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For information about setting crop marks in Adobe Illustrator, see the product's
documentation.
Importing Adobe Photoshop still images
You can import files from Adobe Photoshop 3.0 or later. However, Adobe Premiere Pro
does not support 16-bit TIFF images created in Adobe Photoshop or other graphics
applications.
You can control how layered Adobe Photoshop files are imported; see "Importing
layered Adobe Photoshop files" on page 83. Empty (transparent) areas of nonflattened
Adobe Photoshop files are transparent when imported into Adobe Premiere Pro, because
the transparency is stored as an alpha channel (see "Defining transparency terminology"
on page 219). This lets you import Adobe Photoshop graphics and superimpose them
over clips in other tracks with no extra effort.
In addition, you can import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a sequence, allowing you to
set up animations in Adobe Photoshop and then import them into an Adobe Premiere Pro
project (see "Importing layered Adobe Photoshop files" on page 83).
Importing layered Adobe Photoshop files
When you import a layered file saved in the Adobe Photoshop file format, you can choose
how to import the layers:
Merge the layers, combining all layers into a flattened clip.
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Import only one of the layers from the file.
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Convert the layers into a sequence of frames in time.
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These options are available in the Import Layered File dialog box, which appears when
you
import a layered Adobe Photoshop file. Adobe Premiere Pro imports attributes that were
applied in the original file, including position, opacity, visibility, transparency (alpha
channel), layer masks, adjustment layers, common layer effects, layer clipping paths,
vector masks, and clipping groups. Note that a white background in Adobe Photoshop is
saved or exported as opaque white, while a checkerboard background indicates areas that
will translate into alpha channel transparency when the Photoshop file is saved or
exported to a format that supports alpha channels.
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Converting layers into a sequence makes it easy to set up animations using layers in
Adobe Photoshop. When Adobe Premiere Pro converts layers to a sequence, the
sequence
is imported into the Project window as a bin; each layer in the file becomes an individual
clip in the bin. Each clip's name consists of the layer name followed by the name of the file
that contained it. In addition, Adobe Premiere Pro automatically creates a sequence in
which each layer is inserted in order at the default still-image duration. You can use this
sequence as a clip in other sequences.
Note: Some Adobe Photoshop layer attributes aren't supported, such as non-normal
blending modes and the Knockout option. For best results, use basic transparency and
opacity in Adobe Photoshop.
To import a layered Adobe Photoshop file as a still image:
1 Choose File > Import.
2 In the Import dialog box, make sure that Photoshop or All Supported Media is selected
for Files of Type, and then locate and select a layered Adobe Photoshop file.
3 In the Import Layered File dialog box that appears, make sure that Footage is selected
in the Import As pop-up menu.