Motion & Final Cut Pro X

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Motion & Final Cut Pro X

A friend and I are working together on a video project. He's editing in FCPX and I'm providing various Motion generators and titles.

I've copied the appropriate Motion folders from the Movies-->Motion Templates-->Generators or Titles folders on my computer and put them in the same place on his. But they don't show up when he opens FCPX.

What am I doing wrong? He does not have Motion. I didn't think he needs Motion to use the files I'm making.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

Ross Hunter

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1), FCPX 10.1.3 Motion 5.1.2 16 GBRAM

Posted on Sep 17, 2014 6:37 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 17, 2014 8:11 AM in response to Ross H

Ross H wrote:

... I've copied the appropriate Motion folders from the Movies-->Motion Templates-->Generators or Titles folders on my computer and put them in the same place on his. But they don't show up when he opens FCPX....

When you create your plug-ins in M5.1, your friend needs at last FCPX1.1.

I once had the same issue. had updated M5, but didn't update FCPX (=was in the middle of a project, never change horses in the middle of the waters) => the 'new' plug-ins kept invisible, my older ones were avail.

And, no, he doesn't need Motion of your handcrafted effects. Just the folders. Plus, follow advice fox_m gives here:

Re: I Can't Install Plugins?

btw: no need to double (triple) post your Qs.... 😉

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Answer 2

Ross H Author

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Sep 17, 2014 5:05 PM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Thank you.

He's using FCPX 10.1.3. I think I've done everything correctly, but I'll double check. Also I'll try the fox_m advice to add .localized to the folder name.

Ross

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Answer 3

Ross H Author

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Sep 19, 2014 12:52 PM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Karsten,

His Motion Templates folder did have .localized as part of the name. But, when we looked inside the Effects folder was spelled with a lower case "e". Changed that to "E" and all is right with the world. 🙂

Thanks,

Ross

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Answer 4

Sep 20, 2014 1:28 AM in response to Ross H

Ross H wrote:

… Changed that to "E" and all is right with the world.

One small step for a user, one giant leap for a computer... 😝

Thanks for sharing the resolution to your riddle!!

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