Motion 4 + layered PSD files = me banging my head against the wall

I posted this same question in the other M4/PSD file problem, but it was marked as answered (and the answer isn't working for me).
I'm having a similar problem, but changing the resolution to the exact max of 2896x2896 doesn't work for me...and neither does any smaller resolution for some reason.
Today, my layered PSD file is at least not experiencing the crazy tile-effect you included in your posted images, but it is now:
1) always converting the top layer of the PSD file to a flattened image of the whole file.
2) ignoring/mutating my alpha channel information, as areas that should be transparent and smoothly masked off are now opaque and/or blocky.
My images are large, but I need to keep them large for dollying in real closely when i fly a camera through the scene. This is not a problem in After Effects, but I also need to do a lot of these 2.5D animations and several need particle/replicator effects... and I just work much much faster in Motion than AE. I don't remember having this problem with Motion 3 at all, but I can't say I've done a scientific comparison (nor do I want to uninstall M4 for M3).
My system info can be found here:
[IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/2n744di.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/28cks42.jpg[/IMG]
Original PSD file info:
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/amdr9v.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/99kv1g.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/3355w8x.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/1zb6y3m.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/9i5rhz.jpg[/IMG]
Motion 4 info:
[IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/es40v4.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2crva83.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i35.tinypic.com/2e3popz.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/jrv8tz.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/28rh6hs.jpg[/IMG]
Any help is appreciated!
Thank you!

I can't believe I didn't see that! I scanned them in 24-bit color but they are B&W images anyways, so I'm not sure why or how they ended up as 8-bit greyscale... maybe has something to do with the lousy HP dinosaur-of-a-scanner and it's weird proprietary HP interface (couldn't get it to interface with PS4 and don't use it enough to fuss with it).
Thanks!
I think that was about the quickest/least-frustrating help forum experience ever =)

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2) ignoring/mutating my alpha channel information, as areas that should be transparent and smoothly masked off are now opaque and/or blocky.
My images are large, but I need to keep them large for dollying in real closely when i fly a camera through the scene. This is not a problem in After Effects, but I also need to do a lot of these 2.5D animations and several need particle/replicator effects... and I just work much much faster in Motion than AE. I don't remember having this problem with Motion 3 at all, but I can't say I've done a scientific comparison (nor do I want to uninstall M4 for M3).
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[IMG]http://i36.tinypic.com/2n744di.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i33.tinypic.com/28cks42.jpg[/IMG]
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