Using the Player panel

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The Player panel consists of the Preview window and the Navigation area, which provides buttons for playback and for precision trimming of clips. Use the controls in the Navigation area to move around a selected clip or your project. Use the Trim Markers and Scrubber to edit your clips. In the Capture workspace, this panel also acts as the device control for a DV or HDV camcorder.

The Player panel consists of the 1. Preview window and the 2. Navigation area

The preview window in the Player panel is where you can interactively edit your project. The type of edits depend on the content and tool that you select.

Smart guides

Smart guides are alignment lines that show automatically when you select and move objects in the preview window. For example, if you move text in the preview window, Smart guides help you identify the project center or edge, or the alignment relative to other objects.

Smart guides appear as red dashed lines to help you align the selected object in the Preview window.

The Navigation area

The table below describes the controls available in the Navigation area.

 

	Part	Description
	Scrubber	Lets you scrub through the project or clip
	Trim Markers	Lets you drag the scrubbers to set a preview range in the project or to trim a clip
	Mark-in and Mark-out	Set a preview range in the project, or set the start and end points for trimming a clip
	Selection Markers	Set the start and end points of a segment in Selection mode
	Selection Mode	Lets you select a segment in a clip and delete it
	Delete Segment	Deletes a selected segment in Selection mode
	Enlarge Preview Window	Increases the size of the Preview Window
	Split Clip	Splits the selected clip. Position the Scrubber to where you want the clip to be split, and then click this button.
	Project/Clip mode	Specifies a preview of the entire project or of a selected clip
	Play	Plays, pauses, or resumes the current project or a selected clip
	Home	Returns to the starting segment or cue
	Previous	Moves to the previous frame
	Next	Moves to the next frame
	End	Moves to the end segment or cue
	Repeat	Loops playback
	System Volume	Lets you adjust the volume of your computer's speakers by dragging a slider
	HD Preview and 360 Preview drop-list	Lets you preview clips or projects in high definition (HD) or 360 degree (360)
	Change project aspect ratio	Lets you change the aspect ratio (updates the project settings)
	Resize/Crop	Lets you access Crop mode and Scale mode (resize or distort)
	Video View	Lets you preview the video on a track
	Audio View	Lets you preview the audio waveform
	Timecode	Lets you jump directly to a part of your project or selected clip by specifying the exact timecode

The Play button in the Navigation area serves two purposes: for playback of your entire project or a selected clip.

To preview projects or clips

While working on your project, you will want to preview your work frequently to see how your project is progressing. Instant Playback allows you to quickly preview changes in your project. Playback quality will be dependent on your computer’s resources.

You may choose to play only a part of your project. The selected range of frames to preview is referred to as the preview range, and it is marked as a colored bar in the Ruler Panel.

To play the trimmed range only