Edit Motion project as Motion template in FCP timeline?

Hi,
I'd like to know is it possible to turn basic Motion project into Motion template in Final Cut Pro timeline? If not possible I think this would be a great feature because it simply takes too much time to copy motion projects for example to 10 edits /library/motion... folder to have them accessible as templates. I know it wouldn't be possible to see preview videos this way but I wouldn't care. Motion templates are a great tool but this way a little bit too slow to use for simple text animations etc.

In FCP, right-click the Motion project and choose open in editor. In Motion, choose save as template.

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Many Thanks in advance.
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1868492&tstart=0
An ATI HD 3870 will sort you out.

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http://daystreet.com/Motiontext/Motiontext.html

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Hi,
My problem is verrrrry similar to yours:
When I add a Motion template onto my timeline and edit it, it shows and plays fine on the canvas -UNTIL- I render it...then it look like interlaced noise?
I am running FCP STUDIO 2 on a MAC BOOK PRO using Panasonic HVX200 footage (HD 720p24) .
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cheers.

Try this:
Quit FCP X...
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Sorry, I kind of thought my choice of words might be misunderstood. What I meant was that I always keep the original motion file that I initially created the template from in my current project folder. I am then able to open that original motion project file on the remote system and "save as template", so that (theoretically) I would end up with two identical templates (one on each system) located in the "user>library>application support>final cut studio>motion>template" directory.
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Pro Res 422 sd FCP sequence, field dominance none. This is viewed through a Kona LHe on a Sony PVM-14M4U.
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I am most likely missing something very simple as I am the King of User Error.
z.

Peter Wiggins wrote:
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Such as? Gotta link to anything as I'd really like to know. Perhaps my impression of sticking a Motion project into FCP is just faulty?

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Joe,
You might want to post this in the Motion forum
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=656

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hth
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Hi 2Plank,
With regard to Motion it's not all about the bus speed it's all about the gfx card, baby. FWIW RAM bus speed on my Mac Pro is 667mhz and Motion parties like a rockstar.
JSYK,
Peace-shizzle
p.s.
(recommendation)
You have (had) a Mac Mini which means you have (had) a monitor. Return the iMac, get a Apple Certified refurb Mac Pro for around the same price as a new iMac, use your Mac Mini monitor (if you still have it) and jam out on Motion like some American Idol billboard pop star while retaining valuable expandability options available exclusively for the Mac Pro.

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1) Open the template you want
2) save it (e.g, to the desktop
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I've been a big advocate for FCPX as there are a lot of great features but there are some things that are just killing me, no.1 render time.
I'm working on some simple presentation edits using motion templates I have built in motion 5 and published to fcpx. The templates all consist of a single dropbox for video with a type field for test messages next to it. These are against a flat white rectangle used to reflect (similar to the coverflow but against a white background) and a subtle camera sweep has been added so it slowly turns from one side to the other by 30 degrees. Each of these is 10 seconds long.
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are making life ****.
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In the way of troubleshooting, you could try and export just one of these 10 second segments.
I have no way of knowing for sure, but I guess that it might export in a much more reasonable amount of time.
I suspect that memory may be running scarce, which, as has been repeatedly mentioned in these fora, is a problem affecting many of us using FCP X under Lion. You mentioned you used "purge" in the Terminal, but in such a long render you might have had to do it repeatedly...

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