Final Cut Pro trial not showing third-party transitions

Hi, please help. I have a new Macbook M4 Pro. Since I edit videos, I wanted to try Final Cut. Because the computer is new, I took advantage of the offer to try a three-month free subscription (Creator Studio)—after three months, I would switch to an annual subscription. I'm already quite advanced in my skills and wanted to install additional transitions. I watched many tutorials... after copying them to the Transitions folder (and adding LOCALIZED to the names), Final Cut only sees the category name but does not display the transitions. I tried running the transition in MOTION and then saving it (even as a new category), but Final Cut only sees the CATEGORY. What is the reason for this? Is it because of the trial period?

Posted on Feb 19, 2026 11:31 PM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2026 12:03 AM

Please post a screenshot of the Finder, in Column View, showing the path to the transition, similar to the one below.

Note that "Lichinho" below is the category, and "Asym Dissolve" is the transition.

Also note: "Motion Templates" and "Transitions" must be localized, but not the category folder, or the transition folder itself.


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Feb 20, 2026 12:03 AM in response to MirekCzech

Please post a screenshot of the Finder, in Column View, showing the path to the transition, similar to the one below.

Note that "Lichinho" below is the category, and "Asym Dissolve" is the transition.

Also note: "Motion Templates" and "Transitions" must be localized, but not the category folder, or the transition folder itself.


Final Cut Pro trial not showing third-party transitions

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