• Apple Motion

  Motion files render as black

  Posted by Keegan Atkin on April 30, 2010 at 4:26 am

  This has been bothering me for a few years now, and I’m wondering if anyone has a solution.

  Whenever I try to put a Motion file into Final Cut, the unrendered video looks fine. However, when I try to render or export it, it renders as a black screen. This problem can be avoided by exporting from Motion and then putting the resulting .mov into Final Cut, but it’s a pain and makes it difficult to quickly change things in the Motion file.

  If it helps, I’m using Final Cut Studio 2 with all of the recent updates installed on a 2008 Mac Mini running Snow Leopard.

  Mark Spencer replied 16 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Mark Spencer

  April 30, 2010 at 5:36 am

  Your problem is that the Mac Mini is not a supported machine for Motion, as it has an integrated graphics card.

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  Mark Spencer
  Freelance Producer/Editor/Motion Graphics Artist
  Apple-certified Master Trainer
  Author, Motion 4 from Peachpit Press
  https://www.applemotion.net

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