Color ( or motion) on second computer - different  mac than Final Cut

Hi,
is there a way to install e.g. color or motion on a second computer and have Final Cut Pro send the clip/clips there for grading and back?
Or does the 'send to color' only work for 1 mac?
Thanks,
Robert
FCS2 in intel Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

"Send to Color" automates an xml path inherited from Final Touch. In theory, you should be able to Send to Color on your local machine to create the Color project, then transfer it to another machine as long as your media drives are mounted over the network. "Send to FCP" should still work when transferred back to your edit machine. Of course you'll need a licence for each, unless the drives are physically detachable. Not sure of the legalities of running FCP on one machine and Color on another with a single licence - in theory, you're not doubling up but I bet it won't let you.
FT/Color uses Unix symlinks, not aliases, and you can cheat it to provide file paths to drives that have vanished if you need to revisit projects where media has moved.

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