How do I work on a transparent "canvas" instead of black?

I've been working with Sony Vegas for 5 years but after getting my first Macbook earlier this week I learned that Vegas and Mac aren't compatible!
One thing with vegas I was very used to was having the background of my project being the usual checkered white and gray transparency. Also, if I added an image that had a transparent background, such as a .png, the transparency was preserved.
On Premiere, my main workspace appears as black, and if I move an image with a transparent background, the transparency is replaced with solid black as well. What can I do to fix this to the way I'm used to? Also, if there's a way to make enabling a transparent "canvas" to start with as part of my default options, help with that would be great too.
Thanks!

Well, in PrPro, Transparency is shown as Black, and not as a "checkerboard," like with Photoshop. This is most readily seen, when one creates a Title. It will appear as a black background, which will be seen as Transparency, when it appears in a higher Video Track.
If your source material has an Alpha Channel, that will restrict the visibility. A PNG, TIFF, PSD, etc., with an Alpha Channel (same for Video), will have that Transparency, when used on a higher Video Track.
Good luck,
Hunt

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