setting aside clips on the timeline

I often have a clip I've put in my timeline that I want to set aside during an edit because I can't make make my mind up about using it. It's not that I want to use it instead of a different clip, in which case I'd add it to an audition. It's just a clip I'd like to keep around somewhere in case I want to add it. In FCP7, I would put it at the end of my timeline and go get it if I decided I wanted it after all. (I'm sure there were better ways to do that, but that was my method). And I do the same thing in FCPX. Is there a better way to stow clips you may want later? There are usually a few of these per edit. I guess I could make them compound clips and then make a smart collection of cc's in my browser, but that seems a little convoluted. Is there a way to do this with auditions? Not sure if I've made this clear enough. I guess I'm trying out how to give a clip I've brought down to the timeline a more special status than the ones I chose to leave in the browser. I'll call it a purgatory clip. thx

Put it anywhere you want on the timeline and disable it (V key). I do it all the time.

If you insist on putting on the timeline, you can put it there and use V to disable it, BUT... why put it in the timeline at all?
You could simply add a "purgatory" keyword to it and find it in the purgatory keyword collection, along with any other such clips.

Edit: and if you have these clips in separate events, you can use a library smart collection to gather them all in one place.

That was my suggestion, beat me to it. That's how we do it on our show. We use the keyword Standbys.

Thanks folks. I've already used the V key and found it useful but a little messy. I'll definitely go with the keyword idea. I'm liking those more and more - as well as the smart collections. It's taken me a while to recognize how powerful they are. Do other editing platforms use those or a variation of them?

thx

No.

Hi Parkerhaj
I also like the keyword suggestions.
If you are really tied to the old ways, you could use the "Position" tool (p key) to position the clip at end of timeline with a gap so it is there, but given the speed of skimming in both timeline and browser, I wouldn't bother. This just uses up RAM and slows down FCPX

Keywords and Meta data really sets FCPX apart and can make editing so much faster. It does require new techniques/workflows to make the most of it.

Hope this helps, Greg

Putting it in the timeline at the appropriate place and disabling it makes more sense to me. Giving it a keyword doesn't tell me where I was thinking of using it. A clip here or there is not "messy" and I usually "clean as I go" anyway. To each his own.

Keyword plus a note where it would go.
Or just "V" to mute it where you want it to be.
Both work.