Define the work area for rendering

Drag the work area bar over the section you want to preview. Make sure that you drag the work area bar from its textured center; otherwise you cue the current‑time indicator instead.

Grabbing the work area bar (above) and dragging it over the section to preview (below)

Drag the work area markers (at either end of the work area bar) to specify the beginning and end of the work area.

Dragging the work area markers to expand the work area

Position the current‑time indicator, and press Alt+[ (Windows) or Option+[ (Mac OS) to set the beginning of the work area.

Position the current‑time indicator, and press Alt+] (Windows) or Option+] (Mac OS) to set the end of the work area.

Double‑click the work area bar to resize it to either the width of the time ruler, or the length of the entire sequence, whichever is shorter. To define the whole sequence as the work area, the whole sequence must be visible in the Timeline panel.