Having multiple bins open at once
Every bin panel behaves in the same way, with the same options, buttons, and settings. By
default, when you double-click a bin, it opens in a new panel, in the same panel group.
You can change this in Preferences by choosing Premiere Pro CC > Preferences > General
(macOS) or Edit > Preferences > General (Windows).
The options in the Bins area of the General preferences allow you to choose what will happen
when you double-click; Command-double-click (mac OS) or Ctrl-double-click (Windows); or
Option-double-click (macOS) or Alt-double-click (Windows).
Once you are familiar and comfortable with navigating between bins, you may want to change
these options to match the way Finder (macOS) or Explorer (Windows) open folders, with bins
opening in place when you double-click, for example. The settings shown here are a good match.
Monitoring footage
The greater part of video editing is spent watching or listening to clips and making creative
choices about them.
Premiere Pro has multiple ways to perform common tasks, such as playing video clips. You can
use the keyboard, click buttons with your mouse, or use an external device like a jog/shuttle
controller.
1. Continue working in the Theft Unexpected bin.
2. Click the Icon View button at the lower-left corner of the bin and use the Zoom control to
set the thumbnails to a size you are happy with.
3. Hover your pointer (move the pointer without clicking) across any of the images in the bin.
This is called hover scrubbing.Premiere Pro displays the contents of the clip as you move your pointer. The left edge of the
thumbnail represents the beginning of the clip, and the right edge represents the end. In this
way, the width of the thumbnail represents the whole clip.
4. Select a clip by clicking it once (be careful not to double-click or the clip will open in the
Source Monitor). Hover scrubbing is now turned off, and a mini navigator appears at the