IDVD Templates into FCP

Okay, I know they're cheesy, but I was wondering if anyone knew how to get iDVD templates into FCP and if they're key-able once they're in? Or, if anyone has any tips on where else to get some fun templates? I know FCP has a lot of transitions, but I don't know about moving masks or anything.
I'm specifically thinking of the one that has the vertical bars sliding back and forth across the screen. I don't have After Effects or Motion, so I was just cropping slugs into bars and keying them around, but it seemed kind of silly. Any better ideas?
Thanks,
Ariel.
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You can copy the .mov files out of iDVD 4.x themes.
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Find the theme you want, I'll use 000_Theater.theme as example. Control-Click on 000_Theater.theme and slide down to Show Package Contents. Hold the option key down and drag the BackgroundMovieNTSC.mov to your desktop. (the option key will copy the file to desktop so you don't mess up the original theme) This is a QT file that you can now put into FCP.
The only problem is that the movie is 640x480 and not the 720x480 format that FCP uses.

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