Motion templates subfolders not showing up

NickWaller wrote:

Hello, I saw your comments on another post about this and it wouldn't let me reply, but I have final cut pro downloaded and I've been trying to get plugins like transitions and effects but when I go to the motion templates folder, there are no subfolders and I made the subfolders and added the .location extension to all of them and I tried to put the transition files into the subfolder I made but nothing will show up in FCP and I've tried everything to get the actual subfolders to appear. I've been trying to get it to work for 6 hours now and nothing will work

Hello,

1) First of all control whether you are looking at the correct Motion Templates Folder.

For instance:

Your transitions must go into there (In order too!):

/Users/yourname/Movies/Motion Templates/Transitions/categoryname/effectfolder

If it's ok, then control the extensions again.

2) If there aren't any problems about subfolders. The second step is that you can not put the transition files into the subfolder (You meant the Transitions folder right). There also must be a category name.

So, just create a category folder, and then put the transition files into there.

I hope I helped a bit.

Post a screenshot of your folder hierarchy in the Finder in column view.

Below is one example of how it may look.

Note that "Lichinho" is the name of the category - which will appear in FCP X as a group of related transitions - and Asym Dissolve is the name of the particular transition.

Two common mistakes are: not making a category folder; taking the transition file out of its folder.

The extension is .localized

The structure for transitions is

Motion Templates/Transitions/(category)/(transition folder)

and of course analogous for the other kinds of templates

Motion Templates folder and Transitions folder must be localized

Category folders and the folders of each transition are not to be localized

Each transition must be put there with its entire folder, not just the .motn file

To add the .localized extension do it in the Get Info window not directly in the normal Finder win

Could you post a screenshot of the folder structure in column view in the Finder.

You did relaunch the application.

Don't forget to reopen the FCPX

I have this same issue and none of the above fixes have worked. Folders in correct place, names properly, with .localized added in the Get Info window. The transitions don't show up either directly in the video list nor in a "custom" section which other threads indicated could happen. FXP has been restarted multiple times. Any other tips? Thanks!