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# Custom Flags

Apart from the five system flags, you can also create your own custom flags. When creating a custom flag, you must adhere to the following:

- You cannot rename a system flag, nor can you assign the name of a system flag to a custom flag.
- Spaces are not supported in the naming convention. It is recommended that underscores be used instead of spaces when you are working on either Linux or Windows.

Custom flags are saved to the custom.flags file in the Lustre version folder. Consequently, the custom flags are applied globally on all projects. After you create a custom flag, newly created grades save the custom.flags data to the grdXX.desc.xml file in the project's Library folder.

To create a custom flag:

1. Click New under the Flags window.

   A new flag is added to the bottom of the list.

2. To rename the custom flag, middle-click it and enter a new name.

To delete a custom flag:

1. Select the flag and click Delete under the Flags window.
   NoteSystem flags cannot be deleted. When deleting custom flags, only one can be selected at a time.

To copy a custom flag's state to all shots:

1. Select the Custom flag (the selected flag will be highlighted).
2. Click Set All in the Flag controls.

To copy a custom flag's state to one or more shots:

1. Select the Custom flag (the selected flag will be highlighted).
2. Select the shots in the Storyboard or Multi-Layer Timeline by doing one of the following:
   - Right-click the shots you wish to flag in the Storyboard.

     In the Storyboard, the borders of the selected shots will turn aqua in colour.

   - Select the shots you wish to flag in the Multi-Layer Timeline. See Selecting Elements.

     In the Multi-Layer Timeline, the selected shots will turn yellow in colour.

   - Create a shot group, then select the group. See Creating Shot Groups.
3. Click Set Sel.