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Creating composition-time markers
Composition-time markers appear on the time ruler in the Timeline window. After Effects
automatically numbers them with a single digit that reflects the order in which you add
them. You can place up to ten composition-time markers within a composition. If you
remove a marker, the other markers remain numbered as they were.
To add a composition-time marker:
Do one of the following:
Drag from the Time-marker button ( ) above the Timeline vertical scroll bar to the
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desired point in the composition.
Move the current-time marker to the position you want to mark and press Shift+a
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number key on the main keyboard (not on the numeric keypad). The new composition-
time marker appears at the current-time position, labeled with number of the key you
pressed.
Note: If the number you press is already used by another composition-time marker, After
Effects does not create a new marker. Instead, it moves the existing marker with that
number to the new position.
To move a composition-time marker:
Do one of the following:
Drag the composition-time marker to another position on the timeline.
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Move the current-time marker to the position you want, and then press the number (on
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the main keyboard, not the keypad) of the composition-time marker you want to move.
To snap the current-time marker or layer duration bars to a marker:
Press Shift as you drag the current-time marker or a layer duration bar.
To remove a composition-time marker:
Drag the marker onto the time-marker button ( ) on the Timeline window above the
vertical scroll bar.
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