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Marker object

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker()

Description

Both Project items and sequences have associated Marker objects, which represent their associated markers.

Attributes

Marker.comments

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().comments

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().comments

Description

The comments within the marker.

Type

String; read/write.

Marker.end

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().end

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().end

Description

A Time object containing the value of the ending of the marker.

Type

Time object; read/write.

Marker.guid

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().guid

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().guid

Description

The unique identifier of the marker, created at time of instantiation.

Type

String; read-only.

Marker.name

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().name

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().name

Description

The name of the marker.

Type

String; read/write.

Marker.start

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().start

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().start

Description

A Time object containing the value of the beginning of the marker.

Type

Time object; read/write.

Marker.type

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().type

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().type

Description

The type of marker, one of:

  • "Comment"
  • "Chapter"
  • "Segmentation"
  • "WebLink"

Note

Premiere Pro can import some marker types which cannot be created from within Premiere Pro.

Type

String; read-only.

Methods

Marker.getColorByIndex()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().getColorByIndex(index)

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().getColorByIndex(index)

Note

This functionality was added in Adobe Premire Pro 13.x.

Description

Gets the marker color index.

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
index Integer Index of the marker to be read.

Returns

Returns the color index as an Integer.

Marker.getWebLinkFrameTarget()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().getWebLinkFrameTarget()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().getWebLinkFrameTarget()

Description

Retrieves the frame target, from the marker's FrameTarget field.

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns a String containing the frame target, or 0 if unsuccessful.

Marker.getWebLinkURL()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().getWebLinkURL()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().getWebLinkURL()

Description

Retrieves the URL, from the marker's URL field.

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns a String containing the URL, or 0 if unsuccessful.

Marker.setColorByIndex()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().setColorByIndex(colorIndex, markerIndex)

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().setColorByIndex(colorIndex, markerIndex)

Note

This functionality was added in Adobe Premire Pro 13.x.

Description

Sets the marker color by index. Color indices listed below.

  • 0 = Green
  • 1 = Red
  • 2 = Purple
  • 3 = Orange
  • 4 = Yellow
  • 5 = White
  • 6 = Blue
  • 7 = Cyan

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
colorIndex Integer Index of the color to apply to the marker.
markerIndex Integer Index of the marker to be set.

Returns

Returns undefined.

Marker.setTypeAsChapter()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().setTypeAsChapter()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().setTypeAsChapter()

Description

Sets the type of the marker to "Chapter".

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns 0 if successful.

Marker.setTypeAsComment()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().setTypeAsComment()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().setTypeAsComment()

Description

Sets the type of the marker to "Comment".

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns 0 if successful.

Marker.setTypeAsSegmentation()

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().setTypeAsSegmentation()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().setTypeAsSegmentation()

Description

Sets the type of the marker to "Segmentation".

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns 0 if successful.

app.project.activeSequence.markers.getFirstMarker().setTypeAsWebLink()

app.project.rootItem.children[index].getMarkers().getFirstMarker().setTypeAsWebLink()

Description

Sets the type of the marker to "WebLink".

Parameters

None.

Returns

Returns 0 if successful.