Adobe Premiere Elements 8 - Manual (Page 145)

140 USING ADOBE PREMIERE ELEMENTS 8 EDITOR
Applying transitions
Last updated 8/12/2010
More Help topics
“ Trim in the Preview window ” on page 123
“ Preview on a TV monitor ” on page 111
“ Adjusting transition properties ” on page 143
Preview in the Monitor panel
❖ In the Timeline, move the current-time indicator to the left of the transition, and then click the Play button in
the Monitor panel.
Note: To preview a particular frame of the transition in the Monitor panel, drag the current-time indicator to the desired
frame.
Preview in the Properties view of the Tasks panel
1 Select the transition in the Timeline.
2 In the Transition view (in the Tasks panel), click the Edit Transition button.
3 In Properties view, click Show Timeline if the Properties mini-timeline is hidden.
4 To display the actual clips in the preview area, select Show Actual Sources. (You may need to lengthen the panel to
locate this option.)
5 In the Properties view, click the Play button next to the thumbnail. Click the button again to stop the preview.
Properties view
A. Preview of transition B. Directional selectors C. Play button D. Start and End frames E. Start and End sliders F. Options G. Clip A (first
clip)
H. Transition I. Clip B (second clip) J. Current-time indicator
View transitions in the Sceneline and Timeline
In the Sceneline, a transition appears as a rectangle between two clips. In the Timeline, a transition appears just above
the cut between two clips, or just above the In or Out point of a single clip.
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