Export FCP clips into Motion 2

I have a series of short clips that I want to place a title over. When I export to editor. Motion can't open the clip file. So I tried send to motion and the filters are lost.
What gives? How do you all work this?

"Open in Editor is used for an embedded Motion project (or Soundtrack Pro, or LiveType, or Shake for that matter). You need to select the clips in the timeline and choose Send to Motion, then name the Motion project which will replace the clips. Yes, you will lose your filters. Only Motion tab properties go along for the ride. Why not use Motion to apply your filters?

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Export FCP clip to Motion

This must be pretty basic, but I've tried several things with the same results. I just want to get a 12 second clip from my FCP timeline into a new Motion project, but when I hilight the clip in the timeline and "send to Motion", in Motion I get the entire clip that was originally captured, (which was 20 minutes), not the edited clip. How do I send just the clip from the timeline to Motion?
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.4) DVDSP4;FCP5;Motion2

I just set in and out points of a clip bringing it into the timeline at just over 5 seconds.
Clicked on the clip, and right click to send to a Motion project. Got the dialog box, and named it, and it opened in Motion at the 5 second length.
Are you up to date with the latest versions of FCP 5.0.4. and Motion 2.0.x?
best wishes
David
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Export a clip to Motion

Is it possible to export a clip or a group of clips from either the timeline or the event browser in FCP X and have them open in Motion 5?
Thanks
David

[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.

Can't get my FCP project into Motion

Working with FCP 5.1.4 and Motion 2.1.2.
I tried to send the Final Cut project I'm working on via:
File > Send to "Motion Project"
Error I keep getting says "wrong file type"
Am I just a *******? Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks much,
Art

Well, the whole project. But it's small. Under a minute. But I did select it by doing a command-A before trying the Send to > Motion project. I can get it into motion by exporting as QT movie then importing into motion, I just know there's probably a more direct route.

Export movie clip into a series of png(images)

Hi Im using flash CS6 and I was wondering if it is possible to export a movie clip into a series of images, ie if there are 200 frames, convert the movie clip to 200 images...preferably png.
Thanks all!

We write blitting scripts(AIR) that essentially frame capture to create sequences or sprite sheets (RGBA32 png no problem)
the only downside is you need to author a definitive start -> end to define the number of frames you want.
if you nest a Bird flap with 5 frames clips inside a 6 frame hop then the clip will only loop perffectly if you author 30 frames...
if you want to make it exactly 6 frames without skipping you need to manually unify these motions
There is sprite packing software (such as texture packer) which will blit a swf [movieClip]; I author traditional 2D vFX in flash, add some blur/glow and other tween FX such as advanced color/alpha changes. (make sure the timelines are unified) Bring the swf to Texturepacker and the thing blits out the sprite sheet wonderfully with all the movieClip filter FX.
works great,
too bad the native flash software can't do this. in order to do it in flash you have to use graphic symbols. therefore the timelines must show you the animation and what you see is what you get. And since they have to be graphics you don't get any movieclip filters blur/glow . dissapointing

Exporting FCP footage to Motion

The replies helped out a lot before, so I'll try it again. If I make speed adjustments or add freeze frames to video footage in FCP, then export it to motion. The footage opens in motion w/ incorrect footage than I sent. The freeze frame wasn't frozen, and was from completely different video than what the freeze frame was. Is it not wise to send effects made in FCP into Motion?
any advice would be great

Michael - if you do a search here (speed change, under the hood, scrub filter, FCP) you'll find this has been discussed quite a bit and some pretty good solutions can be found, including a link to an excellent article by Mark Spencer on the Ken Stone site...
Search is your friend...
Patrick

Problem pulling clips into Motion

Hi, I'm having a peculiar problem, and I wonder if anyone here can help.
I have a sequence I'm cutting in Final Cut with two clips -- one clip is running at 100% speed, and the other is running at 50% speed -- slow motion.
When I select the two clips and send them to Motion, something very weird happens. The normal-speed clip shows up fine, but the slow-mo clip shows up as a different clip entirely! We're talking a whole different spot on the tape (which has different timecode and everything)!
Now, I've tried all sorts of combinations to avoid what is clearly a BUG in Motion, including re-capturing JUST that portion of the tape into its own clip. When I do that, in Motion, the second clip (the 50% speed clip) shows up as a static image of the very last frame of that re-captured clip.
I need to remove green screen and lay in an animation underneath the clip that's running at 50% speed, but right now I can't. Has anyone encountered this bug before? Is there a workaround?
I can't figure out how to make a clip slow-motion in Motion... if I could, I could just import the clip at full speed (that works fine).
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
OZ

Search is your friend:
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=f65&search=Go&q=speed+change
Plus: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1375867&#1375867
Patrick

Export XDCAM clips into Final Cut

I'm working on a project where all clips were supplied in XDCAM format. I exported using XDCAM EX clip browser so that now they are in a program called XDCAM transfer with an mxf extension. Now I need to get them into Final Cut(7) but can't figure out how. Can anyone help .
Jeff

In Final Cut Pro, choose File > Import > Sony XDCAM...
That will cause the XDCAM Transfer app to open with hooks into your FCP project. Use XDCAM Transfer to log your selects and press the Import button at lower right. The clips will be imported to the Import Location and appear in your project's Browser window in FCP.
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How do I export from QT into "motion jpeg" / mjpeg?

