I'd like an exchange of Locator info between a sequence and its source clips, including cases where Locator info is added to a source after it has been used in a sequence. Also, I'd like this feature to "backtrack" locator info from a sequence onto source clips.

I would like to add the ability to not have to enter text.  In older version, entering text was an additional step.  Now it is a mandatory one.  I can see the benefits of both.  I lay out on my keyboard with different colored locators to mean different things, so that all I had to do was hit the appropriate key as the clip was playing.  Now I have to mouse click out of each and every window.  When you are laying markers down at every single drum hit in a musical piece, this becomes REALLY tedius.  So allow us to turn off the auto window open.

Another example of use of markers could be Blue marker for beginning of a take and then green/yellow/red at the end of the take for good/ok/horrible.  It's a very quick and effective way of gettng through tons of footage.

Ssnygg:

I would like to add the ability to not have to enter text.  In older version, entering text was an additional step.  Now it is a mandatory one. 

When the locator window comes up, there is a hamburger menu. Under that you will find "Disable locator Pop-Up".

Not on mine, but it's awesome that it's out there.  may be it's time to upgrade:)  I'll check out the MC's that I have access to to see if they have that.

Thanks.

Are you certain? I don't have my 'Pro dongle plugged in at the moment but I'm pretty sure its the same in both software offerings.

Are you saying that there is no hamburger menu in the bottom-left of your locator window?

I'm certain.  But I think I'm running 5.6 on that computer instead of 5.8.  The upgrade is $300 and I'm still waiting for Avid to support or have an effective and efficient work around for 720 24P HDV.

Woops.  Found it.  Thanks.

Ok, now I want a change to the way the disable pop ups works.  I want to be able to lay down my fifty markers without pop ups and then be able to double click on a marker of my choosing (one IN the the clip or composer main window as opposed to the ones in the timelines of those windows).  when double clicked I want to be able to read the full text or write new text without having to go through three windows of clicking around. to get the thing to pop up and then put it back to the way it was.

Ssnygg:

Ok, now I want a change to the way the disable pop ups works.  I want to be able to lay down my fifty markers without pop ups and then be able to double click on a marker of my choosing (one IN the the clip or composer main window as opposed to the ones in the timelines of those windows).  when double clicked I want to be able to read the full text or write new text without having to go through three windows of clicking around. to get the thing to pop up and then put it back to the way it was.

I agree 2008% with snygg and anyone else who is tormented by the feature formerly known as "Locators". I hope that I'm mistaken & have  to eat crow for complaining, but it does seem to me that now (MC v3.0) I cannot simply  click on a Locator to add or change it's text without first selecting that option in the Locator's hamburger menu, which I had to turn off because for some reason, adding a locator to previously captured footage mean't I have to deal with a pop-up window whether I wanted to or not. To make matters worse, we cannot map this little nasty to a keyboard shortcut. This is horrible and annoying. I use locators just like syngg- sometimes to cue picture, other times for sound. Would it kill the programmers to add an ALT+ option so that my different colored, mapped keyboard assignments can add their little dots without stopping me to ask for text? And while we're at it- when oh when is it going to be possible to jump to specific next or previous colored locators ? Also- can I add the locator color of my choice during capture?

p.s. why dont we get Locator text in that groovy new Real Time Burn-in plugin?