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  • PSD File making cropped layers rectangles

    Posted by Jesse Freeston on June 12, 2014 at 2:41 pm

    Doing the ‘Kid stays in the picture’ effect, all of a sudden, when I drop my .psd files into motion it’s making the cropped out layers rectangles. (see Greenspan and Kissinger in uploaded image)

    I’ve tried redoing the .psd file. Closing and reopening new motion projects and starting over the whole process.

    Any ideas?

    Stephen Smith replied 11 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Stephen Smith

    June 12, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    What uploaded image? Also, people hate opening “uploaded images” because that is a great way to get a virus on a computer. When you reply to this click on the still camera icon above the box you type in. If you hover the mouse over it it will say image upload. Once the image is uploaded copy the embed code and past it in the reply and we can see the image.

    Stephen Smith

    Utah Video Productions

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  • Jesse Freeston

    June 12, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    Thanks for the tip Stephen…here they are.

    1) Original image in PhotoShop.

    How it appears in Motion (Greenspan and Kissinger as rectangles)



    2) What the layers look like in PhotoShop.

    How they appear in Motion.

  • Stephen Smith

    June 12, 2014 at 3:47 pm

    I see. Kissinger and Greenspan with Ford kid effect2.psd is set to Gray in Photoshop. Change it to RGB and that should fix how it looks in Motion.

    Stephen Smith

    Utah Video Productions

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  • Jesse Freeston

    June 12, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    Bingo!

    Thanks a ton man.

  • Stephen Smith

    June 12, 2014 at 4:40 pm

    Happy to help. Best of luck.

    Stephen Smith

    Utah Video Productions

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