review your clips

After capture, you should play each clip to see how the video looks and to refamiliarize yourself with exactly what you shot. Then you can start shaping the raw captured clips into a polished video production.

When you double click a clip in the Media window Premiere Elements automatically enters Clip view with your clip open. This view contains a different set of tools than Timeline view, discussed in on page 34.

You can tell which view you're in by noticing which button is depressed atop the Monitor and change views by clicking the other button.

Premiere Elements offers several ways to move through your clip in the Monitor. Start by dragging the Current Time Indicator slider through the clip, and then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to locate exact frames.

Then try the shuttle. Notice how it increases speed as you drag it away from the center, which can be very useful with longer clips.