Ok, so I'm at a loss here. It appears that FCP 11 does not have the same generators, tiles, effects, transitions folders as FCP X. I manually made a generators folder, but the video template still do not show up in the sidebar. I'm sure this is not an oversight with Apple and there is just a different way to import these in? Does anyone know? Thank you!
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.2
I created Generators.localized in the Motion Templates folder and dropped the template in per the Artlist instructions. Here's a screenshot. It still does not show up in the generators panel in FCP...
Generators has to be localized as well. If Drone Loop Reveal is the generator there needs to be a category between it the Generators folder.
You did it, Tom! Lol. I got it working! Thank you so much.
Please post a screenshot of the file path to where your Generators folder is stored, and the folder structure to the generators themselves. Have you made sure the Motion Templates and Generators folders have been set with the extension .localized? Nothing has changed in the way custom effects are brought into FCP.
Thanks for your reply!
There are no folders under Movies>>Motion Templates. I never had FCP X, but in my reading I understand that Movies>>Motion Templates had generators, tiles, effects, and transitions folders. Artlist.io gives detailed instructions on how to install their templates here: https://help.artlist.io/hc/en-us/articles/7648757553693-How-to-install-Final-Cut-templates. But, again, the Motion Templates folder is blank. There are others that have posted this question elsewhere, but I haven't come across an answer.
How does one make a folder with the extension .localized?
Select the Motion Templates folder and press Cmd-I. In the info panel add the extension .localized.
Add the Generators folder to Motion Temples. In Generators as a folder with a category name (which is not localized). The generators that you have are placed in the folder with the category name.
The FCPX name was dropped a few years ago. It became simply FCP. From version FCP 10.8.1 for some inexplicable reason Apple decided to jump to FCP 11.
The Motion Templates was already localized. The Generators folder is localized because I created that way. Drone Loop Reveal is not localized...
If Drone Loop Reveal is the generator there needs to be a category between it and the Generators folder.
Here the category folder is FCPXgenerators
How to import templates into Final Cut Pro 11
