Navigate with markers – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 8

Timeline

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Enter a value or drag in the Duration field to specify the range of frames (or timecode) for

the marker.

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Enter text in the Comment field.

This comment appears as a tooltip when you place the pointer over project markers.

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Click a Color button to set the marker color.

Project markers have an additional field called Type. For more information, see

Template marker

types

on page 429.

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Click OK to accept your changes.

Navigate with markers

You can jump from your current playhead position to a nearby project marker forward
or backward.

Jump to the next marker

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Control-click the Timeline ruler, then choose Next Marker from the shortcut menu.
The playhead jumps to the starting position of the next project marker.

Alternatively, you can choose Mark > Go To > Next Marker or press Option–Command–
Right Arrow.

Jump to the previous marker

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Control-click the Timeline ruler, then choose Previous Marker from the shortcut menu.
The playhead jumps to the starting position of the previous project marker.

Alternatively, you can choose Mark > Go To > Previous Marker or press Option–Command–
Left Arrow.

Jump to the next or previous marker using the Edit Marker dialog
You can also navigate to adjacent markers via the Edit Marker dialog.

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Double-click a marker, then use the arrow buttons in the Edit Marker dialog.

Go to next marker.

Go to previous marker.

The dialog remains open and the contents are replaced with the information for the next marker.

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