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Photoshop for Titles: Problem with Layers
If someone can help…I’ve searched the forums, Googled the question, and taken a look at Richard Harrington’s site and his book. And, I’m probably just missing the answer, but…
When I create titles for FCP in Photoshop, I use whatever PS preset matches my timeline in FCP (generally NTSC anamorphic).
Then I import the layered PSD.
Then I open the PSD and copy the layers I want to my sequence (arranging them for a progressive build of points).
HOWEVER…when I open the PSD, all the layers have been resized and positioned — without respect to each other. They are all blown up and distorted to different degrees — as if FCP is treating each layer as an individual image and resizing how it thinks appropriate.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Steven
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2 Replies
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Go to User Prefs>Editing and uncheck “Always scale to sequence size”.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Kevin…thanks so much for taking the time. That clears up a lot of confusion. (I even looked at that preference more than once and was missing the forest for the trees)
One question — How do I keep the PSD from distorting? I brought a test PSD into FCP after unchecking that preference — and bingo, no more radical resizing. However, it still applied an aspect ratio distortion of 33.3. The file was created widescreen in PS and put on an anamorphic timeline.
Regardless, it was VERY quick to remedy that problem — but wondering if you can explain why it is doing it.
Thanks,
STeven
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