Roundtripping titles with Motion and FCP

HI! Just wondered if I make a title in Motion and then put it into my FCP sequence and then if I want to edit the words of the title sequence by using open in editor, how can I do this without all the title changing? I want matching titles for each section of my video but need to put different words and titles on each. Do I have to save each one separately? Let me know your process! Thanks so much! Jennifer

Either save separate Motion projects or render out different versions. When I'm making a bunch of lower thirds, I find it faster to just render them out.

It seems like that takes up so much more memory space. Its too bad it cant allow editing just the words without having to save it as a whole new file. Just wondered. Thanks!

Save your title as a template, then open that template in FCP.

I usually build my lower third titles that way - I create one in Motion, then 'save as template', and then I can title everyone I need to without rendering out individual titles or any of that.

That sounds great. Can you change the words and it doesnt change other clips that you used the template with? Thanks!

Yep, that's how it works.

Once you're back in FCP, cut the template into your timeline, and double-click it. In one of the tabs in the viewer, you'll be able to edit your text fields.

rigt in fcp without going back to Motion? That would be very cool, I will try that. Thanks for a huge time saver!