Playhead won't snap to markers in CS 9?

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Wondering if anyone else is seeing this?

When I make a timeline selection, the playhead no longer seems to "snap" to a marker like in CS 8.

I've set the View - Timeline Snapping - Markers...

Am I missing something?

Thanks,
- Lon
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Posted 3 years ago

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3 years ago
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kayakman, Champion

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that is the behavior I see

my technique when wanting to make a selection up to a marker is to use shift-ctl-[ or ] keys
3 years ago
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I can confirm this. It happens anytime I have a marker highlighted and/or selected.

Un-selecting the marker restores snapping.

I'm going to  report this bug right now.

Regards,Joe
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3 years ago
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Lon,

You are not missing anything...TechSmith is missing something.  That something is a RIGOROUS, pre-release beta test of Camtasia 9 in which they should have seen all of these egregious errors in Camtasia 9.

I have already ceased using Camtasia 9 and reverted back to Camtasia 8.6...perhaps you should to the same thing.

Tim
3 years ago
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That really needs to be fixed!  Our work-around is to set the timeline to maximum detail to try and avoid gaps or overlaps then reset the timeline.
3 years ago
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It only works for me if I  have the option above Timeline Snapping
"Enable Playhead Snapping " also checked

This posts also confirms this
https://feedback.techsmith.com/techsmith/topics/camtasia-9-playhead-snapping-not-enabled-by-default
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2016-10-26T21:17:10+00:00
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Thanks Dubie. If you notice in my screen shot, I do have that enabled. My problem is snapping from marker to marker (something I do a lot).

If I make a selection TO a marker, it snaps. Starting by snapping to a marker (or double-clicking it) and then going to another marker doesn't snap the second marker. 
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2016-10-26T22:51:58+00:00
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Oh, ok I got it. Thought you meant it wouldn't snap to any marker. Hopefully they shoot out an update before long to fix some of these quirks and maybe add a few much needed/used features back in.
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3 years ago
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Hey Everyone,

As noted, making sure "Enable Playhead Snapping" is checked will help. However, if the Marker is selected in the timeline, then we do not "snap" to that marker. This behavior is different than in Camtasia Studio 8. If the Marker is not selected, then we can "snap" to it.

I have gone ahead and added this to our feedback so the proper team will take a look.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Kind Regards,
Aaron
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2 years ago
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I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get snapping to work AT ALL. I have ALL FOUR of the snapping checked. But when I clip any segment or do ANYTHING to make a gap, it never snaps, ever. So I have all these gaps to deal with... It's driving me crrraaazzyyy.

Can anybody tell me what I am missing, so that I can start using this needed function? (I'm not super familiar, so please tell me the exact path of where to go in the menus to make the changes needed, I don't really know where things are).

THANK YOU very much in advance!

USING: CAMTASIA STUDIO 8

Hannah
2 years ago
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Lon Naylor

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I think you want "Auto-stitching".

Tools...Options...Program tab...Enable Auto-stitching checkbox.

- Lon
2 years ago
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Thanks for responding Lon..But I just checked ant auto-stiching was already clicked...


So it wasn't that :-(


Am I missing anything else?
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2 years ago
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Hanna, are you trying to cut content and have the gap automatically close?

if so, use ctl-X [cut]

does that work?
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2 years ago
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in CS9....there is an easy fix   "view" menu and turn on "ENABLE PLAYHEAD SNAPPING"

when i contacted support and asked them to change this to default 

We actually have it turned off by default due to user demand/beta feedback; having it enabled by default gave users with intricate projects the sense that Camtasia was stuttering / performing poorly (because the playhead was not smooth while moving it on the timeline). Is there anything else I can assist you with today?

looks like they are decreasing the functionality for a changed "perception" of smoothness
2 years ago
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I have a video in my Camtasia 9 Survival Guide series on this.
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