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Source and program monitor time controls – Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual

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Drag multiple clips or an entire bin from the Project panel into the Source Monitor, or select multiple clips in the
Project panel and double-click them. Clips are added to the Source menu in the order in which they were selected,
and the last clip selected appears in the Source Monitor.

Choose the name of the clip you want to see from the Source menu (click the triangle to the left of the current
clip’s name on the Source tab to make the menu appear).

The Source menu lists master clips by name. Clips opened from a sequence are listed by their sequence name, clip
name, and starting time in the sequence.

Choosing a clip to view from the Source menu

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To clear a clip from the Source monitor, in the Source menu, choose Close to clear or Close All to clear all clips.

You can also close all clips and the Source Monitor itself by clicking the Close button

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Source and Program Monitor time controls

The Source Monitor has several controls for moving through time (or frames) in a clip. The Program Monitor
contains similar controls for moving through a sequence.

Time controls in the Source and Program Monitors

A. Time ruler B. Current-time indicator C. Viewing area bar D. Current time display E. Duration display

Time rulers

Display the duration of a clip in the Source Monitor and sequence in the Program Monitor. Tick marks

measure time using the counting method specified in the project settings. You can toggle the time rulers to display
audio samples. Each ruler also displays icons for its corresponding monitor’s markers and In and Out points. You
can adjust the current time, markers, and the In and Out points by dragging their icons in a time ruler.

Current-time indicator (CTI)

Shows the location of the current frame in each monitor’s time ruler. The CTI is the

light blue triangle in the ruler.

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April 1, 2008