Adobe Premiere: Previewing the transition at the intended frame rate

Two preview options are useful when working with transitions: previewing at the intended frame rate and render-scrubbing in the Timeline.

To preview transitions (and other effects) at the intended frame rate, you use Real-Time Preview (Windows) or Preview To Screen (Mac OS); or generate a preview file. Premiere then plays this file in the Program view in the Monitor window.

Previewing in Real-Time

Adobe Premiere 6.5 offers Real-Time previewing of transitions, transparencies, titles, and other effects, if your system is powerful enough. To preview in Real-Time, without rendering preview files, requires 500 MHz PIII for Windows and 300 MHz Power PC processor for Mac OS. Mac OS systems must be running at least OS 9.2.2 or OS 10.1.3.

  1. To set Real-Time Previewing, choose Project > Project Settings > Keyframe and Rendering.
  2. Select Real-Time Preview (Windows) or To Screen (Mac OS) and click OK.
  3. Press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS) and playback begins at the edit line.

NOTE: If Real-Time Preview is not enabled in the Project Settings dialog box press Shift + Enter.