Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1458)

Exported properties
• Clips, with In and Out points, placed on the correct Timeline
tracks and positions
• Clip and sequence markers (called object and project markers in
Motion)
• Almost all attributes in a clip’s Motion tab, including Basic Motion,
Crop, Distort, Opacity, Drop Shadow, and Time Remap. Any linear
and smooth Bezier keyframes are also included.
• Composite (blend) modes
• The SmoothCam filter. If applied, the filter is converted to the
Stabilize behavior with the Smooth method enabled in Motion.
Video
• Media
• Markers
• Levels and keyframes Audio 1
1 The audio exported to Motion is not imported when you bring the Motion project back into Final Cut Pro. The audio
is only intended to be used in Motion for playback and markers. For this reason, make sure that you retain the
original audio clips in Final Cut Pro.
Note: With the exception of the SmoothCam filter, Final Cut Pro does not send filters
applied to clips. Also, transitions and generators are not sent.
Rendering Motion Projects for Use in Final Cut Pro
If necessary, you can export a Motion project to a QuickTime movie and import it into
Final Cut Pro. This method is less flexible than importing Motion projects directly into
Final Cut Pro, so you should usually avoid this option. When you export the Motion project,
choose the Animation codec for lossless compression and to include an 8-bit alpha
channel. The alpha channel makes it easy to composite the QuickTime movie with your
footage in Final Cut Pro.
Important: When importing a QuickTime movie that has been exported from Motion,
set the alpha type for the sequence clip in Final Cut Pro to black.
Using Motion Templates in Final Cut Pro
In Motion, templates are useful when you are creating a number of projects that share
elements like text or media. You can use a Motion template as a starting point for project
customization. A Motion template used in Final Cut Pro can be used in any number of
projects and sequences, and each instance can be customized. In addition, you can make
changes to the source Motion template file, and have the changes propagate to all the
projects and sequences in Final Cut Pro that use that project.
Template integration between Motion and Final Cut Pro allows you to:
• Create templates in Motion for use in Final Cut Pro.
You can create templates in Motion that can be used directly in Final Cut Pro.
1458 Appendix D Working with Final Cut Pro