Premiere Pro 2 for Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide

Chapter 10. Previewing a Sequence

As you know, you can watch a sequence in the Program Monitor by just clicking its Play button (or the keyboard equivalent). But for the most accurate view, you need to output the video to a television monitor—typically, via a DV camera or deck.

Premiere Pro uses your system’s resources to render the frames of a sequence on the fly. Naturally, segments with transitions and other effects require more processing than those without. That’s because effects force Premiere Pro to generate new material. To create a cross-dissolve transition, for example, the system must digitally combine the first shot with the next. But with the proper system configuration, Premiere Pro can play back even layered clips, transitions, and ...