<p>I'd lift the clip from the story line and then disable it with <kbd>V</kbd>. There's no other way to keep a clip in the timeline near the edit point without leaving empty space or affecting the timing of the cut.</p>

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2015-06-29T07:02:48.777Z
Not the downvoter, but as you can see OP already mentioned this... Please explain your solution more in detail.
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I understood OP as trying either or. Doing both works great. There's not other way to keep a clip in the timeline near the edit point without leaving empty space or affecting the timing of the cut.
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<p>I'm editing a short movie, and there are clips that I'm considering cutting that I want to keep in place but not necessarily use. How can I deactivate a clip such that it doesn't occupy the storyline, but stays in place?</p>

<p>"disabling" a clip (pressing <kbd>V</kbd>) doesn't do that- it still remains a blank part of the timeline. "Lift from timeline" doesn't seem to accomplish that either.</p>

<p>Ideally, I could just leave the clips in place and disable them in a way that makes the playhead skip ahead when it reaches those clips, so that I can easily see what the movie looks like with those optional clips and without them.</p>

<p>Any advice is much appreciated.</p>

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How to move a clip aside for possible future use in FCPX?
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# How to move a clip aside for possible future use in FCPX?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-27)

I'm editing a short movie, and there are clips that I'm considering cutting that I want to keep in place but not necessarily use. How can I deactivate a clip such that it doesn't occupy the storyline, but stays in place?

"disabling" a clip (pressing `V`) doesn't do that- it still remains a blank part of the timeline. "Lift from timeline" doesn't seem to accomplish that either.

Ideally, I could just leave the clips in place and disable them in a way that makes the playhead skip ahead when it reaches those clips, so that I can easily see what the movie looks like with those optional clips and without them.

Any advice is much appreciated.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-27. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I'd lift the clip from the story line and then disable it with `V`. There's no other way to keep a clip in the timeline near the edit point without leaving empty space or affecting the timing of the cut.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Not the downvoter, but as you can see OP already mentioned this... Please explain your solution more in detail.  
> **username_1**: I understood OP as trying either or. Doing both works great. There's not other way to keep a clip in the timeline near the edit point without leaving empty space or affecting the timing of the cut.  

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