window > Workspace > Editing (CS5.5).

The 2-up workspace and the Media Browser

In the 2-up interface, the Project panel covers up the Media Browser, so it is not apparent that you can drag items from the Media Browser into
the Project panel. To drag media from the Media Browser to the Project panel, do the following:

1. Select the items you wish to import in the Media Browser.

2. Drag the items to the Project tab.

Media is then imported into the Project panel.
You can also import items from the Media Browser by selecting media and then choosing File > Import From Media Browser. You can also choose

Import from the context menu.

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Working with Panels

Navigate the panels
Display any panel full-screen
Display panel options
Display context and panel menus
Tools panel and Options panel
Clip details in the Info panel

Navigate the panels

You can use keyboard shortcuts to activate panels in rotation.

Do one of the following:

To activate panels in rotation to the right, press Ctrl+Shift+. (period) (Windows), or Control+Shift+. (period) (Mac OS).
To activate panels in rotation to the left, press Ctrl+Shift+, (comma) (Windows), or Control+Shift+, (comma) (Mac OS).
Kevin Monahan provides instructions and keyboard shortcuts for activating panels in this blog post.

Display any panel full-screen

You can expand any panel to display it in full -screen mode, and toggle back to normal view. You can do so with the current panel in focus or the
panel you are hovering over with your mouse. In Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, do the following.

1. Hover your mouse over the panel you want to maximize.

2. Press the accent key (`). Typically, this key lies just to the left of the numeral one (1) key. Some see this key as the back
quote key, or the tilde key. Press the accent key once more to restore the panel size.

In Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 and later, to maximize a selected panel you can choose Window > Maximize Frame. To restore
the panel size, choose Window > Restore Frame Size. You can also press Shift+accent to maximize the panel size of a
selected panel. Press the accent key to toggle the panel size of a panel you are hovering over with the mouse.

Note: When Adobe Premiere Pro is installed on a computer with a non- U.S. keyboard, the Maximize Or Restore Frame
Under Cursor command might be mapped to a key other than the accent key. The key for Maximize Or Restore Frame Under
Cursor (and its counterpart, Maximize or Restore Active Frame) is listed in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog box. To find it,
select the Adobe Premiere Pro Defaults set. Then, select Application from the menu. Scroll down past the Help heading to
Maximize or Restore Frame Under Cursor and set the most appropriate keyboard shortcut.

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Display panel options

Click the panel menu icon in the upper- right corner of the panel.

You can open a panel menu even when the panel is minimized.
In Photoshop, you can change the font size of the text in panels and tool tips. In the Interface preferences, choose a size from the UI Font Size

menu.

Display context and panel menus

In addition to choosing from the menus at the top of your screen, you can choose from context menus, which display commands relative to the
active tool or selected item. Panel menus display commands relative to the active panel.

To display panel menus, click the button in the upper- right corner of the panel.
To display context menus, right-click a panel.

Tools panel and Options panel

When you open the Options panel, it opens by default in the horizontal docking area running just under the menu bar, forming the Options bar.
You can undock, move, and redock the Options panel like any other panel. By default, the Options panel contains a menu of workspaces and a

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link to CS Services. You can also dock the Tools panel to the Options panel.

When you select a tool, the pointer changes shape according to the selection. For example, when you select the Razor tool and position the
pointer over a clip in a Timeline panel, the icon changes to a razor

being performed. In some cases, pressing a modifier key (such as Shift) as you use a tool changes its function, and its icon changes accordingly.
Select tools from the Tools panel, or use a keyboard shortcut. You can resize the Tools panel and orient it vertically or horizontally.

Note: The Selection tool is the default tool. It’s used for everything other than specialized functions. If the program isn’t responding as you expect,
make sure that the Selection tool is selected.

Toolbox
A. Selection tool B. Ripple Edit tool C. Rate Stretch tool D. Slip tool E. Pen tool F. Hand tool G. Track Select tool H. Rolling Edit
tool I. Razor tool J. Slide tool K. Zoom tool

Select any tool to activate it for use in a Timeline panel by clicking it or pressing its keyboard shortcut. Let the cursor hover over a tool to see its
name and keyboard shortcut.

Selection Tool The standard tool for selecting clips, menu items, and other objects in the user interface. It’s generally a good practice to select
the Selection Tool as soon as you are done using any of the other, more specialized, tools. For more information about using the Selection Tool,
see Select one or more clips.

Track Selection Tool Select this tool to select all the clips to the right of the cursor in a sequence. To select a clip and all clips to the right in its
own track, click the clip. To select a clip and all clips to its right in all tracks, Shift-click the clip. Pressing Shift changes the Track Selection Tool
into the Multi-track Selection Tool. For more information about using the Track Selection Tool, see Select one or more clips and Delete all clips on
one track.

Ripple Edit Tool Select this tool to trim the In or Out point of a clip in a Timeline. The Ripple Edit Tool closes gaps caused by the edit and
preserves all edits to the left or right of the trimmed clip. For more information about using the Ripple Edit tool, see Making rolling and ripple edits
or this video tutorial about the Ripple Edit Tool by Andrew Devis

Rolling Edit Tool Select this tool to roll the edit point between two clips in a Timeline. The Rolling Edit Tool trims the In point of one and the Out
point of the other, while leaving the combined duration of the two clips unchanged. For more information about using the Rolling Edit tool, see
Making rolling and ripple edits or this video tutorial about the Rolling Edit Tool by Andrew Devis.

Rate Stretch Tool Select this tool to shorten a clip in a Timeline by speeding up its playback, or to lengthen it by slowing it down. The Rate
Stretch Tool changes speed and duration, but leaves the In and Out points of the clip unchanged. For more information about using the Rate
Stretch Tool, see Change clip speed and duration with the Rate Stretch tool or this video about the Rate Stretch Tool by Andrew Devis..

