The question was asked "After I trim a video clip in the Preview Window using the Set In and Set Out points there, how can I play back just the trim, not the whole clip, in the Preview Window when I click the Preview Window's Play button?"
This was looked at*
- Preview Window opened by double clicking the file thumbnail in Project Assets
- Preview Window opened by double clicking the Timeline file
Then the idea popped up "What about hidden route to attain the goal?" An example of this type of thinking can be found in the September, 2013 blog post on Slip and Slide Edits which have no tools in the Premiere Elements workspace, but can be made to function in the Premiere Elements workspace via keyboard shortcuts.
ISSUE
"After I trim a video clip in the Preview Window using the Set In and Set Out points there, how can I play back just the trim, not the whole clip, in the Preview Window when I click the Preview Window's Play button?"
SOLUTION
The solution to the stated ISSUE came via the Premiere Elements keyboard shortcuts. (See the September 2013 blog post on keyboard shortcuts for fuller details on customization of Premiere Elements keyboard shortcuts.)
There under the Premiere Elements 12 Expert workspace Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Application catagory/Help subcatagory was the "Play In to Out" command with no assigned keyboard shortcut.
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| Figure 1. Premiere Elements 12. Keyboard Customization/Application/Help/"Play In To Out" Command (Circled In Red To Point Out the Location) |
It was just a matter of
First.....Assigning a keyboard shortcut (in this example W) to the command "Play In to Out"
(Took the W from the "Go To Out Point" command which was not going to be used)
Second.....Hitting the computer keyboard's W in the Premiere Elements 12 Expert workspace instead of the Preview Window play button in order to get play back of just the trim created in the opened Preview Window with its Set In and Set Out points.
HOW TO
STEP 1
At the onset the "Play In to Out" panel has a gray background and no keyboard shortcut at the far right of the panel. If the left side of the panel is left mouse clicked once, the whole panel turns blue. If the right side of the panel is left mouse clicked once, the left side of the panel is blue, but the right is a gray area where the keyboard shortcut can be typed in using the computer keyboard key(s). So,
- click the right side of the "Play In to Out" panel to obtain the gray keyboard shortcut field where the keyboard shortcut is to be typed in
- with the keyboard keys, type, in this case, W. Figure 2 represents what you would expect to see after the W is entered.
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| Figure 2. Premiere Elements 12. Keyboard Customization Of "Play In To Out". View After W Is Typed For Command of "Play In To Out". |
STEP 2
Click on the Save As button in the Keyboard Customization dialog to bring up the "Name Key Set" dialog. In the "Name Key Set" dialog, assign a "Key set name" for the "Play In To Out" command with the keyboard shortcut W. Click Save in the "Name Key Set" dialog when finished. Then click OK to the Keyboard Customization dialog.
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| Figure 3. Premiere Elements 12. Naming And Saving of Keyboard Shortcut W For Command "Play In To Out". |
STEP 3. The Keyboard Shortcut W for Command "Play In To Out" is ready for use in the Premiere Elements 12 Expert workspace. Whenever you trim a clip in the the Premiere Window and want to play back just the trim there, press keyboard key W instead of Preview Window play button.
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* Work was done with Premiere Elements 12 running on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64 bit. In principle it should be applicable to other versions of Premiere Elements.
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