Viewing clip information in the Project window

At the top of a Project or Bin window is the thumbnail viewer, which you can use to preview individual clips. This viewer uses the first frame of a clip as the icon or poster frame; this frame is used when the Project window is set to Icon View or Thumbnail View--it is also used as the sample frame for the Title window (see Importing a sample frame). You can change the poster frame to any frame in the clip.

To view a clip and its information in the Project window:

1 Select the clip in the Project window. Premiere displays the clip's information beside the thumbnail viewer in the upper left corner of the Project window.

Note: The average data rate is displayed for all video clips. This information is useful for analog video because maintaining a consistent data rate for all clips in a project results in smoother playback from the Timeline.

2 View the clip by pressing the Play button () on the thumbnail viewer. Press Play again to stop playback.

3 Select List View, if necessary, and expand or scroll along the right side of the window to see all of the columns of information.

4 Choose Clip > Properties.

To change the poster (icon) frame for a clip:

1 Select the clip in a Project window.

2 Press the Play button () or drag the play slider on the thumbnail viewer in the upper left corner of the Project window until the frame you want is displayed.

3 Click the Set Poster Frame button ().

Working with Projects > Customizing a Project or Bin window display > Viewing clip information in the Project window