Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 1462)

7 Click Save.
Your new template is saved into the theme category you selected. Customized templates
are saved to /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Templates/ in a folder that corresponds to the name of
the theme you’ve selected.
If you wish to manually copy projects from one system to another, copy them to the same
location.
Important: Templates do not appear in the Final Cut Pro Template Browser unless the
templates are copied to a theme subfolder in /Users/username/Library/Application
Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Templates/.
When you save a template in Motion, the template immediately appears in the Master
Templates bin of the Final Cut Pro Effects tab in a bin corresponding to the name of the
theme in which you saved the template in Motion.
Important: Only projects that are saved as templates appear as master templates in
Final Cut Pro.
Master Templates in Final Cut Pro
Master templates can be used in any number of sequences within any number of
Final Cut Pro projects. If the Motion template is edited in Motion, any template clip that
refers to that Motion template file is updated.
Adding Master Templates to a Sequence
You can add master templates to your sequence from four different locations within
Final Cut Pro. When you edit a master template into a Final Cut Pro sequence, a template
clip is created in the sequence. Each template clip can be adjusted independently, so you
can uniquely customize the text and media parameters of each template clip in a sequence.
Try out the following methods to see which one works best for you.
• Master Template Browser: Choose Sequence > Add Master Template to open the Master
Template Browser. From this window, you can perform an overwrite, insert, or
superimpose edit with a master template directly into your sequence. This method
provides the most options for editing a template in your sequence and allows you to
see a preview of all the installed templates.
• Master Templates bin in the Effects tab of the Browser: Double-click a master template
to open it in the Viewer or drag a master template to the current sequence in the
Canvas or Timeline. This is the quickest way to add multiple master templates to your
sequence in one drag-and-drop operation.
1462 Appendix D Working with Final Cut Pro