PremierePro

Work in the Trim Monitor

The Trim Monitor displays clip In and Out points at a cut so that you can see precisely which frames you are cutting. The left monitor shows the clip to the left of the edit point, and the right monitor shows the clip to the right of the cut.

Open or close the Trim Monitor

  • To open the Trim Monitor, click the Trim button  at the bottom of Program Monitor, or select Window > Trim Monitor.
  • To close the Trim Monitor, click the close box   of the Trim Monitor.

Display the edit point you want to trim

  1. Select the target tracks by clicking near the track names in the track header area in the Timeline panel.
  2. In the Trim Monitor, click the Go To Previous Edit Point  or Go To Next Edit Point  button. The frames on either side of the new edit point position appear in the Trim Monitor.

Preview the edit in the Trim Monitor

  • To preview the edit once, click the Play Edit button .
  • To preview the edit repeatedly, click the Loop button .

Cancel an edit

 Press Ctrl+Z (Windows) or Command+Z (Mac OS), or use the History palette.

Set trim preferences

You can set the number of frames that will be trimmed when you use the Multiple‑Frame Trim‑in button  or the Multiple‑Frame Trim‑out button .

 Choose Edit > Preferences > Trim (Windows) or Premiere Pro > Preferences > Trim (Mac OS).