[Mark Spencer]

Yes it should work from the Finder. I’d try signing in as a different user account.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

Apple certainly looks at what is going on in the forums, but to be sure, you can always send feedback directly:

https://www.apple.com/feedback/motion.html

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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

[Mark Spencer]

Instead of dragging to the Layers list, try double-clicking the Motion project in the File Browser.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

I would trash the app and redownload from the app store. If that doesn’t work, try logging in as a different user to see if it’s related to the user account.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

I certainly wouldn’t use Apple Intermediate or Animation codecs, there is no reason for that at all. The fact is that Motion’s RAM preview playback just doesn’t work the way it’s supposed to (IMHO of course). It *should* play in real time after rendering but often it just doesn’t.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

It doesn’t work that way. You have to choose. Either Build In/Out (one or both) or Loop. Can’t have a loop marker together with Build In or Out.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

If you add a camera and switch to 3D, you can reposition your character by moving the camera.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

Yes please, Paul. Nice of you.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

Try changing the Alpha interpretation in FCP 7. Command-9 or find the column in the Browser.

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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

[Mark Spencer]

Correct, Motion 5 won’t round-trip with FCP 7. In fact, it won’t roundtrip with FCP X either – it just doesn’t work that way anymore – although in many respects, Motion 5 is much more integrated with FCP X than 4 was with 7, because it’s used to create all the titles, transitions, effects, and generators in FCP X. It’s also a complete rewrite and 64bit – but if you are using FCP 7, I’d stick with M4. Btw, I highly recommend FCP X.

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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