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435Motion User Guide
10. Choose File > Save, then do the following:
a. In the save dialog, enter a name for the template.
If you don’t specify a name, the template appears in the Final Cut Pro Transitions
browser as “New Template.”
b. Choose a category from the Category pop-up menu.
You can also create a custom category. Categories appear in the Motion Project
Browser and the Final Cut Pro Transitions browser.
c. If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
You can also create themes. Themes appear in the Motion Project Browser and the
Final Cut Pro browsers. A theme is a metadata tag that helps categorize templates.
d. To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that’s not
used in the template that you may decide to include in the template later), select
“Include unused media.”
For information on where template-related files are saved, see Where are templates
saved in Motion?
e. If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save
Preview Movie.
After the prism blur transition is applied to the Final Cut Pro timeline, its duration can
be easily modified. For more information transition duration, see Create a transition
template in Motion.
Create a transition background in Motion
You might want a custom transition to include a background image or clip. For example,
if your Transition A and Transition B clips are animated to scale down, you can apply
a background image to cover the black areas of the exposed frame. You can create a
background by adding a drop zone to the transition template. After you apply the transition
to a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline, you can assign source media to the drop zone.
Drop zones in templates allow Final Cut Pro users to place media into designated regions
of the applied effect. You can add filters, behaviors, animations, and other effects to
drop zones in Motion to affect clips later added to those drop zones in Final Cut Pro. See
Placeholders vs. drop zones in Motion and Intro to drop zones in Motion.
1. In the toolbar in Motion, click Add Object, then choose Drop Zone from the pop-up
menu (or choose Object > New Drop Zone).
A drop zone layer (titled “Drop Zone”) appears in the layers list and canvas.
2. Select the drop zone layer, then do one of the following in the Image Inspector:
• Use a clip as the drop zone’s source media in Final Cut Pro: Click the Source pop-up
menu, then choose Media.