Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 434)

Chapter 11 Final Cut Pro X templates 434
Template files and media save location
When you save a template, the project and all associated files are saved in your /Users/username/
Movies/Motion Templates/ folder, organized by template type. The template types include
Compositions (templates created in Motion for use in Motion), Effects, Generators, Titles, and
Transitions.
When a Final Cut Effect template is saved, it is saved to /Users/username/Movies/Motion
Templates/Effects; a Final Cut Transition is saved to /Users/username/Movies/Motion Templates/
Transitions, and so on.
When you save a template in Motion, you assign a category. For example, when you save a
Final Cut Effect, choose an option from the Category pop-up menu in the save dialog, such
as Blur, Distortion, or Stylize. After you save a template into a category, that category’s folder
appears in the corresponding folder on your computer (Effects, Titles, Generators, and so on).
Categories represent the how the effects are organized in the Final Cut Pro X media browsers.
For example, in the Final Cut Pro Effects Browser, video effect categories include Basics, Blur,
Distortion, Keying, Light, Looks, Stylize, and Tiling. In Motion, a Final Cut Effect template saved
to the Blur category is placed in the Finder in the /Users/username/Movies/Motion Templates/
Effects/Blur/your template name folder.
You are not limited to the preset Final Cut Pro browser categories. You can create a template
category by choosing New Category from the Category pop-up menu in the template save
dialog. Custom categories also appear in Final Cut Pro browsers.
You can further organize templates using Themes. A theme is a metadata tag attached to a
template that assists in categorizing different templates as being part of a single family. For
example, you may have different template types that are related to the same project, such as
a transition, an effect, and a group of titles. By tagging the templates with the same theme, all
templates, regardless of their template type, appear in the Final Cut Pro Themes Browser.
Themed templates also appear in other effects browsers. For example, a themed Final Cut
Title template appears in the Final Cut Pro Themes Browser as well as in the Titles Browser
(underneath the nonthemed templates).
Assigning a theme to templates is optional.
In the Finder, templates are stored according to the following folder hierarchy: template type/
category/theme. For example, a Final Cut Effect template saved to the Blur category and the
News theme is stored in the Finder in the /Users/username/Movies/Motion Templates/Effects/
Blur/News/your template name folder.
Note: You can also sort by theme in the Motion Project Browser using the Theme pop-up menu.
Each template folder contains the following items:
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large.png: This file is used for the preview in the Motion Project Browser and as a preview in
the Final Cut Pro browser when the project loads in the background.
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small.png: This file is used for the thumbnail preview of the template in the Final Cut Pro
browser. The current frame when the template is saved in Motion is used for the
preview frame.
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yourtemplatename.mov: This file is used for the movie preview of the template that plays when
the template is selected in the Motion Project Browser. This file is created when you select the
“Save Preview Movie” checkbox before saving.
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