Markers and Annotations

Global markers are time annotations on the main sequence timeline ruler. They appear as colored vertical lines with labels and are visible to all team members who share the project.

Adding a marker: Press M while the playhead is at the desired time, or right-click the ruler -> "Add Marker."

A dialog prompts for:

• -Label — short name for the marker (shown in the ruler)
• -Color — the color of the marker line
• -Comment — longer note text (visible when hovering over the marker or in the Markers panel)
• -Duration — optionally assign a time range to the marker (creates a marker region rather than a single-point marker)

Individual layers can have their own markers, independent of the global timeline markers. Layer markers are visible only when the layer is expanded in the timeline.

Adding a layer marker: right-click any keyframe area on the specific layer's row -> "Add Layer Marker."

• -Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow — jump to next marker
• -Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow — jump to previous marker

Markers panel: View -> Markers Panel opens a list of all global markers in the project with their times, labels, and comments. Click any marker row to jump the playhead to that time.

When producing music-driven content, markers can be placed at each beat or phrase boundary (using audio analysis as reference, or by manually tapping to a metronome). Animation keyframes can then be snapped to marker positions, ensuring motion aligns to musical beats.