Premiere Pro Markers Tutorial: How To and Use Tips

Ever been confused by markers on your timeline and sequence or wondered how best to use them? In this Premiere Pro markers tutorial, we'll tell you how to make sense of the different markers and their placement along with some excellent use cases like editing to the beat and animating to a sequence.

This video explains:

Video

  • Source vs. Program vs. Timeline marker placement

  • The Markers Panel Window -> Markers

  • Types of Markers:

  • Moving Markers:

    • Source Monitor

    • Program Monitor

    • Timeline -> Click and drag to move Program Markers (NOT clip markers)

  • Deleting Markers:

    • Source monitor -> Right click and go to Clear Selected Marker or Double click and hit delete

    • Program Monitor -> Same as Source

    • Right Click timeline in either and use Clean All Markers to remove all of them

  • Marker Colors:

    • Changing marker colors from the Marker Dialogue

    • Filtering based on color is cool

Audio Markers

  • Press M on the beat to mark a location in the audio

  • Timing for sound effects


Slideshows & Markers

  • You can use Program Markers to drag clips to the timeline

Using Markers in Frame.io

  • You can export comments and segments into Frame.io