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Exporting PICT from Photoshop to FCP5: white background headache!
I have sorted this out before, but my brain is going numb this afternoon trying to get rid of this white background when exporting a PICT from Photoshop. I know it’s an Alpha channel thing but can’t seem to fathom it out. There is no background layer in Photoshop and I am working in RGB. Any ideas? Thanks!
Martin.
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Martin- There is a choice in the dialog box when you create a new file in PS; background content> choose ‘transparent’.
Hope this helps.
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The background has to get filled with something on export, and white is what it gets filled with.
If you want a different color, fill a layer with that color and put that layer on the bottom in PS.
Or are you hoping to use an alpha channel? You have to create the alpha channel in the channels pallette if you want transparency…
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Just import the photoshop file directly into FCP. It’ll come in as a sequence. Open the sequence and copy and paste the elements you want to use. For example if you just want 1 layer from a 10 layer ps file, import the file and copy and paste that layer from the resulting sequence. You could alternatively turn off or delete any layers you don’t want and use the sequence as a still. Or IN PS merge all the layers and then import the PS file.
Importing a PS file will give you a cleaner alpha than cutting your own alpha.
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Thanks guys – really appreciated – can get on now!
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