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142Final Cut Pro User Guide
• Insert a gap clip: Choose Edit > Insert Generator > Gap (or press Option-W).
Final Cut Pro inserts a blank clip (containing blank video and silent audio) that you
can adjust to any duration. (The film industry term for this is slug.)
Note: Gap clip color is determined by the current background color in Final Cut Pro.
To adjust the background color, choose a Player Background option in the Playback
pane
of Final Cut Pro preferences. If you want a different color, consider using a
solid generator. See Generators overview.
The clip appears in the timeline, and all clips after the insertion point are rippled forward
(to the right).
Insert clips by dragging them from the browser or the Finder
In Final Cut Pro, you can drag clips to the timeline to insert them between other clips. Show
clips in the browser from the Libraries sidebar, the Photos and Audio sidebar, or the Titles
and Generators sidebar, and then drag them to the timeline. You can also insert clips by
dragging them directly to the timeline from the Finder.
• Drag the clip you want to insert to an edit point (between two clips) in the timeline.
The clip appears in the timeline, and all clips after the insertion point are rippled forward
(to the right).