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Photoshop Layers
A client sent me a Photoshop file which I opened and all the layers showed up in the Layers palate. But, when I bring it into Final Cut it doesn’t import with the layers. It just shows up as a standard graphic file, not the usual sequence icon. I even tried re-saving it in Photoshop, but, no luck> Any thoughts?
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3 Replies
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Check to see if the file has a separate alpha channel. If it does, delete the alpha & then try to import the .psd into FCP.
Arnie
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Thanks Arnie. There was no separate Alpha Channel, but each layer did have an effect applied to the text. I remembered something about this affecting layers in FCP, so I turned off the effects, and the layers returned in FCP. I also added a transparent layer at the bottom. I seem to recall that in order to use effects, you need to add a transparent layer under each existing layer in order for the effects to show up in FCP. Correct?
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To use the layer effects, you need to ‘flatten’ each effected layer by merging it with an empty layer below it.
Arnie
Now in post: Peristroika, a film by Slava Tsukerman
https://www.arniepix.com/blog
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