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I am doing a lower third in Motion and exporting the mov file to use in FCP.
The FCP timeline is in ProRes422.
If I export the text in Animation codec it looks jaggy and not good quality.
If I export the same thing in ProRes422 it looks good in FCP.
But, I can't get the transparency in the background with 422 , thats the problem.
How can I get around this?
In the past, with text, from Motn to FCP, I have had two video tracks with the same graphic and the top one was set to Travel Matte - Luma, and this gave me transparency, but my lower 3rd has a moving graphic element.
Can I export in Motion with 422 and somehow get a transparent background?
Thanks,,

If your sequence will not render to your satisfaction in the host codec and because text cannot possibly get any better than that, you're either looking at it improperly, have something set incorrectly (render settings in FCP? Commonly missed problem), or your expectations are unreasonably high. But I'm not watching over your shoulder, no clue what you're doing or why you're doing it that way. But I know that Motion's text and pixel output is beautiful so I've got no problem insisting you have an easily corrected user error, you just need to figure out which one it might be.
Might try Mark Spencer's articles:
http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/smartin/story/renderingmotion_projects_in_final_cutpro/
http://www.applemotion.net/page20/page20.html
Why do you think a "mask" would improve the rendering?

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