Timeline Markers

Timeline markers in the picture below are the red flags. Not to be confused with Marcadores de medios 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

  • Teclado

    • G adds a timeline marker.

    • 0 a 9 (en el teclado numérico), cada número tendrá un color diferente

  • Ratón

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

Menú contextual de la regla de tiempo

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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.

Marcar inicio/fin de zona: Ver también Previsualización de la línea de tiempo.

Adjust Timeline Zone to Selection

Create Marker from Zone

Create Marker from Zone Quickly

Add Project Note: See Notas del proyecto

Add Subtitle: See Subtítulos

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

Categorías

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 where 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 where you can manage your markers.

1:

Muestra el objeto seleccionado: Nombre del clip, Nombre de secuencia

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:

Mostrar solo las categorías escogidas en el menú desplegable en la lista, así como en la línea de tiempo y en el monitor correspondiente.

4:

Muestra los marcadores de todos los medios del proyecto

5:

Ordenar por categoría, tiempo o comentario y cambiar el orden (ascendente/descendente).

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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:

Refrescará todas las miniaturas, cuando se encuentren visibles

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 Edición in the Markers menu or by clicking on the Edición 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.

Guardar como: Texto (para YouTube) o como archivo de datos JSON que podrá ser reimportado luego.

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

Formato: Este campo define cómo serán exportadas las marcas de capítulos. Al usar las dos cadenas de formato predeterminadas (tal como se muestra en la imagen), Kdenlive comprobará si el marcador de capítulo concuerda con las guías de formato de YouTube, mostrando una advertencia si no coincidieran.

i: Muestra un menú desplegable con todas las cadenas de exportación posibles. Seleccionar la cadena deseada y Kdenlive la agregará al campo Formato para ser exportada. Agregar espacios entre las cadenas, según sea necesario.

{{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

Restablecer: Restablece las opciones de formato a las predeterminadas: {{timecode}} {{comment}}

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

Copiar al portapapeles: Copia los datos mostrados en Exportado al portapapeles, para ser usados en otras aplicaciones (YouTube).

La advertencia dentro del marco azul, solo aparecerá en caso de que alguna de las tres condiciones no esté cumpliéndose.

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 texto del Comentario así como su Categoría podrán ser modificados en el diálogo Editar .

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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