Adobe Premiere Elements 9 guide
© 2010 Adobe Systems Incorporated How to edit clips 1
How to edit clips
Editing clips includes previewing and trimming them to eliminate unnecessary material. It could also include
revising clip properties such as speed, direction, and duration. If you have media clips generated by other programs,
you can also edit them in their original applications from within Adobe Premiere Elements.
This guide covers the following topics:
• Working with the Preview window
• Trimming a clip in the Monitor panel
• Removing frames from the middle of a clip in the Sceneline
• Editing clips on the Timeline
• Applying auto quality enhancements
• Editing multiple clips
• Using Freeze Frame to export images
The Preview window
Although the Timeline is the primary workspace for assembling clips into movies, the Preview window (Figure 1)
provides a helpful workspace for viewing clips, setting their In and Out points, and adding markers to clips and
movies. Double-click any clip in Project view to launch the Preview window. The time ruler graphically represents
the full duration of a clip or movie.
Figure 1 The Preview window
Showing the docking headers
Each panel has a docking header containing its title, and sometimes, panel menu buttons. You drag the docking
headers to drag panels to new locations. To save space on your screen, you can make the docking headers disappear;
then, make them reappear when you need to use them. By default, docking headers are hidden.