User Manual

Using Markers
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Creating a Marker Text (.txt) File
You can create a Marker text file if you don’t have access to an Avid system. This lets you make
timecode-specific comments offline and give them to an editor to import into a sequence. The
Marker text file is a tab-delimited file which must be created with certain parameters. This file
can be edited in a text editor application or in a spreadsheet program. The Marker text file can be
exported from or imported into the Markers window. See “Exporting and Importing Markers” on
page 534.
The fields in the tab-delimited file are required and must be in the order shown in the following
procedure. The following lines are examples:
John<tab>203<tab>V1<tab>red<tab>Correct tint
Mary<tab>354<tab>A1<tab>blue<tab>A voice-over
To add comments or information into the Marker text file:
1. Type each line of the file using the following syntax:
Name<tab>Frame<tab>Track<tab>Color<tab>Comment
2. Enter the color names as follows: red, green, blue, cyan, magenta, yellow,
black, white
3. Enter the track names as follows: V1, V2, V3, etc, A1, A2, TC1
Copying and Pasting Markers Using the Markers Window
You can use the Markers window to copy a single marker or multiple markers and then paste
them into another clip or a sequence. The copied marker is placed in the same frame position
when it is pasted into the new clip. If the frame position does not exist in the new clip, then the
paste does not occur.
You can also use a text editor to cut and paste markers in the Markers window. This lets you
move markers easily between clips, sequences, tracks, or different users on your system.
Timecode, clip data, color, marker identification, and comments are all associated with a marker
entry. You can edit the entries before pasting them into a new clip or sequence using the Markers
window, or you can save the marker information as a text file and distribute it as needed.
To copy markers from a clip and paste them into a new clip using the Markers window:
1. Select the markers in the Markers window by doing one of the following:
t Click a single marker.
t Ctrl+click (Windows) or Command+click (Macintosh) multiple markers.
2. Do one of the following: