Reveresing black and white still Photoshop image in FCP?

is it possible to reverse the black and white of a still photoshop image within FCP? then remove the background apart from the letters?
need to get a black and white company logo into FCP for use in the credits of this programme - due to a graphic designer being away i've had to scan the image off letterhead! very backwards and not ideal I know - but its a bit of a emergency so any pointer very much appreciated...

Drag and drop your image from the viewer to the timeline, lets say in V2.
Right click the logo clip>go to composite mode>select screen.
That's it. You now have the white text with no black background and whatever is in V1 replaces the black.
G.

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