The Premiere Pro CS6 user interface has been vastly improved, with a cleaner look and customizable buttons. In cleaning up the UI, however, there was one casualty: the jog shuttle controls.
We know that a number of our users relied upon the jog shuttle controls for scrubbing through footage, but many more did not. We found this out through research from our Product Improvement Program, the prerelease program, from observing professional editors in action during customer visits and in studios at our office. We observed that more editors used the J-K-L keys to scrub footage, rather than the jog shuttle controls. The obvious benefit of the removal of the controls is that the interface looks much cleaner.
We were aware, though, that a sample of our users might be upset if we removed them. To those users, we apologize. The alternative is to use the J-K-L keys to scrub footage. The use of these keys imitates the jog shuttle controls closely, with the benefit of not having to use the mouse to precisely click a set of controls.
We know that J-K-L scrubbing could be improved. We are aware of the following problems:
- The high speed scrubbing with JJJJ or LLLL is not fast enough, compared with other NLEs.
- When scrubbing at high speed, the audio pitch is too high, and therefore not as audible as it could be.
- Note: You can dial down the audio pitch to be much more audible when scrubbing at high speed.
- When scrubbing forward with LLLL, press the Shift key, and then press the J key multiple times until audio playback is more audible.
- When scrubbing backward with JJJJ, press the Shift key, and then press the L key multiple times until audio playback is more audible.
- Press Shift + L to play forward slowly. Continue to press the L key until the pitch and speed is satisfactory.
- Press Shift + J to play backward slowly. Continue to press the J key until the pitch and speed is satisfactory.
- Note: You can dial down the audio pitch to be much more audible when scrubbing at high speed.
See this video by Maxim Jago for a good explanation of how to use the J-K-L keys:
For information about how to operate J-K-L scrubbing, see this page in Premiere Pro Help.
Some users report that third-party hardware, such as, the Countour Shuttle works as a suitable replacement for the jog/shuttle controls.
If you can think of any other improvements, please file them as a feature request here: http://www.adobe.com/go/wish.Share on Facebook
