Help...! Importing a clip from FCP to Motion?

I'm using FCS 5.1 and I'm totally new to it. I simply want to take a video clip from FCP and work with it on Motion. The said video clip is on a timeline, with in and out points already set. I simply want to take this small segment and add a cool effect to it on Motion. Since I have no idea how this is suppose to be done, I tried dragging the clip from the FCP timeline to the Motion window. This does not work.

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 !
  Alberto

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