Adobe 65021048 User Manual page 25

A B C D E F G H I
Toolbox
A. Selection tool B. Track Selection tool C. Ripple Edit tool D. Rolling Edit tool E. Rate Stretch tool F. Razor tool G. Slip tool H. Slide
tool I. Pen tool J. Hand tool K. Zoom tool
Select any tool to activate it for use in a Timeline panel by clicking it or pressing its keyboard shortcut. Let the cursor
hover over a tool to see its name and keyboard shortcut.
The standard tool for selecting clips, menu items, and other objects in the user interface. It's
Selection Tool
generally a good practice to select the Selection Tool as soon as you are done using any of the other, more
specialized, tools.
Select this tool to select all the clips to the right of the cursor in a sequence. To select a clip and
Track Selection Tool
all clips to the right in its own track click the clip. To select a clip and all clips to its right in all tracks, Shift-click the
clip. Pressing Shift changes the Track Selection Tool into the Multi-track Selection Tool.
Select this tool to trim the In or Out point of a clip in a Timeline. The Ripple Edit Tool closes gaps
Ripple Edit Tool
caused by the edit and cascades clips to the right or left in the Timeline in order to preserve all edits to the left or
right of the trimmed clip.
Select this tool to roll the edit point between two clips in a Timeline, simultaneously trimming the
Rolling Edit Tool
In point of one and the Out point of the other, while leaving the combined duration of the two unchanged.
Select this tool to shorten a clip in a Timeline by speeding up its playback, or to lengthen it by
Rate Stretch Tool
slowing it down. The Rate Stretch Tool changes speed and duration, but leaves the In and Out points of the clip
unchanged.
Select this tool to make one or more incisions in clips in a Timeline. Click a point in a clip to split it at
Razor Tool
that precise location. To split clips in all tracks at that location, Shift-click the spot in any of the clips.
Select this tool to simultaneously change the In and Out points of a clip in a Timeline, while keeping the
Slip Tool
timespan between then constant. For example, if a 10-second clip has been trimmed to five seconds in a sequence,
you can can use the slip tool to show an earlier part of the clip, while retaining its five-second duration and its
location in the Timeline.
Select this tool to move a clip to the left or right in a Timeline while simultaneously trimming the two
Slide Tool
clips that surround it. The combined duration of the three clips, and the location of the group in the Timeline,
remain unchanged.
Select this tool to set or select keyframes, or to adjust connector lines in a Timeline. Click and drag a
Pen Tool
connector line vertically to adjust it. Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) on a connector line to set
a keyframe. Shift-click non-contiguous keyframes to select them. Drag a marquee over contiguous keyframes to
select them.
Select this tool to move the viewing area of a Timeline to the right of left. Click and drag left or right
Hand Tool
anywhere in the viewing area.
Select this tool to zoom in or out in a Timeline viewing area. Click in the viewing area to zoom in by one
Zoom Tool
increment. Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) to zoom out by one increment.
J K
April 1, 2008
ADOBE PREMIERE PRO CS3 19
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