Using markers

Markers indicate important points in time and help you position and arrange clips. The Timeline and each clip can individually contain its own set of up to ten markers numbered from 0 to 9. In addition, the Timeline and each clip can individually contain up to 999 unnumbered markers. Working with markers is much the same as working with In and Out points; markers are only for reference and do not alter the video program (except for markers set up as Web links). In general, add a marker to a clip for important points within an individual clip, and add a marker to the Timeline for significant time points that affect multiple clips, such as when you need to synchronize video and audio on different clips.

When you add a marker to a clip in Source view or the Clip window, it and any existing markers in the master clip are included with the clip when you add it to the Timeline or create a duplicate clip. However, if you open a clip from the Project window and add a marker to it, the marker won't be added to any duplicate clips or clip instances already in the Timeline.

When you add a marker to the Timeline or the Program view, it appears in both the Timeline and in the Program view, but is not added to any master clips. A marker you add to a clip in the Timeline appears with the clip, and a marker you add to the Timeline itself appears on the time ruler.

Timeline markers can also include a comment, a Web link, or a chapter link. Comments appear in the Program View window only, Web links initiate a jump to a Web page in your browser, and chapter links initiate a jump to a chapter in a QuickTime movie or DVD.

Premiere includes clip marker commands that you can use both to set the In and Out points of a clip and to go to those points. In addition, you can also set and go to the video/audio In and Out points, which is useful when you are working in a clip that includes a split edit. These commands are available only for the selected clip, and do not apply to the Timeline.

To add a marker:

1 Do one of the following:

2 Go to the time location where you want to set the marker.

3 Choose Clip > Set Clip Marker or Timeline > Set Timeline Marker (depending on where you want to add the marker), and choose the marker you want to add.

Note: If you are working in the Monitor window, you can use the Marker button () at the bottom of the window instead of using the menu command.

Numbered markers that have been placed in the project are indicated in the menu by a dot to the left of the marker numbers.

To insert markers while a clip or the Timeline plays, play the clip and press * (the asterisk key) on the numeric keypad whenever you want to insert a marker. You can also insert a numbered marker by pressing its keyboard shortcut as a clip or the Timeline plays. (For keyboard shortcuts, see the Quick Reference Card.)

To go to a marker:

1 Activate the window in which you want to go to a marker.

2 Do one of the following:

To use markers to help position clips, use the Snap to Edges command in the Timeline window menu or the Toggle Snap to Edges button () at the bottom of the Timeline window (see Moving clips in time). To hide markers or move them when moving multiple tracks, use the Show Markers and Block Move Markers options, respectively, in the Timeline Window Options dialog box (see Customizing the Timeline window).

To delete a marker:

1 Do one of the following:

2 Go to the marker you want to delete (see previous procedure).

3 Choose Clip > Clear Clip Marker > Current Marker or Timeline > Clear Timeline Marker > Current Marker, as appropriate.

To delete all markers:

1 Do one of the following:

2 Choose Clip > Clear Clip Marker > Clear All Markers or Timeline > Clear Timeline Marker > Clear All Markers.

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