• Adobe After Effects

  Best 4K format alpha

  Posted by Pierre Valliere on November 12, 2018 at 8:38 pm

  Hi, I need to export from AE to Pr animation in UHD (4K). I don’t find any format with transparency. Please no .mov! How to export in DNxHR with transparency???

  Walter Soyka replied 7 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 5 Replies
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  Bouke Vahl

  November 12, 2018 at 8:50 pm

  What is your beef with the Quicktime .mov format?

  Bouke
  http://www.videotoolshed.com
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  Pierre Valliere

  November 12, 2018 at 9:02 pm

  No problem ☺ But we’ve just change your production format from HD mov DVCPro HD to XDCam 50 mxf. We have a 4k (UHD) projet with C300 canon cam, I need to found the best video format for my editors (with and without alpha). I want to have a alpha video format with alpha in mxf or avi. And how to export in AME. Thx a lot!
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  Walter Soyka

  November 13, 2018 at 10:18 am

  I really think that a QuickTime wrapper is the way to go. MXF isn’t an option, and AVI is somewhat poorly supported (not really cross-platform, and no direct support for an AVI mezzanine codec in Creative Cloud).

  Adobe has written direct, native, cross-platform support for a handful of QuickTime codecs, including CineForm and DNxHR. As a Creative Cloud user, you can use these formats without installing any third-party software — which means you don’t even have to install Apple QuickTime!

  Walter Soyka
  Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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  Pierre Valliere

  November 13, 2018 at 6:00 pm

  Hi guys, thx for the answers. So if all my production is DNxHR MXF OP1a (UHD 23.98), what r my option (better) for transparency? There is no DNxHR MXF preset that do transparency? Animation from After effect to Premiere, better option is to do png sequence then? Dynamic link?
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  Walter Soyka

  November 13, 2018 at 7:24 pm

  [Pierre Valliere] “So if all my production is DNxHR MXF OP1a (UHD 23.98), what r my option (better) for transparency? There is no DNxHR MXF preset that do transparency? Animation from After effect to Premiere, better option is to do png sequence then? Dynamic link?”

  I can’t find a way to get DNxHR MXF to carry alpha, either.

  Why not use MXF-wrapped DNxHR for your camera originals and MOV-wrapped DNxHR (or CineForm) for any animation or effects shots?

  Walter Soyka
  Designer & Mad Scientist at Keen Live [link]
  Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
  @keenlive   |   RenderBreak [blog]   |   Profile [LinkedIn]

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