Time Markers

Time markers can be used to indicate points of interest or to make notes in the project. Unlike standard markers, time markers are tied to absolute time within your project and will shift with tempo changes to remain in sync with your video (a standard marker is tied to a beat, so its absolute time will vary with project tempo). Time markers are useful when scoring video.

To create a time marker, position the cursor and choose Time Marker from the Insert menu. A time marker will be added at the cursor position, and the time ruler is automatically displayed when the first time marker is inserted.

TIP You're probably thinking "Now wait a minute. You just said these are time markers. Why is the shortcut key an H?!" Well. . . you may sometimes hear these referred to as hit markers, which is a term used by some video-scoring professionals. Potato, po-tah-to. . . .

Name a time marker Closed

  1. Right-click the marker tab and choose Rename from the shortcut menu. The marker name changes to an edit box.

  2. Type a new name in the edit box.

  3. Press Enter when you're finished.

Move a time marker Closed

Drag the marker tab to a new location; if snapping is enabled and Grid Only turned off, the marker will snap to the divisions on the time ruler.

TIP Hold Shift while dragging to override snapping.

Delete a time marker Closed

Right-click the marker tab and choose Delete from the shortcut menu.

Move the cursor to a time marker Closed

Click the marker tab.

Adjust the project tempo to align the cursor to a time markerClosed

  1. Position the cursor.

  2. Right-click the marker tab, and then choose Adjust tempo to match marker to cursor from the shortcut menu.

    The project tempo will change so the cursor position matches the selected time marker.

TIP Hold Alt while dragging a time marker to a location on the beat ruler. The project tempo will be adjusted so the time at the marker will occur on a specific beat. For example, if you place a time marker at 10 seconds on the time ruler and hold Alt while dragging the marker to 5.1 on the beat ruler, the project's tempo is adjusted so the first beat of measure five occurs at ten seconds.