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When you send one or more clips from within a sequence, you have the option (turned
on by default) of immediately embedding a Motion clip in your sequence to replace
the media being sent. This way, once you finish working in Motion, all you need to do
is save the project and return to Final Cut Pro to see the results already there in your
sequence. For safety, the original clips are also nested into a separate sequence bearing
the name of the Motion project you created, so you can easily go back to the original
clips, if necessary.
• Send an entire sequence: You can also select an entire sequence in the Browser and use
the Send To Motion Project command. This is similar to sending one or more selected
clips from within a sequence, except that every single clip from the sequence is sent
to Motion, each on its own layer, along with all compatible attributes. This is useful
when you want to move an entire edited sequence of clips into Motion to use as the
foundation for an effects-intensive treatment.
Using Master Templates in Final Cut Pro
You can create a template in Motion to use as a generator from within Final Cut Pro. Your
templates can be designed using whichever media and Motion features you like and can
contain text and media drop zones that you define, which can be edited from within
Final Cut Pro. Master templates are especially useful for title packages and lower thirds
that will be edited into your sequence repeatedly but that may be subject to change.
You can edit as many instances of a master template into your Final Cut Pro sequence as
you like, customizing each as necessary. When you need to make a change to the look
of these titles, you need only modify the template in Motion and save your change, and
the change is applied automatically to every instance of that template in your sequence.
For more information about creating and using templates in Motion to use in Final Cut Pro,
see the Motion documentation.
Using Graphics and Animation Files from Other Applications
If, for whatever reason, you need to use third-party applications to create either still-image
or animated media, you can easily import files from applications like Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe After Effects, Autodesk Maya, and Cinema 4D into either Final Cut Pro or Motion.
If you need to make a change to an image or animation file that you’ve already imported,
the Open in Editor command opens any file using the application specified by that file’s
creator code. You can also choose the specific application with which to open still-image,
video, and audio files in the External Editors tab of the System Settings window. See the
Final Cut Pro documentation for more information.
Note: Whenever you make an alteration to a still-image file, you need to save it in the
application you’re editing it in before returning to Final Cut Pro, so your sequence is
updated to reflect the change.
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