Razor Tool Select this tool to make one or more incisions in clips in a Timeline. Click a point in a clip to split it at that precise location. To split
clips in all tracks at that location, Shift-click the spot in any of the clips. For more information about using the Razor Tool, see Split or cut one or
more clips with the Razor tool or this video about the Razor Tool by Andrew Devis.

Slip Tool Select this tool to simultaneously change the In and Out points of a clip in a Timeline, while keeping the time span between them
constant. For example, if you have trimmed a 10-second clip to 5 seconds in a Timeline, you can use the Slip Tool to determine which 5 seconds
of the clip appear in the Timeline. For more information about using the Slip Tool, see Make slip and slide edits or this video about the Slip Tool by
Andrew Devis.

Slide Tool Select this tool to move a clip to the left or right in a Timeline while simultaneously trimming the two clips that surround it. The
combined duration of the three clips, and the location of the group in the Timeline, remain unchanged. For more information about using the Slide
Tool, see Make slip and slide edits or this video about the Slide Tool by Andrew Devis.

Pen Tool Select this tool to set or select keyframes, or to adjust connector lines in a Timeline. Drag a connector line vertically to adjust it. Ctrl-click
(Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) on a connector line to set a keyframe. Shift-click noncontiguous keyframes to select them. Drag a
marquee over contiguous keyframes to select them. For more information about using the Pen Tool, see Select keyframes.

Hand Tool Select this tool to move the viewing area of a Timeline to the right or left. Drag left or right anywhere in the viewing area.
Zoom Tool Select this tool to zoom in or out in a Timeline viewing area. Click in the viewing area to zoom in by one increment. Alt-click (Windows)

or Option-click (Mac OS) to zoom out by one increment. For more information about using the Zoom Tool, see Navigate in a sequence.

Tools

. However, the Selection tool icon can change to reflect the task currently

Open the Options panel

Select Window > Options.

Dock the Tools panel to the Options panel

1. In the Tools panel, click the panel menu icon.

2. Select Dock In Options Panel.

Undock the Tools panel from the Options panel

In the Options panel, click the dotted area to the left of Selection Tool.

Premiere Pro removes the Tools panel from the Options panel, and returns the Tools panel to the location it had before docking to the Options
panel.

Clip details in the Info panel

The Info panel displays several data about a selected item, and timecode information for clips under the current-time indicator in the Timeline.
At the top of the panel, information is displayed for the current selection. This information varies depending on its media type, the active panel,

and so on. For example, the Info panel displays information unique to an empty space in a Timeline panel, or a clip in the Project panel.

Video Indicates frame rate, frame size, and pixel aspect ratio, in that order.
Audio Indicates sample rate, bit depth, and channels, in that order.
Tape Indicates the name of the tape.
In Indicates the In point timecode of the selected clip.
Out Indicates the Out point timecode of the selected clip.
Duration Indicates the duration of the selected clip.

The section below the current selection data contains the timecode values for the active sequence and for clips in each of its video and audio
tracks. These values are displayed in a stacking order that matches the Timeline for easy visual correlation. Video track timecodes are displayed
with the highest track number on top, and audio tracks are displayed with the highest track number on the bottom. The only time this section is
blank is when all sequences are closed.

When a track is added to or deleted from the current sequence, the Info panel updates to accurately display the number of tracks in the sequence.
There is no limit on the number of tracks displayed. Similarly, when the user switches to a different sequence, the Info panel updates to display the
correct number of tracks in that sequence.

The Info panel displays timecode for the current selection and for all track items under the current-time indicator. When the playhead crosses a
blank area in the timeline, no timecode value is displayed for that track, but the track label remains visible and undimmed. The vertical stack layout
of the timecodes is easily correlated with the physical layout of the tracks in the sequence.

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The Info panel
A. Name of selected clip B. Data for selected clip C. Tape name D. Sequence timecode locations of clip Start and End points E. Name of
active sequence F. Source timecode location in selected clip of current -time indicator G. Source timecode location in clips on video tracks of
current-time indicator H. Source timecode location in clips on audio tracks of current- time indicator

Note: You can change the default behavior of some of the panels in the Preferences dialog box. See Preferences.

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Using the Source Monitor and Program Monitor

Source Monitor and Program Monitor overview
Open or clear a clip in the Source Monitor
Navigate clips in the Source menu in the Source Monitor
Using the Source Monitor and Program Monitor time controls
View safe zones in the monitors
Choose fields in the Source and Program Monitors
Choose a display mode

Source Monitor and Program Monitor overview

The Source Monitor plays back individual clips. In the Source Monitor, you prepare clips that you want to add to a sequence. You set In points and
Out points, and specify the clip’s source tracks (audio or video). You can also insert clip markers and add clips to a sequence in a Timeline panel.

The Program Monitor plays back the sequence of clips that you are assembling. It’s your view of the active sequence in a Timeline panel. You can
set sequence markers and specify sequence In points and Out points. Sequence In points and Out points define where frames are added or
removed from the sequence.

Each monitor contains both a time ruler and controls to play back and cue the current frame of a source clip or sequence. Set In and Out points,
go to In and Out points, and set markers. Insert and Overwrite buttons are available in the Source Monitor, and Lift and Extract buttons are
available in the Program Monitor, by default. Each monitor also contains an Export Frame button for creating a still from a single frame of video.

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The Source Monitor
A. Time code B. Zoom scroll bar C. Scaling options D. Playhead E. Drag video F. Drag audio G. Resolution H. Settings button I. Button editor