Marking Controls
Marking controls let you set In and Out points, add markers and keyframes, and
navigate to matching frames in master or affiliate clips (this is called performing
a match frame). There are keyboard shortcuts for each control.
 Mark In (I): Click to set the In point at the current position of the playhead.
 Mark Out (O): Click to set the Out point at the current position of the playhead.
 Add Marker (M): Click to add a marker at the current playhead position. While editing
you can use markers to make notes about important points in your sequence, such
as areas to change, potential edit points, or sync points. Markers can be added to
sequences in the Canvas and Timeline. For more information, see Volume II,
Chapter 4, “Using Markers.”
Important:
If a clip is selected in the Timeline, and the playhead touches that clip, a
marker is added to the sequence clip, not the sequence.
 Add Motion Keyframe (Control-K): Click to add a keyframe to the current clip at the
position of the playhead. This button adds keyframes for clip parameters such as
Scale, Rotate, Crop, Distort, and so on.
By default, this button sets keyframes for all motion parameters at once. To add
keyframes for individual motion parameters, Control-click this button and choose a
motion parameter from the shortcut menu. For more information, see Volume III,
Chapter 15, “Adjusting Parameters for Keyframed Effects.”
 Show Match Frame (F): When you click this button, the frame you see in the Canvas
appears in the Viewer. Specifically, the master clip for the sequence clip that
intersects the Canvas/Timeline playhead is opened in the Viewer. The Viewer
playhead is set to the frame shown in the Canvas, and the In and Out points for the
sequence clip are set in the master clip in the Viewer. This allows you to easily get
back to the master clip for any affiliate clip, in case you want to use the footage for
another purpose, or if you want to see the original video and audio clip items of the
master clip. For a more comprehensive discussion of the Match Frame controls, see
Volume II, Chapter 24, “Matching Frames and Playhead Synchronization.”
 Mark Clip (X): Click to set In and Out points at the boundaries of the clip that
currently intersects the Canvas/Timeline playhead. The clip on the lowest-numbered
track with Auto Select enabled is used.
Mark Out
Mark In
Add Motion Keyframe
Show Match Frame
Add Marker
Mark Clip
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