Markers

Markers in the picture below are the green flags inside the clip. Not to be confused with Guides (purple flags in the picture below). Markers are inside the clips and move with the clips.

Markers can be used for certain points in a clip that are important.

Markers are clip related and “fix” to this clip. When you put the same clip again in the timeline and you change a marker, this marker is changed on both clips simultaneously.

2 ways to add markers

Add markers to your clips via the Clip Monitor. That allows you to preview the clip at the location where you adding a marker.

Following procedures add a marker at the playhead position (clip monitor, timeline):

• Menu

  • Clip monitor: From the main menu choose Clip ‣ Marker ‣ Add Marker, Markers

  • Timeline: Click on the clip. From the main menu choose Clip ‣ Marker ‣ Add Marker, Markers

  • Clip monitor: Right click on the clip monitor and choose Marker ‣ Add Marker

  • Timeline: Right click the clip in the timeline and choose Marker ‣ Add Marker. The marker is added at the play-head position.

• Keyboard

  • Clip monitor: numeric keypad * adds a marker

  • Timeline: Move the playhead on the desired position on the clip. Click on the clip. Numeric keypad * adds a marker

  • 1 - 0 (number 1 to 0 on the NumPad)

• Mouse

  • not possible

Managing categories and markers

Categories

Markers using the same categories as Guides. More details about Categories.

Markers in the clip monitor

Once markers are put in your clip, you can access them in the Clip Monitor by right-clicking and selecting Go To Marker or by the hamburger menu Go To Marker (see picture). Also note how the markers appear as vertical lines according the category color you have chosen (see yellow highlighted regions in the picture). You can turn on the display of the marker comments in the timeline too (see Editing).

Markers View

Markers using the same window as guides. Yellow marking show the differences compare to the guide view.

View ‣ Guides opens the guides window were you can managing your markers.

To show clip markers in this view you have to:

Project bin: click on the desired clip and the markers of the clip show up in the window.

On the timeline: right click on the desired clip and choose Clip in Project Bin and the markers of this clip show up in the window.

The complete description of the view see Guides View.

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

Export markers as chapters description

You can export markers of a single clip as chapters like guides. You have to select a clip before you export.

More details see Export guides as chapters description

Move and edit markers

Double-click on a marker text in the timeline opens the edit window (beside the possibility in guides/markers view)

Markers can only be moved by changing the Position in the edit window.

Comment text and Category can be changed in the edit window.