Classroom in a book

Managing media in bins
The Project panel provides a means of accessing and organizing your assets—video 
clips, audio files, still images, graphics, and sequences. Each listed media asset is a 
link. The files themselves remain in their file folders, while the assets are stored in 
bins
. Bins behave like folders as a way to organize and categorize your assets visu-
ally within Adobe Premiere Pro.
Importing and logically arranging your assets in the Project panel is simple. You 
can create new bins as well as bins inside bins.
In this exercise, you will check out some of the Project panel options and then 
rearrange the clips you have been working with. If you need to start fresh, open 
Project 02-02.prproj.

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LESSON 2
Selecting Settings, Adjusting Preferences, and Managing Assets
1
Click the Icon View button in the lower-left corner of the Project panel.
That changes the Project panel display from a list to thumbnails and icons.
2
Expand the Project panel by dragging its right edge to the right so you can see 
all the items.
3
Click Medieval_Axe.mp3 to select it, and then click the Play-Stop Toggle button 
on the thumbnail viewer.
You can click any other asset and play it. The Play-Stop Toggle button will be 
unavailable (dimmed) for still images and graphics.

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4
Click Medieval_Hero_01.mpeg, and drag the slider under the thumbnail viewer 
a few seconds into the clip.
5
Click the Poster Frame button next to the preview to create a new thumbnail 
image for that clip.
6
Click the New Bin button located near the bottom of the project panel to create 
a new file folder.
The new bin appears in the Project panel with its default name—Bin 01.