Alpha time!!!

[Jon Barrie]

For AVI – Follow this:
File>Export>Movie>Settings
General> File Type> Microsoft AVI
Video> Compressor> None
Color Depth> Millions+ of colors

Or and Image Sequence
File>Export>Movie>Settings
General> File Type> Targa/TIFF/
Video> Compressor> None
Color Depth> Millions+ of colors

QT formats don’t import properly to PPro when they have alpha channels.
If you want to use QT follow this: (will work in AE)
File>Export>Movie>Settings
General> File Type> Quicktime
Video> Compressor> None/Animation/PlanarRGB/PNG/TGA/TIFF
Color Depth> Millions+ of colors

The key ingredient is the Millions+ the + is the alpha channel.
– Jon 🙂

[Mike Velte]

I cant get it to work. I dont think Premiere recognizes a blank spot as an alpha channel. I had to put a blank title in the blank space and then it worked.

[Ben Hawkins]

Yeah, and the Uncompressed AVI doesn

[Jon Barrie]

Either one of the processes I suggested is the way it works. They are uncompressed options as compression and alpha dont work in avi.
How are you coming to the conclusion that it’s not working? The millions + alpha channel is based on nothing being under the layer with some of it removed.
It is different to AE, following the steps above is how to do it, there is no preset uncompressed alpha like AE.
– Jon

[Mike Velte]

I experimented by exporting a split clip with a blank space in the middle…as millions+. Put the new uncompressed clip on V2 over a background…nothing coming thru.
Repeated the experiment with an empty title in the blank space and that does contain an alpha channel.

[Ben Hawkins]

It does work.
You are correct, But if I want to use any uncompressed mode the million + option is gone.
But my question was answered. Thanks guys!

Ben

[Jon Barrie]

Hi Mike,
The Uncompressed setting doesn’t contain the millions+ colors so that won’t have the alpha channel embedded. Using Microsoft AVI compressor none will. It should work. I did a test and it worked fine for me.
– Jon 🙂