Selecting Clips or Sequences to Send to Motion
The Send To Motion Project command behaves slightly differently depending on
your selection:
 One or more Browser clips: The selected clips are sent to a new project in Motion; the
Motion Timeline remains empty and the clips appear in the Motion Media tab.
 A sequence in the Browser: A new Motion project is created with an identical track
and clip layout as your Final Cut Pro sequence.
 One or more clips in a sequence: A new Motion project is created that contains only
the clips you selected in your Final Cut Pro sequence, occupying the same position
and track layout as your original selection. This method has an additional option
called Embed Motion Content, which allows you to replace your selected sequence
clips by embedding the Motion project in their place.
To send clips or sequences from Final Cut Pro to a new Motion project:
1
In Final Cut Pro, do one of the following:
 Select one or more clips in the Browser.
 Select a sequence in the Browser.
 Select one or more sequence clips in the Timeline.
2
Choose File > Send To > Motion Project.
3
In the dialog that appears:
a
Choose a location and enter a name for the new Motion project.
b
If you want the new Motion project to immediately open in Motion, select
Launch Motion.
c
If you used the Send To Motion Project command with sequence clips, you can
select the Embed Motion Content option which allows you to replace the selected
sequence clips in Final Cut Pro with the Motion project you just created. For more
information, see “
Sending Selected Sequence Clips from Final Cut Pro to Motion
” on
page 487.
4
Click Save.
A new Motion project is created. If you selected the Launch Motion option, the new
project opens in Motion. For more information about the results of sending different
kinds of selections to Motion, see the following sections.
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Working with Motion and Shake
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