Roundtrip Motion 5 from Final Cut X?

It would seem that I can't figure out how to send a clip from Final Cut X to Motion 5? I can open effects from FCX in Motion 5 to edit them, but cannot send video clips themselves. Any ideas?

This is the "new and improved" workflow to use a motion file in FCPX:
Open Motion
Open your file
Go to "File -> Publish Template"
Enter a Name and chose a category
Select "Publish as Final Cut Generator"
Hit "Publish"
Lose every reference to the original source media, as everything will be copied into your movies directory
Restart Final Cut Pro X (it does not pick up new generators without restarting)
Go to your Generators Browser and drag your file to your project
I too don't understand why Apple removed the "1. Locate file in Finder, 2. Drag to your project" and "1. Click send to motion, 2. Done" workflow.
Man I'm still raging about this s**t.

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