Previewing edits in the Player
The Player in single mode. You can choose to view either ‘Source’ (Library) or timeline material.
Single mode conserves screen space by providing only one Player preview. The Source and Timeline tabs above the Player indicate whether Library or timeline material is being viewed, and allow you to switch from one to the other.
Common preview controls:
The following controls are available at the bottom of both the Timeline preview and Source preview:
• Playback controls: Standard playback controls let you navigate your project on the Timeline: Loop, Go to start, Jump backward, Step one frame backward, Play/Pause, Step one frame forward, Jump forward, Go to end.
• Duration and Timecode (TC): These indicator appear at the top of the preview areas. In the case of the Source clip, the total trimmed length is displayed. For the Timeline, the total project length is displayed. The TC (Timecode) indicator displays the current scrubber position for each preview.
• Show full screen 
: Lets you preview in fullscreen mode. Press ESC to exit.
: Lets you preview in fullscreen mode. Press ESC to exit.• Dock/Undock 
: Lets you undock the preview so that you can position anywhere on your screen or on a second screen.
: Lets you undock the preview so that you can position anywhere on your screen or on a second screen.Timeline preview controls
The following controls are available for the Timeline preview:
• Zoom Level box: Choose Fit to fill the preview area, or choose a zoom level from 10% to 400%
• System Volume and Mute: Controls the volume for any audio on the Timeline. Clicking the Volume to toggle Mute on or off. Click the Volume arrow and drag the slider to increase or decrease the audio volume. For more control over audio, use the controls in the Timeline.
• PIP controls 
, 
: Picture-in-Picture (PIP) controls let you scale or crop a clip. For more information, see “Picture-in-Picture (PIP)” on page 68.
, : Picture-in-Picture (PIP) controls let you scale or crop a clip. For more information, see “Picture-in-Picture (PIP)” on page 68.Source preview controls
• Video stream active and Audio stream active buttons: These buttons let you toggle between including both the video and audio during playback, or including audio only in order to preview an audio waveform of the clip audio.
• Send to Timeline: Click to send the source clip that you’ve previewed to the Timeline. The clip is inserted at the scrubber position or according to markers indicating an in-point or out-point.
Disc editingYou can prepare a project that you want to export to MyDVD by enabling the Disc Editor button 
in the timeline toolbar.
in the timeline toolbar.Pinnacle Studio lets you smoothly transition a movie to a disc project at any time during development, so it’s all right to start in the Movie Editor even if you end up targeting DVD for output instead of or as well as the other options.
For more information about disc editing, see “Disc projects” on page 201.
Slideshow productionsIn addition to all types of video productions, you can create complex slideshows and presentations from still images. The same editing techniques apply in both cases.