Sending text to Motion does nothing but open a new file

I'm editing in FCP and created a text object, carefully placing it in exactly the right position. I right click on the text in the timeline and choose "Send to Motion" but all it does is open a new file. Seems to me it should have actually "sent the text" to Motion as it implies. Did they really not include this feature? Otherwise, its pretty darn meaningless.
Now it seems like I have to re-typeset the text, and go back and forth until I get the placement right again. So much for simplified workflows!

Your fundamental approach to this is wrong.
Tom has already pointed out that Motion is a graphics and text animation tool (amongst other things).
If your point of reference for positioning text is based on the content of the video track below it -send the video clip to Motion and apply the text there, where you can also apply any number of effects to it. Motion has access to exactly the same typefaces that FCP has and a few more in the form of "LiveFonts".
If you wish to have the animated text as a separate element, you can simply delete the video from the background layer in Motion once the positioning and timing has been established. If it needs to be tweaked or changed completely, simply right click it on the FCP Timeline and choose Open in Editor. This will launch Motion with the text project loaded automatically.
So consider it a suggestion for future versions of FCS. (If these posts filter up to the right people!)
They don't. Apple Discussions participants are all users, just like you.

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