[MacDV] Re: Photoshop files on FCS--MacDV Digest, Vol 6, Issue 3

[Ted Langdell]

Ted Langdell
Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services
Marysville, CA


Did you try double-clicking on the Photoshop file that you brought into 
FCE?

In FCP the file and all its layers appear in your bin and timeline as 
one item.  It's really a container for all the layers.

In FCP, double click, and a new timeline sequence will open up 
revealing all the layers.

The benefit is that you have just one object to deal with in your bin, 
and can easily move the single "container" in the timeline.

Can you imagine what dealing with a 26  layer photoshop file would be 
like???

To open the Photoshop file in the viewer so you can add motion, etc.:

Click on it to highlight,, then hold and drag into the viewer... since 
double clicking on will open a tab with all they layers, not open in 
the viewer as happens when you double-click with a single-layer 
element.

Hope this is helpful,

Ted.

On Jan 4, 2005, at 9:32 AM, 
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> Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 04:26:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: Vtstream <vtstream at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [MacDV] Re:  photoshop files and layers problem
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> I am using the latest version of FCE.
> The file is being imported as a .PSD using the import function on FCE
> The files were generated on a windows PC, burned on a cd, then 
> captured from the mac super drive to the hard drive of an imac g5. I 
> only have Photoshop on the PC. As far as I can tell, the layers are 
> maintained in the file but show up as a single flattened image on FCE.
>