Manipulating photoshop files in FCE... HELP!!!

Hi all,
I am going nuts!! I am not a photoshop expert, but I am doing a job that requires some graphics be imported into FCE. What I need to do is stack multiple clips of the same image on top of one another, one by one, so that they eventually cover up a screen underneith.
The image that I have from photoshop is a .pdf file. When i import it in and put it on the timeline, i am seeing the white background around the object. I obviously can't have this because as i stack the images I will begin to see the white background that is attached to each image. Does anyone know how I would remove this white background so that I only have the object itself showing up on the canvas???
I REALLY, REALLY appreciate your help. I've been messing with this for hours!! Thanks,
Karen

Hi Tom,
I have tried to do this as well. I have another post... down the list a little bit that addresses what happened. .pdf was the only one that preserved the original colors... If you don't mind checking out my other post, I'd really appreciate it.
Karen

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