Photoshop images into FCE

Hi - I am trying to import images into FCE but am having a difficult time. I have clipped around a medicine ball and gotten rid of the background, so that it in the video it would appear as though I am holding the medicine ball. When I bring the image into FCE, the medicine ball has a black, square border around it. I have done this with a few different images and the same thing happens. Any suggestions?

Did you save the image in a format that supports background transparency? TIFF, PSD and PNG will work.
-DH

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