Export 1 clip to FCP bin

Is it possible to import a clip from the Cinema Tools database into FCP bin? It seems that FCP wants only to import a CT log, not directly from the CT database, so in order to bring in one clip into FCP (a clip which was already in the CT database) I had to manually edit a log so that it only showed the one clip and then use the FCP CT import log feature, which made a second copy of the clip in the CT db log, which seems kind of redundant and wasteful. Why can't I just bring in one clip (CT to FCP) without these complications?

[Roundtripping is so not on my feature list...]
Out of FCPX, simply Share > Export Movie as ProRes, any "flavor" (even Proxy should have adequate bandwidth for excellent results.) [Don't confuse proxy media in FCPX with ProRes 422 Proxy which is a full resolution format that has a bandwidth of approximately 45Mbps for 1080/30p video. Proxy media in FCPX is ProRes 422 but 1/4 resolution (i.e., 1080 video is downconverted to 960x540.)]
You can drop the video into Motion (set your project to accommodate the length of the clip, or all the clips you need), do your thing, then Share > Export out of Motion and bring the video back into FCPX.
The way I figure it, the difference between the "new way" for Motion 5 and the old roundtripping is maybe one extra rendering.
With Motion 5, you don't need the video from FCPX. You design your effect and as soon as you save it, it's available in FCPX. There is a placeholder provided (with the exception of generator templates, for which they are simply not necessary.) If you need a "reference", you can export a still and load it into the placeholder while you design, then delete it when your finished.
The way Motion 5 and FCPX work together is so much better and more efficient than the old way of FCPStudio roundtripping.

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