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# Committing a Clip with History

You can commit a clip with a history, or a clip segment with a history just as you would any other clip. When commiting a clip, you delete the clip history without removing the clip or element's soft properties.

You can also perform a hard commit from the timeline. See Committing Clips on the Timeline.

You can commit a clip with history from both the timeline and a clip library.

To commit a clip's history from the record timeline:

1. Select the timeline elements with history that you want to commit.
2. Select Commit History from the Media Management box and confirm.

To commit a clip's history in a clip library:

1. In the EditDesk menu, select the Clip Library box to select the clip library you want to open.
2. Select the clips with clip history that you want to commit.
3. In the Clip Library menu, click Tools.
4. From the Tools menu, click Consolidate.

   The Consolidate controls appear.

   (a) Commit Type box

5. Select History from the Commit Type box.
6. Click Commit and confirm.

   The selected clip's history is committed.