Importing PSD as multiple layers

Hi! Nearly every time I try to import a PSD document as multiple layers, Motion merges the layers on import, which renders the project useless. Anyone can help?

When you import a PSD, you need to click on it from the File Browser and *drag* it into your project (on the canvas is easiest, or into the layers pane.) Hold the mouse button down until a popup menu appears. You will be offered the choice of any of the individual PSD layers (with Choose Layer if you have a lot of layers) OR to import all layers OR import merged.
If you have layer styles in PS, you'll need to rasterize those layers first (or just convert them to Smart Objects.)

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just some suggestions I`d like to see to speed up my set up and output..
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Thanks so much for such a prompt reply...the single .psd file with many layers is imported using:
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Hi layeredtargets,
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Sure... if you want to put it that way. Either way its not the desirable outcome.
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Thanks so much for such a prompt reply...the single .psd file with many layers is imported using:
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Oh!! Never mind...I just tried Import Kind: Composition -- Cropped Layers and the layers were not cropped...kind of counter-intuitive since I would have thought "Cropped Layers" would crop the layers rather than the other way around.
Thanks for your help...if you just reply to this post I'll mark your reply as the answer, thanks for suggesting the direction to look for a solution, cheers!

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