Image tips for Adobe Photoshop files
Here are a few tips for importing images from Adobe Photoshop:
Remember that when you import a layered Photoshop document as a sequence,
the frame size in Premiere Pro will be the same as the pixel dimensions of the
Photoshop document.
Even if you don’t plan to zoom in or pan, try to create files with a frame size at
least as large as the frame size of the project. Otherwise, you’ll have to scale up
the image, and it will lose some of its sharpness.
If you do plan to zoom or pan, create images so that the resulting zoomed or
panned area of the image has a frame size at least as large as the frame size of the
sequence. For example, if you were working in full HD, which is 1920 × 1080
pixels, and you wanted to do a 2X zoom, you’d need 3840 × 2160 pixels to keep
the image perfectly sharp without expanding the appearance of the pixels.
Importing large image files uses more system memory and can slow down your
system. If you are working with original photos and they’re massive, consider
processing them to make them smaller before using them.
If possible, use 16-bit RGB color. The CMYK color mode is for print workflows
only (and is not supported by Premiere Pro), while video editing uses RGB or
YUV color modes.
As with any other media you import, changes made to the PSD file will update
automatically in Premiere Pro when the file is saved. This means a designer can
continue to work on an image you have already incorporated into a sequence.
Look at the sequence in the timeline. The contents of the sequence are displayed in the
Program Monitor. Try clicking the Toggle Track Output button at the left of the timeline
for each track to reveal and hide the content on each layer.
When you double-clicked the Theft_Unexpected_Layered bin, it opened in a new panel in
the same group as the Project panel. Bins have the same options as the Project panel, and
opening multiple bins to browse their contents is a common way to navigate the available
media in a project.