Hello,
my digitale frame does only accept "motion jpeg" as a video format.
How do I export from QT?
I read in various notes in the Web, that QT does support MJPEG-A and MJPEG-B
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You need to get Quicktime Pro...and pick Motion Jpeg from the export drop down menu.

Transitions with FCP after bring clip to Motion

Here is my problem. I brought a clip into Motion, and applied some effects, etc...and it looks great so now it is in FCP. The next clip was not edited in motion, just a regular clip edited in FCP. When I apply a transition it doesn't let me change the length of the transition. I can successfully change the transition between 2 normal clips, but I'm unable to change the transition length between a clip that was edited in motion and a regular FCP clip. Any suggestions?

Did you export the Motion clip out of Motion, then import it into FCP? If so, then you lost your 'handles'.
Have you tried 'Send to Motion' from FCP...work on it there, then bring it back to FCP? That's probably the best workflow.
Either that or when you send a clip to Motion, make sure you include media prior to and after your known in/outs, so you have extra media to make a transition with, when you export it out of Motion.
K
EDIT - at the very least, you should be able to use a transition on your current Motion clip, but you'll need to make the transition work from within available media on the Motion clip...like 'beginning on' or 'ending on'.
Message was edited by: Kevan D. Holdsworth

Bringing FCP video captures into Motion

Im doing a project where I have captured video in FCP from a mini DV camcorder. I captured the video using the DV NTSC default setting.
These clips need to come into Motion in the highest quality possible.
What is the best protocol for bringing those clips into Motion?
Do I export the footage out of FCP first and then bring that file into Motion?
Do I drive to where the Capture Scratch is and import the clip from there?
Do I need to turn on HiQuality Video setting in Quicktime Pro on the clips Im bringing in before I use them in Motion?
Thanks.

Take your elements (clips you want to use), stack them up in the video layers select them and ctrl-click on the stack and select Send to Motion project. Select the imbed Motion Content flag and the the Launch Motion flag. Don't worry about High Quality settings, don't worry about capture scratch - just let that be behind the scenes/under the hood stuff.
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Hi,
Is there a way to export multiple clips into separate files from the timeline. So, basically i have a time line with many clips which i need to export to individual files, not one long video. In FCP 7 I would drag all these clips into a new folder and then batch export. But in FCPX?
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Of course i's not "half baked". Just because it lacks a feature that you want doesn't make it so.
There isn't as NLE out there that doesn't attract complaints from some users about its functionality in some area or other.
Fortunately, the fully functional trial version gives us a good chance to find out first-hand whether the design meets our requirements.
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I'm a newbie to Motion and I've downloaded the dvMatte for Motion so I can do what I hope to do, which is to shoot a short Monthly PodCast in front of a green screen and insert a Virtual Set behind me.
I insert my clip into motion, apply the dvMatte filter, then add a picture of the virtual set as a layer to the timeline.
It looks great, initially. But the image/picture is inserted with a duration of only 3 seconds. I can't seem to locate a way to extend the duration for that picture to the same as that of the keyed clip.
The clip is, in this case only 8 seconds. So I end up with a great 3 seconds of my virtual set with me in front of it, then just the black matte behind me.
Are photos not permitted to be extended?

Bob, take the time to thank those who helped (especially Nipsey since he figured out what was going on) by clicking on the or the over people's posts.
see:
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.
If we use the forums properly they will work well...
Patrick

Can You Send A Clip To Motion?

I don't have the tools I need in FCPX to complete a title sequence as I would like, so I thought I'd just send the clip to Motion and work with it there. Is this possible in FCPX? I don't see it in the help document.
Thanks,
Lawrence

I suppose the questions were similar. But earlier I was asking if there was a way to import a motion file into FCPX. This time, I was merely asking if you could send a video clip to Motion as the basis for starting a Motion project. I understand the lack of round-tripping. Just wanted to quickly get my video clip into motion to lay the titles over it there. But I guess it makes sense that if you can't bring it back, then you can't send it out. . . well, as much as any of this is making sense.
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Lawrence

Putting Camera clips into iMovie

I have captured some clips with my Sony digital camera (PC-100)and imported them into iPhoto. I can export these clips into Quicktime and play it in the QT player with sound. The clips are in MPEG 1 format.
However, I am not able to import these QT movies into iMovie with the sound intact. The video is imported but the sound is gone. How do I preserve the sound from these MPEG 1 clips?
I have QT 7 Pro but it does not show having an audio track!?
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Thanks Sue and you all for the info.
Yes, I did catch the MPEG2 part and did not purchase the software...maybe later when I need it (to play back or incorporate clips recorded in a stand alone video recorder? or DVD!) The free program Streamclips worked great...both on a PC as well as on the Mac. I have successfully made movies out of the camera clips with sound.
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