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You can also create a custom category. Categories appear in the Motion Project Browser
and the Final Cut Pro Transitions Browser.
c If needed, choose a theme from the Theme pop-up menu.
You can also create themes. Themes appear in the Motion Project Browser and the
Final Cut Pro Themes Browser. A theme is a metadata tag that helps categorize
templates. For more information on Motion Project Browser themes and categories,
see The Project Browser.
d To retain unused media in the project (media or audio in the Media list that is not used
in the template), select “Include unused media.”
e If you want a preview movie to appear in the Motion Project Browser, select Save
Preview Movie.
9 Click Publish.
The template and remaining media are saved and exported to the Final Cut Pro Transitions
Browser.
Creating a Transition Background
You might want a custom transition to include a background image or clip. For example,
if your Transition A and Transition B clips are animated to scale down and the Viewer
background becomes visible, you might want a background image to cover the screen.
A background can be created by adding a drop zone to the transition template. After the
template is applied to a Final Cut Pro project, you can assign source media to the drop
zone.
Drop zones in templates allow Final Cut Pro X users to place media into designated regions
of the applied effect. You can add filters, behaviors, animations, and other effects to drop
zones in Motion to affect clips later added in Final Cut Pro. For more information on drop
zones, see Drop Zones.
To create a background for a transition template
1 In the Final Cut Transition project, choose Object > New Drop Zone.
A drop zone layer (titled “Drop Zone”) appears in the layers list and Canvas.
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