<table border="0" cellpadding="20px" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_9_0.html" title="Using markers">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_9_2.html" title="Moving and deleting markers">Next</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_9_0.html">Using markers</a></div><h4 class="head2">Adding markers to clips or a movie</h4><hr /><ol><p class="paragraph">You can add numbered or unnumbered markers to a clip in the Media window, an instance of a clip in a movie, or to the movie itself. Whether numbered or unnumbered, markers fall into two categories: <span class="Emphasis">clip markers</span> and <span class="Emphasis">timeline markers</span>. In general, you add clip markers to a clip to signify important points within an individual clip (to identify a particular action or sound, for example). You use timeline markers in a movie to mark scenes, locations for titles, or other significant points within the entire movie. Timeline markers can include comments or even URLs for linking to web pages. (See <a href="1_6_9_3.html">Using timeline markers for comments and web links in a movie</a>.)</p><p class="paragraph">In the Monitor window, markers appear in the time ruler as small icons. The Clip view displays only the clip markers within a clip, while the Timeline view displays only timeline markers. Clip markers appear as icons within the clip in the Timeline window, but timeline markers appear in the Timeline window time ruler. </p><div class="anchorc"><img src="images/em_20.gif" alt="Illustration of Markers in the Timeline window with these callouts: A. Timeline markers in movie B. Clip markers in clip" height="212" width="481" /></div><div class="caption">Markers in the Timeline window <span class="bold">A.</span> Timeline markers in movie <span class="bold">B.</span> Clip markers in clip</div><p class="paragraph">Markers you add to a clip placed in a movie appear only in that instance of the clip. Markers you add to a source clip (opened from the Media window) appear in each instance of the clip that you subsequently add to the movie. Adding markers to a source clip doesn't affect instances of the clip already in a movie. </p></ol><p class="headstep">To add an unnumbered marker:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Do one of the following:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">To add a clip marker to a source clip, double-click the clip in the Media window to open it in the Clip view.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">To add a clip marker to a clip in the movie, double-click the clip in the Timeline window to open it in the Clip view.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">To add a timeline marker to a movie in the Timeline window, click the Timeline button <img src="images/04_videotrack.gif" alt="Timeline view icon" height="20" width="20" /> at the top of the Monitor window.</li></ul><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Move to the frame where you want to set the marker.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Do one of the following:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">In the Monitor window, click the Set Unnumbered Marker icon <img src="images/P_MarkerButtonMon_N.gif" alt="Set Unnumbered Marker icon " height="14" width="11" /> to add a marker to a clip or movie. </li><li class="bullet" type="disc">(Movies only) In the Timeline window, either click the Set Unnumbered Timeline Marker icon in the Timeline window or drag a marker from the icon to any point in the time ruler.</li></ul><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />You can insert markers while a movie or clip plays. Just click the Set Unnumbered Marker icon <img src="images/P_MarkerButtonMon_N.gif" alt="Set Unnumbered Marker icon " height="14" width="11" /> in the Monitor window at the locations you want to mark.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To add a numbered or unnumbered marker:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Do one of the following:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">To add a clip marker to a clip, open a clip in Clip view.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">To add a timeline marker to the movie in the Timeline window, click the Timeline button <img src="images/04_videotrack.gif" alt="Timeline view icon" height="20" width="20" /> in the Monitor window.</li></ul><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Move to the frame you want to mark.</li><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="3">Depending on the type of marker you want to set, choose Marker > Set Clip Marker or Marker > Set Timeline Marker, and choose an option from the submenu:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">Unnumbered sets a blank marker.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Next Available Numbered sets a numbered marker using the lowest unused number.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">Other Numbered opens a dialog box in which you can specify any unused number from 0 to 99.</li></ul><p class="tip"><img src="images/tip.gif" alt="Tip" height="20" width="20" />To help position clips at a marker, make sure that the Snap command is selected in the Timeline menu. (A check mark indicates it is selected.) Then, clips will snap to the markers as you drag them into position in the Timeline window.</p></ol><p class="headstep">To go to a clip or timeline marker in the Timeline window:</p><ol><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="1">Do one of the following:</li><ul><li class="bullet" type="disc">To move to a clip marker in a clip, select the clip in the Timeline window.</li><li class="bullet" type="disc">To move to a timeline marker in a movie, make sure that no clips are selected in the Timeline window.</li></ul><li class="numberstep" type="1" value="2">Choose either Marker > Go To Clip Marker or Marker > Go To Timeline Marker, and choose Next, Previous, or Numbered from the submenu.</li></ol><hr /><div class="breadcrumbs"><a href="1_6_9_0.html" title="Using markers">Previous</a> | <a href="1_6_9_2.html" title="Moving and deleting markers">Next</a> | <a href="#top">Top</a> | <a href="1_6_0_0.html">Editing Movies</a> > <a href="1_6_9_0.html">Using markers</a></div></td></tr></table>
