Transparent background from motion to Final Cut pro

Hi Guys,
Can someone help me with this. If I do stuff in LiveType the basic background is trasparent, which means no background. And I can easily export it to final cut and use it how it is. But in Motion it gives me always a background. In the view by the chanels i can set it to transparent, but when I export it as a mov file the background colour is there.
So is there anyone who could help me how to work out this problem.
Thanks in advance,
Andor Zahonyi

Heya Andor,
As the other folks posted: LiveType defaults to exporting movies using the Animation codec (which supports alpha/transparency). The default codec in Motion (for SD and DV projects) is the DV/NTSC codec, which doesn't support alpha/transparency. Just click on the 'Options' button in the Export dialog window and pick the Animation codec.
Better yet, do as Rodrigo and Graham suggested and take advantage of the FCP<->Motion integration. No need to even render. Rather than re-explain stuff that is already well-covered in the documentation, go to the Help menu, open the manual, and go to Appendix C. It will give you clear, step-by-step instructions on how to roundtrip between FCP and Motion. Check it out.
Good luck with your project!

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