The Selects workspace is one screen. Five panels sit around a central preview and timeline, and you can fold any of them out of the way. This guide names each panel, says what it is for, and points you at the guide that goes deeper.

The Selects workspace arranges five panels around the preview and the draft timeline.

The Assistant and Tools panel sits at the far left and holds two tabs.

Learn more in Edit with chat and Review a draft with comments.

The [Tools] tab holds the tools that run across a whole timeline at once.

Learn more in Remove silence, Cut filler words, and Check names and terms before editing.

The project panel lists everything in the project: source files, the folders you sorted them into, synced timelines, and every draft you have made. The header shows [Project] as the root, a toggle that switches between [List view], [Card view], and [Flat view], and a [More actions] menu. [Flat view] lists every file without folder rows, which is quicker to scan when your footage is spread across a lot of folders.

The [More actions] menu holds [Add media], [Create folder], [Create draft], [Search sources], and [Organize files].

Three gestures cover most of what you do in the project panel.

Right-click for the rest: [Rename], [Duplicate], [Create draft with selection], [Audio gain/volume], and [Delete].

Learn more in Organize your project with folders and What are Topics and Subtopics.

The preview in the centre plays whatever is currently selected, either your draft or a source file you clicked in the project panel.

Click [Compare with source] to watch your edit against the original footage and see what was left out. Cut sections show greyed out, so you can spot at a glance what did not make it in.

The preview toolbar also holds [Frame size], which sets the output frame size of the open draft. The menu lists sizes rather than ratios: 1920 × 1080 for 16:9, 1080 × 1920 for vertical, 1080 × 1080 for square, and 1440 × 1080 or 1080 × 1440 for 4:3 either way up. [Original] matches your source footage. [Frame size] shows only while a draft tab is open, not while you are viewing a source file, and the size you pick carries through to your NLE.

The source minimap is the strip under the preview showing a whole source file end to end. It appears while you are looking at a source file or comparing with the source, and it is also where unusable shots are marked.

Learn more in Set your draft's frame size and Find shaky and blurry shots.

The transcript panel on the right shows every word in the open draft, grouped by speaker. Click any word to move the playhead to that exact moment.

A topic outline sits on the right edge of the panel, as a rail of dashes that shows its titles when you point at it. Click a topic to scroll the transcript straight to it.

Right-click a selection to edit from the text: [Cut] and [Uncut] to remove and restore, [Play] to hear it back, [Edit word] to fix a misheard word, [Merge with above] and [Split caption] to reshape a caption, and [Speaker] to reassign who is talking.

The draft timeline runs along the bottom of the workspace. Your drafts sit as tabs in the bar above it, and [New draft] at the end of that bar starts an empty one.

Drag a tab along the bar to reorder your drafts. You can also move the timeline into its own window, which helps on a second monitor. Right-click a draft tab and choose [Undock Panel], and the timeline opens as a separate window while the rest of the editor stays put. Right-click the tab again and choose [Dock Panel] to bring it back.

The timeline follows the conventions you already know: tracks stack vertically, clips sit on tracks horizontally, and you drag clips to move or reorder them.

The floating toolbar sits at the bottom right of the timeline and holds the tools you reach for while cutting.

Learn more in Editing tools in Selects, Selects keyboard shortcuts, and Set up speakers, cameras, and audio for multi-cam.

The top bar carries the controls that apply to the whole project.

Learn more in Search your footage: text and scene search, Selects keyboard shortcuts, Selects App & Editor Workspace Settings, and Hand off to your NLE, or export a transcript or video.

Fold a panel by dragging its edge shut, and a labelled button appears in its place: [Chat] at the bottom left, [Project] at the top left of the preview, and [Transcript] to the right of the preview. Click the button to bring the panel back.

Only one panel is active at a time, and the active one owns your keyboard. On the Premiere shortcut preset, Shift + 1 selects the project panel, Shift + 2 the Assistant panel, Shift + 3 the draft timeline, and Shift + 4 the transcript. On the Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve presets these are Cmd + 1 through Cmd + 4.

Selects has three panel arrangements, and you switch between them from [View mode] in the top bar, next to the settings icon. Your choice is remembered per project.

Learn more in Set your draft's frame size and Review a draft with comments.

The B-roll and Audio tabs were replaced by the project panel, which lists every file in one place rather than splitting them across tabs. Sort your footage into folders and drag from there, or ask chat to find and place shots for you. Learn more in Add B-roll and audio to your edit.

Remove silence and Cut filler words live in the [Tools] tab of the left panel, next to [Assistant]. They used to sit in the floating toolbar on the timeline.

Markers live on the timeline now, not in the transcript. Add one with [Add marker] under [More] in the floating toolbar, then click the marker on the timeline to write a note. Because a marker is pinned to the timeline rather than to a word, it stays put when you cut or rearrange the material around it. You can also give a marker a color when you write its note. The color shows on the timeline pin and in the [Comments] panel, and it carries through to a Premiere handoff.

The panel is folded, not gone. Look for its labelled button: [Chat] at the bottom left, [Project] at the top left of the preview, and [Transcript] to the right of the preview. Click it and the panel returns at its previous width.

The source minimap only appears when you are looking at a source file, or when [Compare with source] is on. It is hidden while you are working on a draft alone, because there is no single source file to show.