How To Choose Photoshop Layers To Import in After Effects

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Adobe Photoshop CC 2024: How To Choose Photoshop Layers To Import

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to import one Photoshop Layer at a time in Adobe After Effects CC 2024.

Import Layer Size:
Photoshop Layer bounding box imported into After Effects will be the exact dimensions as the layer in Photoshop.

**Import Document Size:
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Photoshop Layer bounding box imported into After Effects will be the exact dimensions as the Image Size in Photoshop.

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:27 Photoshop Document Overview
01:11 Save Photoshop PSD File
01:25 After Effects: Import PSD
01:44 Import Dialogue Box
02:03 After Effects: Import Kind
02:26 Layer Options: Choose Layer
02:56 Footage Dimensions (Layer Size)
03:15 Footage Dimensions (Document Size)
03:58 Layer Style Options
04:22 Edit Original Layer Styles
04:53 After Effects: Layer Styles

**Software Used:
**Adobe Photoshp CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Import One Photoshop Layer Into After Effects:

1. Save Photoshop PSD File
2. Open After Effects
3. Go to File…Import…File
4. Select Photoshop PSD Files
5. Click ‘Open’
6. Select ‘Footage’
7. Tick the radio button ‘Choose Layer’
8. Select Layer to import from drop-down menu
9. Choose ‘Merge Layer Styles into Foogage’ or ‘Ignore Layer Styles’
10. Select ‘Layer Size’ or ‘Document Size’ next to ‘Footage Dimensions’
11. Click ‘OK’
12. Go to Project Panel in After Effects
13. Drag Photoshop Layer onto Comp Window