Importing layered Photoshop files

- [Trish] In this movie, I'll be covering the various ways…of importing a layered Photoshop file into After Effects.…First, let's have a look at the file in Photoshop.…It has a number of layers,…and if you look at LAYER panel, you'll see that many of them…have layer styles applied.…Provided I import this file as a composition,…I'll be able to edit these layer styles if I wish.…So in After Effects, I'll double click the Project panel…that'll open the Import File dialogue.…The Butterfly Arrangement is the file I want to import.…

The Import As pop-up…would allow me to choose Footage or Composition.…Let's start with Footage.…And note when I click Open, a second dialogue appears…with the same options in the Import Kind pop-up.…So you will want to check in this dialogue…that you're importing it using the method you prefer.…If I choose Footage, I have a choice between merged layers…and choosing an individual layer.…Let's look at Merged Layers first.…I'll click OK, and a single image will be imported.…If I double click and open it in the Footage panel,…