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Although you can save animation curves into the Content category, it is generally
recommended that you save items that you use frequently in the Favorites category—
some Motion Library categories contain so many items that utilizing the Favorites or
Favorites Menu categories may save you search time. Within the Favorites category, you
can create additional folders to assist you in better arranging your custom items.
You can also create new folders in existing categories. You can create a new folder in
the Favorites, Favorites Menu, or Content category. Folders created in the Content
category appear in the Library sidebar. Folders created in the subcategories, such as the
Basic Motion subcategory, appear in the Library stack and not the sidebar. For more
information on creating folders in the Library, see “Saving and Sharing Custom
Behaviors” on page 405.
Animation curves that are saved to the Favorites Menu category can be quickly applied
to objects using the Favorites menu.
To save an animation curve to the Library:
1 Open the Library and select the Content, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category.
2 Drag the name of the parameter animation curve you want to save from the parameter
list in the Keyframe Editor into the stack at the bottom of the Library.
When you save an animation curve, it’s saved in the /Users/username/Library/
Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Motion/Library folder.
Note: If an animation curve is dragged to another subcategory, such as the Glow
(Filters) subcategory, it is automatically placed in the Content category and the Content
category becomes active.
To save multiple animation curves to the Library:
1 Open the Library and select the Content, Favorites, or Favorites Menu category.
2 In the parameter list of the Keyframe Editor, select all of the animation curves you want
to save and drag them to the stack, holding down the mouse button down.
3 When the drop menu appears, choose “All in one file” or “Multiple files.”
“All in one file” saves all the animation curves together, listed as one item in the Library.
“Multiple files” saves the curves as individual items in the Library.
4 To name the file or files, do one of the following:
 Control-click its icon in the Library stack, choose Rename from the shortcut menu,
then type a new descriptive name.
 Select the icon, click its name, then type a new descriptive name.