Tag and label media

In Sequence, you flag the parts of your media that matter by turning a range into a select (a named, marked range you keep for reference). Once you have a select, you can name it, give it a label color, add searchable project tags, rate it with stars, and react to it — all from one right-click menu, and all visible to everyone in the project.

Use this when you're combing through footage and want to mark keepers, group shots by theme, or leave a rating for your team to sort by. To group whole files instead of ranges, see Organize files.

Mark a range as a select#

1. In your timeline, set or highlight the range you want to flag.
2. Right-click the range and choose Mark as Select.

Sequence turns the range into a select and opens its menu, where you can name, color, tag, and rate it. Everyone in the project can now see the select.

Name and color-code a select#

Give a select a name and a label color so you and your team can identify it at a glance. Both controls live in the same right-click menu.

1. Right-click the select to open its menu.
2. In the Mark as Select field, type a description of the range (the field prompts you with Describe it...).
3. Press Enter (or Alt-Enter) to save the name.
4. Click a color swatch to label the select: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, or Magenta.

Sequence applies the color to the select so you can spot it at a glance. To remove a color, click the None swatch.

With a select selected, you can apply a label color straight from the keyboard: press R for Red, Y for Yellow, C for Cyan, B for Blue, or M for Magenta, or X to clear the color. Orange, Green, and Purple take their key from their palette name — Z for Orange (Zesty), E for Green (Evergreen), and V for Purple (Violet) — so no two colors share a letter.

Tag a select#

Tags are searchable labels shared across the whole project, so the same tag can mark selects in any clip.

1. Right-click the select to open its menu.
2. Click Tags (or press T). The Project Tags panel opens.
3. In the Search Tags... field, type to filter the project's tags (or press Alt-T to jump to the field).
4. Click a tag to add it to the select. A checkmark appears next to tags that are applied.
5. To remove a tag, click a tag that already has a checkmark.

To make a tag that doesn't exist yet, type its name in the search field, then click Create "name" tag (or press Cmd-Enter — Windows: Ctrl-Enter). Sequence adds the new tag to the project and applies it to the select.

Rate and react to a select#

Ratings and reactions live in the same right-click menu, so you can score footage as you review it.

1. Right-click the select to open its menu.
2. Do any of the following:
   • Rate it with stars: Click Stars (or press S), then choose Rate 1 Star through Rate 5 Stars (or press 1–5).
   • React to it: Click Reactions (or press A), then click Favorite (F) or Reject (R).
   • Clear a reaction: In Reactions, click Remove rating (X).

The letter keys work while the select's menu is open.

More actions on a select#

The same right-click menu holds a few related actions:

• Comment (or press Shift-C) starts a comment on the select. See Commenting.
• Copy select (or press Cmd-C — Windows: Ctrl-C) copies the select.
• Update Range (or press Cmd-Shift-U — Windows: Ctrl-Shift-U) resets the select to your current range.
• Delete Select removes the select.