Animating .psd or other graphic files

i have noticed that animation "behaviors" from the library do not work on .psd files or other bitmap graphic file formats. It seems that the Motion 5 behaviors only work with vector based shape tool in Motion. Is there a way to have the llibrary of behaviors work with .psd or other graphic file formats?

Seems that only the behaviors from the "shape" library will not work on the .psd graphics. Most of the general motion behaviors appear to be working with my graphics. Hmmmmm...

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=951267&#951267
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