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May 4, 2014 10:08 PM in response to milianaaby fox_m,★HelpfulEffects need to be "installed" in a very specific location.
Inside the Users folder on your main hard drive is your user folder (with your exact username as the label with a little house icon).
Inside that you will find a folder called Movies.
Inside that you need to have a folder called Motion Templates. If you don't have it, you can create it. Once created, right click on the folder and Get Info. In the Name & Extensions section, make sure it reads: "Motion Templates.localized" (without the quotes). The case sensitive spelling (including spaces) is very important.
Inside the Motion Templates folder, there should be at least four other folders labelled: Effects, Generators, Titles, and Transitions. If these folders do not exist, you can create them. You must do the same as Motion Templates and go into Get Info and make sure their extensions are .localized. These are the only folders requiring the localized extensions. [Do not add the localized extension from the Finder.]
Determine the type of effect you are installing (Effect, Title, Transition, Generator) and open that folder.
You will need to *provide* a category. If the folders already exist, you can choose a category that already exists; otherwise, create a Category for your effect type. (A lot of people miss this step...) The Category is the section in which you'll find the effect in FCPX in the Effect browser (under the type of effect to which it belongs.)
Open the Category folder and place the entire folder for the effect inside.
Effects in FCPX are actually a "bundle" of files arranged by a parent folder with the same name of the effect. Inside there will be two thumbnail .png files, the Motion project (ending in .moef, .motn, .moti, or .motr) and a Media folder. All of these files (and folder) need to be present in order for FCPX to properly "read" the effect into the application. I think many people might make the mistake of removing the Motion file from its parent folder when installing (and therefore "break" the effect [temporarily -- it's fixable].)
There is technically another "level" that can be used within categories called a Theme, but until you're comfortable installing effects in the "usual" method, you shouldn't worry about it.
HTH
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May 5, 2014 5:56 AM in response to fox_mby milianaa,Thank you so much for your thorough response. I didn't touch anything or added anything but I followed your steps in checking if the files were with their right extension but the problem still persists – even when I restart FCPX and Motion.
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May 5, 2014 10:22 AM in response to milianaaby fox_m,You can open the effects you have in Motion and turn right around and Save them again... That should reset them for FCPX. I recently was corresponding with a person who just recently upgraded his hardware to the new Mac Pro and had a very similar problem. This was the only way he could solve it.
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Jun 30, 2014 4:57 AM in response to milianaaby Neilsonite,Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm experiencing the same issue with titles created in Motion turning up in FCPX with the same altert icon (but with a 'T' instead of a '2'). The saving again option doesn't work for me...
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Oct 29, 2014 9:24 PM in response to Neilsoniteby pierre-alexandrefromsydney,Hi Guys,
I have tried everything you said but unfortunately for me anything happened. Still the same problem.
what can i do?
Can you please help me. ?
Thank you
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Oct 29, 2014 10:46 PM in response to milianaaby Karsten Schlüter,solution here for same problem:
just update FCPX.
my home-brewn plugins made in Motion 5.1.2 didn't work in FCPX10.1.1 ...
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Oct 29, 2014 10:48 PM in response to Karsten Schlüterby pierre-alexandrefromsydney,how to update FCPX ?
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by Karsten Schlüter,Oct 29, 2014 10:54 PM in response to pierre-alexandrefromsydney
Karsten Schlüter
Oct 29, 2014 10:54 PM
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Videopierre-alexandrefromsydney wrote:
how to update FCPX ?
log-in to AppStore, hit 'update' .. (???)
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Oct 29, 2014 11:38 PM in response to Karsten Schlüterby pierre-alexandrefromsydney,One of my friend give me Final cut pro x on a usb and then there is no update for the software on my app store.
another solution?
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by Tom Wolsky,Oct 30, 2014 12:26 AM in response to pierre-alexandrefromsydney
Tom Wolsky
Oct 30, 2014 12:26 AM
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Apple TVYUyou either need to buy FCP or download the trial version, good for one month.
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Oct 30, 2014 1:47 AM in response to Tom Wolskyby pierre-alexandrefromsydney,Ok thank you.
I just bought the paid version on App store.
With this version there will not have any problem to use my motion project on FCPX ?
thank you guys for your help.
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by Luis Sequeira1,Oct 30, 2014 3:30 AM in response to pierre-alexandrefromsydney
Luis Sequeira1
Oct 30, 2014 3:30 AM
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Mac OS Xpierre-alexandrefromsydney wrote:
Ok thank you.
I just bought the paid version on App store.
With this version there will not have any problem to use my motion project on FCPX ?
thank you guys for your help.
It should work nicely. Make sure that both applications are updated to the latest versions.
By the way, the problem some people experienced in this thread had nothing to do with using a trial per se. The trial is fully functional for 30 days). What seems to have happened is that the version (10.1.1?) in the trial was not current.
