Best Way to Import/Export Still Image Sequence With FCP & Photoshop

I am working on a FCP project and need to fix a couple frames using photoshop.
What is the best method to export to Photoshop, import the image in photoshop, make changes, then export out of Photoshop and back into FCP?
It seems whenever I re-import back into FCP, FCP doesn't recognize that they are individual frames, and instead imports each frame as an individual image file lasting several seconds long. Any help with this is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

Welcome to the Forum!
In FCP's preferences, set the Still Frame duration to 1 frame. Locate the clip on the Timeline, set an IN and OUT point and go to File->Export->Using QuickTime Conversion. In the Format menu, choose Image Sequence and in the Options menu, choose the file type (I recommend uncompressed TIFF). Next, create new folder for the image sequence and hit the Save button.
After completing the work in Photoshop, go back to your FCP project and go to File->Import->Folder and navigate to the folder containing the corrected images. Drag the entire folder from the Browser to the Timeline.
If for some reason the duration for each is longer than 1 frame, select all and right-click on one and choose Duration from the contextual menu. Change to 1 frame.
-DH

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