EPS into Motion

I have an EPS logo i want to use in Motion, but when dragged from the file browser onto the canvas it appears as a black slug. Anyone know how i can bring in the logo, also the logo itself needs to be on a transparent backdrop, which it is as an EPS.
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Hillster

Jon Chappell wrote:
If you do that, make sure you click the box to make it a PDF-compatible .ai file.
...and that the color mode is RGB, not CMYK.

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