• Adobe Photoshop

  Vector smart to FCP

  Posted by Mel Hider on November 1, 2007 at 5:36 pm

  Hi,

  My knowledge of illustrator is limited to copying whatever is in there and placing it into photoshop where my knowledge is still rather restricted!

  So I have received a CS3 illustrator file and done my usual copy and paste (into Photoshop-CS3)- this time as a vector smart object. Once I have resized and prepped the image, I would usually export it as a tiff and then import that tiff into FCP 6. However, in this case, FCP doesn’t recognize the tiff.

  Also, I need to save transparency, so jpeg is a last resort.

  Is there a way to adapt the image in photoshop to make it readable for FCP?

  Mel

  Raymond Tuquero replied 18 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Richard Harrington

  November 2, 2007 at 1:44 pm

  Make sure you did not check the Transparency box in the save dialog if you added an alpha channel… and that you are not in CMYK mode
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  Raymond Tuquero

  November 5, 2007 at 9:04 pm

  Right … Video formats only read RGB. And FCP can read a layered photoshop image by the way. When you import a PSD file into FCP, it will create a Sequence with each layer seperated. You can then select the layer or layers you want to use in your edit. Good Luck with your projects.

  -Raymond-

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