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The MARK IN and Out functions have some other special features too, permitting a variety of
convenient marking workflows. We’ll get into more detail in an upcoming section, but it’s worth
noting here that you can mark an event with just one button press!
Figure 17
5.5.1 ONE BUTTON MARKING
Watch your monitors for a noteworthy occurrence – perhaps a goal, penalty, or the like. Then
quickly press MARK OUT on the 3P-10 control surface. A new event will be listed in the Master
List tab of the Event Panel (Figure 17).
Notice that the Duration column for the new event shows the new event to be precisely four
seconds long. There’s a reason for this: pressing MARK OUT without having first pressed MARK
IN, automatically sets an In Point for the event precisely four seconds (less one frame) earlier.
Hint: Don’t worry if four seconds isn’t long enough to properly bracket the specific action you are
interested in. You can easily trim the event entry later. Too, you can change the four second default
preroll duration to something different in System Preferences (Administration Screen).
The ID# for the event is automatically assigned, providing a distinctive identifier for the event. It is
very useful, too, to add a more descriptive remark in the Comment column. Press F6 (Edit
Comment) on the keyboard to enter or modify a comment.
Note: ID#s are generated consecutively as events are created. Since you can mark events long after
recording is ended, re-order and also clone events, these numbers may not be in chronological
order.
5.5.2 TWO BUTTON MARKING
Let’s try another approach to marking an event.