Premiere question

[nrgetic]

I have captured some video using Huffyuv @ 640x480 to make a SVCD. I want to put in some transitions, etc using Premiere 6.0

Here's the question.. how do I preview the transitions quickly? I know I can do so by using the Timeline->Preview, but it takes FOREVER to create a preview. I just want to tweak a transition to get it right, and I can't stand to wait 6 minutes between every change.

Any ideas on this? Are there settings for previewing that I am missing?

Thanks

[Helmut]

6 minutes to preview one transition, hmmm sound like you are previewing the whole timeline. Reduce the prewview area by chaing the space of the yellow line above the timeline.

[dgraham]

If Helmut's idea is still too slow, you can go to "project->project settings->keyframe and rendering" and change the Preview box from "From Disk" to "From RAM". This will make for some choppy previews, but I use it all the time to get an idea what a transition or effect is going to do w/out waiting for the full preview. Then when you're happy with your transition/effect settings, change it back to preview from disk for your high-quality previews.

-D

[nrgetic]

Thanks!!! Perfect, that was the ticket. I took the advice from both of you, and now can preview, and then move on. Very nice. Thanks again.