On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:24:06 -0500, "James Williams" wrote:

>I'm glad to know someone other than me feels the same way about that double
>monitor on premier 5.1. It's nice for some things, but when you select the
>option to use a single monitor, it still takes just as much space as the
>double monitor window! It would have been really nice if when you selected
>single monitor, you got just the single monitor less all the empty space
>left by removing the other monitor window.
[...]

Actually, you can - just set the size you want (720x480 for
mini-DV...) for the preview, then grab a side and the top
and shrink the outside edges until the preview area just
starts to shrink, then back off a bit. The window can
have a fairly narrow border, making P-5.1 layout much more
manageable. Perhaps this was clear, but I do recommend
using two computer monitors with P-5.1a (the extra card
and 15" monitor can be under $200 - a worthwhile expense
for easy layout and large preview-window viewing).