My Final Cut Pro to Apple Motion Workflow

I have been getting asked a LOT about my workflow between Final Cut Pro to Apple Motion. I wish there was a more streamlined process, but this will have to work for now!

I HIGHLY recommend picking up XSend Motion if you continuously work between both apps. It is expensive though, so I would only get it if this is a regular part of your editing.

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⏱ Chapters ⏱
00:00 - Intro
00:12 - Sending Footage To Motion
01:36 - Adding Stuff In Motion
04:28 - Sending Back To FCP
05:13 - Change Animation AFTER Importing To FCP
06:04 - Amazing Plugin For Sending To Motion

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[FridrikIulia]

Sir, just wanted to say you're amazing! Keep up the great work!!!

[StuartHetzler]

I wish these two programs talked to each other better. It's really handy to have the "open in motion" dropdown for effects and titles. Would it be so hard for apple to do the same with footage?

[OrigEntertainmentOfficial]

Bummer that Apple removed true round tripping from FCP7 in FCPX.

[Richard_Broom_Photography]

This tutorial is SO useful to me because I annotate many of my images for my classes and my workflow to date has been, well, messy. Thank you so much for this really useful tutorial and, of course, Scotland loves you!

[dennisfeit]

Very helpful - but this process is a "train wreck" compared moving from Lightroom to Photoshop and back. Thanks and keep the great content coming!

[british]

This has been a pet peeve of mine ever since they relaunched FCP along with compressor and Motion. You can send directly to compressor but not motion and then back again. Something Adobe does quite well with PP and AE and back again. Why doesn't apple do the same thing with Motion? Should not be a $99 plugin! But it is what it is. Thanks for the tip and now a quicker way to send to Motion.

[forgottenstreets]

I have a brand mew laptop with a lot of memory and storage. But when i use apple motion it slows down during playback. Even when i export it and send it to final cut pro. What should i do?

[MightyMoud]

Many many thanks mate. Appreciate the tips as I explore motion more

[SebastianCristanchoYT]

Finally! Thank you! This is so helpful

[NakovGoce]

I still can't forgive Apple for not bringing over the old FCP 7 to Motion workflow.

[evumies]

Dylan! So incredibly helpful. This gives step by step evidence that will help users utilize the under-rated motion tool far more since it's nice and easy.

Dylan PLEASE tell us aspiring YouTubers where you learn how to master YouTube as a platform like you're doing. Did you take a course? Are you a part of a program? Any books? Thanks!

[businessgrid]

Hi Dylan, loved this tutorial! I’m considering using Apple Motion with Davinci Resolve. Would advise against using Apple Motion without FCP?

[messyfilms]

It’s good to know that I wasn’t too far off from how to go back and forth. I thought there may have been an easier way though.

[ProfKlaus]

Good video Dylan, It’s so crappy Apple took away round tripping before FCPX. I used to love using reference files in motion.

[dez]

How do you Export Layers to Motion 5??? from Final cut Pro or Photoshop.????

[ComicComedy]

can u make a 60 sec video with motion graphic in apple motion? like reels it is hard to do it in fcpx and apple, otiom has more animation

[joffrey]

Wow I didn't know about that Xsend Motion thing !
It looks crazy, but at the same I'm surprised it's not a basic feature from Apple's ecosystem 🤔

[eddradcliffe]

Hey Dylan. Hope you don't mind the odd question from a stranger. I'm a long time user of fcpx and motion so am way beyond first principles if it helps. So.... custom titles and effects in motion... has anyone cracked how to get the effect to update on the fcpx timeline if changes are made in motion? I can't find anything about it online, and I keep getting bounced to forums for hobbyists. Is there a workflow for this or am I wishfully thinking of an unsupported feature?

[murd]

Thank you for this. Now one question I have for you Dylan is what would be the workflow for sending the project from Motion back to FC using XSend?

[vincentcortez]

I’m trying to do face lock tracking and when I finish I save it and it doesn’t save the work I’ve done to the clip