Motion 5 and Final Cut Express

Hi Tom,

I have the same situation and questions.

I've been told that clips created in Motion 5 are exported out then imported into FCE, no problem.

Like you, I'd like to know if clips from FCE and purchased stock footage be imported into Motion 5 to work on or do we have to use only the Motion 5 templates??

Here's hoping we get some answers...

Thank you

You can use Motion with FCE.

You may want to look at these two links first:

http://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion/usermanual/#chapter=B%26section=1 %26hash=apple_ref:doc:uid:Motion-UserManual-90915XFF-1004170

http://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion/usermanual/#chapter=B%26section=2 %26hash=apple_ref:doc:uid:Motion-UserManual-90915XFF-1004813

Your basic workflow would be:

-Import your clip into Motion. This can be the original clip from FCE, or an exported selection of your clip saved as a Quicktime Movie.

-Do your work.

-Export a Movie from Motion. Make sure it is a format that FCE supports, check the documentation for FCE.

-Import the rendered file back into FCE.

As I pointed out, you will just want to make sure you use video that both applications can handle.

GFXZen,

Thanks so much for the quick and thorough reply!

So Motion 5 can import most, if not all media; from photos to stock footage.

Excellent.

And thank you for the manual link and "basic workflow" example --- those were the icing on the cake.

Problem solved. 🙂

You'll want to invest in the Ripple Training video tutorial for Motion 5. It'll get you up and running very well. Best on the market.

Ben - I will definitely check out the tutorial --thanks!

You wouldn't happen to know if it will teach "how to work with green screen"?

I have stock footage of a Smart Phone where a finger is touch moving what is on the green screen to get to the next photo. The pic below will give you an idea.

And here's a YouTube link so you can see the actual footage:

http://www.youtube.com/user/JazzMastersDegree01?feature=mhee

Thanks sooooo much,

Lori

I was all ready to buy Motion 5 and some tutorials - then I double checked the system requirements.

I'm using OS X 10.5.8. so I'm outa luck. BUMMER. Not sure what my option are now....

Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks

So why out of luck…why not upgrade your OS if you really want Mo5? SL is an excellent OS.

Russ

Yes, Russ, that is certainly a good option. As a neophyte I have to ask:

upgrading means buying a new iMAC or can a new OS be installed on what I have?

If you have an Intel iMac, it's probably not necessary. Here are Apple's systems requirements. Should be a $29 upgrade.

Really? That would be awesome.

I have: Version 10.5.8, 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.

Does that work?

You should be good to go. Consider maxing out your RAM for Mo5.

Good luck.

Russ

Great! Thanks so much!

Hi,

Just bought Motion 5 and I came across this post because Motion will not let me import files created by FCE4, because there is no codec that is supporting it. Looking at the files created by FCE4 I see the codec used is DVC-PAL, Lineair PCM, Timecode. I did not specify anything in particulat in FCE4, just used the Export Quicktime option and I can import these files perfectly into iMovie.

Is there a way to add codecs to Motion ?

Not sure why Motion would complain about your clip, but have you downloaded thepro apps codecs?

Russ