In a recent system upgrade Motion 4 became incompatible. So, I upgraded to Motion 5. Now Motion 5 does not have the range or diversity of templates that were previously within the package. How can I restore these templates?
A whole lot of those old Motion 4 templates were ... ahem... junk. If you check the Motion menu, you should see a Download Additional Content link... The *best* of those old templates have been updated for Motion 5. Among those will be Atmospheric, Decode, Pulse, Skyline, Snap, Splash, Swarm and Vine. I believe Atom Strand and Rotation HD are in there too under the 3D Text category, and once installed, they will be accessible from the Open dialog from the left column under Compositions.
Since you had Motion 4, installing Motion 5 did not remove those old templates — you still have them. You can find them here:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Templates/
They will all open in Motion 5. However, there are some filters and generators (and miscellaneous other things) that have been deprecated and removed over the years, so not everything may work as it should. Examples would be Primatte RT, Droste, etc... all of the LiveFonts are gone though and all you can do is quietly (and briefly) morn their passing and move on. They won't be coming back.
HTH
A whole lot of those old Motion 4 templates were ... ahem... junk. If you check the Motion menu, you should see a Download Additional Content link... The *best* of those old templates have been updated for Motion 5. Among those will be Atmospheric, Decode, Pulse, Skyline, Snap, Splash, Swarm and Vine. I believe Atom Strand and Rotation HD are in there too under the 3D Text category, and once installed, they will be accessible from the Open dialog from the left column under Compositions.
Since you had Motion 4, installing Motion 5 did not remove those old templates — you still have them. You can find them here:
Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Templates/
They will all open in Motion 5. However, there are some filters and generators (and miscellaneous other things) that have been deprecated and removed over the years, so not everything may work as it should. Examples would be Primatte RT, Droste, etc... all of the LiveFonts are gone though and all you can do is quietly (and briefly) morn their passing and move on. They won't be coming back.
HTH
Go into your user folder
Open
~/Movies/Motion Templates/Compositions
Create a folder called Motion 4 (or anything else you want)
Open /Macintosh HD/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Templates
Select All
Drag to the Motion 4 folder you created in Compositions.
All those old projects will be available in the open dialog browser. (You may need to restart Motion.)
fox_m,
Thankyou. I use Motion in my classes to encourage students enhance their multimodal presentations. While some of the templates are a bit "yawn!" they do provide some creative opportunities when the students identify with and creatively manipulate within the project pane and timeline. So, thankyou. If you have any hints or tips that may assist my goals I would be very grateful.
regards
Pete
Hints and tips? I don't think I could be much help there. I wouldn't dare presume I would know how best to help your students. I would need to know more about your specific goals to formulate an approach.
How are your students preparing their "multimodal presentations"? Working entirely in Motion? Or Final Cut with the Motion templates? If the latter, then concentrate on publishing parameters to allow customization in Final Cut. Working entirely in Motion is a whole other kettle of fish.
If your students run into technical trouble, you can always direct them here 😉
Prompt, accurate and useful. Thankyou.
What do I need to do to have these motion 4 templates available in motion 5 project browser?
Upgrade to Motion 5 Lost Templates
