...reversing motion in a clip?...

...i created an effect in MOTION 2 with a transparent background, but would like to reverse the action, how is it done? I exported a video file as lossless with alpha to FCP and reversed the motion there, but on playback somehow the transparency of the reversed portion of the clip has not retained it's transparency. Thanks

Whoops
Negative values on speed only work in Final Cut. My Bad.
In Motion/Inspector/Properties/Timing there is a Reverse checkbox.

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