After Effects - Photoshop Files

When opening a document in Photoshop you need to:

And then save as a psd. 

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Importing Type.

Type out your word

Crop it

Delete the background layer

Ensure the layer box is ticked

& Save as a Photoshop file.

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When importing into After Effects:

File

Import

Footage: used for flat images

Composition Retain Layers: used for words & images with multiple layers.

Photoshop:

To split a word into different sections and also put the different sections onto different layers: 

File

Word

Type Rasterise

then..

Layer

Via Cut

then..

Import the type into After Effects as a Composition Retain Layers.