Adding content
Drag and drop
Section titled “Drag and drop”Drag files or folders from Explorer onto the board:
- Images, video, PDFs, audio, fonts become cards you can play, read, or preview.
- A dropped folder becomes a folder shortcut: a clickable tile that opens it.
No import step, no conversion. An empty board shows a Drag and Drop … Here hint cycling through the media types it accepts.
Any file at all becomes a file card
Section titled “Any file at all becomes a file card”A file the canvas has no dedicated card for - a project file, an archive, a spreadsheet, anything - no longer gets skipped: it comes in as a file card, a shortcut-style tile that links to the file (never a copy). Two looks, switched from the card’s floating bar or right-click menu: an Explorer-style tile (the OS icon with the name under it, no panel or border) or a compact chip pill. Double-click opens the file in whatever app the OS associates with it; the right-click menu adds Open, Reveal in file manager, Copy file path, and Rename label… (an alias - the file on disk keeps its real name). Cards are freely resizable, restyle through the Colors window like stickies and shapes, and show a missing-file tint if the target disappears.
Use it when: a board gathers a shot’s whole context - drop the comp script and the client’s brief next to the plates, and everything opens from one place.
Import an image sequence
Section titled “Import an image sequence”Hold Ctrl while dragging a numbered frame (e.g. shot.0001.exr) to bring in the
whole sequence. Pick the frame rate and ReelMarkr transcodes it to a native-resolution
preview clip next to your source frames. A plain drag brings in the single frame as a
still.
Create items
Section titled “Create items”Right-click an empty spot on the board and open Add:
- Storyboard: a fixed-size storyboard panel to sketch shots in. See Storyboard panels.
- Color swatch: a saved color chip.
- Sticky note: a quick pastel note.
- Task list: a checklist / to-dos.
- Document: a rich-text document.
- Voice memo: record an audio note.
- Folder shortcut: link a folder on disk.
- Font: a font specimen card.
Ctrl + V pastes images, text, or links from the clipboard. Use Paste as in the right-click menu to choose how the content comes in. Pastes read the raw PNG payload first, so transparent images keep their alpha.
Drag images in from a browser
Section titled “Drag images in from a browser”Drag an image out of Chrome, Edge, or Firefox and ReelMarkr saves a real copy into the
project’s Pasted/Browser/ folder under its original filename, so the card
never points at a temp file. The source URL is recorded at drop time:
- Select the card and press M for the metadata popup. The Source row links back to the original page.
- If the file goes missing, the placeholder card shows the recorded source with a Download again button. Re-dragging the same image from the browser heals the card, keeping position, size, and wires, instead of creating a duplicate.
Use it when: pulling many web references you need to trace back later.