Editing markers into sequences, Exporting markers with your quicktime movies – Apple Final Cut Express HD User Manual

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Chapter 18

Using Markers

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To shorten a marker that has a duration:

1

Position the playhead within the duration of the marker.

2

Do one of the following:

 Choose Mark > Markers > Extend.
 Press Option-` (accent key).

The marker is shortened to the location of the playhead.

Editing Markers Into Sequences

You can edit markers into your sequence as if they were clips. However, a marker edited
directly from the Browser into a sequence becomes an independent clip, with no
affiliation to the clip from which it came. In most cases, you should avoid this, because
it can make media management more difficult later.

For more control over markers that you want to use for editing, you should use the
Make Subclips command to turn markers inside of a clip into new subclips. For more
information, see Chapter 19, “

Creating Subclips

,” on page 251.

Exporting Markers With Your QuickTime Movies

Final Cut Express HD allows you to export markers in a clip or a sequence as text tracks
in QuickTime movies that you create. These markers can be used by the QuickTime
Player in a variety of different ways, and can be used for authoring in DVD Studio Pro,
iDVD, and other applications, such as Soundtrack.

For information about exporting QuickTime movies with DVD Studio Pro, compression,
and chapter markers, see “

Exporting QuickTime Movies

” on page 991. You can also refer

to

Exporting Sequences for DVD

” on page 971.

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