.. _Pose Marker Manager:

Pose Marker Manager
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While it is a very hidden feature, action actually stores Pose Marker in them. 

Pose Marker Manager is available under :ref:`Action Properties` in both :ref:`Action List` and :ref:`Action Bin`.

This feature will list Pose Markers in a list.

.. image:: /images/PoseMarkerManager.webp

The list will have Action Button that you can enable / disable.


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.. _Pose Marker List Button:

Pose Marker Action Button
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.. image:: /images/PoseMarkerListItem.webp


Jump to Marker 
++++++++++++++++++

This will jump the current frame to the marker's frame.


Select 
++++++++++

Select status of the Pose Marker.

Frame
+++++++

The frame of the Pose Marker.

Remove 
+++++++

Remove the Pose Marker.

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Use Pose Marker As Range
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.. image:: /images/UsePoseMarkerAsRange.webp

Enabling this will make the Action Commander to use the Pose Marker A and Pose Marker B as frame range, if available.

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Find Range Markers
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This is the same as :ref:`FindAllActionsRangeMarkers`, but only within in the action.

.. image:: /images/FindAndSetMarkerAsRange.webp


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Pose Marker A & B
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- Pose Marker A: First Pose Marker, usually use for start of frame range.

- Pose Marker B: Second Pose Marker, usually use for end of frame range.

.. image:: /images/PoseMarkerAB.webp

.. note:: 
   ** Pose Marker A and Pose Marker B can be flipped, the addon will automatically take the lower frame as start and higher frame as end.

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Add Pose Marker As Range (A / B) 
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Utility function to help create a Pose Marker and assign as Marker A or Marker B.

.. image:: /images/AddPoseMarkerAsRange.webp

Options
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Name
_____________

Name for the New Pose Marker.

Sync Frame
_______________

Enable to also set the current frame to preview the frame to be added.

Current Frame
_______________

Frame of the New Pose Marker

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Pose Marker Utility Menu
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Extra utility function for Pose Marker Manager

.. image:: /images/PoseMarkerExtraMenu.webp
    

Clear Pose Markers
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Remove all Pose Markers from the action.

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Remove Pose Marker By Name
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Remove all Pose Marker with the matching name.

Options
+++++++++

Mode
_____
        
Include - Remove the marker if the marker name include the specified string.

Exclude - Remove the marker if the marker name exclude the specified string.

Exact - Remove the marker if the marker name is exactly the specified string.

Name
_____
Name to match the pose marker name to be removed, either include, exclude or exact.

Selected Marker Only 
______________________

Limit to remove only within selected marker only.

.. image:: /images/RemovePoseMarkerByName.webp


Remove Overlap Marker
_______________________

Remove any Duplicate Marker with the same frame and name

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Import Pose Markers
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Import Pose Marker from external file exported by Action Commander.

Options
+++++++++

Find and Bind Camera
________________________

Attempt to find and bind relevant camera.

Export Pose Markers 
________________________

Export Pose Marker to external file.

Batch Rename Pose Markers
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This operator batch rename pose marker by adding prefix, suffix or replace a string

Options
+++++++++

Mode
_____

Prefix - Add a prefix to the in front of Pose Marker Name

Suffix - Add a suffix to the end of the Pose Marker Name

Replace - Find and replace the string in the Pose Marker Name 

Remove - Remove the string from the Pose Marker Name 


Prefix / Suffix / Find
_______________________

Prefix / Suffix / Find / Remove String
    
Replace 
________

String to replace to in Replace Mode.

Name
_____

Name to match the pose marker name to be removed, either include, exclude or exact.

.. image:: /images/BatchRenamePoseMarkers.webp

.. note::

    **Technical Details for External Marker File** 
    
    Marker files are just simple JSON file with the marker info in it.