Edit video using the Properties panel

Last updated on Apr 2, 2026

Learn how to quickly modify the appearance of your clip by transforming, cropping, and adjusting its speed with the Properties panel in Adobe Premiere.

The Properties panel provides contextual access to frequently used video editing controls when you select clips in your timeline. Use it to quickly adjust position, scale, rotation, opacity, cropping, and playback speed without navigating to multiple panels.

You can modify individual video clips or multiple selected clips simultaneously. The Properties panel displays controls specific to your selection, making common adjustments faster. Before starting, ensure you have a project open with media imported and a sequence assembled on the timeline.

Apply transform, crop, and speed adjustments

Select one or more video clips in the timeline.

In the Properties panel, use Position, Scale, Anchor Point, Rotation, and Opacity to transform your clips, or use the Fill frame and Fit to frame quick actions:

  • Transform: Select either Fill frame or Fit to frame to automatically adjust the size of the video. Fill frame scales the content to completely fill the frame, which can lead to cropping parts of the image if its aspect ratio differs from that of the frame. Fit to frame, on the other hand, means adjusting the content so that it completely fits within the frame while maintaining its original aspect ratio; if the aspect ratios don't match, this may result in letterboxing (black bars).
  • Crop: Adjust the percentages to crop pixels from the top, bottom, left, and right edges of your video.
  • Adjust speed: It opens Clip speed/duration option to help you quickly speed up or slow down your video.
Timeline panel shows a clip selected in the timeline and the Properties panel showing transform, crop, and audio controls.
You can transform, crop, or adjust the speed of the video using the Properties panel.

When editing multiple clips simultaneously, the Properties panel displays matching values directly or shows a dash when values differ across clips.