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[360 Picture UK]

Hi everyone!

I've searched the forum and many have asked the question but there doesnt seam to be the answer.

When i create a video with PP, the chosen thumbnail for file preview and social media start image appears to be totally random.

Sometimes the automatically chosen thumbnail is inappropriate, how can i choose the frame that is used?

[R Neil Haugen]

There's a keyboard shortcut I think ... or perhaps a context menu item for this. Can't remember, there might be both, and I'm not at my computer to check.

Right-click on a clip, see if there's an option to set preview thumbnail.

And search the keyboard shortcuts dialog for "preview" and/or "thumbnail" ... I think those would get anything like this.

Neil

[R Neil Haugen]

PeruBob to the rescue!

Yes, they're called "poster frames" in Premiere ... which has some weird terminology at times. Like Resolve calling masks "power windows" ... right ... it's a freakin' mask ... well, "poster" frames is maybe a leetle more to the point than a power window ... maybe ...

And as noted in my post, you can do this either via the right-clicking of a clip in the Project pane, scrolling down to 'set poster frame' ... or by setting a keyboard shortcut in the Keyboard shortcut panel. Which I've done long since.

Neil

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

See if this works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVEOkkppRNA