Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - Manual (Page 72)

Preferences
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Change preferences
General preferences
Appearance preferences
Audio Preferences
Audio Hardware preferences
Audio Output Mapping preferences
Change the Auto Save settings
Capture preferences
Device Control preferences
Label Colors preferences
Label Defaults preferences
Media preferences
Memory preferences
Player Settings preferences (CS5.5, and earlier)
Playback Settings preferences (CS6)
Titler preferences
Trim preferences
Change preferences
You can customize the look and behavior of Premiere Pro, from determining the default length of transitions to setting the brightness of the user
interface. Most of these preferences remain in effect until you change them. The preferences you set for scratch disks, however, are saved with
your projects. Whenever you open a project, it automatically defaults to the scratch disks you selected for it when you set up that project.
To open the Preferences dialog box, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences (Mac OS), and select the
category of preferences you wish to change.
To restore default preference settings, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) while the application is starting. You can release the Alt
key or Option key when the splash screen appears.
To restore default preference settings and plug-in cache at the same time, hold down Shift-Alt (Windows) or Shift-Option (Mac OS) while the
application is starting. Release the Shift-Alt keys or Shift-Option key when the splash screen appears.
Preferences are stored in the following location:
For Windows: \Users\\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Pro
For Mac OS: /Users/Library/Preferences/com.adobe.AdobePremierePro.plist
This excerpt from the Adobe Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book explains how to set up projects, sequences, and preferences when getting started
with Premiere Pro. See
Selecting Settings, Adjusting Preferences, and Managing Assets in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 .
General preferences
In the General pane of the Preferences dialog box, you can customize settings for everything from playback preroll duration to bin behaviors.
In Premiere Pro CS5.5, and earlier, preroll and postroll are the amount of seconds before and after an edit point when playing back footage
for a number of editing functions, like using the Trim Monitor.
In Premiere Pro CS6, preroll and postroll settings are found in Edit > Preferences > Playback (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences >
Playback (Mac OS).
In Premiere Pro CS6, there is a preference for Timeline mouse scrolling. You can choose vertical or horizontal scrolling. By default, mouse
scrolling is horizontal for Windows and vertical for Mac OS. For Windows, press the Ctrl key to switch to vertical scrolling.
You can specify whether Adobe Premiere Pro, by default, displays timeline playback by page scroll, by smooth scroll, or no scroll. In page
scrolling, each new view of the timeline appears after the playhead moves offscreen. In smooth scrolling, the playhead remains in the middle
of the screen, while the clips and time ruler move by.
You can specify whether Adobe Premiere Pro, by default, shows clip keyframes, clip volume, handles, keyframes, track keyframes, track
volume, or to hide keyframes for audio tracks. Select the desired option from the New Timeline Audio Tracks menu.
You can specify whether Adobe Premiere Pro, by default, shows opacity handles, keyframes, or neither for video tracks. Select the desired
option from the New Timeline Video Tracks menu.
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