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Hi
I finished a Title in Motion 5, with audio. Everything works smoothly, including audio.
However, when I save it and open it in FCPX the audio won't play. In the FCPX Inspector there's no audio tab.
If I export the project as a movie, then the audio comes back and plays regularly.
Any idea why the Motion 5 Title has no audio in FCPX?
Thanks
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), Mac OS X (10.1.x), 24 GB RAM, Fusion Drive, 2 GB card
It's always been this way. The audio from your project will be in the Title Media folder (when published to FCPX). You must import the audio into FCPX by normal means and manually synch the audio to the motion Title template. If you have the audio offset from the beginning of the template, you will need to know how many frames to offset it — set the playhead at that point and select the audio in the event browser and type 'q' to apply it. You can also use timeline markers in FCPX and snapping to help align/sync the audio.
HTH
It's always been this way. The audio from your project will be in the Title Media folder (when published to FCPX). You must import the audio into FCPX by normal means and manually synch the audio to the motion Title template. If you have the audio offset from the beginning of the template, you will need to know how many frames to offset it — set the playhead at that point and select the audio in the event browser and type 'q' to apply it. You can also use timeline markers in FCPX and snapping to help align/sync the audio.
HTH
Hi fox_m
thanks for the explanation.
Just wondering what's the rationale behind this 'strange' Motion behavior.
Regards
I'm not sure what Apple's rationale is, but having considered the possible variations that can arise, I can see why it's done this way.
In FCPX, there's no guarantee that the effect will be exactly as it is created in Motion. And if used as an Effect, it could be any length of clip it's applied to without consideration. How do you synch the audio, especially if it is not aligned with the starting frame of the project. Time-scaling? Exact frame count offset? And Apple hasn't built in a way to get in and adjust any audio that might have been applied to the project (but it would be nice if there was something akin to an "audio dropzone"...)
Thanks, again.
The point is that Apple doesn't mention this behavior in its Motion 5 manual, at least I wasn't able to find it.
By the way, also in "Motion 5 - How it works" (a good manual by Edgar Rothermich) I couldn't find any warning about this point.
Motion 5 title: no audio in FCPX
