Opacity Issue

For some reason I cant resolve this issue.
I'm versioning a 10 min video with new text from a superless master.
Each title requires motion, one layer is text that has opacity set at 20% and the other layers are 100%. If I mix the two in motion the opacity shows perfectly but I'd rather just layer the motion - text over the video in final cut.
So, when I do that the layer that has opacity set at 20% isn't showing properly, it is transparent but is more grey ( alpha issue?)
I'm importing the motion file into fcp as motion not a qt file.
If you want to look at the motion file you can download the project here...
http://download.yousendit.com/AA343A101144D6EB
thoughts???

Glows are hard to get to look right if you bring them from Motion into FCP and try to composite them normally, since they look a lot better when composited with add blend mode instead of just using the alpha channel. One way you could do it is to separate the glow element and the text into their own Motion files, and composite the glow file in FCP using the "Add" composite mode.

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