Render an area for preview
More complex movies (with effects and
layered video and audio), require more processing time to display
properly. If Adobe Premiere Elements can’t display an area at full
speed and quality, it adds a thin, red line in the time ruler of
the Timeline. To preview one of these areas, you can first render it.
Rendering processes the layers and effects and saves the resultant
preview into a file, which Adobe Premiere Elements can use each
time you preview that section of the movie. Once rendered, a section
doesn’t require re-rendering, unless changes are made to it. (In
the Timeline, rendered areas are marked with a green line.)
Note: If
you make significant changes to a rendered area, the preview file
is no longer useful, and the green line changes to red. To preview
complex effects at the full frame rate, you’ll have to re-render
the area.
You designate the area to render by using the work area bar in the Timeline.
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Timeline
- A.
- Work area bar
- B.
- Green bar indicates fully rendered area
- C.
- Red bar indicates area needs rendering for best quality preview
Set the area to be rendered
- Drag the textured center of the work area bar over the section you want to preview. Make sure that you drag the work area bar from its center; otherwise, move the current‑time indicator instead.
- If the textured center is not visible, Alt‑drag the work area bar over the section you want to preview.
- Double‑click the work area bar to resize it to the width
of the time ruler, or the length of the entire movie, whichever
is shorter.
Position the pointer over the work area
bar to display a tool tip that shows the work area bar’s start timecode,
end timecode, and duration.
Set
the work area bar over the area you want to preview, and choose
Timeline > Render Work Area. (The rendering time depends
on your system’s resources and the complexity of the segment.)