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Drag clips to the Timeline
You can add clips to the Timeline by dragging them from the Event Browser, from a
Final Cut Pro media browser (such as the Photos Browser or the Generators Browser),
or from the Finder.
Drag clips from the Event Browser or a media browser
1 Do one of the following:
In the Event Library, select an Event containing the clips you want to add to Â
your project.
Open the media browser containing the media you want to add to your project. Â
2 Drag one or more clips to the Timeline from the Event Browser or a media browser.
Depending on where you drag the clips in the Timeline, your actions may result in
an append, an insert, a connect, or a replace edit. Final Cut Pro automatically adjusts
surrounding clips to t in place around any clips you’ve dragged.
Tip: ∏ You can add one clip to your project at a time, or sometimes it’s easier to add a
number of clips to the project at once, and then rearrange them in the Timeline.
Drag les from the Finder
1 Arrange the windows onscreen so that you can see both the Final Cut Pro main
window and the les in the Finder.
2 Drag the les from the Finder to the Timeline.
Depending on where you drag the clips in the Timeline, your actions may result in an
append, an insert, a connect, or a replace edit.
Note: If you add clips to the Timeline from a Final Cut Pro media browser or the Finder,
you are eectively importing the media to the default Event associated with the
current project. You can congure the default Event in the project settings window.
In this scenario, Final Cut Pro applies the default optimization and analysis settings to
the new clips. You can set default optimization and analysis processes in Final Cut Pro
preferences.
If you add still images to the Timeline, they will have a duration of 4 seconds by
default. You can change this default duration in Final Cut Pro preferences.