How to create creative, unique "motion" typography

Question

Hello Apple Support Community friends,
Please bear with me, I am new with Motion 5 along with Final Cut Pro X. I would like to learn how to create interesting use of "motion" typography in Motion 5. And how to import the finished Motion project file into Final Cut Pro X.
I plan to put in some unique motion typography in different footages, and combine them in one Final Cut Pro X.
Can anyone help me to point me as to how to do this way? I also would like to import some of Adobe Photoshop files of creative typography files (also which file works best in that case... .TIFF or .PSD)
Please give me some guideline and steps to make it work. Then I will be doing some series of experiements to figure out what works, and what's not.
Any assistance and help would be deeply, deeply appreciated.
Thanks!
Brian
P.S. I am trying to find a good handbook on Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5, and some sort of theory and practice... so that I do the right approach, not the wrong approach all the way. BTW, I am Deaf. Thanks once again.

Answer 1

Bonjour GFXZen,
The easiest way to get your text into FCPX is to start with a blank Final Cut Title in Motion.  Once you save it, it will show up in the Title Browser in Final Cut Pro X. Of course you can utilize text in any of the blank starting files, so don't think you are limited by the blank project names. Like I said this is just a good starting point.
As for the file format question, you can use Photoshop to create images (or text) and then import those into Motion as PSDs or TIFFs. Keeping the images as PSD will give you some advantages, especailly if you expect to go back and make revisions, but if you are creating simple elements, either one will work (I'll let others argue about which is "better".) Layered PSDs are also popular because people use them for basic layout befor animation. Once you've created it you just import it or drag and drop it into Motion.  Then animate.
To give you an example to that of footage I saw on, I believe on vimeo the other night. It is very intriuging and interesting, indeed. Very simplicity and efficacy. I really enjoyed them. I love the use of typography with motion matching done in it. Hopefully that you understand what I am saying. I have over 700 footages of my recent European vacation, both by land and sailing on cruise from Spain to Italy on a 12-days vacation. Of course, I don't plan to include all of these 700 clippings into one large project inside Final Cut Pro X and/or Motion 5. Definitely would like to do lot of interesting experiments with interesting use of typography along with motion matching.
Example of what I really like and enjoyed this one:
Live The Language in London
http://vimeo.com/18967093
I like anything that is simplicity with ease. Always like things simple with specific message come across at all once.
-Any Motion 4 tutorials you can find (Google is your friend).  Motion 5 builds on the previous version, the UI is different but you should be able to apply any techniques in older tutorials to Motion 5.
I didn't say I have Motion 4, I have Motion 5. I don't really think anything that made in Motion 4 into Motion 5 are doable, attainable and workable nor editable. I prefer to focus on Motion 5. I get this impression that any legacy files edited in Final Cut Pro Studio, for example, won't work in Final Cut Pro X. Therefore, I assume that it applies the same issue with any legacy Motion 4 files into Motion 5. Or am I misaken just about Motion 4 vs Motion 5. Of course GUI interface between Motion 4 and 5, it is totally different engine. Totally different between Final Cut Pro X vs legacy Final Cut Pro Studio.
As for Google, I did some research, and wasn't sure where to start with. Because there isn't much of anything related to Motion 5. All I see mostly related to Adobe Effects and some with Apple Motion 4, so forth. I also own Adobe Creative Suite CS5.5 Master Collection (upgraded to Master Collection from CS5 Design Premium as I own Design Premium for years). I used to do some creative stuff with Adobe Flash (at the time, it was formerly Macromedia long before Adobe acquired formerly Macromedia).
-http://www.applemotion.net/
Mark Spencer is a well respected trainer and he's got plenty of free and paid tutorial, look at some of the MacBreak videos, I know he's covered Typography tricks there.
As for Mark Spencer and Apple Motion website, I see that was included in Apple resource, I believe. The problem is that all of his educational trainings and materials are not closed captioned. I don't see much of Motion 5-related topics. I suspect that he would develop some new educational trianing related to Motion 5 and Final Cut Pro X, and some cases with Adobe Premiere CS5.5 and After Effects CS5.5.
As for term of expermiments, I love to do lot of experiments with my photography stuff. This also includes experiments with all kinds of fine arts paper outputs and all. So, I am not afarid to experiement new stuff with Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5.
In closing, you mentioned understanding the fundamentals is especially very true. Thank you for your help and assistance. I would love to have others' perspective and insights.
Have an amazing summer day!
Brian
Typo error fixed... ge => get