Adding a Vignette in Motion?

Okay so I have a psd file (picture) that has a pan effect placed on it. I want to add a vignette around the whole thing but once I add the vignette filter it does it makes it (obviously) around the whole picture. Now I need a fixed vignette to stay there? Anyway of doing this? Vignette is an effect so it needs to be placed on something that is fixed and transparent. I could make on in Photoshop but I want to better my Motion skills and figure how i would do this.. in the mean time i will continue trying

Okay so I have a psd file (picture) that has a pan effect placed on it...
I am not using a psd file.
So, which is it?
Mark is saying that if you place the vignette effect on the Group, and then animate the psd layer instead of the group, then you'll have a stationary vignette.
Andy

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