Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 457)

• Shift-5: Turquoise
• Shift-6: Blue
• Shift-7: Purple
• Shift-8: Pink
You can also specify or change the color of a marker with the Edit Marker dialog. For
more information, see
“Modifying Markers” and “Adding Markers in Clips and Sequences.”
Default Colors for Marker Types
Some standard types of markers have default colors:
• Note markers: Red
• Chapter markers: Purple
• Compression markers: Blue
• Scoring markers: Orange
• Audio peak markers: Orange
• Long frame markers: Purple
You can always manually modify the marker color in the Edit Marker dialog. For more
information about marker types, see
“Types of Markers.”
Note: Sequence and clip markers created in Final Cut Pro 6.x or earlier appear green and
pink, respectively.
Marker Color Labels
Each marker color has a text label that you can customize for a given project. For example,
you might want to rename the green label “Director’s Notes” so that the director uses
green markers when she enters her notes. Or you could rename the yellow label “Editor’s
Notes” and the editor would file his comments with yellow markers.
This labeling system can be useful in different ways:
• If your project becomes over-cluttered with markers, you can hide markers of a particular
color/label category. For more information about adjusting marker visibility in the
Project Properties dialog, see
“Viewing and Changing the Properties of a Project.”
• You can use these labels when you export a markers lists as text using the Export
Markers Lists as Text feature. For example, you might open the exported
comments/notes in a spreadsheet program and sort the comments and notes according
to the information in the labels (by Director’s Notes or by Editor’s Notes). For more
information, see
“Exporting Marker Lists as Text.”
To hide or show markers or to customize marker color labels
1 Choose Edit > Project Properties.
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