Why is my animated title speeding up?

Question

I have just made an animated custom title for FCPX using Motion.
At the 2 sec mark the title does it's animation for 15 frames.
When I drag the title into the FCPX timeline it works fine.  But if I shorten it, it also shortens the length of the animation.  Is there a way to prevent the title from scaling it's animation parameters?

Answer 1

FCPX will scale the timing for effects. The mechanism used in Motion to control the timing are "project markers".
You have several choices:
Build In Optional / (or) Mandatory
     Everything in the project up to the marker will play with exact timing. Anything after will be scaled (unless there is a build out marker.)
Build Out Optional / (or) Mandatory
     Everything in the project after this marker will play with exact timing. Anything before this marker will be scaled unless there is a build in marker.
Between the Build In and Build Out Marker is a "stretch" zone in timing.
Build In/Out is very useful for things that animate in.... remain static for indefinite periods ... then animate out.
Project Loop End
This marker sets a loop point between a build in marker (if it exists) and the loop end marker. Nothing after this marker plays in FCPX.
For your project, move the playhead to the 15 frame mark.  Make sure NO layers are selected in the Layers List.  Type M to set the marker then Command-Option-M to call up the dialog box to set the marker type. If you want to optionally scale the speed, use a Build In Optional marker, otherwise use Build In Mandatory.  For Optional markers, a checkbox is automatically published for FCPX.