How to Use the Adobe Premiere Pro Trim Monitor

The Trim Monitor in Adobe Premiere Pro displays a clip’s “In” and “Out” points at a specific cut so that you can see which frames you are cutting out. In your Premiere Pro workspace, the monitor on the left side shows the clip to the left of the edit point, and the monitor on the right side shows the clip to the right of the cut.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. To open the Trim Monitor, first click on the “Trim” button at the bottom right corner of the Program Monitor. The monitor will open in a pop-up window.

2. To preview an edit, click the “Play Edit” button. You may also choose to loop the clip, to continuously preview, by clicking the "Loop" button.

3. You can set the number of frames that will be trimmed automatically by using the "Multiple-Frame in" button or the "Multiple-Frame Trim-out" button. Choose these by going to "Edit," then "Preferences," then "Trim."

4. You can cancel an edit, by pressing Ctrl+Z, or utilizing the "History" palette.

5. To close the Trim Monitor, click the close box (X) in the upper right corner of the Trim Monitor.