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  • Alpha Channel is black on TL

    Posted by Diggitydoggy on September 1, 2006 at 2:59 pm

    At random my timeline will not see trew alfa clips like lower 3rds… What should be a hole is black. Not just the canvus but renderout playback. Is there a setting that would tell the timeline to not see-threw alpha channel stuff? This has happened before and then it fixes itself? So I think I’m hitting a shortcut key to toggle this on and off???

    Zak Mussig replied 20 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Zak Mussig

    September 1, 2006 at 5:23 pm

    Randy,

    What format is your graphic, and where did it come from (AE, Motion,etc.)? Try scrolling over in the browser and setting the alpha setting for your clip to black.

    I used to have a lot of trouble getting alpha channels handled properly in FCP. You just have to give it what it wants. For instance, I don’t believe FCP likes / recognizes pre-multiplied alpha channels (I could be wrong). When I export from motion with alpha, I uncheck the pre-multiply alpha box on the output tab of the export options dialog. Like buttah.

    I think a little more information will help people narrow down your problem. Troubleshooting is all about narrowing down the possibilities.

    Zak

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