Photoshop Files

[Brian Miller]

Well if you have a psd with all the layers you can just bring it right in. if you put it in the timeline u can double click it to step into the layers just like a nest

[Bob Duthaler]

But it appears the glow and drop shadow is not there.

[Brian Miller]

In photoshop view only the layer with the drop shadow or glow. Merge visible. Then turn on other layers and resave.

[Bob Duthaler]

Thanks, we will give it a try. Does it work better to bring in as a transparent PNG file? Are there advantages to either one?

[Jeremy Garchow]

What Brian says. FCP will not read the PS effects, you have to flatten those first.

[Brian Miller]

I have used both ways successfully. If I ask gfx department for pngs its usually b/c they couldn’t get the psd to work right and I’m sick of trying 🙂

[Matt Callac]

[Jeremy Garchow] “FCP will not read the PS effects, you have to flatten those first.”

Or you can convert your layers that have layers styles into smart objects in photoshop. In PS right click on the layer and select “convert to smart object”. This way you can import your PS into FCP but it still leaves the Layer editable.
-mattyc