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.

This article guides you through the different places in the app, where you can set, access and use markers.

Markers tab#

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.

Within the shot library table you can

Use the search mechanism in the header of the table to search for marker types notes.
Show used markers within the table by showing “Marker Types” and “Marker Count” column.
Print used “Marker Types” and “Marker Count” on your PDF report or CSV metadata export
Use the markers tab within a shot’s general info to edit markers of a certain shot.

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

Marker viewer 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
- load a clip to a slot