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Appendix C
Working with Final Cut Pro
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A new Motion project is created. If you selected the Launch Motion option, the new
project opens in Motion. For more information about the results of sending different
kinds of selections to Motion, see the following sections.
Sending Browser Clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion
When you send Browser clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion, a new Motion project is
created with an empty Timeline and the media from each selected Final Cut Pro clip
displayed in the Motion Media tab. Use this method to quickly import media from
Final Cut Pro into an empty Motion project.
Sending a Browser Sequence from Final Cut Pro to Motion
When you send a sequence (selected in the Browser) from Final Cut Pro to Motion,
each clip in that sequence is placed in a separate layer in a new Motion project (in the
Layers tab and Timeline). Use this method to edit one or more layers in Final Cut Pro
and then add effects, animation, or text in Motion.
Important:
Sending a sequence that contains Motion clips from Final Cut Pro to
Motion causes gaps to appear in the Motion Timeline where the Motion clips appeared
in the sequence.
Sending Selected Sequence Clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion
When you send multiple sequence clips (selected in the Timeline) from Final Cut Pro to
Motion, each selected clip in that sequence is placed in a separate layer in a new
Motion project. Noncontiguous selections are allowed. For example, if you selected
sequence clips A, B, and D in Final Cut Pro, but you skipped clip C, the Motion Timeline
would also contain media from clips A, B, and D with a gap where clip C was located.
When you send sequence clips to Motion, several things happen:
 Final Cut Pro automatically creates a new sequence containing only the clips you
selected. You can verify that there is a new sequence by looking in the Browser.
 The contents of the new sequence are used to create a new Motion project.
 If you choose the Embed Motion Content option in the Export Selection to Motion
Project dialog, the new Motion project is imported back into Final Cut Pro, as an
embedded Motion clip (with a .motn extension) in the Browser. The selected
sequence clips are replaced by the new Motion clip.
About the Embed Motion Content Option
The Embed Motion Content option is available only when you send selected sequence
clips from the Final Cut Pro Timeline to a new Motion project. This option imports the
new Motion project back into Final Cut Pro and replaces your selected sequence clips.
In effect, it converts your selection of sequence clips into a Motion clip in a single step.
For more information about working with imported Motion projects, see “