Render, Preview?? Help!

Hello, i just downloaded premiere elements 8, and I inserted some video clip, pushed play, and the video lagged a WHOLE bunch. The audio seemed fine, but the video was just really bad. So i did "render work area". And it played back fine, but took a lonnnnnnnnnng time. Do i have to render it everytime before i can preview my work?
Anything would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks
~CT

It depends on what kind of camcorder your video came from and which project settings you're using.
If your video is from a traditional tape based miniDV or HDV camcorder, you only have to render if you add effects.
If your video is from an AVCHD camcorder, you will likely have to render -- but this type of video can demand a quad core processor to work with anyway, so rendering shouldn't take too long.
Other video -- such as video from Flip camcorders or from still cameras -- probably ought to be converted to a more standard format before you bring them into Premiere Elements.

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Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:30:46 -0600
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Subject: Re: cell background colors are not showing in preview - help? - DW4
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ID                               : 0
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0:00:22:14 (5): 14 Seconds
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