I have been using Motion for a few years, never had any problems until now. I save my effects to FCPX after creating in Motion. I recently deleted a Motion effect in the FCPX installed effects menu, and now my effects will not save to FCPX (coincidence?) - I uninstalled Motion and reinstalled. but still having this issue.
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MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 15.1
Let's try to go step by step. I don't know what it is that you deleted, or changed, so I will try
to tell how it should be, and hopefully we may get it back into working condition.
It seems that Final Cut Pro only "sees" the built-in generators, and not the ones that were added.
This suggests that somehow the folder hierarchy is messed up.
0) Quit FCP.
1) Select the Motion Templates folder and press Command-I to open the Info window.
Make sure that it is "localized" - it should have the extension as shown below. (This extension will NOT appear in the Finder):
2) Repeat the same thing, for each of the four folders "Generators", "Titles", "Effects" and "Transitions".
3) Start FCP and see if your generators appear again.
Click the icon I circled in the image posted above - that is in FCP itself, not the Finder.
If I’m right, you already have everything set up correctly.
Motion effects not saving to FCPX on MacBook Pro
