A gridf or the timeline

[David Roth weiss]

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[Jan Stieler]

Hi,
thanks for your reply.
But this is not directly what I need. I need a grid or guidelines direct in the timeline windows not in the preview. With timeline window I mean the window who you arrange your clips and sounds.

[Max Frank]

Huh?

Please elaborate.

Wayne

[Andy Mees]

a somewhat unusual request Jan, which is why the feature does not exist … but of course you can manually add sequence markers at 3 second intervals which will achieve what you want (ie a visual reference in the timeline to which your edit decisions will snap if you so choose)

move your playhead to the beginning of your sequence (press Home key
press the following 5 keys in sequence

1) +
2) 3
3) .
4) Enter
5) M

repeat until you have enough of these timeline markers to suit your needs

you can easily set up an automator action to do this using Automators “Watch Me Do” feature

have fun
Andy

[Jan Stieler]

Hi Andy,
your workaround is great. It works well.
But now I´ve another question.
Could you tell me how I have to use Automator? I never used this before. Another problem is that I use the german version of Automator and I could not find a similar function like “watch me do”.

Regards
Jan

[Andy Mees]

hi Jan

from the Help menu > Automator Help

Recording your actions
You can create automations by having Automator record what you do. Automator can record your keyboard and mouse events and create a custom action. This new action, called a “Watch Me Do” action, contains the recorded series of events. When you run your workflow, the recorded events are executed.

NOTE: For Automator to record your actions, “Enable access for assistive devices” must be selected in the Universal Access preferences.

To have Automator record what you do:

Before you begin recording you should consider where the recorded actions should begin. You may need to set up the environment before you start to record. For instance, if you expect that an application would be open when the workflow is used, then you should open the application before you begin recording.

In an Automator workflow, click Record. The Automator:Recording message appears with the stop button.

Perform the series of steps that you want recorded.

When you have finished the steps you want recorded, click the Stop button.

Click Run to test your recorded actions.

You can adjust the settings of the action to change the way your recording performs:

■ If you want to remove an event from the list, select the event and type Delete.
■ If you want to set a timeout limit for user action, adjust the Timeout using the up and down arrows.
■ If you want to change the speed the recording plays back, adjust the playback speed using the slider.

Best
Andy

[Jan Stieler]

Hello Andy,
thanks a lot for your effort!
I found out why I couln´t find this Automatorfuntion. I use version 1 and for the “Watch me do” function is version 2 needed.

CU
Jan