Markers & Guides
Drop markers as you work, sort them by category, and turn the chapter ones into a YouTube chapter list.
Markers are notes you leave on the timeline. They don't change the edit; they just tell you (or a collaborator) what's going on at a given moment.
Dropping and jumping
Press M to add a marker at the playhead. Press [ and ] to jump to the previous and next one, which is the fastest way to walk a long edit.
G adds a guide instead — a vertical line you line clips up against.
Categories
Every marker carries a category, and the category sets its color on the timeline:
| Category | Color |
|---|---|
| Default | Blue |
| Note | Blue |
| Fix | Red |
| Cut | Green |
| Highlight | Purple |
| Chapter | Yellow |
Use them however you like. A common split is Fix for the things you still owe the edit, Highlight for the moments you want to clip out later, and Chapter for structure.
The Marker Manager
The Marker Manager lists every marker in order. From there you can rename one, change its category, click to jump the playhead to it, or delete it. It's also where Suggest B-roll and Generate Chapters live — see B-roll & Chapters.
Copy chapters
Copy chapters turns your Chapter markers into a YouTube chapter list and puts it on your clipboard, one line per chapter:
0:00 Intro
1:24 The setup
4:02 What went wrongA few things it does for you, because YouTube is picky: the list always starts at
0:00, timestamps are whole seconds and always ascending, and any marker you never
got around to labelling comes out as "Chapter 2", "Chapter 3", and so on.