Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1156)

Chapter 18 Compositing and Layering 369
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What Happens When You Import a Multilayered
Photoshop File
Final Cut Pro lets you import multilayered Photoshop files. Files created in any version
of Photoshop can be imported, but only Photoshop 3.0 features (such as opacity,
composite modes, layer order, and layer name) are supported for import.
If you’re working on a motion graphics sequence, you can lay out all the graphic
elements you want to animate in Photoshop as separate layers of painted and scanned
graphics. After you import the file, all your graphics are in place so you can quickly and
easily animate and add motion effects in Final Cut Pro.
When you import a layered Photoshop file into Final Cut Pro, the file becomes a sequence
in your project. All the layers of the source Photoshop file are composited together with a
sequence frame size identical to the imported Photoshop file’s frame size.
If you want to import a layered Photoshop file as a single clip, you must flatten the
image in Photoshop, and then import the file into Final Cut Pro.
An imported Photoshop
file becomes a sequence
in the Browser.