PremierePro

Set track display

You can customize the tracks in the Timeline panel in several ways. You can expand or collapse tracks to display or hide track controls. Choosing from several display options, you can control how video and audio clips appear on a track. In addition, you can change the size of the header area or move the boundary between the video and audio tracks to display more tracks of either type.

Expand and resize a track

You can expand a track to display track controls. Increase the height of a track to better see icons and keyframes or to display larger views of video track thumbnails and audio track waveforms.

  1. To expand or collapse a track, click the triangle to the left of the track name.
  2. To resize the track, position the pointer in the track header area between two tracks so that the height adjustment icon  appears, and then drag up or down to resize the track below (for video) or the track above (for audio).

    Collapsed tracks always appear at the same height and cannot be resized.

    You can expand an audio track to use the audio fade line for either individual clips in that track or for the entire audio track.

Set the display style of the video track

  1. Expand the track by clicking the triangle next to the track name.
  2. Click the Set Display Style button  at the left corner below the track name, and choose an option from the menu:
    Show Head Only
    Displays a thumbnail image at the beginning of the clips in the expanded track.

    Show Frames
    Displays thumbnail images along the entire duration of the clips in the expanded track. The number of thumbnail frames corresponds to the time units displayed in the time ruler.

    Show Name Only
    Displays the name of clips in the expanded track, without thumbnail images.

    Show Head And Tail
    Displays a thumbnail image at the beginning and end of clips in the expanded track.

Set the display style of the audio track

  1. Expand the track by clicking the triangle next to the track name.
  2. Click the Set Display Style button , and choose an option from the menu:
Show Waveform
Displays audio waveforms in clips.

Show Name Only
Displays the name of audio clips without waveforms.

Note: For information about viewing and adjusting keyframes in video and audio tracks, see View keyframes and graphs.

Resize the track header section

 Position the pointer over the right edge of the track header (where track names are listed) so that the resize icon  appears, and then drag the right edge.

The icons at the top of the track header limit its minimum width. The maximum width is about twice the minimum width.

Adjust visible area of video and audio tracks

  1. Either in the track header area on the left or between the scroll bars on the right, position the pointer between the Video 1 and Audio 1 tracks.
  2. When the height adjustment icon appears , drag up or down.