Sending FCP 7 Clips to Motion 5

Is anyone else having an issue sending Final Cut Pro 7 clips directly to motion 5? Whenever I attempt to do this, it opens in motion 5, but doesn't show up. It's in the timeline, but the window is just black. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone know how to fix it.
Thanks.

well it depends on the precise nature of the job in hand, but if there is a lot of multi layering, I might export as many movies as I  have layers. Or if there are only a few extra bits and pieces I might add those to the end of the layer and cut it back up and reposition in Motion. Its not an exact science, and as yet there is no official integration between fcpx and M5 yet. There may be some third party xml solution, but to be honest most of the time its just as easy and more robust to export movies from fcp.
adam

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