Exporting PSD files to FCP

Hello,
I use AE to create graphics with text, save the frame and import it into Final
Cut Pro. In AE CS3(leopard OS), if I save the frame as the default psd file, FCP
will not allow me to import it. It appears ghosted in the file import window. If
fact the only one I can import into FCP is PNG.

If I save any psd files in photoshop or Illustrator I can import them just fine.
This leads me to believe it is an After Effects issue.

I used to do it all day, every day(so to speak) in AE 7(tiger OS). I don't have
to have it as a psd file, just something with an alpha channel with good
quality.

I also have this issue in Leopard with AE 8.0.2 and FCP. Glad to hear it's not
just me!

Simply re-saving the PSD in PS doesn't resolve the issue. I've found no other
application that WON'T open the PSD, only FCP.

I've recorded an Action in PS that copies the document, then pastes it into a
new document and saves it. Obviously this is fine with single-layer PSDs, but a
pain with multi-layer ones.

I've posted a bug report to Adobe, but it COULD be a FCP issue, rather than an
AE one...?

Feel free to post a bug report yourself - the more recognition of the problem,
the better:

Try to figure out if the PSD saved out of AE has any features that FCP doesn't
support, like layer styles, grouping or anything similar.

- Jonas Hummelstrand