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Creating frame labels and movie comments

Frame labels are useful for identifying keyframes in the Timeline and should be used instead of frame numbers when targeting frames in actions such as Go To. If you add or remove frames, the label moves with the frame it was originally attached to, whereas frame numbers can change. Frame labels are exported with movie data, so avoid long names to minimize file size.

Frame comments are useful for notes to yourself and others working on the same movie. Frame comments are not exported with movie data, so you can make them as long as you want.

To create a frame label or comment:

1 Select a frame and choose Window > Panels > Frame.
2 In the Frame panel, enter text for a frame label or comment in the Label text box. To make the text a comment, enter two slashes (//) at the beginning of each line of the text.