Why are Motion 5 title templates' text not searchable in FCPX?

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Why are Motion 5 title templates' text not searchable in FCPX?

FCPX's built-in titles display their text in the Timeline index, allowing Find & Replace to locate them. Custom title templates made with Motion 5, however, do not seem to display text in the Timeline index.

See the attached image. "Basic Title" is a built-in FCPX title. The title's text is displayed after the colon. "Bar Title" is a custom title template I made in Motion 5. No text string is displayed. Why?

Anyone know how to publish a Motion 5 title template that references its text string?

Thanks,

Final Cut Pro X, iOS 6.0.2, Motion 5

Posted on Jan 25, 2013 12:17 PM

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Jan 25, 2013 2:17 PM in response to RBuday

Did you use the Title Template in Motion to create "Bar Title" and publish it so it appears in FCPX effects browser and you placed it in the timeline from the browser, or was it a Motion project/composition? All of the titles I have created using the Title Template in Motion and then published to FCPX and added to the project timeline show in the timeline index.

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Jan 25, 2013 2:42 PM in response to Jim Wanamaker

Yes, I used Motion's Title Template and published it to FCPX. But, I think I've discovered the problem. I was using my new text to replace existing text. The existing text string remained intact, but it disappeared from the Index.

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Jan 25, 2013 8:05 PM in response to RBuday

Interesting! Glad it's working for you now. I changed the text string in one of my custom titles and the timeline index reflected the change. Go figure!

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