Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 - Manual (Page 159)

153 USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS4
Editing sequences and clips
Last updated 11/6/2011
2 Choose Clip > Edit Subclip.
3 Edit the Subclip Start and End timecode fields.
Note: If you select an instance of a subclip in the Project panel, you cannot set new Start and End points that lie within
the instance Start and End points. This limit prevents losing frames that are used in the sequence.
Convert a subclip to a master clip
1 Select the subclip in the Project panel.
2 Choose Clip > Edit Subclip.
The converted clip retains the master clip start and end times that are listed in the Edit Subclip dialog box.
3 Select Convert To Master Clip, and then click OK.
Play back a clip in the Project panel
You can use the preview area at the top of a Project panel to preview individual clips.
1 Select the clip.
2 Press the Play button on the thumbnail viewer. The Play button becomes a Stop button. Press Stop to stop
playback. (Playing the clip in the thumbnail viewer does not affect Source Monitor views.)
Modifying clip properties with Interpret Footage
You can modify the properties of a clip by selecting options in the Interpret Footage dialog box.
• For more information about using the Frame Rate options, see “ Change the frame rate of a file ” on page 109.
• For more information about using the Pixel Aspect Ratio options, see “ Aspect ratios ” on page 51.
• For more information about using the Field Order options, see “ Change the field order of a clip ” on page 289.
• For more information about using the Alpha Channel options, see “ Set how an alpha channel is interpreted ” on
page 416.
Interpret footage
1 In the Project panel, right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac OS) the clip for which you want to change a property.
2 Select Interpret Footage.
3 Select the options desired, and click OK.