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Importing Motion files
I am hoping this is an easy question for someone!
I am working in FCP 5.1.4 and sending files to Motion for effects/text etc. I typically deselect the “embed motion content” box. Once I finish in Motion I save then try importing the file into FCP. This is when the wierdness happens…I get the following popup:
“File Error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown”.
Most often the .motn file is not imported…sometimes it is as a sequence(?). I used this workflow in the past successfully and am unaware of what changes I made to cause this error. Any ideas?
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Ok, I’m a bit slow because I haven’t use your process for doing simple text and whatnot. So I want to know, do you save and quit motion and flip back to Final Cut and the clip isn’t there because you unchecked the “embed motion project” box? I’ve never done that, myself, but it would seem reasonable that what would happen is that you’d have a clear space in the timeline where the items that you used to send to motion for a new project were. Can you flip to the finder and simply drag and drop your motion project?
I tend to avoid the import command because the dialog box is too small and doesn’t always give me enough space to see what I need to make sure I’m getting the right file.
The other thing, are you trying to import the xxx.motn file to the timeline, or a rendered .mov to the timeline?
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