PSD Layers Don’t Show in FCP 6 – Pulling my hair out!

[Leland Parker]

My editor is using FCP 6.0.6

[Rafael Amador]

Hi leland,
I’ve just found that the PSD 16b files can not be opened by layers in FC.
Make sure your PSD files are 8b.
Rafael

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[Leland Parker]

Yep. We’re 8bit… sorry I neglected to put that in the original post.

[Rafael Amador]

That’s very strange.
I’ve just open a 22 layers PSD file (coming from Illustrator) without problem in my MBP.
Do the layers have any kind of “Compositing Mode” applied, different from the usual FC modes (Add, Sustract,..etc)?
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Leland Parker]

It is… in a word, whack! And thinning my hair by the minute.

Here is the test file I’ve been using. It works just fine in my FCP 4.5 on my (non-intel) G5 dual.

https://www.syzygymedia.net/downloads/test-psd.zip

[Rafael Amador]

Hi Leland,
It works in my Intel MBP.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Jeremy Garchow]

Works here. There’s two layers, 0&1, white & blue.

[Leland Parker]

Thanks. What’s your system spec? Especially CPU and version OS & FCP

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Leland Parker] “Especially CPU and version OS & FCP”

Tried two computers, one 2.33GHz MBP, and one 3.0 GHz 8 core.

Both FCP7, both 10.5.8, both QT 7.6.4

[Rafael Amador]

I tried in a MBP Core 2Duo 2.4.
FC 6.0.5, QT 7.6.2
rafael

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