Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1273)

488 Part II Effects
What Properties Are Exported to Motion?
When you send sequence clips to Motion, the following properties are retained in the
exported Motion project.
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.
Using Shake with Final Cut Pro
Shake is a powerful visual effects application with features such as motion tracking,
rotoscoping, and node-based compositing. Final Cut Pro can send a group of clips
directly to Shake for further effects work.
For example, you can use Final Cut Pro for basic editing, setting In and Out points and
placing clips on multiple video tracks. You can then send the edit information and the
clip’s media to Shake, ready for further processing.
Exported properties
Video  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.
Audio 1 Â Media
 Markers
 Levels and keyframes
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.