Image Mask doesn't import from FCPro to Motion?

I have some footage in final cut that i put an image mask on. The image mask was created in photoshop and knocks out a rectangular shape in my footage. Works great in FCPro.
I export it out as a .MOV with the animation CODEC set to millions of colors+. I read that codec is the only one that retains alpha channels.
I thought my image mask would create an alpha channel but when I import that into Motion, their is no alpha channel and the rectangular shape that should be invisible is now visible.
Any suggestions?

Check out the sequence settings of the FCP sequence you're exporting from.
If it's NOT animation millions +, then you'll need to export an UNrendered
sequence using Quicktime conversion to animation millions +
to get the alpha channel. If you render it before exporting,
you lose the alpha channel.
If the sequence settings are animation millions + , then it doesn't matter.
BTW, both JPEG2000 and PNG also support alpha channels.
Les

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