Clip from FCPX to Motion

Hello there. I'm trying to do some compositing from FCPX Clip to motion but i can't find a way to do that. Can you please help me? There is not the option 'send to motion". Please help me... Cheers, powh!

powh wrote:... Senden von Projekten an MotionWenn Sie einen oder mehrere Clips in ein Motion-Projekt einbinden möchten, können Sie dazu den Befehl "Senden an" > "Motion-Projekt" verwenden. .
Du zitierst aus dem FC/pro7 Handbuch.. hier ist FCPX Thema..
powh wrote:... habe das immer noch nicht gecheckt wie ich nur einen Part von meinem Projekt exportieren kann?!
Das Handbuch empfiehlt:
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/#verf3fd3f4b
//English: send-to-Motion was a FCp/7 feature, exporting only parts of Projects is mexplained in the Manual //

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anyone know why

Thanks for your reply Patrick,
No the clip has no speed alterations, the only thing bout it that i can see altered is that it a subclip from the original file that i captured in the same project.
Guess it might be a weird one then ay, there will probably be someone out there that knows whats up with it though,
When you are sending a clip or sequence to Motion from FCP do you need to have motion set up as the structure of you FC project before hand eg, ( DV- PAL) or does Motion reconize the formats from your FCP project that you are cutting on?
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Help...! Importing a clip from FCP to Motion?

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Hi:
I think you'll get best answers posting this question in the Motion Forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=656
Good luck !
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How can you export a clip selection from FCPX to motion? Round tripping?

How do you export a clip selection out of FCP into Motion? In Motion, you have the option of exporting a selection out of motion? I don't understand why FCPX does not have this functionality. I do not want to export an effect or transition. FCPX is good, but it looks like the application team have no clue about workflows. Especially integration between FCP and Motion.

Not sure if you are asking a question or having a rant .. also not sure what your point is about it being 2013 ? Roundtripping is not in these apps .. sold for very little (relative to FCS which did roundtripping) and most of the functionality used daily from Motion is now in FCPX in one way or another. Perhaps it would be a 'handy' but to highlight this as some BIG deal is a tad missing the point ... .
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These may help you with the basics of new compound clips ...
http://play.macprovideo.com/finalcutprox103-editing-in-the-magnetic-timeline/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdjTtF8Qqo
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Speed change messing up clip when sending to Motion from FCP

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You can just send your clip to Motion then make the speed change in Motion, that is the common workflow.
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Clips from FCP are not appearing in MOTION!!!

Sorry to bother but I'm doing the tutorial... and I'm following every step and what I'm trying to do is open up my timeline into Motion.
These are the steps:
Highlight the clips from my timeline
go to FILE, SEND TO "Motion" Project
A SAVE dialog box appears and i save it and hit SAVE
Motion opens up and the clips should be there but there's nothing.
Ont eh DVD tutorial, I do exactly but I keep coming up with nothing...int he tutorial,t he clips appear...can anyone help me...thank you. melvin

New Discussions ResponsesThe new system for discussions asks that after you mark your question as Answered, you take the time to mark any posts that have aided you with the tag and the post that provided your answer with the tag. This not only gives points to the posters, but points anyone searching for answers to similar problems to the proper posts.
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Hi, In addition to the helpful posts in this thread on this commonly asked issue, a recent post here (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5936529?tstart=0) shows where this restriction is documented by Apple  for others to also review. This post is the contains as the subsequent post by Akasian.
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Absolutely!
For a program that costs as little as it does, it has an amazing set of tools in it. Trivially easy to learn to do some things like titles, but with the power to create absolutely amazing motion graphics with full 3D positioning and lighting.
You'll be able to boot it up and make titles within minutes.
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I have sucessfully imported 150 Sony digital 8mm movies (each one hour in length) into iMovie as 150 iMovie events. I have since successfully converted them from their original 13 Gb (.dv) file to an exported smaller 1.3 Gb (.4mv "large file") movie that I am happy with, using the iMovie projects browser. So now I have 150 " .4mv" movies on my internal HD as well as about half of my original raw data " .dv " movies on my internal hard drive.
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I have a 2011 era 27" iMac desktop w 2Tb HD internal and 250 Gb flash drive, and Lion OSX and iMovie 11.

