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  • faster Preview playback

    Posted by Marc Nibor on December 18, 2013 at 11:12 am

    is there any way to speed up playback in the preview. for example like in vlc player.

    I need to go through a few hours of footage and find “the perfect” scenes… standard scrubbing will probably make me miss something. a faster playback rate would be the best solution for me.

    I don’t want to change the speed directly on the footage though.

    Any ideas?

    Paddy Uglow replied 12 years, 3 months ago 4 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Paddy Uglow

    December 18, 2013 at 11:26 am

    I hope I’ve understood your question right:
    Press shift-L repeatedly to speed up playback. Shift-J slows it down or plays backwards if playback has stopped.
    J and L on their own go in bigger jumps.
    This feature is the main reason I use Premiere instead of FC Pro.

    It also makes speech “micky mouse” style, but I find that easier to understand than some of the time-stretched methods used in other players.

    Paddy, CreativeMedia.org.uk

  • Marc Nibor

    December 18, 2013 at 11:47 am

    PERFECT! Thanks Paddy – I guess you saved at least 2 hours of my time today ; )

  • Paddy Uglow

    December 18, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Good to hear it Marc! I was really chuffed when someone on COW told me the same tip – I used to hold the mouse button down on the jog/shuttle control until someone told me about the L shortcut. And J is great for scooting backwards to check an edit, rather than clicking the timeline.
    Make the most of your saved time 🙂

    Paddy, CreativeMedia.org.uk

  • Marc Nibor

    December 18, 2013 at 12:11 pm

    I will! ; ) Thanks again.

  • Joseph W. bourke

    December 18, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    Marc –

    Here’s some added functionality, just in case you don’t know about the JKL Trimming mode:

    https://www.video2brain.com/en/lessons/jkl-trimming

    Might save you even more time…

    Joe Bourke
    Owner/Creative Director
    Bourke Media
    http://www.bourkemedia.com

  • Ethan Mallove

    February 2, 2014 at 4:57 pm

    Is there a way to get it to default to a higher-speed? I increase the speed with J and L to 2x, but after halting playback – Premiere reverts back to the default 1x speed.

  • Paddy Uglow

    February 2, 2014 at 11:00 pm

    I don’t think there’s a way of changing the default speed, unless anyone knows better?

    Paddy, CreativeMedia.org.uk

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