Lower 3rd templates in Motion?

I am brand new to Motion. How can I access some lower 3rd templates that I can make basic modifications to? Using Motion 3.
Thanks.

I am also not able to view it in the Viewer, and I tried other Master Templates, so I'm guessing something is wrong with it. Guess it is time to learn Motion.
I opened the Basic White - Lower Third NTSC template.
1.) I selected text and typed over it when it first showed up in the timeline. Is this the only place it needs to be changed OR do I need to change it at some other keyframe?
2.) How do I select a shape to delete it or change its color? Example: the rectangle that the word Live sits on top of. How could I either change the color or delete it and all the shapes on top of it?
Thanks!

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Basically.... no. It's only a quick template for those too lazy to do their own. You're better off using title 3d and a color matte. You could add a gradient for that 80's fade off to one side. The fun of a program like fcp is that there are multiple ways to do all sorts of things. You can also build your titles in motion, which incorporates the features of (now nearing extinction) livetype.

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Hi,
place the playhead at the beginning of the lower third clip, in motion tab>position>use numerical values (in the top left space, right next the plus button enter -960 (are you on a 16:9 project? values depend on your lower third width too) and hit the keyframe button.
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Plus you can always find new freebies being released here: http://www.fcp.co/forum/9-free-fcpx-plugins-and-templates
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And back a hundred years ago, we called them title cards. There was a time when you had to get all your titles (main, lower thirds, subtitles etc) hot pressed white on black, on heavy glossy card stock. These went to the optical house, who put them on the animation stand and shot the proper length plus some, so that either a negative matcher could cut them into c and d rolls (a and b being pix negative rolls) or they could be incorporated into the optical workflow-- sandwiched in the printer with the negative for more complicated processes. You had to know beforehand what the workflow was, so you could shoot interpositives, negatives, internegatives or the ok but very short lived CRI process. All in all, in intensive, expensive process.
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I am intermediate to graphics and I was using the Digital Duice Editor's Took kit #10 - #239 lower third to use as a lower third while adding text in motion.< </div>
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Without watching over your shoulder, it's difficutl to tell whaich of the many beignner's mistakes you could be making. Once you figure it out, though, you wil lnever make them again.
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Lower 3rd

Hello Everyone,
I want to ask a question in regards to Lower 3rd.
I am making a dvd with some names on the bottom(Lower 3rd) but something i dont like.
I am creating the lowerd 3rd in Photoshop.THEN i insert it in Premiere Pro.
Then i encode mpeg-2 file.So far so good.When i play on 22" tv this video the lower 3rd looks very nice.But when i play the video on 46"tv the lower 3rd looks crap.It lookes like it has been resized and i can see pixels.WHAT options do i have?Should i make the lower 3rd bigger in Photoshop and then after i import to premiere pro just to scale down?Will that work?How do they do it in commercial tv that no matter what size tv you watching the lower 3rd is clear and good quality?
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