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Create marker directly on the timeline
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for the code to create markers on the timeline.
By now, I’m creating marker on layers, like this :myLayer.layer("Background").Marker.setValueAtTime(1,myMarker);But this method doesn’t work very well with my projects, because sometimes, layer “Background” doesn’t exist, or it exist twice… I read everywhere that is impossible, but the script trigger can do it, so it can be possible in a way.
thanks for your help !
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Thanks Dave for your answer…
In fact, I just need to create one marker per comp on the timeline. By now, I have to create it manually on the 40 comps of my projects. They all need this information at different levels.
So I tried to create marker by a different way, but it’s doesn’t work well. Do you have any solution ?
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Adding comp markers via scripting is not obvious, but not impossible either. You have to cheat a bit! With your target comp open and active, no layers selected, and the current time set to when you want to add the marker:
app.executeCommand(app.findMenuCommandId("Add Marker"));This invokes the Add Marker command under the Layer menu.
Dave, you can add arbitrary comp markers (besides the 1-0 hotkey comp markers) this same way through the UI — deselect all layers, Layer > Add marker. The hotkey is NumPadAsterisk. Personally, I prefer Alt+NumPadAsterisk, which adds a marker and options the dialog box that lets you rename it immediately.
Walter Soyka
Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
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Perfect Walter,
Thank you so much, it works perfectly well. Just a last question : how can I rename the marker ? By now, the marker is added with no number, and I would like it was named “1”.
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