FCP and Photoshop Alpha layer

[Andy Mees]

when you saved it out of photoshop, what did you save it as? did you flatten it?

check out these free guides for using photoshop images with fcp
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_ps.html
https://www.geniusdv.com/photoshop%20final%20cut%20pro.php

hope it helps
Andy

[Chris Poisson]

Hey there,

I’m not sure what’s going on there, but since I have upgraded to Photoshop CS I have had similar failures with 32 bit Targa files.

My workarond that is actually a bit more flexible than making all individual files is to just load Photoshop files as sequences, and then copy and paste the layers into my main sequence, and they allways have transparency. Saves time, plus I’ve got all the layers in one convenient place.

[Espnetboy3]

I did flatten the layers. I had about 5 layers. I had created a shape and copied and pasted it 4 times then made it into 1 layer.

[John Calhoun]

heres my workflow which works for graphics with drop shadows and other PS effects.

create graphic as usual complete with shadows, bevels, glows, etc.

(this sequence can be made into an action)
create a new layer, hit the little known combo shift+option+command+’E’. This creates a merged copy of all of your visible layers complete with glows and dropshadows to the layer.

command+click on the layer (or thumbnail in CS2) to create a selection. Go to channels, click ‘save selection as channel’ at bottom of window which creates and alpha channel.

go back to layers, option click the eyeball to isolate your new merged layer. (stop action if you started one)

do a ‘save as’ select targa with an alpha channel and voila, there’s your graphic complete with glows and drop shadows.

I use this flow because I use the same master PS files over and over and the targas stay in the project folder.

pxlmvr

John A. Calhoun
Zone Communication Group
Cincinnati, Ohio