Adobe Premiere – Basic Tools
Here are some of the most commonly used tools when working with adobe premiere. Most of there have keyboard shortcut which enable the user to edit faster than individually clicking on each button everytime a new tool is needed.
Selection Tool – This tool is auto-activated from startup, it can be used to drag and drop segments along the timetable. It has the same functions as most other mouse pointers, such as selecting multiple clips.
Track Select Tool – This tool is used when importing a media file onto the timeline, when this pointer is shown the location that you click on is the starting point of this media file.
Ripple Edit – This tool is used when editing clips on the timeline, when a clip is moved on the timeline the rest of them move with it to compensate, instead of overrighting the next clip.
Rolling Edit Tool – This is the opposite of Ripple Edit, when you edit clips on the timeline the rest of the clips stay where they are, and may get overrighted.
Rate Stretch - This tool is used to edit the length of the selected clip, this changes the speed. If an audio clip is too long it can be shortened to fit the video clip.
Razor Tool – This turns the selected clip [on the timeline] into segments on click. This is used to edit where the scene is on a timeline.
Slide Edit – this tool is used to move clips along the timeline, without changing the lengths.
Slip Tool – This changes the start and ending of a timeline clip.
Hand Tool – Change the viewpoint on the timetable
Zoom Tool – Zooms into an area on the timeline, giving more precise times.