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Old 04-25-2007, 11:06 AM
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You have to remember that Phtotshop is a 'still image' editor and not a video editor (at least up till CS2 it is. Ibeleiver there are some jazzy new tools in CS3 Extended editions for video type work but I've nto seen it yet so...).

What you have to do to 'edit' you video in Phototshop is to export your video timeline in a format Phtoshop is interested in. You can do this as a sewries of numbered stills or as a sinbgle (and boy do they get lkarge) flv (filmstrip) file.

However what you get is not a series of PSD files with multi layers. Each image whether as a series or as a single filmstrip image will be a single layer.

I have never heard of an option that will give you each frame with multi layers.

I presume the 'edit in Photoshop' option mentioned is a workflow feature available only when you select a still image in your project bin - just to save haveing to jump out of Premiere to do the edit.

One word of warning when edittign flv files though in PS. When I did this, needless to say to preserve my work in progress I save my work in a layered photoshop file. When I was done I flattened the image for save as a flv file. Hoever the flv option was not there. I had to open an oriohginal flv file, cut and paste my work over the top as a second layer, remove the bottom layer and then hit 'save'. - Hope this makes sense.
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