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144Final Cut Pro User Guide
Connect clips in the timeline
1. If your Final Cut Pro project is empty, add clips to the dark gray primary storyline area in
the timeline to build your initial sequence.
The clips in the primary storyline serve as a foundation on which you connect (attach)
clips to further build your project. Connect edits are slightly different from the other
edit types in that they never add clips to the primary storyline. If you perform a connect
edit in an empty timeline, a gap clip is first added to the primary storyline, and then the
new connected clip is attached to the gap clip.
2. Select one or more clips or a range in the browser.
3. To indicate where you want to connect the selected source clip, do one of the following:
• Position the playhead over a frame of the clip in the primary storyline.
• Select a range in the primary storyline.
4. To connect the selected clips to the clips in the primary storyline, do one of the
following:
• Choose Edit > Connect to Primary Storyline (or press Q).
Note: If you use the keyboard shortcut and the skimmer is present in the timeline,
the clip is connected at the skimmer position.
• Click the Connect button in the top-left corner of the timeline.
• Drag the clips to the gray area above or below the primary storyline.