Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 101)

Chapter 8 Edit your project 101
Insert Event Browser clips in the Timeline
1 Select one or more clips in the Event Browser.
2 Move the playhead to the point in the primary storyline or a selected storyline (or make a range
selection) where you want to insert the clip.
3 Do one of the following:
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Choose Edit > Insert (or press W).
Note: If you use the keyboard shortcut and the skimmer is present in the Timeline, the edit
will occur at the skimmer position.
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Click the Insert button in the toolbar.
The clip appears in the Timeline and all clips after the insertion point are rippled forward. If the
skimmer is not present, the clips are inserted at the playhead position. If you perform an insert
edit in the middle of an existing Timeline clip, that clip is cut at the insertion point, and the
second half is moved to the end of the newly inserted clip, along with the rest of the footage to
the right of the insertion point.
Insert a gap clip or a placeholder clip in the Timeline
Sometimes you need to reserve space in the Timeline for a clip that you don’t yet have.
Final Cut Pro provides two possible solutions to this problem: placeholder imagery or a blank
and silent clip called a gap clip that can be adjusted to any duration.
1 Move the playhead to the point in the primary storyline or a selected storyline (or make a range
selection) where you want to insert the gap clip or placeholder clip.
2 Do either of the following:
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To insert a placeholder clip: Choose Edit > Insert Placeholder (or press Command-Option-W).
Final Cut Pro inserts gray placeholder imagery that you can customize. For more information,
see
Use a placeholder on page 238. You can adjust placeholder clips to any duration.
Placeholder clip