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408Final Cut Pro User Guide
3. Modify the effect’s project.
See the Motion User Guide.
4. Choose File > Save As (or press Shift-Command-S), enter a name for this new effect
(referred to as a Template in Motion), assign it to a category (or create a new category),
choose a theme (if needed), and click Publish.
If you choose File > Save, the effect is saved using the same name, with “copy”
appended to its end.
Note: If you have created or customized any Final Cut Pro effects, transitions, titles, or
generators in Motion, set the storage location for your Motion content to In Library before
starting any copy or move operations between libraries or storage devices. Otherwise,
the Motion content is not included in those operations. See Manage Motion content in
Final Cut Pro. Regardless, you must manually track and move any third-party (FxPlug)
content, because it is not managed within the Final Cut Pro library.
Add generators
Intro to generators in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro includes a number of video clips called generators that you can use to add
the following elements to your project:
• Placeholder content: If your project is missing content that hasn’t yet been shot or
delivered, you can add a placeholder clip. The placeholder generator allows you to add
a clip to the timeline with a suitable silhouette to represent the missing content. See
Add placeholders in Final Cut Pro.
• Timecode counter: You can add a generated timecode clip to your project to
superimpose a timecode counter over part or all of the project. See Add timecode
counters in Final Cut Pro.
• Shape clip: You can choose from a wide variety of shapes for adding graphical elements
to your project. See
Add shapes in Final Cut Pro.
• General-purpose background clip: Final Cut Pro includes a variety of still and animated
backgrounds over which you can superimpose titles or keying effects. See Add
backgrounds in Final Cut Pro.
All of the generators are added to the project as clips, using their default duration. You can
change a generator’s duration and position the same way you would for any other video
clip in the timeline. You use the Generator inspector to adjust a generator’s settings.
Note: Generator clips appear in the browser when you select a generators category in the
Titles and Generators sidebar. (Generators don’t appear in the Effects browser.) If you
don’t see the generator you’re looking for in the browser, you can use the Filter pop-up
menu at the top of the browser to check for it in other locations. See Filter Motion content
stored in a library.