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3 Do one of the following:
Choose Edit > Insert (or press W). Â
Note: If you use the keyboard shortcut and the skimmer is present in the Timeline,
the edit will occur at the skimmer position.
Click the Insert button in the toolbar. Â
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:
 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 259. You can adjust placeholder clips to
any duration.
Placeholder clip
 To insert a gap clip: Choose Edit > Insert Gap (or press Option-W).