Previewing to the screen

When you want to preview edits, transitions, and effects but you don't care if the preview is at final playback speed, use the Preview to Screen option. With this option selected, Premiere renders as quickly as possible. Playback speed depends on image size and resolution, the number and complexity of effects and transitions, and the processing speed of your system. Previewing with this option may be significantly slower if you are viewing areas that include many effects. Unlike Preview from RAM, this option is not limited by the amount of available RAM.

To enable Preview to Screen:

1 Choose Project > Project Settings > Keyframe and Rendering.

2 For Preview (under Rendering Options), choose To Screen.

3 Click OK.

To preview using the Preview to Screen option:

Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). To stop a preview, press Esc.

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