They have to all be layers, I think. No background. Save as PSD. Always works for me. Ron Woodland St. George, Utah On Jan 3, 2005, at 9:02 PM, Vtstream wrote: I cannot seem to get separate layers in a photoshop file to show up as separate layers when I import into Final Cut Express. What am I doing wrong? Supposedly the files should import as separate layers to aid in animating the layers, etc. How is this done? Thanks, Steve