why are my photoshop files distorted and not the tifs?

Hi,

I've been importing tifs and photoshop files into my FCE project, and here's my problem. When I view the .psd file in my canvas viewer the still is squeezed and does not fill the entire frame with white background above and below the still. I then import the same file but resaved as a tif and it appears in the canvas frame in the correct aspect ratio. What is going on? (The image properties are 1920x1080 aspect ratio: square) This happens with all the .psd files that are imported into my FCE project. All imported tifs appear correctly.

Other info: I have started with a baseline photoshop template that is 1920x1080, aspect ratio: square. I saved the images either as a .psd file with one layer or tif with one layer. The reason for the .psd file is that I need to have some areas of transparency in my FCE project (I have overlays). Which leads to another question: If I need transparency within the still in FCE, can I save the file as a tif with "save transparency" box ticked on?
Thanks for any info!

Posted on Jan 7, 2010 11:45 AM

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Jan 7, 2010 12:25 PM in response to Michel Boissonneault

when saving as a png should interlaced be set to none?

Also regarding the tif images...I had been saving them, as a copy and under tiff options:
image compression: none
pixel order: interleaved
layer compression: discard layers and save a copy

I assumed that this tiff file would be one layer. Am I incorrect?

And I did a test save with "save transparency" ticked on and imported the image into FCE. It appears that the transparency is there when I view the still in the canvas window. Can I do it this way? Are there disadvantages/advantages to using png files rather than tiffs?

Thanks!

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