Apple Motion 3 - Manual (Page 1222)

1222 Appendix C Working with Final Cut Pro
If you don’t select turn on the Embed Motion Content checkbox, the selected sequence
clips are still copied into a new sequence in the Browser, but they are not replaced.
Furthermore, the new Motion project is not imported into Final Cut Pro, so your original
sequence remains unchanged.
What Properties Are Exported to Motion?
When you send sequence clips from the Final Cut Pro Timeline to Motion, the following
properties are retained in the exported Motion project.
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.
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.