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Photoshop layers acting funky in FCP
I have a Photoshop project where I have a dozen or so layers with different logos. I have imported this PS file into FCP and it gives me a sequence with all 12 layers stacked and named correctly. My intent was to take each seperate layer/logo by copying it from its PS sequence and pasting it in a different sequence to tag the end of different commercials (12 commercials/ sequences altogether). Problem is that today when I opened this FCP project the PS logos that I pasted on all these different commercials are wrong. The weird part is that the name of the file is correct and the files are still all correct in the PS sequence. Has anyone else experienced similair funkiness with how Photoshop layers behave in Final Cut? For now I am making each logo its very own independent PS project and working that way. ARGHHH!
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Are they changing scale and position in your new sequences? Uncheck the User Preference to automatically scale up items to match the Sequence settings. This will stop FCP from automatically trying to “fix” your graphics.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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No I have not been trying to move or scale my PS logos in anyway inside of FCP(nor have I gone back into PS to edit any of these images). The problem seems to be with FCP linking the PS layers incorrectly when I copy and paste them into other timelines (but like I said for some strange reason the original PS sequence inside of FCP links the correct layers, just not when I copy and paste them). From the advice I’m hearing here (thanks) and from what I’m experiencing it seems that Final Cuts handling of PS files is unstable and I would probably be better off doing my grfx the old fashioned way (making tif files with an alpha). Does anyone else feel this way about FCP mishandling PS files or are people finding it worth the risk for the conveinence?
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Matt
There have always been issues with FCP’s handling of photoshop files. I usually got around these by opening the originally imported PS ‘sequence’ then copying individual layers where required.
Now I use Motion or AE – Both are far better a handling PS files.
Ben
Edit Out Ltd
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