Timeline Markers

Timeline markers in the picture below are the red flags. Not to be confused with Marcadors on a clip (yellow in the picture below). Timeline markers can be either stationary or moved when clips are moved around. Markers are inside the clips and move with the clips.

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Timeline markers can be used for certain points (Timeline Marker2) or ranges (Timeline Marker1).

Timeline markers can be used to define regions for rendering. See Rendering Using Timeline Markers.

Timeline markers can also be used as chapters for DVD videos. See Rendering Using Timeline Markers.

3 Ways to add Timeline Markers

Following procedures add a timeline marker at the timeline playhead position:

  • Menú

    • Markers ‣ Add/Remove Timeline Marker

    • Right click on timeline ruler and choose in the menu Add/Remove Timeline Marker

    • Right click in the timeline and choose Add/Remove TimeLine Marker

  • Teclat

    • G adds a timeline marker.

    • 1 - 0 (número 1 a 0 del teclat numèric)

  • Ratolí

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    • Double-click on top of the timeline ruler and the timeline marker gets added were you have clicked

Menú del clic dret del regle de la línia de temps

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Add/Remove Timeline Marker

Edit Timeline Marker: See Move and Edit Timeline Markers

Timeline Markers Locked: See Move and Edit Timeline Markers

Export Markers: Opens the Export Marker dialog.

Go To Marker.... Select a marker to which the playhead should jump.

Estableix una entrada/sortida de zona: també vegeu Renderització de la vista prèvia de la línia de temps.

Adjust Timeline Zone to Selection

Create Marker from Zone

Create Marker from Zone Quickly

Add Project Note: See Notes del projecte

Add Subtitle: See Subtítols

Timeline Marker With Range

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In the Edit Marker window you can enable Range Marker which allows you to determine a Duration of the marker. Default Duration is 1 second.

Managing Categories and Markers

Categories

When starting a new project the categories for the project are pulled in from Markers Categories in setting Configure Colors and Markers. These categories are for markers and timeline markers.

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Project specific categories can be added, edited and deleted in File ‣ Project Settings ‣ Markers

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Delete category When deleting a category were markers are assigned, Kdenlive asks if you really want to delete it or if you want to reassign the markers to another category.

Markers View

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View ‣ Markers opens the markers window were you can manage your markers.

1:

Mostra l'objecte seleccionat: Clip-Nom, Seqüència-Nom

2:

Search Timeline Marker / Clip Markers. If you enter 2 in this example, it shows only guide2 / marker2 in the list and in the timeline/on the clip monitor.

3:

Mostra només les categories seleccionades a la llista i al monitor de la línia de temps/clips.

4:

Mostra els marcadors de tots els clips al projecte

5:

Ordena per categories, hora o comentari, i canvia el sentit d'ordenació (ascendent o descendent).

6:

Clicking on a marker or arrow-up arrow-down will select it, and the playhead jumps to this marker in the timeline/clip monitor. Multi-selection: holding down Shift to select a range of markers, or Control to add individual markers to a selection. Control+A selects all markers. Double-click or press F2 on a marker to open the edit marker window/edit marker window.

7:

Add a marker. Only here you have the possibility to add multiple markers with an interval.

8:

Edit a selected marker. The same as double-clicking a marker under point 4, or timeline markers in the timeline ruler.

9:

Delete the selected marker(s).

10:

Set the default category for new markers.

11:

Timeline Markers only: Locks Timeline Markers. Locked when the background is light gray (as shown on the screenshot).

12:

Actualitza totes les miniatures quan les miniatures estiguin habilitades

13:

Enable/disable thumbnails. Import/export markers/marker or configure the project categories.

You can put a comment in the marker and make the comment display by choosing Editar in the Markers menu or by clicking on the Editar button.

Export Timeline Markers as Chapters Description

Timeline markers can mark chapters or different sections of a video while editing. Uploading edited videos to platforms like YouTube, the timeline markers can be exported as chapter marks that are supported by YouTube. This can be done by Copy to Clipboard and paste then into YouTube.

Right click in the timeline ruler and choose Export Markers or Markers ‣ Export Markers. Then the window Export markers as chapters description appears.

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Marker Type: Choose one of the timeline marker types to mark chapters and use other types to do other things.

Desa com a: Text (per a Youtube) o com un fitxer de dades JSON que es pot tornar a importar.

Offset: This adds the ability to set a general offset (hh:mm:ss:ff) to each timeline marker.

Format: això defineix com s'exporten les marques dels capítols. Quan s'utilitzen les 2 cadenes de format predeterminades (com es mostra a la imatge), el Kdenlive comprova si el marcador de capítol coincideix amb la guia de YouTube, i mostra un avís si no coincideix.

i: mostra totes les cadenes d'exportació possibles. Seleccioneu la cadena que voleu i el Kdenlive l'afegirà al Format per a l'exportació. Afegeix espais entre les cadenes segons sigui necessari.

{{timecode}} adds timeline marker position at HH:MM.SS (default)

{{comment}} adds the timeline marker text (default)

{{frame}} adds the frame number of each timeline marker

{{index}} adds timeline marker number

{{nexttimecode}} adds next timeline marker position at HH:MM.SS

{{realtimecode}} adds timeline marker position at HH:MM:SS:FF

Reinicialitza: restableix la configuració al valor predeterminat: {{timecode}} {{comment}}

Exported: Shows what gets exported. To change the timeline marker text you have to edit the timeline marker in the timeline.

Copia al porta-retalls: copia les dades visualitzades a Exportat al porta-retalls per a utilitzar-les en altres aplicacions (Youtube).

L'avís en el quadre blau només apareix si no es compleix un dels 3 punts.

Move and Edit Timeline Markers

Timeline markers can be moved by clicking on a timeline marker text in the timeline and dragging it to the desired position.

Timeline markers can be moved by changing the Position in the edit window.

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Double-click on a timeline marker text in the timeline ruler opens the edit window (beside the possibility in Markers View).

El text del Comentari i de la Categoria es pot canviar a la finestra d'edició.

Move Timeline Markers With Spacer Tool

Easily moves timeline markers along with clips using the spacer tool by using the new Timeline Marker Locked option. When locked, the timeline markers stay in place. When unlocked, the timeline markers move with the clip.

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