Motion doesn't run in Leopard

Hi.
On my MacBookPro Core 2 Duo 17 inch, Motion 3 does not run. Two bounces in the dock and then it disappears. FCP and Aperture both run well.
The Crash report log is long, arcane and meaningless to me unfortunately.
Richard T

Howdy,
People have a short memory: the same thing was encountered when Tiger came out. As you might be aware, Final Cut Studio (especially Motion) uses a number of shared frameworks which are not stored in the app (being shared and all) but in the /System/Library and /Library directories.
When you do an Archive & Install, the OS installer just copies over your home folder and the contents of the /Applications directory. This leaves the frameworks stranded. You'll probably run into similar issues with the newer Adobe stuff.
You'll need to reinstall Motion. Just make sure you delete it from the /Applications directory, first, or you'll end up with the missing presets problem.
And, as Patrick pointed out, it's not a good practice to upgrade your OS (or any major software) when in the middle of a project.

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[click on image to enlarge]
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