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So first let me say I browsed the past forums and I didn't see a thread related to my question, but if this has already been answered, I apologize for missing it.
I'm not a complete newbie when it comes to Color, but I obviously am no pro. LOL
So here is the background. I am at the end of a project and I am color correcting, and I find that when I send my sequence to Color that footage that was sent to Motion shows up as a red x. I tried relinking it to the Motion file from within Color and that doesn't work. I know that the quick (not really though) fix would be to export the Motion project as a Quicktime movie and import that into my sequence in FC and then sending to Color, but that would disrupt the workflow I was hoping to establish, plus it slows me down.
So this question is as much about a better workflow as much as a way to get those red x'ed clips to show up in Color.
*Is there a way to get Color to recognize the clips from my FC sequence that are from Motion?*
I notice that sending thing to Motion really limits the things you can do without going back to Motion. *For example*-I had notice some shaky footage and wanted to use Smooth Cam filter to do a quick and dirty fix. It worked fine on the first clip, because it was just an ordinary clip. The second clip was footage that was sent to Motion, and it wouldn't take the filter. Ended up using the Stabilization action in Motion, but it was just so much more work and time to fix a simple thing.
I might have to rethink about when I send stuff to Motion.
*Any thoughts on this people?*
I'm surprised Apple just didn't integrate this a little more.
Below is my workflow:
1.Import footage to Final Cut, and do rough cuts, and final edits with transitions.
2. Send some footage to Motion, add effects.( at which point I lose transitions so I have to redo them, and in some cases set them up back in Motion)
3. Back in FC with some footage now replaced with the Motion project, send sequence to Soundtrack, to add music and sound effects to the effects created in Motion, and do other sound related things.
4. Back in FC add titles, credits and subtitles (which also turns to red x, but not a big deal)
5. Send to Color.
6. If I could get past #5 it would be a simple matter of exporting using Compressor and celebrating.
Should I bump Motion closer to the end? and go to Soundtrack to add the sound effects?
Thanks in advance!

Well to answer #1. I've done color correction in the past using the built in features in FC, but since Color was suppose to be this new great way to color correct I wanted to give it a chance. I've been to school for this stuff and after a few demos was glad I wasn't lost in how to use it.
I just assumed since Color was part of the the whole Final Cut package that all the programs would communicate and work together.
It funny that Apple didn't give Color the ability to support and recognize Motion files. Especially since people may be using the "send to Motion" feature in FC to do motion graphics.
As for question #2- I only understand part of what you are asking. I understand the point of the different codecs, and their purpose, but I have no way of memorizing them all. I just familiarize with a few core that I use on a regular
basis and keep my eye out for new ones.
I did notice that when you are done in Color and you "send to Final Cut" you get a whole new sequence with the retained transitions, filters, and audio.
Is this what you mean by all new media?
As far as your Apple integration comment look in the above response for what I was thinking.
Really the only thing that bugs me about the new Final Cut package is that when you use the "send to" feature to send footage to Motion, your original footage gets replaced by the Motion project, and once you do that (and I think this would affect any body's workflow, not just the one I proposed) their are many things you can't do, without going back to do it in Motion. And doing it in Motion might not be the best choice.
It would be nice if your original clips sent to Motion came back, in FC with just the added effects from Motion.

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