Importing PSD files with layers.

Sometimes when I import Photoshop files that have layers,
I can double-click them, and they open as multi-layer sequences where I can control the opacity and blend modes of the layers. Sweet.
But then sometimes they don't, so I have to go back to PS and render .png's of the layers that I want.
So I ask: What am I doing wrong when it doesn't work as expected?
FCP 6.0.6
Best regards;
E.

PSDs from Windows machines will not open up as layers inside FCP. This has been an issue since the first days of CS.
Open those PSDs in Photoshop on a Mac, and then resave as PSD. They will then open up fine in FCP.
Andy

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Maxwell Hammer wrote:
> In Photoshop CS2, I used the Extract filter to cut out
the background aroung
> people in several photos and saved them as PSD files
with transparent
> backgrounds. They look fine in Photoshop, but when I
import them into Flash 8,
> they look washed out and they have light halos around
the more intricate
> cutouts (like hair). Looks like light colored pixel
fringe. Any idea what's
> going on, or how to improve the quality of the imports?
(The PSD files are
> placed over an imported JPEG photo background in my
Flash file.)
> Thanks
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Open library CTRL L - right click image - properties, play
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and be
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Urami
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