AE not finding Alpha Channel

[Nikos Mamalos]

Just in case you haven’t thought it. In the project window R-Click the png. and check if the interpretation of the file alpha channel is checked

[Michael Szalapski]

Also, there’s no reason at all to export as anything from Photoshop. AE works beautifully with Photoshop files.

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[Gully Moore]

The interpretation says, “Straight – Unmatted”

When I try to change it it “Ignore” or “Premultipied – Matted with Colour” and press OK, it dosen’t seem to stick, so when I go back to it it’s still on “Straight – Unmatted”

I don’t really know what any of that means, but it seems very strange that finder recognises an alpha channel and not AE. I have 4 similar images that I have done the same thing with, 2 work fine, and the other 2 are like this.

Is there any other way to get rid of the white? After that I want to Track Matte the image to a video (so the video is in the shape of the silhouette).

Thanks for the help 🙂

[Nikos Mamalos]

I cannot explain it. Straight unmated should work correctly. I repeated your steps just to check. Now R-click reload the footage. If it does not work I will agree with Michael Szalapski. PSD would have done it at first place. Good luck