Mark important frames in a clip

Markers give you the opportunity to organize yourself within recorded clips.

You can use them to mark frames or sequences within a clip which are particularly interesting, such as a creative reference or a technical note.

To set and edit markers of a recorded clip, open the markers tab in the slot panel in the bottom right section of the app.

Markers Tab

In the header of the markers tab, you will find several actions for setting markers in a clip.

Set marker type: Select one of 8 different marker types. Each name can be customized in the Library tab of Livegrade’s settings.
Set marker: Creates a new marker at the current playhead position.
Set group marker: If your current slot is synced with at least one other slot, you can set a group marker for all synced slots at once.
Set marker out: Creates an out marker for the currently selected marker to highlight a whole sequence.
Move marker to playhead position: Changes the position of the selected marker to the current playhead position.
Set thumbnail frame: Moves the Thumbnail Frame Marker to the current playhead position.
Set thumbnail frame for group: Moves the Thumbnail Frame Marker for all synced slots to the current playhead position.

Use the arrow button next to each marker to move the current playhead position to the timecode of the marker.

A right-click on a marker (multi-selection possible) opens options to

- Cut, Copy and Paste markers from one clip to another or within a clip
- Remove Markers
- Copy Markers to Text to share them with others

Tip: Use the shot library search to search for certain marker types or notes.

To quickly set markers and navigate to them, you will find the following buttons within the viewer’s controls.

Marker viewer controls

Jump to previous / next marker: Moves the playhead position to the next marker.
Set marker: Sets a marker with the currently selected type on the current playhead position.
Set thumbnail frame: Sets a Thumbnail Frame Marker on the current playhead position.

Tip: Use Livegrade’s keyboard shortcut mapper to study and adapt useful key combinations to quickly set markers and to navigate between them.

The thumbnail frame marker is a special marker and has special attributes compared to all other marker types:

Each clip has exactly one thumbnail frame marker – no more and no less
It defines the playhead position used to
- create a thumbnail in the library
- export an image from a Shot