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How can I see my motion templates in final cut pro?

Hi, I have moved my motion templates to my external hard drive, and updated the Library Settings in Final Cut Pro X.


But I still can't see the content of my plugins. How can I see the plugins in the folder?



Posted on Jun 8, 2020 2:14 AM

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Posted on Jun 8, 2020 2:30 AM

It does not work that way.


Motion templates have to be in their designated locations in order for Final Cut Pro to "see" them.


Effects, Titles, Generators and Transitions need to be inside /Users/<yourname>/Movies/Motion Templates,

regardless of the settings for the library.


The choices for "Motion Content" under "Storage Locations" are either "In Library" or "In Motion Templates Folder".


The former means that when you use a given template, it will be copied to the library.

This has the potential benefit of making the library self-contained, ie. if you take your library with you and use it on another mac, there is a chance that some effects are not installed on that other mac; this will avoid that problem, at the expense of creating more copies of the templates (which are usually pretty small, so that is not a big deal).

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Jun 8, 2020 2:30 AM in response to baardhansen

It does not work that way.


Motion templates have to be in their designated locations in order for Final Cut Pro to "see" them.


Effects, Titles, Generators and Transitions need to be inside /Users/<yourname>/Movies/Motion Templates,

regardless of the settings for the library.


The choices for "Motion Content" under "Storage Locations" are either "In Library" or "In Motion Templates Folder".


The former means that when you use a given template, it will be copied to the library.

This has the potential benefit of making the library self-contained, ie. if you take your library with you and use it on another mac, there is a chance that some effects are not installed on that other mac; this will avoid that problem, at the expense of creating more copies of the templates (which are usually pretty small, so that is not a big deal).

How can I see my motion templates in final cut pro?

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