I have motion 3 project convert to 5

When I open a motion 3 file to convert to motion 5 and askes for missing files ie lightning2.mov in motion 3 they are located in Library, application support,motion,content,particle images.
BUT not the same in 5 and canot find the file with search, but the file is shown in motion library
how can I find them to re link
Vernon Salmon

Jim
Thanks spent hours befor trying to find how to do this started opening my old computer G5 and copied them.
vernon

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