# Motion Variables

On this page is a list of tokens you can use in Apple Motion to display metadata in Motion Templates, that will also appear in Final Cut Pro.

This was originally discovered on this blog.

Special thanks to F•X Mahoney from FCPxTemplates.com for his help correcting this page!

F•X Mahoney notes on 9th Dec 2023:

One new thing I found out today— if you use @#$sourceObject_sourceName, it provides the name of the original project - that is - if you duplicated a project, sourceName actually provides the source project it was duplicated from. (Accidental find - totally surprised.)

You can also download an example Motion Template effect here.

The output of the effect looks like this in Final Cut Pro 10.6.6 (created in Motion 5.6.4):

Motion Variables
Motion Variables

The below table contains all the tokens in the order they're shown in the above screenshot:

Token Description
@#$sourceObject_projectOrSourceName Project or Source Name
@#$sourceObject_sourceName Source Name
@#$sourceObject_sequenceName Sequence Name
@#$sourceObject_objectName Object Name
- -
@#$sourceObject_metadata_displayName Display Name
@#$sourceObject_metadata_reel Source Reel Name
@#$sourceObject_metadata_scene Scene
@#$sourceObject_metadata_angle Angle
@#$sourceObject_metadata_shot Shot
@#$sourceObject_metadata_notes Notes
@#$sourceObject_metadata_displayFormat Display Format
@#$sourceObject_metadata_frameSize Frame Size
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataLocation Location
@#$sourceObject_metadata_effects Effects
@#$sourceObject_metaData_metadataRotationAngle Rotation Angle
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataImportToApp Import to App
@#$sourceObject_metadata_contentCreated Content Created
@#$sourceObject_metadata_timeRange Time Range
@#$sourceObject_metadata_frameDuration Frame Duration
@#$sourceObject_timecodeFrameDuration Timecode Frame Duration
- -
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataMediaStart Media Start
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataMediaEnd Media End
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataMediaDuration Media Duration
- -
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataSelectionStart Selection Start
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataSelectionEnd Selection End
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataSelectionDuration Selection Duration
- -
@#$sourceObject_metadata_alphaHandling Alpha Handling
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataDeinterlaceType De-interlace Type
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataFieldDominanceOverride Field Dominance Override
@#$sourceObject_sampleDuration Sample Duration
@#$sourceObject_metadata_audioChannelCount Audio Channel Count
@#$sourceObject_metadata_audioSampleRate Audio Sample Rate
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataRoles Metadata Roles
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataVideoRoles Video Roles
@#$sourceObject_metadata_metadataAudioRoles Audio Roles Metadata

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