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Using Locators
Locators are a type of electronic bookmark. They allow you to find and
identify specific frames during editing. Key words you enter into the
comments attached to a locator allow you to use standard Find proce-
dures to call up the clips quickly.
You can map Add Loca-
tor buttons, as
described in “About
Button Mapping” on
page 114.
There are eight Add Locator buttons on the More tab of the Command
palette. Each Add Locator button is a different color, which allows you
to group locators by color. For example, you can use the red Add Loca-
tor button to identify color correction frames and use the blue Add
Locator button to identify cutaway shots.
Ways to Use Locators
There are many possible uses for locators. A few examples are:
• Color correction notations: Use locators to mark clips or specify
frames that require color correction, noting the specific correction
to perform if someone else does the job.
• Visual track alignments: Use locators at matching points in syn-
chronized audio and video tracks so that if the tracks lose sync,
you can visually realign the locators in the Timeline to restore
sync. For more information on sync, see Chapter 17
.
• Music cues: Use locators to mark the IN and OUT points for
music.
• Trim markers: Use locators in the Timeline to return directly to an
edit you have designated for further trimming at a later time.
• Cutaway markers: Use locators to identify cutaway shots with
comments so that when you return to cover jump-frame edits with
cutaway footage, you can quickly call up the shots using basic
Find procedures.
When you insert a locator, it appears as an oval in the Timeline, in the
position bar, and at the bottom of the frame in the monitor. The color
of the oval corresponds to the color of the locator button you used.