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Let's drop a few sample images into an empty Construction Window just for practice. Just drag them from an open folder in the Projects Window. Note that we have placed the first clip in the A track, the second clip in the B track, the third in the A track again. Also note that we have overlapped each of the clips approximately one-half second. This is a standard video edit in Premiere. By going from A track to B track with the overlap you leave room for a transition to be laid in between the clips. Most video and images used in the initial digital storytelling projects focus on editing almost entirely in these two tracks. Add a few extra clips to practice a bit more.

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After you have laid out a number of clips, you can see how they will look played as a piece of video. At the top of the Construction Window is the yellow Work Area Bar with a little red flag on each end. By clicking down and dragging on the right-hand flag, extend the work area to cover all of the clips in your A and B track. (Whenever you want to preview your whole movie, use this shortcut: option-click on the bar.) Press the return key on your keyboard.
After Premiere has processed your preview, up will pop the Preview Window and your clip will play. Your Preview Window has a number of settings. Pull down from the triangle at the top left corner, and select Change To. Note that you can set it at large or small sizes. We suggest 160 x 120. Remember, the bigger the window, the more pixels that have to be pushed around, so smaller is better.
Besides building a preview, which actually stores little renderings of each part of the edit onto the hard drive, you can also preview a project using a scrubbing preview. Notice that as your mouse moves up to the Time Ruler it turns upside down. If you then click and drag across the ruler, you can see your preview easily.

After your initial excitement at seeing some of your images previewed as a movie, your next impulse may be to place all the rest of the images you plan to use in your movie. Curb that impulse a minute and move ahead to Audio Editing.