Thanks. I tested it out and you were correct. I loaded 2 .dv movies from my external HD back onto my internal HD, and got them re-imported into iMovie, took a few short clips from each of the 2 iMovie events and pasted them into a new project in the Project Browser. Then I deleted these 2 "source clips" from my internal HD, closed iMovie and then re-opened it and found that iMovie would NOT export the smaller clips for a "highlights" .4mv movie without the "source clips" being available.
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As Studio X pointed out, you open a huge can of worms when you work with sequences of different specifications, but try this -
once the clip has been pasted into the sequence, click on it on the timeline so that it is selected. Now Control-click on that clip, and from the drop down menu, choose Remove Attributes.
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MtD

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Aloha,
Is there a way to move clips in the timeline that I have cleaned into a sub folder in an event library?
I come from a non FCP background and still trying to wrap my mind/workflow around the FCP formula. Generally I clean clips and drop "some" into a "to be used later" folder.
Example - While on location I might shoot some location shots while im waiting around. The locations shots will use in the last 3 mintues of a 25 minute finished project. When I get to post I edit and clean all clips in the order they are received. When I find the location clips I simply move them to a folder labled "to be used later". When I get to the section of the project/timeline were the clips are needed I drag them or the entire folder into the timeline.
I see how to make a folder inside an event but I am not able to drag a clips from the timeline to this created folder. I have tryied to hold down Shift, CMD, OPT, CTRL and have no sucess.
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Marbelle

Aloha Fox,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. I feel you really understood my concern and gave me some good viable options.
There is a lot for me to learn and unlearn. I have been editing for over 16 years and most of that time I was using Edius. This is big paradigm shift coming to the Mac and FCPX.
The idea for me is to edit the video and move the "to be used later clips" into a bin/folder instead of moving them to the location in the timeline were they will be used at that very moment. Its just a preference, I know plenty folks would just move the clip to the location. Edit software is just a tool I have to decide if FCPX is the right tool for me.
Thank you again Fox for your time and understanding of my question.
Be blessed,
Frederick
Marbelle

Whats the best way to import video clips from FCP into a personal template

Hey all, I'm doing some tests. I see some color shifting going on when I export out of FCP using QT conversion (same settings as sequence), Importing into Motion, then adding lower third graphics, then exporting out of Motion .... and finally back to FCP. I put the new graphic added layer on top and have the original on bottom. I toggle the monitor on both layers and see a slight saturation drop on the graphic layer. Has anyone noticed that ?
The reason Im doing this is because lets say I have lower thirds that I want to place throughout a hour show. I want to set-up a basic lower third template and just plug in the video clips for the areas that I need those graphics. It would be way to difficult to export out of the timeline in FCP
and rebuild those lower thirds everytime in Motion. Does anyone know of a better way or does everyone have to export out to the desktop and then into Motion every time they want to use a Motion template.
Thanks to any replies.

Try roundtripping from FCP to Motion and back using Send to Motion. In FCP, Control Click your clip>Send To>Motion Project. The clip will open in Motion with the proper project properties. Make your edits there, press Save, and then render back in FCP. No exporting necessary, although you might see a gamma shift. Much easier.
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Trying to use Imovie to create a movie using a Mac OSX 10.6.7, 3.2 g Intel core. Using clips from my Sony CRX 150 and need to remove sound in order to add music to the movie. HEELLLP!

OK, I 'm attempting my first movie here using this Mac OSX Snow Leopard with IMovie. I have clips I created from an 8mm Movie projector copied on my Sony CRX 150 and the sound of the projector is all over these clips and I have no idea how to remove that before adding music. So far this has been great and this is my first bump in the road. Also I notice tho, that the icon for my camcorder has disappeared from the desktop and looks like I'm gonna have trouble "ejecting" it in order to shut things down!!! HELLLLP!

Thanks. I tested it out and you were correct. I loaded 2 .dv movies from my external HD back onto my internal HD, and got them re-imported into iMovie, took a few short clips from each of the 2 iMovie events and pasted them into a new project in the Project Browser. Then I deleted these 2 "source clips" from my internal HD, closed iMovie and then re-opened it and found that iMovie would NOT export the smaller clips for a "highlights" .4mv movie without the "source clips" being available.
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Can't drag transitions or clips in FCPx 10.0.6

Hi,
After working in FCPx for a while, at some point, either after deleting a transition or something, I lose my ability to drag transitions or clips to the time line. I don;t get the hand pointer or anything. I just can't 'pick them up' to drag them.
I am using FCPX 10.0.6 and OSX 10.7.5 on a dual CPU, Gen 2, 8 Core Mac Pro with Raid drives and a 5770 HD Apple ATI, 12GB Ram.
Workarounds
- If I restart FCPX I can go to the same cut and easly drag and drop the transition.
- If I right click the transition and set it as default, I can add it using command-T.
- When I can't drag clips from the even viewer, command-E works and then I can re-arrage them in the project timeline.
What I am hoping here is for someone to say "Oh you are inadvertently putting FCPX into 'non-drag and drop mode', just press command-something to get your drag and drop back."
It is an annoyance, but due to the fact that it works after FCPX restart with exactly the same project and process I think it may be a bug or I am getting into some mode.
Thanks, Greg

Try trashing your Preferences.
This is commonly used as a remedial procedure in Applications like FCP X where preference files occasionally get corrupted and can cause unusual problems.
The simplest way to do it is by using Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion. (Free App).
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http://www.digitalrebellion.com/prefman/
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