how to keep transparency photoshop file in finalcut pro

[Anthony Faulkner]

save it as a tiff with tranpsarency, then in FCP
On clip right click/item properties/format/ change the alpha setting to straight.

That should work.

[Jerry Hofmann]

PNG files can also preserve the alpha. Just be sure to set the colors to be millions+. the + is the alpha track.

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[Rafael Amador]

[King Law] “just curious is possible to composite a photoshop file with transparancy in final cut pro if so how?”
Just import the PS file.
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[Mark Suszko]

Also works if saved as .tif with “millions” of colors (to include the alpha channel).

Beginners may get thrown by putting multilayer .psd files on the timeline where they can become their own sub-timelines.