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Choosing a Quality setting
By default, the Monitor window displays video at the highest quality. That is, it displays all
the pixels of each frame. However, you can reduce the resolution of the Source or Program
view to decrease the processing demands on your computer. For example, reducing the
quality setting of the Program view may allow your system to create real-time previews of
parts of the sequence that would otherwise require rendering (see
“Previewing a
sequence” on page 157
).
To choose a Quality setting:
In the Source or Program view’s pop-up menu, choose a Quality setting:
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Highest Quality displays video in the Monitor window at full resolution.
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Draft Quality displays video in the Monitor window at one-half resolution.
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Automatic Quality measures playback performance and dynamically adjusts quality.
Note:
Regardless of the Quality setting, the image in the Monitor window is processed at a
lower quality than when you export the video. All Quality settings use a bilinear pixel
resampling method to resize the video image and do not process interlaced fields, if
present. For exporting a sequence, however, Adobe Premiere Pro uses a cubic resampling
method (which is superior to bilinear) and processes fields.
Changing the magnification
By default, the Monitor window scales video to fit into the available area of the Source and
Program views. You can change the magnification setting for each view to see the video in
more detail, or to increase the size of the pasteboard area around the image (to adjust
motion effects more easily, for example). If the current size of the view can’t accommodate
the entire video image, scroll bars appear in that view.
To change the magnification of a view:
Choose a magnification setting from the View Zoom Level pop-up menu in the Source or
Program view.
In the Source view, percentage values refer to the size of the source media. In the Program
view, percentage values refer to the image size specified by the Project Settings. Fit scales
the video to fit in the view’s available viewing area.
To change the visible area of a view:
Use the view’s scroll bars to change the visible area of the video image. Scroll bars appear
when the current size of the view can’t contain the entire image.
Choosing a Display Mode setting
By default, Source and Program views display video as they ordinarily appear on a video
monitor. However, you can also display the video’s alpha channel, or transparency infor-
mation. In addition, you can evaluate the video’s brightness and color by displaying
several iterations of measurement tools known as a vectorscope and waveform monitor.
For more information on the waveform monitor and vectorscope, see
“Understanding the
waveform monitor and vectorscope” on page 111
.
