Quickstart Guide : Markers or User Flags
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The Overview
The
Project
Management
Panel
Overview
Tab
offers a powerful and simple means of navigation around the
Project
Editing
Panel
.
Overview
displays a graphic representation of the entire current
Composition
, showing the location of all
clips
. A
shaded gray box indicates the location and zoom range of the part of the
Composition
which is currently dis-
played in the
Project Editing Panel
.
clip
s are shown as rectangles in the same color as their background on the
Timeline.
Click anywhere in the
Overview
to center the
Project
Editing
Panel
display on that point. Click and drag on the
shaded gray box to move the section of the
Composition
shown in the
Project
Editing
Panel
without changing
the current horizontal zoom. The zoom range of the
Project
Editing
Panel
can be adjusted by dragging the edges
of the shaded gray box in the
Overview
. An alternative method for adjusting horizontal zoom is to press the
Alt
key while clicking and dragging across the desired range for the zoom, just as you can do directly in the
Project
Editing
Panel
itself.
Markers or User Flags
Pyramix
Virtual
Studio
allows for setting named and numbered
User
Flags
or
Markers
at user defined points in
a
Composition
.
Markers
can be used as convenient reference points for notes or other text, or as locations for
Paste operations.
To Set a
Marker
, press
Ctrl-Shift
and click anywhere along the
Time Scale
bar. The
Marker
will appear as a small
blue flag with a number in it.
Markers
are numbered consecutively in the order in which they are added. You can
also add a
Marker
at the current
Play Head Cursor
position by choosing
Cursors & Marks
>
Add Marker to Play-
head
from the
Toolbar
.
Markers
can be selected by clicking on them. The
Marker
flag turns red to indicate it is selected.
Shift-Enter
moves the
Playhead Cursor
to the selected
Marker
Use the
Markers
Tab
in the
Project
Management
Panel
to view, name,
GoTo
and otherwise manage previously
created
Markers
.
Right-clicking on a marker pops-up a menu with
Delete Marker
and
Rename Marker
options.
Overview Tab Display