Motn file transparent in fcp but same clip exp to mov file is black in fcp

This is not a problem per se as I have a fix but my question relates to understanding the why?
I have a short 4 second clip I made in Motion that is simply white text in a semi-transparent box that comes down from the top into the frame and then fades away. The background of the motion project is set to transparent, render is set to high quality. If I place the .motn file in a track in my FPC project and it is placed so that it is the track in the foreground of the frame, I get the usual red bar asking for a render. Composite mode on this track is set to Normal. I do a render and all looks fine. My text box comes down and fades away. My video in the background blends through fine and life is good. If, however, I render in Motion using Export, settings set to Animation Codec (http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/motion_text_in_fcpspencer.html) and then replace the .motn file with the .mov file that was exported, my sequence is totally black from the overlay file. If, however, I then select this .mov in the track and set the Composite mode to Screen, it looks just like what my sequence looked like with the .motn file.
I know what is going on, but I don't know why. What is confusing is the .motn file is transparent in the foreground with Composite Mode set to normal but the .mov clip must be set to Screen to accomplish the same thing.
Inquiring minds would like to know why?

You need to make sure that
1) Motion is actually exporting an alpha and that
2) FCP is correctly interpreting that alpha
Just choosing the Animation codec when you export from Motion is not enough. You need to go to the Output tab Color is set to "Color + Alpha".
If you have done so and still don't get transparency (without changing the composite mode) in FCP, then select the project file, right-click and choose item properties, and check the alpha interpretation - if it says none, change it to premultiplied with black.

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