Pb motion 5 to FCPX

I seem to have followed all of the process. When create a title and save as Title5 it does appear in FCP X but then when I wish to use it I get a RED warning with a T and a yellow alert. I have tried several configurations but nothing seems to work.
Does anybody have an idean Thanks
Nick in Paris France

The preference files are in your user library which you can only see by going to the go menu in finder and holding down the option key while clicking. A library option will appear. Easiest may be to download Preference manager from Digital Rebellion (It's Free). Then select Motion and FCP preferences to be deleted. I was able to view your video ok. You did drop your clip into the title background zone which means you won't see the clip in FCP. It will be replaced by the clip that you place the title over but it should not cause the issue you are having. I created a title following your workflow from the video and had no problem until I deleted the file from Motion Templates and then went back to Motion where the project was still open and hit save. That did not recreate the files in Motion Templates so I got the redT in FCP. I had to do a save as in Motion and then it was ok. A point to remember is that when you delete a title from the Motion Templates folder it will still show up in FCP title browser until you relaunch FCP. If you try to use it in FCP you will get the Red T error. So always when you delete a title which you have been playing with always relaunch FCP. Since you right clicked a title in FCP and opened it in Motion and had the same problem that implies some issue with Motion or FCP. You might try it without renaming and it should show up in FCP as the title name with copy after it. If trashing the preferences doesn't help I would reinstall FCP and Motion. You might try FCP first and see if that fixes it.

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See the "Share projects, clips, and ranges" section of the "Share your project" chapter in the user manual.
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I have 2 iMacs of different generations, both up-to-spec and up-to-date on OS, FCP, and Motion.
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Yay it's Luis and Russ! Hello colleagues!
Luis: I tink I posted a link to one of the troublesome assets for you, but I limped through the completion of that project by keeping the inspector closed. I still suffered lots o click-lag, spinny balls, and, at the end, an overnight render, but I got through. This was on a 90minute show choir concert that had about 12x 8 second lower 3rds, and about 3 minutes of full screen titles, rolls, and credits. All of the FCP generator assets were made by me from scratch in Motion5. The current post relates to a similar problem, but on a different machine with different assets. The current complaint is from my slightly older iMac (lower power than the new one but still quite capable when using the former versions of this software), and the generators came from Motion projects which were originally created in Motion4. So unless there is something wrong with my practice in using FCPX generators, something in common across the 4 or 5 projects where I have experienced similar problems, I think that a corrupt template is an unlikely explanation.
Russ: I run my systems stock - that is to say that the only 3rd party plugins I have installed are the Canon EOS and XF plugins I use for ingesting media. I don't have any plugins related to MoGraph, editing, rendering, or memory management. These are custom generators that I am creating, chasing the "template" functionality I used to enjoy between Motion and FCP7. So yes, user generated custom generators - and I have had similar problems with several batches of varying complexity and varying origin.
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I'm a bit short having time for my tests, but what I found out so far.
• avoid any 'natural motion blurr' in your recordings
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(recording 720/60p, ~1/1000th shutter speed, Project setting 25p)
• notice the perfect blending of motion far away from cam (player girl in green)
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Not necessary to say, that this was not problem in FCP7 and Motion 4 and is not FCXP and Motion 5.
There you just right clicked the clip in timeline and select "Send to Motion".
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This is frustrating...
Mark Spencer4 wrote:
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http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/motion_5_new_features_spencer.html

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adam

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inoocentius

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missamr wrote:
.... In Motion 5, are there additional effects that you can access in FCPX with out having to create them or if you create one how do you access it in FCP?
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It is a tool box to create your very own ones.
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http://library.creativecow.net/neil_andy/Motion-Quick-Tip-5-FCPX/1
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in result is seen in Preview (I'm using a 2 monitor set, therefor that odd arrangement of windows )
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Best way to move files between FCPX and Motion?

What is the best protocol for bringing files back and forth between Motion and FCPX?
How do I save out from Motion for import to FCP? Is it with Templates?
Whats the drill?
I have looked at both the helps and am coming up short.
Thanks.

If you're simply working in generic Motion project, ProRes 422 Quicktime files are the best format for going back and forth.
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