Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 455)

• Sequence markers appear both in the Timeline ruler and in the Canvas scrubber bar.
You can add these markers in the Canvas or in the Timeline.
Clip markers
Sequence markers
Make sure you understand how you want to use markers in your project before you add
them. The following list points out some example uses of markers.
• Add markers to a clip when you want to remember and mark important moments in
a shot.
• Use markers to separate a long piece of footage into several subclips by adding markers
and then making them into subclips. (See “Turning Markers into Subclips” ).
• You can add markers to sequences for a variety of reasons. You can mark specific points,
such as audio cues, in your sequence for reference while editing. This includes musical
beats to sync clips to. For example, if you are editing a music video, you can add a
music clip to the Timeline, click Play, and then press the M key to the beat of the music,
adding markers for each beat. Once the markers are in place, you can go back and snap
clips to the markers you created. You can nudge your clips a few frames forward or
backward if your markers are not perfectly on the beat.
• Use markers to snap the playhead or clips to a specific point when performing an edit.
• Use markers in a sequence to create points to navigate between.
• Use markers to add review comments and notes to a sequence, so that another person
on the moviemaking team can then read these comments in the sequence at the
appropriate place.
• Use markers in sequences so you can add MPEG compression markers and DVD chapter
markers.
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