• Adobe After Effects

  transparent background for fcp

  Posted by Daniel Schultz on April 8, 2011 at 12:52 am

  I’m creating text quarter-thirds in ae. I want to do the text white to read over the dark footage in fcp. Is it possible to export the animated text in a format that will have a transparent background and white type over the footage in fcp? Sorry if this is a dumb newbie question.

  Dan S.

  Daniel Schultz replied 15 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Joey Foreman

  April 8, 2011 at 1:27 pm

  Do not Export. Render.

  Set the Output Module to Channels: RGB+Alpha, Depth: Millions of Colors +, Color: Straight.

  If you have FC Studio 3, set the Format Options…Compression Type to Apple ProRes 4444.

  If not, set it to Animation.

  Joey Foreman
  Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist
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  Daniel Schultz

  April 8, 2011 at 5:05 pm

  Thanks for the help.
  Ok…I think I did everything you said.
  But the lower-third came into FC with a black background…wanted it transparent.
  I set the background on the AE composition to white (#ffffff).
  What did I do wrong?

  PS, I’m in Final cut studio 3

  Dan S.
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  Daniel Schultz

  April 9, 2011 at 1:59 am

  I fine-tooth-combed it, and guess what?
  You were right! (Don’t you love hearing that?)

  It worked. Thanks to both of you!

  Dan S.

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