Previewing your project or clips
The Play button in the Navigation area of the Player panel serves two purposes:
• Playback your entire project
• Playback a selected clip
While working on your project, you will want to preview your work frequently to see how your project is progressing. Instant Playback allows you to quickly preview changes in your project. Playback quality depends on your computer’s resources.
You may choose to play only a part of your project. The selected range of frames to preview is referred to as the preview range, and it is marked as a colored bar on the Ruler Panel.
If you have a high definition project (HD), you can enable HD Preview so that you can preview your project with a clearer, higher quality result. The speed depends on your system.
To preview a project or clip
1 In the Navigation area of the Player panel, click Project or Clip.
2 Click Play.
Note: For Clip, only the currently selected clip plays.
If you want to preview a high definition project in full HD, enable the HD Preview button.
To play part of a project or clip
1 Use the Trim Markers or the Mark-in/out buttons to select the preview range.
2 With the preview range selected, in the Navigation area of the Player panel, click Project or Clip.
3 Click Play.
