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  Photoshop files not displaying in Motion 5

  Posted by Matt Wallace on July 27, 2012 at 6:55 pm

  Hi all
  It’s an odd one, because the files display in the file browser preview within Motion, but when I drag them into the project, they appear in the timeline but don’t display in the viewer. The frame is there, but the image is missing inside it.
  The PSD files I’m working with in particular were originally JPGs that I’ve manipulated by isolating elements of the image and placing on a transparent background. I THINK it’s likely to be a colour management issue, but I’ve tried every possible combination of assigning RGB profiles etc and it doesn’t want to work. The files have got some sort of ”Japan’ profile attached……but that doesn’t mean much to me.

  Any help gratefully appreciated, and I’ll gladly supply the files for somebody to have a stab with if the offer’s there.

  Thanks in advance.

  Wallace

  Stephen Smith replied 14 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 16 Replies
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  Stephen Smith

  July 27, 2012 at 7:06 pm

  It sounds like the PSD is RGB. Is it 8-bit?

  Stephen Smith
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  Matt Wallace

  July 28, 2012 at 10:19 am

  Hi Stephen
  Not sure what the problem is.
  I’ve uploaded an image of the profile assignment message that appears.

  I’ve been playing again this morning, and adjusted the image mode to an RGB profile from within the photoshop workspace (rather than when opening it), carried out the edit I wanted, re-saved, and re-imported to Motion.
  This time, it’s appeared BUT, it’s absolutely shredded the image quality! It’s rough as hell.

  ……….????
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  Stephen Smith

  July 30, 2012 at 1:47 pm

  Post your file and I’ll take a look at it.

  Stephen Smith
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  Matt Wallace

  July 30, 2012 at 2:05 pm

  Thanks Stephen.
  Here’s the link to the file – https://f1.creativecow.net/4453/4453?uploaded=file

  Matt
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  Stephen Smith

  July 30, 2012 at 3:20 pm

  That was a jpg file not a PSD?

  Stephen Smith
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  Matt Wallace

  July 30, 2012 at 3:22 pm

  Sorry Stephen, I should have explained.
  The problem stems from importing that jpg into Photoshop, editing it, saving it as a .psd and then trying to work with it in Motion
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  Stephen Smith

  July 30, 2012 at 3:28 pm

  Got it. I just opened up the .jpg and it is a CMYK file. Change it to RGB and that should solve your problem. Best of luck.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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  Matt Wallace

  July 30, 2012 at 3:30 pm

  Tried that, and it shreds the quality when I import it into Motion.
  If you can try it yourself, then let me know whether it does the same for you.

  Very grateful for the help
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  Stephen Smith

  July 30, 2012 at 4:29 pm

  Looks good to me at 100% scale. Take a look at it: 4456_445310n11.jpg.zip

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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  Stephen Smith

  July 30, 2012 at 4:30 pm

  also keep in mind this is a Big photo bigger then what your graphics card may be able to handle.

  Stephen Smith
  Utah Video Productions

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