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Remove alerts with the Events panel, Changing clip scale, duration, speed, or interlacing

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3 124 User Guide Remove alerts with the Events panel Adobe Premiere Pro Events lists warnings, error messages, and other information you can use to identify and troubleshoot problems, particularly those associated with plug-ins and other components from third-party developers. An alert icon , , on the status bar notifies you of an error. Double-clicking the icon opens the Events panel, and clearing the associated item from the Events panel removes the icon from the status bar. 1 Do either of the following: • Double-click the alert icon in the status bar. • Choose Window > Events. 2 Do any of the following: • To learn more about an item in the list, select it and click Details. • To clear the events list, click Clear All. Changing clip scale, duration, speed, or interlacing View clip properties in a tool tip ❖ Position your cursor over the target clip in the Timeline panel. A tool tip displays the clip name, its start and end points relative to the sequence, and its duration in the sequence. The tool tips also display changes you have made to speed (in percentages) and audio gain (in decibels). If you applied Frame Hold to a clip, the tool tip also displays the type of frame hold you applied. Scale assets When you drag an asset into a sequence, by default Adobe Premiere Pro preserves its frame size and centers the asset in the program frame. Alternatively, you can automatically scale imported assets to the project's default frame size. You can rescale the asset without distortion if its pixel aspect ratio has been interpreted correctly. Scale assets manually 1 Drag the asset into a sequence and select the asset. 2 Open the Effect Controls panel. 3 Click on the arrow next to the Motion effect to reveal the motion controls. 4 Click on the arrow next to the Scale control within the Motion effect to reveal the Scale slider. 5 Move the Scale slider left or right to decrease or increase the size of the frame. Scale assets automatically 1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > General (Mac OS). 2 Select Default Scale To Frame Size. 3 Click OK. April 1, 2008

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ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3
User Guide
124
Remove alerts with the Events panel
Adobe Premiere Pro Events lists warnings, error messages, and other information you can use to identify and
troubleshoot problems, particularly those associated with plug-ins and other components from third-party devel-
opers. An alert icon
,
,
on the status bar notifies you of an error. Double-clicking the icon opens the Events
panel, and clearing the associated item from the Events panel removes the icon from the status bar.
1
Do either of the following:
Double-click the alert icon in the status bar.
Choose Window
> Events.
2
Do any of the following:
To learn more about an item in the list, select it and click Details.
To clear the events list, click Clear All.
Changing clip scale, duration, speed, or interlacing
View clip properties in a tool tip
Position your cursor over the target clip in the Timeline panel.
A tool tip displays the clip name, its start and end points relative to the sequence, and its duration in the sequence.
The tool tips also display changes you have made to speed (in percentages) and audio gain (in decibels). If you
applied Frame Hold to a clip, the tool tip also displays the type of frame hold you applied.
Scale assets
When you drag an asset into a sequence, by default Adobe Premiere Pro preserves its frame size and centers the asset
in the program frame. Alternatively, you can automatically scale imported assets to the project’s default frame size.
You can rescale the asset without distortion if its pixel aspect ratio has been interpreted correctly.
Scale assets manually
1
Drag the asset into a sequence and select the asset.
2
Open the Effect Controls panel.
3
Click on the arrow
next to the Motion effect to reveal the motion controls.
4
Click on the arrow next to the Scale control within the Motion effect to reveal the Scale slider.
5
Move the Scale slider left or right to decrease or increase the size of the frame.
Scale assets automatically
1
Choose Edit
> Preferences
> General (Windows) or Premiere Pro
> Preferences
> General (Mac OS).
2
Select Default Scale To Frame Size.
3
Click
OK.
April 1, 2008