Q: How can I send a text clip from the Timeline to Motion?

Third party software required.

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/1798-automatic-duck-announce-xsend-moti on-get-final-cut-pro-x-timelines-into-motion-5

TThere is no send to Motion function in FCP. You can right-click on most titles, effects, and transitions in the Browser and select open a copy in Motion to make a modified version.

THere is also a third party utility call XsendMotion that uses XML to send content to Motion.

Why do you have to send a title to Motion? Can't you do just about everything you can do in Motion right in FCPX?? Did you look at the Text inspector???

Jeremy Bell2 wrote:

 

I tried right-clicking on my text clip, but there's no "send to Motion" option listed there. 

The 'send to Motion' is not avail when you right-click on a clip in a timeline.

But when you click on the tilte in the title selection tab ...