Apple Motion 2 User Manual
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Appendix C
Integration With Final Cut Pro
What Happens When a Motion Project Is Imported or Embedded?
Although you cannot edit the actual imported or embedded Motion project in Final
Cut Pro, you can scrub it, place it in your sequence, trim edit it, add transitions or titles,
and apply filters to it. Once a Motion project is imported or embedded into Final Cut
Pro, the following occurs:
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Final Cut Pro displays the project as a clip, with all of the layers of the Motion project
composited together into one sequence. It appears in the Browser with a Motion
filename extension. If embedded and already in the Timeline, it also appears in the
Timeline.
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The frame size and duration of the clip are determined by the settings in the Motion
project.
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The audio in Motion is not imported into Final Cut Pro.
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If project properties (such as frame width or height) were altered in Motion, those
new properties are reflected in the Motion project in Final Cut Pro.
You can continue to modify the Motion project in Motion and the changes are
reflected in Final Cut Pro. Each time you want to update the Final Cut Pro sequence,
you must save the project in Motion.
Note: If you plan on actively moving between Motion and Final Cut Pro, use the Open
In Editor command. For more information, see “
Making Changes to a Motion Clip
Imported into Final Cut Pro
Motion project
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