Re: Motion menu - black screen?

This may be obvious, but have you selected the "Render current motion menu or slideshow" button in the preview window? It is fairly easy to miss, placed in the lower left corner just above the size selection drop down. It doesn't even really look like a button, but mouse-over displays it's function.

If you don't select this, it only displays the first frame, which may be black.

I can't tell from your description what is going on, but it occurred to me that your motion menu byuttons might show up black if you hadn't rendered them in the preview window.

I hope this is helpful.

Heath