Problem with Photoshop transparency file

I made some single layer Photoshop files with transparency using Affinity Photo and Pixelmator Pro.


I make the files as HD 1920x1080 with transparency. I paint something on the layer and export in PSD format.


When I bring the PSDs into FCP, the content of the file is usually offset and not in the correct place. FCP says the file is 1920x1080. I make a project with a 1920x1080 file; FCP gives that as the size. When I put the PSD files in the project, info still shows them as 1920x1080, but they don't fill the frame. They smaller than the frame. Spatial conform is set to none, and the images aren't scaled in Transform.


Could someone try this and see if they are having the same results? I don't use Photoshop, so it's possible the problem is in the graphics application, though surprising that the two are producing similar behavior.


Thanks very much.

MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.2), Late 2016 15" 2.7 GHz i7 16 GB RAM

Posted on Dec 20, 2017 9:30 AM

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Posted on Dec 20, 2017 11:03 AM

There is something not working well if the psd file has a single layer.


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This is a shot of the browser with two psd files. They should look identical, but don't.


The second one has two layers and shows correctly (an orange border with transparency in the middle). The first has a single layer and comes out as above (in the browser and in the viewer).

(Note: I just added an empty layer to make the second file from the first)

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Dec 20, 2017 7:13 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

PSDs are a proprietary file format and Adobe can change the details of it at any time. There is an option in PS preferences to Maximize Compatibility of saved files. This helps with other outside applications that can "open" PSDs (100% compatibility can never be guaranteed but they generally work). Have you checked that yet? Your other apps (Affinity and Pixelmator) are using that compatibility mode file format (it's their only option).

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