How do I add a white background or slug to a movie clip?

Hello, I'm trying to change my background from black to white on a clip in Final Cut Pro 10.0.2. I would like to know how to add a slug... or just change the background color. Any thoughts?

ProRes 422 doesn't support alpha channels. There is no transparent background in that clip. You'll need to ask your colleague to output it in ProRes 444, I think.
Roundtrip to Motion or directly importing a Motion project has never been supported in FCP X. It's lame but that's not a .2 change.
The "official" way to get your motion project to FCP X right now would be to create it as an FCP X generator in Motion and publish it. I'm not sure how you share those published Motion templates as I haven't really gotten into Motion 5 much. This should preserve the transparency.
I hope they add better Motion integration with the old "Send to Motion" feature soon.

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