Motion 5 will not permit psd file to import with layers

Question

OK, a friend wants me to do a project for him- animate his logo- in motion. He developed his logo in photoshop and it is a psd file as a result.
My problem is that motion will NOT let me import the file with the individual layers. I've tried setting it to 8 bit color channels (he designed it with 16 bit channels) because there was a forum that suggested that and it did not work. I've tried importing it with the + icon on the media tab. I've tried importing it with file>import. I've tried dragging and dropping the file on the canvas. I've tried reformatting as a tiff and png file. I've tried everything google will tell me and yet I have nothing.
OS X 10.7.5
Motion 5.0.7
I've got plenty of guts to do the job, 8 GB RAM stuffed into last years MBP mid grade 15 inch model, I just cannot for the life of me get the layers to be manipulated on an individual basis.

Answer 1

Did you try this?
Choose File > Import.
Select the layered Photoshop file to import, then click Import.The Pick Layer to Import dialog appears.
Choose a command from the Layer Name pop-up menu:
Merged Layers: All layers of the Photoshop file are collapsed into a single Motion layer.
All Layers: A group is created, and each layer of the Photoshop file is preserved as a separate Motion layer in this group.
[Individual layers]: Each layer in the Photoshop file appears as a separate item in the drop menu. Selecting a layer adds only that layer to the project, where it appears as a single Motion layer.
If you don’t like the layer you chose, you can pick a different one from the Photoshop file without deleting or importing again. You do so by selecting the recently imported Photoshop layer, then choosing a different Photoshop layer from the Layer pop-up menu in the Properties Inspector.