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It would seem that I can't figure out how to send a clip from Final Cut X to Motion 5? I can open effects from FCX in Motion 5 to edit them, but cannot send video clips themselves. Any ideas?
"Cant be done" ??!! so you can't "send to motion" from FC (7) anymore?! - right, it's definitely going back!
While I agree that functionality should be there, Motion and Final Cut Pro are now more fully integrated than they ever have been before. Every single title, transition, effect, and generator in FCP X is a Motion 5 project - and can be very easily modified in Motion. And you can create your own and publish them to Final Cut Pro very easily. It's just not the integration you are used to.
Oh sure, Mark. Point out the really fabulously great upside.
Be that way! 😉
oh 'king great. I hadnt quite realised the send to motion had gone. What a colossal epic fail. I might as well use AE for this kind of integration. Might be fine for doing a transition or a general purpose looks filter, but absolutely no good for compositing. So thats two apps they've killed. As i said motion is now just an fcp fx editor.
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I understand your frustration - it is a bit shocking that the basic round-tripping functionality is gone. But I'm not ready to throw out the baby with the bathwater - let's see what the updates bring.
ok that calms me down a bit, I'm sure you know what you're talking about. However apart from the black windows and rigging what has Motion 5, a whole new version got to offer over v4? Now don't get me started on Compressor that doesnt even have the black windows! Not going to throw anything out yet, and in fact enjoying fcpx for some aspects, I'll wait for the updates patiently. But if you're wrong!!!!!!! :-)
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Mark Spencer4 wrote:
Every single title, transition, effect, and generator in FCP X is a Motion 5 project - and can be very easily modified in Motion. And you can create your own and publish them to Final Cut Pro very easily. It's just not the integration you are used to.
Mark,
Does that mean that FCP X eventually becomes cluttered up with say a bunch of lower third effects from all the old projects you have worked on in the past (along with all the title graphics / whatever else you create and publish to FCP X over time)?
Also, does that mean as mentioned above that Motion can now no longer be used for simple compositing tasks (and if so, what replaces the compositing?) Shake X maybe?!
M5 is a complete rewrite. It is fully color managed and works all the time in float space. The new keyer is fabulous. The new color balance filter means you can do real color correction right in Motion. Rigging mean you can create very complex projects and manage/modify them easily.
As to FCP X getting cluttered with fx you create - you can always remove them. User > Movies > Motion Templates.
A complete rewrite? Ok I'll let them off. Haven't tried the Meyer yet so that sounds good. Like the bigger dots on the mask tool, seems really responsive as well
The other way is open Motion 5 and import that clip that you want and then export it out and then import back in using FCPX.
Roundtrip Motion 5 from Final Cut X?
